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“Reality is for people who can’t cope with art.” It’s hard to be precise about who originally coined that phrase and in truth (truth, of course, being by definition a form of reality) it’s the kind of phrase that was probably organically hatched by multiple scribes and oracles. Artist, sculptor, … [Read more...] about LIAF 2024 ARTICLE: PLAYING WITH EMOTION

The Vibe – Be Open To Your Inner Worringer: Another Vector To The Appreciation Of Abstract Animation Len Lye, Dwinell Grant, John Whitney, Oskar Fischinger, Robert Breer, Ed Emshwiller and Norman McLaren……. the names pour forth from the introduction to Robert Russett and Cecile Starr’s seminal … [Read more...] about LIAF 2024 ARTICLE: ABSTRACT SHOWCASE

Each year we search for the finest panel of judges: educators, independent animators,  producers, authors, curators and more. All are experts in their field and all possess an  informed and exploratory eye for excellence in the animation world. This year we are  honoured to welcome … [Read more...] about LIAF 2024: MEET THE JUDGES

MA Directing Animation students at the National Film & Television School have been creating our official festival trailers for the past 14 years! During that time, we've been treated to hand-drawn, stop-motion, pixilation, claymation, puppet, rotoscoping, 3D, hybrid animation... so many … [Read more...] about LIAF 2024: The making of the trailer

Dick Arnall was a remarkable and significant figure in contemporary British animation, and one who died far too early. What follows is my obituary for Dick, published originally in The Guardian on the 18th April 2007. It is followed by a moving and amusing personal statement from Robert Bradbrook, … [Read more...] about LIAF 2024 article: Dick Arnall – An Appreciation by Gareth Evans

For this year’s ‘Figures in Focus’ programme, we are going on an adventure. The selected films examine the urge to explore the world, to travel, to feel the delight to roam. Hand in hand with this sense of wanderlust is the restlessness felt by some, the need to escape their situation, or to return … [Read more...] about LIAF 2024 article: Figures in Focus: Wanderlust