LIAF 2022: What’s On

LIAF 2022 is on it’s way and due to popular demand, we’re staying fully hybrid. This year we’ll be at our at regular venues: the Barbican, The Horse Hospital, Close-Up and The Puppet Theatre Barge. plus an exciting new venue in London’s Covent Garden: The Garden Cinema and 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 and special offers from this years’ festival.

ONLINE book tickets
At the Barbican book tickets
The Horse Hospital – book tickets
Close-Up Cinema – book tickets
The Garden Cinema book tickets
Puppet Theatre Barge – book tickets

Fri 25 Nov	18:10	Barbican	Opening night: A Cat Called Dom + Screentalk
	21:00	Barbican	British Showcase + Filmmaker Introductions
Sat 26 Nov	11:00	Barbican	Family Film Club: Amazing Animations for 0-7 year-olds
	15:00	Close-Up	Edge of Frame presents: Heavenly Bodies
	17:00	Close-Up	Edge of Frame presents: Alone with the Moon
	18:10	Barbican	Disrupting the Narrative (Black voices, British lives) + Screentalk
	21:00	Garden Cinema	International Competition Programme 1: Abstract Showcase
Sun 27 Nov	14:00	Barbican	Marvellous Animations for 8-15 year-olds
	18:30	Garden Cinema	International Competition Programme 2: Playing with Emotion
	20:30	Garden Cinema	International Competition Programme 3: From Absurd to Zany
Mon 28 Nov	18:30	Garden Cinema	International Competition Programme 4: Being Human
	20:30	Garden Cinema	International Competition Programme 5: Into the Dark
Tue 29 Nov	18:00	Barbican	Figures in Focus: The Magical World + Screentalk
	21:00	Garden Cinema	International Competition Programme 6: Animated Documentaries + Screentalk
Wed 30 Nov	18:30	Garden Cinema	International Competition Programme 7: Looking For Answers
	20:30	Garden Cinema	International Competition Programme 8: Long Shorts
Thu 1 Dec	19:00	Horse Hospital	Reka Bucsi: Twisted Poetry in Motion + Screentalk
	19:00	Puppet Theatre Barge	Stop-motion Panorama
Fri 2 Dec	19:00	Horse Hospital	Best of the Next 1
	21:00	Horse Hospital	Best of the Next 2
Sat 3 Dec	10:00	Online only	UK Animation Industry Event Session 1: Is Animation a Business?
	12:00	Online only	UK Animation Industry Event Session 2: Back to a Future!
	14:00	Online only	UK Animation Industry Event Session 3: Animating the Metaverse
	16:00	Online only	UK Animation Industry Event Session 4: Will the Bots take your job?
	19:30	Horse Hospital	Music Video Session
	21:30	Horse Hospital	Late Night Bizarre
Sun 4 Dec	10:00	Online only	UK Animation Industry Event Session 5: Animation in a Neurodiverse World
	12:00	Online only	UK Animation Industry Event Session 6: Getting Animation off the Screen – From Pixels to Products
	14:00	Online only	UK Animation Industry Event Session 7: Keeping it Reel
	17:45	Barbican	Closing Gala: The Best of the Fest
	20:15	Barbican	Closing Gala: The Best of the Fest – Repeat