London International Animation Festival

LIAF 2021: What’s On

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LIAF 2021

LIAF 2021 is on it’s way and fully hybrid! This year we’ll be at our at regular venues: the Barbican, The Horse Hospital and Close-Up plus at two new venues: Hackney Picturehouse and The Puppet Theatre Barge. Most of our programmes will also be available ONLINE, bringing the best animation, direct to your homes. Click on the links below to discover synopses, stills and trailers from this years’ festival.

At the Barbican book tickets
ONLINE, The Horse Hospital, Close-Up Cinema, Hackney Picurehouse and Puppet Theatre Barge tickets available soon!

Fri 26 Nov15:00Edge of Frame presents Fvoom! The Animated Films of Robert Breer
 18:20Opening Night: Figures in Focus – Up Yours! + Screentalk
 20:40British Showcase + Filmmaker Introductions
 Sat 27 Nov11:00Framed Film Club – Amazing Animations for 0-7 Year-Olds
 15:00Edge of Frame presents After Images + Screentalk
 18:00The Wondrous Realities of Andrew and Eden Kötting + Screentalk Moderated by Gareth Evans
 21:00International Competition Programme 1: Abstract Showcase
Sun 28 Nov14:00Marvellous Animations for 8-14 Year-Olds
 18:30International Competition Programme 2: From Absurd to Zany
 20:30International Competition Programme 3: Playing with Emotion
Mon 29 Nov18:20BFI Japan 2021: Junk Head (Takahide Hori, Japan) LONDON PREMIERE
 21:00International Competition Programme 4: Being Human
Tue 30 Nov18:30International Competition Programme 5: Into the Dark
 20:30International Competition Programme 6: Animated Documentaries + Screentalk
 Wed 1 Dec18:30International Competition Programme 7: Looking For Answers
 20:30International Competition Programme 8 : Long Shorts
Thu 2 Dec 19:30Best of the Next Programme 1
 21:00Best of the Next Programme 2
 Fri 3 Dec18:00Meet the Finalists! The 2022 Arts Foundation Futures Award for Animation
 20:00BFI JAPAN 2021: Atsushi Wada – A Jolt to the Subconscious
 21:30BFI Japan 2021: Into the Unknown – The Trippy Worlds of Indie Japanese Animation
 Sat 4 Dec11:00UK Animation Industry Event Session 1: LIAF, Death and Robots
 13:00UK Animation Industry Event Session 2: State of the ‘mation: Music videos in the 2020s
 13:00Drawing Moments – Atsushi Wada & Sarina Nihei Screentalk
 14:00Shaun the Sheep: the Flight before Christmas + Screentalk WORLD PREMIERE
 15:00UK Animation Industry Event Session 3: Disability in Animation – are you hiring and if not why not?
 17:00UK Animation Industry Event Session 4: Funding and where to find it
 20:00Music Video Session
 21:30Late Night Bizarre
  Sun 5 Dec11:00UK Animation Industry Event Session 5: Animation in Real time: the rise of the engines
 13:00UK Animation Industry Event Session 6: Hey Teacher! Leave them kids alone: teaching kids with animation
 13:00Joseph Wallace: Dark Dreams and Musical Oddities + Screentalk
 17:30Closing Gala – The Best of the Fest