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At Hackney Picturehouse book ticketsONLINE: book tickets or buy a pass The reason this programme exists is because the LIAF Audience are smarter than the average bears. We’ve talked in the past about the relative risks that longer films face when they go out into the big wide world of … [Read more...] about LIAF 2021 Article: Long Shorts by Malcolm Turner

At Hackney Picturehouse book ticketsONLINE: book tickets or buy a pass  The similarities between animation and poetry are as obvious as they are under-recognised. An animated film has vastly more in common with a poem than it does with a live-action short film or a piece of short … [Read more...] about LIAF 2021 Article: Looking for Answers by Malcolm Turner

At Hackney Picturehouse book ticketsONLINE: book tickets or buy a pass  One of the relentlessly tedious parts of this job is dealing with the wobbly certainties exuded by the live-action lot who prattle on and on about their daily existential struggles and the creative hernias they … [Read more...] about LIAF 2021 Article: Animated Documentaries by Malcolm Turner

At Hackney Picturehouse book tickets ONLINE: book tickets or buy a pass   Even for us this is a bit of a stretch – at least at first glimpse. But this odd stepping off point for ‘Into The Dark’ kind of appeared out of the light so let’s see where this takes us. If you’re reading this then … [Read more...] about LIAF 2021 Article: Into the Dark by Malcolm Turner

At Hackney Picturehouse book tickets ONLINE: book tickets or buy a pass The ability to use tools, make alcohol and search for meaning are the things that make us human. But – arguably - the meaning of meaning has come to mean less and less as we’ve become more industrialised. Spend too much time … [Read more...] about LIAF 2021 Article: Being Human by Malcolm Turner

At Hackney Picturehouse book ticketsONLINE: book tickets or buy a pass The results are in, 99% of all dogs think human beings are funny things. The survey methodology can be readily replicated at home if you have a spare dog on hand. “Hey Bitzie, are humans funny?”. One woof for “Yes”, two woofs … [Read more...] about LIAF 2021 Article: Playing with Emotion by Malcolm Turner