Time to talk about time “Yesterday's the past, tomorrow is the future but today is a gift. That's why they call it the present” Bill Keane: Cartoonist (The Family Circus) Time! It’s a uniquely human edifice. It’s a uniquely human concept. It is one of the most potent and one of the … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025 Article: BEING HUMAN
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LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: FROM ABSURD TO ZANY
Watching Watchers Watch Us As We Watch Ourselves – Absurd AND Zany Anatidaephobia the irrational fear of being watched by one or more ducks Believe it or believe it not (but believe it), this is actually a thing! It’s a pretty crazy thing but it’s a thing. For the most part though, if … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: FROM ABSURD TO ZANY
LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: PLAYING WITH EMOTION
Play What You Can’t Say: Scribbled Words From A Desperate Moment of Real-Time Inspiration “I went home with a waitress, the way I always do…..” Ohhh, wait….. right song, wrong verse. “I’m hiding in Honduras, I’m a desperate man, send lawyers guns and money, the shit has hit the … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: PLAYING WITH EMOTION
LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: FIGURES IN FOCUS – SKIN SHOWS
With this edition of Figures in Focus, the title ‘Skin Shows’ is a nod to Jack Halberstam’s excellent book of the same name; a work that explores gothic horror, monstrousness, corporeality, otherness, and its representation in contemporary film. In this programme the perspective of the female body … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: FIGURES IN FOCUS – SKIN SHOWS
LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: ABSTRACT SHOWCASE
Blurry, Fragile Windows On Fictive Realities?? Welcome to LIAF’s annual Abstract Showcase! “This is better than the Rothko gig”, says I. True enough, on one reading probably a wildly misleading proclamation to kick this off with, but hang in there because it might just lead into a … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025 ARTICLE: ABSTRACT SHOWCASE
LIAF 2025: MEET THE JUDGES
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 the following … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025: MEET THE JUDGES
