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LIAF presents: Short and Sweet: Animations for Kids at Filmhouse Cinema, Edinburgh

March 27, 2016 by LIAF

Animation, like childhood, can be just full of wonder with the biggest pleasures being the simplest ones. This programme carefully chosen for our littlest and most special audience strips away all the soft-sell toy ads and the over-the-top blockbuster-style special effects and delivers up a programme of wonderful films full of simple joys.

Please check with Filmhouse Cinema for the correct start time.

Tickets will be available for purchase from Filmhouse Cinema

The Little Bird and the Squirrel (Lena von Doehren, Switzerland)

The Little Bird and the Squirrel, Lena von Dohren, LIAF, London International Animation FestivalIt is autumn. There is one last colourful leaf hanging at the end of a long branch. A bird, fox and squirrel have an adventure.

4’20, 2014

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Wayne the Stegosaurus (Aran Quinn & Jeff Dates, UK)

Wayne the Stegosaurus, Aran Quinn, Jeff Dates, LIAF, London International Animation Festival. PicturehouseMeet Wayne – he’s long and heavy, wide and tall, but has a brain that’s extra small.

2015, 1’45

The Lost Thing (Shaun Tan & Andrew Ruhemann, Australia)

The Lost Thing, Shaun Tan & Andrew Ruhemann, LIAF, London International Animation Festival, PicturehouseA boy discovers a bizarre looking creature while collecting bottle tops at the beach. It’s the lost thing – but who owns it? Based on the award-winning book by author and illustrator Shaun Tan.

15’00, 2012

Wee Wise Words: Global Warming (Joel Simon, Northern Ireland)

Wee Wise Words: Global Warming, Joel Simon, LIAF, London International Animation Festival, PIcturehouseNorthern Ireland’s youngest citizens talk about their vision of the future for our planet.

2012, 5’00

Wee Wise Words: Olden Days (Joel Simon, 2012)

Wee Wise Words: Olden Days, Joel Simon, LIAF, London International Animation Festival, PicturehouseNorthern Irish primary school children recount life in the ‘olden days’ – before 2005, a time when there were no curtains or grass and meals consisted of mud and hay.

Northern Ireland, 5’00

Swimming Pool (Alexandra Hetmerova, 2010)

Swimming Pool, Alexandra Hetmerova, LIAF, London International Animation Festival, PicturehouseA love story at night about two outsiders in a closed swimming pool.

Czech Republic, 6’35

Big Block Singsong: Hair

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Rockin’ Rhino (Verena Fels, Germany)

Rockin Rhino, Verena Fels, LIAF, London International Animation Festival, PicturehouseDancing is so much fun! But if you have to dance all by yourself it ́s only half the fun. So the little rhino needs to come up with an idea to make everyone dance with it.

2013, 3’05

Trampoline (Maarten Koopman & Floris Kaayk, Netherlands)

Trampoline, Maarten Koopman, Floris Kaayk, LIAF, London International Animation FestivalSome things were just never meant to jump up and down on a trampoline. Little things are OK but giant animals… hmmm, not such a great idea.

2013, 2’00

Snowflake (Natalia Chernysheva, Russia)

Snowflake, Natalia Chernysheva, LIAF, London International Animation FestivalWhen a little African boy receives a paper snowflake in a letter, he longs to know what real snow is like.

2012, 5’40

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The New Species (Kateřina Karhánková, Czech Republic)

The New Species, Kateřina Karhánková, LIAF, London International Animation FestivalStumbling across a mysterious bone sparks the imaginations of three kids, who decide to seek scholarly wisdom from a paleontologist and see what clues they can dig up.

2013, 6’15

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