In addition to the 8 international competition programmes announced last week, LIAF 2022 will also feature perennial favourite programmes – the British Showcase, two children’s and families programmes, The Best of the Next (student films) and Late Night Bizarre screenings. All of these programmes are also competitive, will be judged by panels of animation experts and will all be up for a LIAF award.
Also returning for 2022 will be two Edge of Frame programmes, Figures in Focus, the music video programme, a stop-motion panorama, two acclaimed feature films, special local and international guests screenings and two days of industry talks and panel discussions featuring the animation industry’s biggest movers and shakers. The full festival line-up will be announced soon, along with stills, synopses and trailers.
LIAF is all about championing new filmmakers; some of the most risky and relevant work seen at our festival is by graduates and student filmmakers around the world. Our two Best of the Next screenings have been selected from showreels sent in by numerous film schools. These are the filmmakers of the future.
Likewise, we champion our home-grown talents and screen more British animation than any other festival worldwide. This years British Showcase is another great example of what our British filmmakers have been producing over the last 18 months.
Another of our returning programmes is huge audience favourite Late Night Bizarre. Buckle up and get ready for a wild ride. As ever, these are a bunch of the craziest films submitted this year.
And of course, we mustn’t forget the kids. For they truly ARE the potential future of animation. Let’s get them started early appreciating indie-animation by true artists with a singular vision from every corner of the planet.
For those unable to make it to London to see the films on the big screen we will also have an extensive online programme available to watch from the comfort of your own home on our streaming platform. Tickets will be on-sale mid-October.
British Showcase
1x1x1 Yinuo Shao, UK
A Language of Shapes Samantha Moore, UK
A Wish Beyond Death Anna Maria Leventi, UK/Greece
All the Blue Cats look like the Same Color Wenzhe Xu, UK/China
Brunch Marnik Loysen, UK
Curiosa Tessa Moult-Milewska, UK
Dawta Jessica Ashman, UK
Inner Polar Bear Gerald Conn, UK
Motherclucker Greg McLeod, UK
Sad Film Finn Woodruff, UK
Silvering Eilidh Nicoll, UK
Something More Mary Martins, UK
To Do Saul Pankhurst, UK
Best of the Next (student showcase)
10,946 Daren Jannace, USA
99c Pizza Lucas Ansel, USA
Aeons Ark Sophie Maria Vickers, UK
Birdsong Michelle Cheng, USA
Blocks Adrian Jaffe, Germany
Borers Shiyu Tang, China
Diplomatie de l’Eclipse Cesar Luton, Achille Pasquier, Selim Lallaoui, Clemence Bailly & Axel Mechin, France~Downfall Rona Fayad, Lebanon
Dude Konstantin Rosshoff, Tokay Yotimo & Marco Jörger, Switzerland
Flaneur Ruiming Wu, UK/USA
Goodbye Jerome! Adam Sillard, Gabrielle Selnet, Chloé Farr, France
Grandpa Valentine Rolland, Théo Bongiovanni, Hugo Martins, Sophie Ouvrard, Thomas Piot & Nell Molinier, France
Gruf and Me Dovi Keich, Israel
Lamina Throstur “Bibi” Soring, Sweden
Matapacos Karla Riebartsch, Lion Durst, Germany
Mosaic Eleonora Berra, Switzerland
Patient’s Mind Zhiheng Wang, China
Peaceful Day Gabrielle Mouret, France
Pipes Jessica Meier, Kilian Feusi & Sujanth Ravichandran, Switzerland
Publo Jacob Rowlands, UK
Resting Fog Nikolett Fábián, Hungary
Sauna Anna Lena Spring & Lara Perren, Switzerland
Small Hours Marta Sniezek & Christian Spurling, Ireland
Tear Off Clément Del Negro, Charlotte Fargier, Héloïse Neveu, Camille Souchard, Nalini Bashin, Mikko Petremand & Matthias Bourgeuil, France
The Name of the Plum Blossom Xiangyu Shi, USA
The Other Shore Julia Wolff, Alexis Giraud, Lison Lacour, Elora Toussaint du Wast & Gustave Soloy, France
Wet Marianne Bergeonneau, Lauriane Montpert, Mélina Mandon, Cloé Peyrebrune & Elvira Taussac, France
What a Wonderful Prayer Kannosuke Enomoto, Japan
Winter Wind Jeremy Andriambolisoa, Théo Duhautois, Quentin Wittevrongel, Alicia Massez, William Ghyselen & Thomas Dell’Isola, France
Late Night Bizarre
A Goat’s Spell Gerhard Funk, Germany
Buzzkill Peter Ahern, USA
Catisfaction Andre Marques Almeida, Portugal
Cosmohedron Duncan Hatch, USA
Don’t Die on Me Ori Goldberg, Israel
Granny X DD Sheahan, USA
Group Think (Brainbug) Lars Magnus Holmgren, Australia
Horse Diana Yue Gong, USA
In the Big Yard Inside the Teeny Weeny Pocket Yoko Yuki, Japan
Menagerie Jack Gray, USA
Oh So Convenient Heui Jen Hung, Taiwan
Only Human Nolan J Downs, USA
Rim Hagar Faibish, Germany
The Hork Nicole Elizabeth Stafford, USA
The Mischievious Pants Lee Jong Hoon, South Korea
The Wasps Sebastiano Fossali, UK
Children and Family Programmes
Bellysaurus Philip Watts, Australia
Burry Man Simon P Biggs, UK
Cat and Moth India Barnardo, Canada
Death of the Gods Leto S Meade, UK
Fox for Edgar Pauline Kortmann, Germany
Franzy’s Soup-Kitchen Ana Chubinidze, Georgia/France
Heartwood Clara Schildhauer & Reyes Fernández, UK
How Shammies Travelled Edmunds Jansons, Latvia
Laika and Nemo Jan Gadermann & Sebastian Gadow, Germany
Little Goat Man Sheldon Lieberman, Australia
Lost Brain Isabelle Favez, Switzerland
Meta Antje Heyn, Germany
Mezosoique Alternatif Léna Miguet, Marie Schaeffer, Swann Boby, Sixtine Sanrame, Lucie Laudrin & Marion Metivier, France
Migrants Hugo Caby, Antoine Dupriez, Aubin Kubiak, Lucas Lermytte, Zoé Devise, France
My Name is Fear Eliza Płocieniak-Alvarez, Germany
Paolo’s Happiness Thorsten Drößler & Manuel Schroeder, Germany
Pig Jorn Leeuwerink, Netherlands
Polar Bear Bears Boredom Koji Yamamura, Japan
Sign Up! Philip Watts, Australia
Swing Ignasi Tarruella, Spain
The Adventures of Goar Sergio Lu, China
The Most Boring Granny in the World Damaris Zielke, Germany
The Perfect Fit Meinardas Valkevičius, Lithuania
The Smortlybacks Come Back! Ted Sieger, Switzerland
