Our esteemed Panel of Judges watched, assessed and debated the finer points of every single one of the films selected for competition. Read on to find out more about why each of our LIAF 2025 winners were awarded their accolades. Best Film of the Festival Award: On Weary Wings … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025: Judges’ Award Statements
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LIAF 2025: AND THE WINNER IS…
Best Film of the Festival Award: On Weary Wings Go By - Anu-Laura Tuttelberg Best British Film Award: Film Film - Arturs Voblikovs Best Sound Design Award: Ploo - Thies Mynther & Peter Brokhøj (Dir. by Jon Frickey) Best Original Score Award: Dog Alone … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025: AND THE WINNER IS…
LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: LONG SHORTS
An Immersion in the Mise-En-Scenery: The Gentle Art of Giving A Frame We’ve probably had some version of this chat before, but just to recap – and for the sake of those new to the shenanigans – there are a number of reasons for a ‘Long Shorts’ programme. Some have to do with aesthetics, some to … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: LONG SHORTS
LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: ANIMATED DOCUMENTARIES
Genre to Medium - You Heard if from an Expert It’s hard to get a decent bead on the current state of health of the broader documentary form. Perhaps somebody should make a documentary about it. On balance, there seems to be a kind of ‘best of times, worst of times’ sense among the commentariat … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: ANIMATED DOCUMENTARIES
LIAF ARTICLE: INTO THE DARK
Salon des Disturbance – Teraphobia Stalks The Mindscape The fear of the monster, the threat of the ‘other’ and a brain hardwired to pivot towards alarm and peril as a priority in times of doubt to help kick the ol’ fight-or-flight engine into top gear straight away is as old as we are; whatever … [Read more...] about LIAF ARTICLE: INTO THE DARK
LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: STOP MOTION PANORAMA
The Truly LIVING Artform Back in the mid 1990’s when Adam Elliot was studying animation at the Victorian College of Arts in Melbourne he was told more than once that stop motion animation was a ‘dying artform’ and perhaps he might want to reconsider some of his choices. Luckily (for us) that’s … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: STOP MOTION PANORAMA
