LIAF 2024 is just over 10 weeks away and we can’t wait to share with you the amazing films we’ve been watching all year long. This years festival will take place across London at 5 wonderful venues – the Barbican, Garden Cinema, Horse Hospital, Puppet Theatre Barge and Close Up Cinema – but for those who are unable to join us in the flesh we will also have an extensive online programme made available for everyone, wherever you are, across the world.
Our programmers have been sifting through the 2,400 films that came our way this year and after much deliberation, head-scratching and tired eyes we have hand-picked 97 films from 31 countries to screen in the 8 international competition programmes and the British Showcase, many of them premieres.
In this, our 21st festival, there will be a healthy mix of returning master animators to LIAF with their latest gems alongside many newcomers to the scene. Previous LIAF audience members will recognise names such as Stephen Irwin, Gina Kamentsky, Koji Yamamura, Nicolas Keppens, Jonathan Hodgson, Osbert Parker, Florence Miailhe, Nina Gantz and Maryam Mohajer returning with their latest films. And we are also very excited to give a platform to many first-time filmmakers and graduate animators. Our mission, as ever, is to show that animation is the most imaginative of all art forms and when the handbrake is off anything can happen.
The competition films will screen in 8 themed programmes such as the Abstract Showcase, Into the Dark, Animated Documentaries, From Absurd to Zany and the Stop-Motion Panorama. Subject matter is as varied as ever but LIAF wouldn’t be LIAF without a healthy dose of surreality and general all-round bonkers-ness to mash up your brain.
Outside of the international competition programmes we will also be screening our ever-popular and returning programmes – Late Night Bizarre, Best of the Next (student films), Music Videos, Disrupting the Narrative, Figures in Focus and kids and families programmes alongside several other special programmes, special guests, 3 feature films and 2 days of free online industry talks. Full line-ups to be announced soon, along with stills, synopses and trailers. Stay tuned!
LIAF 2024 – International Competition Programme Films List
(S) Mario Radev, UK
0.1g Raymond Hoepflinger, Switzerland
A Round of Applause for Death Stephen Irwin, UK
Adios José Prats, UK
All Futures Barbara Cerro, France/Argentina
As I Was a Tree Jalal Maghout, Germany
Baggage Lucy Davidson, UK/Australia
Beautiful Men Nicolas Keppens, Belgium/France/Netherlands
Box Aline Schoch, Switzerland
Bunnyhood Mansi Maheshwari, UK
Butterfly Florence Miailhe, France
Chicken Anna Benner, Germany
Circle Yumi Joung, South Korea
Clash Yuming Liao, Jingxian Zhan & Yingyue Zhuang, Hong Kong
Cold Soup Marta Monteiro, Portugal
Dawn & Dusk Toni Mitjanit, Spain
Dolores Cecilia Andalón Delgadillo, Mexico
Drizzle in Johnson Ivan Li, Canada
Duck Mic Graves & Tony Hull, USA
Dying for Beginners Emily Downe, UK
Earth Coal Bastien Dupriez, France
Electronic Insects Keum-Taek Jung, USA
Entropic Memory Nicolas Brault, Canada
Extremely Short Koji Yamamura, Japan
Flow Alex Bai, Hong Kong
Freeride in C Edmunds Jansons, Latvia
Fusion Richard Reeves, Canada
Geometric Symphony Ka Yuet Chan, Yau Hing Lam, Hong Kong
Gina Kamentsky’s Pinocchio in 70mm Gina Kamentsky, USA
Grain Cloud Atmosphere Martin Moolhuijsen, Italy
Help Desk Edwin Rostron, UK
High Street Repeat Osbert Parker, Laurie Hill, UK
Hot Mess Tortor Smith, UK
Human Resources Trinidad Plass, Titouan Tillier & Isaac Wenzer, France
Humanity Tereza Kovandová, Czech Republic
Humantis Paris Baillie, USA
Hurikan Jan Saska, Slovakia/Czech Republic/France/Bosnia and Herzegovina
I am a Robot Sean Buckelew, USA
I Died in Irpin Anastasiia Falileieva, Czech Republic
In Thousand Petals Louise Bongartz, Belgium
Inside, The Valley Sings Nathan Fagan, Natasza Cetner, Ireland
It Shouldn’t Rain Tomorrow Maria Trigo Teixeira, Portugal/Germany
It’s Just a Whole Bianca Scali, Germany
Joana Antoni Sendra Barrachina, Spain
Let them eat Cake Mathias Rodrigues Bjerre, Denmark
Lines Martin Schmidt, Germany
Little Other Andres Tenusaar, Estonia
Madeline’s House Eliska Dvorackova, UK
Margarita’s Story Jonathan Hodgson, UK
Matta and Matto Bianca Caderas & Kerstin Zemp, Switzerland
Mee and Burd Greg McLeod, UK
Misérable Miracle Ryo Orikasa, Japan/Canada/France
My Jacket Chesley Cannon, UK
My Organs Lying on the Ground Shinobu Soejima, Japan
No Room Jelena Oroz, Croatia
Noggin Case Jernigan, USA/Italy
On Hold Delia Hess, Switzerland
Percebes Alexandra Ramires & Laura Gonçalves, Portugal
Playing God De Matteo Burani & Arianna Gheller, Italy/France
Progress Mining Gabriel Bohmer, UK/Switzerland
Rekonstrukt Gabor Ulrich, Hungary
Shapes Tsz-wing Ho, Hong Kong
Shoes and Hooves Viktória Traub, Hungary
SKRFF Corrie Francis Parks, Daniel Nuderscher, Austria
Sleepy Igor Voloshin, Russian Federation
Stale Smoke Arthur Jamain, France
Stampfer Dreams Thomas Renoldner, Austria
Surprisingly Beautiful Kathryn Jankowski, Canada
Tao Shuxin Yan Wang, Simai Stella Huang & Haoran Yan Yang, Hong Kong
Tennis, Oranges Sean Pecknold, USA
The Car that came back from the Sea Jadwiga Kowalska, Poland
The Last Drop Anna Tőkés, Hungary
The Sunset Special 2 Nicolas Gebbe, Germany
The Voice of the Sirens Gianluigi Toccafondo, France/Italy
Three Birds Zarja Menart, Slovenia
To Hear to See Dirk de Bruyn, Australia
Touching Darkness Jamaica Kindlová, Czech Republic
Underground Yiannis Christoforou, Greece
Ur Heinous Habit Eugene Kolb, USA
Us Four Alex Peake, UK
Wander to Wonder Nina Gantz, Netherlands/Belgium/France/UK
Yuck! Loic Espuche, France
Zarko, You will Spoil the Child! Veljko Popovic & Milivoj Popovic, Croatia
LIAF 2024 – British Showcase film list
Alan the Infinite Mikey Please, Dan Ojari
And Granny Would Dance Maryam Mohajer
And Then They Shaun Clark
For You (Per Te) Luca Paulli
Guts Jane Abernethy
It All Comes Down Meg Earls
It’s OK Rosy Turner
In Sync with the Sun Emily Downe
Making Mountains Sammi Duong
Paper Thin Harry Plowden
Plunge Ellie Land
Potter’s Mirror Katherine O’Connor
Sour Days Faye Ameera Saffron Craig
Waldeinsamkeit Silvana Roth
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