Best of the Festival Award: Easter Eggs – Nicolas Keppens
![Best of the Festival Award, Easter Eggs, Nicolas Keppens, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/LIAF-2021-Awards-HD-BOTF-1.jpg)
Best British Film Award: Affairs of the Art – Joanna Quinn
![Best British Film Award, Affairs of the Art, Joanna Quinn, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/LIAF-2021-Awards-HD-Best-British-1.jpg)
Best Abstract Film Award: Hand – Ho Tsz Wing
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Best Sound Award: Anxious Body – Yuka C. Honda (Director: Yoriko Mizushiri)
![](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/LIAF-2021-Awards-HD-Best-Sound.jpg)
Best Original Score Award: The Hangman at Home – Uri Kranot (Directors: Michelle & Uri Kranot)
![Best Original Score Award, The Hangman at Home, Uri Kranot, Michelle Kranot](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/LIAF-2021-Awards-HD-Best-Score.jpg)
Best Music Video Award: ‘Yellow Majesty – Honey Sweet’ – Inari Sirola
![Best Music Video Award, Yellow Majesty, Honey Sweet, Inari Sirola, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/LIAF-2021-Awards-HD-Best-Music-Video.jpg)
Best Late Night Bizarre Award: Amen to No Men – Hayley Legon
![Best Late Night Bizarre Award, Amen to No Men, Hayley Legon, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/LIAF-2021-Awards-HD-Best-LNB.jpg)
Best Children’s Film Award 0-7 year-olds: Snipp, Snapp, Snut and the Colours – Cecilia Actis & Mia Hulterstam
![Best Children's Film Award 0-7 year-olds, Snipp, Snapp, Snut and the Colours, Cecilia Actis, Mia Hulterstam](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/LIAF-2021-Awards-HD-Best-Kids-0-7.jpg)
Best Children’s Film Award 8-15 year olds: Mitch Match Series 06 – Géza M. Tóth
![Best Children's Film Award 8-15 year olds, Mitch Match Series 06, Géza M. Tóth, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/LIAF-2021-Awards-HD-Best-Kids-8-15.jpg)
JUDGE’S INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAMME VOTING
Best International Competition Programme 2: From Absurd to Zany
Joint winner: Vadim on a Walk – Sasha Svirsky, Russia
![Vadim on a Walk, Sasha Svirsky, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Vadim-on-a-Walk-3-1024x576.jpg)
Vadim is locked inside a box. Vadim suffers anxiety attacks caused by the thought of having to come out into this big hostile world. Can Vadim break out?
2021 8 min
Joint winner: The Fourth Wall – Mahboobeh Kalaee, Iran
![The Fourth Wall, Mahboobeh Kalaee, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/The-Fourth-Wall-1-1024x576.png)
Home and family, relationships, desires and wishes – everything is in the kitchen – as seen by a stuttering boy, with only his imagination for company.
2021 10 min
Best International Competition Programme 3: Playing with Emotion
Anxious Body – Yoriko Mizushiri, Japan
![Anxious Body, Yoriko Mizushiri, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Anxious-Body-7-1024x576.jpg)
Living things, artificial things, geometric shapes and lines. Textures, the touches that are felt and how to cope with the ones that hurt.
2021 6 min
Best International Competition Programme 4: Being Human
Sisters – Andrea Szelesová, Czech Republic
![Sisters, Andrea Szelesová, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sisters-2-1024x576.jpg)
![Sisters, Andrea Szelesová, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Sisters-2-1024x576.jpg)
The Big Sister – a person of colossal size – is trapped in sand in a deserted landscape.
2021 11 min
Best International Competition Programme 5: Into the Dark
Steakhouse – Spela Cadez, Slovenia/Germany/France
![Steakhouse, Spela Cadez, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Steakhouse-2-1024x554.jpg)
![Steakhouse, Spela Cadez, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Steakhouse-2-1024x554.jpg)
The steak has been marinating for a few days now. The pan is heated. Franc’s stomach is rumbling. But Liza’s co-workers surprise her with a birthday party. Will she be home on time?
2020 9 min
Best International Competition Programme 6: Animated Documentaries
All those Sensations in my Belly – Marko Djeska, Croatia
![All those Sensations in my Belly, Marko Djeska, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/All-Those-Sensations-in-My-Belly-5-1024x577.jpg)
![All those Sensations in my Belly, Marko Djeska, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/All-Those-Sensations-in-My-Belly-5-1024x577.jpg)
While transitioning from male to female gender, Matia struggles to find a genuine intimate relationship with a heterosexual man.
2020 13 min
Best International Competition Programme 7: Looking For Answers
Easter Eggs – Nicolas Keppens, Belgium
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The Chinese restaurant is empty. The exotic bird’s cage stands wide open. Two friends, Jason and Kevin, see this as an opportunity to catch and sell them. Catching the birds isn’t as simple as it seems.
2020 15 min
Best International Competition Programme 8 : Long Shorts
Affairs of the Art – Joanna Quinn, UK
![Affairs of the Art, Joanna Quinn, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Affairs-of-the-Art-6-1024x576.jpg)
![Affairs of the Art, Joanna Quinn, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Affairs-of-the-Art-6-1024x576.jpg)
How many obsessions can one family have? Beryl, our working-class heroine reveals her own obsession with drawing and also exposes the addictions of her eccentric family, which include pickling, screw threads and pet taxidermy.
2020 16 min
JUDGE’S SPECIAL MENTIONS
In Nature – Marcel Barelli, Switzerland
![In Nature, Marcel Barelli, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/In-Nature-12-1024x576.jpg)
![In Nature, Marcel Barelli, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/In-Nature-12-1024x576.jpg)
In nature, a couple is a male and a female. Well, not always! A couple is also a female and a female. Or a male and a male. Homosexuality isn’t just a human story.
2021 5 min
The Dragon Head Tree – Jiaqi Wang, UK/China
![The Dragon Head Tree, Jiaqi Wang, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/The-Dragon-Head-Tree-2-1024x433.png)
![The Dragon Head Tree, Jiaqi Wang, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/The-Dragon-Head-Tree-2-1024x433.png)
A dead dragon and a magical creature. How she was caught and eaten, and how she became a symbol for people.
2020 7 min
Trona Pinnacles – Mathilde Parquet, France
![Trona Pinnacles, Mathilde Parquet, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Trona-Pinnacles-2-1024x429.jpg)
![Trona Pinnacles, Mathilde Parquet, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Trona-Pinnacles-2-1024x429.jpg)
Gabrielle, 19 years old, finds herself stuck near Death Valley between two parents who no longer speak to each other.
2020 13 min
AUDIENCE VOTING
Best British Film: A Film About a Pudding – Roel Van Beek, UK
![A Film About a Pudding, Roel Van Beek, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/A-Film-About-a-Pudding-13-1024x554.png)
![A Film About a Pudding, Roel Van Beek, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/A-Film-About-a-Pudding-13-1024x554.png)
Ronin’s dropped groceries start to mix and bubble, transforming into a small pudding. Over the next few days, the pudding grows bigger and bigger.
2021 9 min
Best Children’s Film 0-7 year-olds: Twoot Newt – Jackie Snyder, USA
![Twoot Newt, Jackie Snyder, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Twoot-Newt-2-1024x640.jpg)
![Twoot Newt, Jackie Snyder, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Twoot-Newt-2-1024x640.jpg)
A musical amphibian struggles with the difficult feelings of making art.
2021 4 min
Best Children’s Film 8-15 year olds: A Stone in the Shoe – Eric Montchaud, France
![A Stone in the Shoe, Eric Montchaud, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/A-Stone-in-the-Shoe-2-1024x576.jpg)
![A Stone in the Shoe, Eric Montchaud, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/A-Stone-in-the-Shoe-2-1024x576.jpg)
A student arrives in his new class. He is not a student like the others – he is a frog in a class of rabbits.
2020 12 mins
Best Abstract Film: Enough – Andy Sowerby, UK
![Enough, Andy Sowerby, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Enough-1-1024x576.png)
![Enough, Andy Sowerby, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Enough-1-1024x576.png)
An intimate portrait of personal thoughts and limiting beliefs seen through the inner workings of the mind.
2020 2 min
International Competition Programme 2: From Absurd to Zany
Bad Seeds – Claude Cloutier, Canada
![Bad Seeds, Claude Cloutier, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Bad-Seeds-5-1024x554.jpg)
![Bad Seeds, Claude Cloutier, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Bad-Seeds-5-1024x554.jpg)
The struggle between two antagonistic plants reaches surreal new heights as they battle each other for dominance in the garden.
2020 6 min
International Competition Programme 3: Playing with Emotion
Anxious Body – Yoriko Mizushiri, Japan
![Anxious Body, Yoriko Mizushiri, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Anxious-Body-7-1024x576.jpg)
![Anxious Body, Yoriko Mizushiri, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Anxious-Body-7-1024x576.jpg)
![Anxious Body, Yoriko Mizushiri, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Anxious-Body-7-1024x576.jpg)
Living things, artificial things, geometric shapes and lines. Textures, the touches that are felt and how to cope with the ones that hurt.
2021 6 min
International Competition Programme 4: Being Human
KKUM – Kangmin Kim, South Korea/USA
![KKUM, Kangmin Kim, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/KKUM-1-1024x576.png)
![KKUM, Kangmin Kim, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/KKUM-1-1024x576.png)
A mother, hit with a sense of foreboding, reaches out across vast distances to check if her son is okay.
2020 9 min
International Competition Programme 5: Into the Dark
Clara with a Mustache – Ilir Blakcori, Kosovo
![Clara with a Mustache, Ilir Blakcori, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Clara-with-a-Mustache-3-1024x540.jpg)
![Clara with a Mustache, Ilir Blakcori, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Clara-with-a-Mustache-3-1024x540.jpg)
A 100 deutsche mark banknote with a beautiful portrait of Clara Schumann – travelling from one person to another, unveiling their stories and perspectives.
2021 10 min
International Competition Programme 6: Animated Documentaries
Only A Child – Simone Giampaolo, Switzerland
![Only A Child, Simone Giampaolo, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Only-a-Child-1-1024x429.jpg)
![Only A Child, Simone Giampaolo, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Only-a-Child-1-1024x429.jpg)
A visual poem which gives shape and colour to the words spoken by 12 year-old Severn Suzuki at the United Nations’ Rio Summit in 1992, a child’s desperate call to action for the future of our planet.
2021 7 min
International Competition Programme 7: Looking For Answers
How to be at Home – Andrea Dorfman, Canada
![How to be at Home, Andrea Dorfman, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/How-to-be-at-Home-1-1024x573.jpg)
![How to be at Home, Andrea Dorfman, LIAF, London International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/How-to-be-at-Home-1-1024x573.jpg)
How to cope with loneliness. A tender and profound treatise on the theme of isolation.
2020 5 min
International Competition Programme 8 : Long Shorts
A Most Exquisite Man – Jonas Taul, Estonia
![A Most Exquisite Man, Jonas Taul, LIAF, ondon International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/A-Most-Exquisite-Man-2-1024x554.jpg)
![A Most Exquisite Man, Jonas Taul, LIAF, ondon International Animation Festival](https://liaf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/A-Most-Exquisite-Man-2-1024x554.jpg)
There exists somewhere a most exquisite man yet something within him is restless. Big questions consume him, leading to a place where all he can do is surrender his life, in order to find concluding peace.
2021 15 min