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Welcome to our annual deep-dive into the dark heart of animation. Here you will find films featuring a vampiric female spirit with luminous internal organs hanging from her neck, an extremely anxious woman reliving her past traumas through therapy and a startling depiction of celebrated author Will Self’s story about a family man, high on morphine, struggling to come to terms with his life. Step in, take a seat, turn out the light and get ready for our annual showcase of all manner of dark, creepy, violent and spooky films.
Independent animation is an art form that continues to thrive and develop as a breathtaking medley of styles, materials, techniques and production – from hand-drawn, paint on glass, collage, sculpture, cut-outs, puppets, abstract to some of the more interesting developments in CGI – all of which can be seen at this year’s LIAF.
We’ve emerged from under the pile of 2,400 entries to put together a series of screenings that showcase the best 87 new films from 30 countries around the world. They can be funny, dramatic, bizarre, subdued, scary or autobiographical. The one thing they have in common is that we think they’re the pick of the crop. 8 international competition programmes. Every technique, every genre, every style – this is your annual window into the international indie animation universe.
Bestia – Hugo Covarrubias, Chile
A shocking exploration of the life of a secret police agent during the military dictatorship in Chile. Her relationship with her dog, her body and her fears reveals a grim fracture of her mind and of the country.
2021 16’00
Persona – Sujin Moon, South Korea
A bizarre trip through the toxic beauty standards of social media.
2022 6’45
Juice – Mona Keil, Germany
Meaty creatures share their juicy world with pesky little bugs, before they run dry.
2022 4’55
Still up There – Joe Loftus, Ireland
A wounded astronaut awakens in the upper atmosphere after a catastrophic event. He struggles to remember how he got there and latches himself on to the only familiar thing – his own severed arm.
2022 4’25
Beware of Trains – Emma Calder, UK
An extremely anxious woman is devoured by four major preoccupations – the man she met by chance on a train, her dying father, her daughter’s safety, and the murder she dreams she has committed.
2022 12’50
Krasue – Ryo Hirano, Japan
A yakuza, a ghost called Krasue, a flying woman’s head and local gangs battle it out in a South-East Asian town.
2022 11’55
In His Mercy – Christoph Büttner, Germany
The evening before a convict is to be executed, he gets a chance to escape.
2022 11’55
Fury – Julia Siuda, Poland
Scale – Joseph Pierce, UK
Driving along the motorway, Will loses his sense of scale. As his crippling drug addiction deepens, he struggles to unpick the sequence of events that led to his predicament, before he’s lost forever.
2022 14’55
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Event supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery.
