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The word is out - LIAF is back and we can’t wait to share these films with you! Our programmers have been working away throughout lockdown by sifting through the 2,384 films that came our way this year. After much deliberation, head-scratching and tired eyes we have hand-picked 80 films from 31 … [Read more...] about LIAF 2021: International Competition Programme Films

Get ready for the return of the 18th London International Animation Festival. The UK’s longest-running, largest and most eclectic animation festival is back and screening in-cinema and online all across the UK for 10 days from November 26th.  We can’t wait to return to live in-cinema … [Read more...] about LIAF 2021: Special Programme Announcement!

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 were honoured to welcome a carefully … [Read more...] about LIAF 2020: Judges Award Statements

THE JURY AWARDS JURY: Best of the Festival Award 'Wood Child and Hidden Forest Mother' - Stephen Irwin Deep in the forest, a hunter encounters a strange creature he cannot kill. 2019, 10min watch trailer JURY: Best British Film Award 'Wood Child and Hidden Forest Mother' - Stephen Irwin Deep in … [Read more...] about LIAF 2020: And the winner is…

“Calling Doctor Freud…. Doctor Freud to the Animation Department please.” Black Sheep Boy (James Molle) – where to begin? One of the things that animation as an artform is preternaturally constructed to best perform is the visualisation of the hyper-fluid post-reality displosions (yeah, not a real … [Read more...] about LIAF 2020 Article: International Competition Programme 8 – Long Shorts

Data is not information. Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Humans have always looked for answers. Before the dark, T-shirted Profits of Silicon Valley turned up and figured out a way to weaponise the inherent human desire to look for answers and try and skip all the steps … [Read more...] about LIAF 2020 Article: International Competition Programme 7 – Looking For Answers