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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 2022: Meet the Judges

“Every spectator is a plotter, if he tries to explain a word (to know!)"of mine has a prosthetic leg, and he has a 2½ year old daughter. It’s my gift to her, I wanted her to have a film where she can see someone just like her dad, being part of this world just like all the other characters.” Tristan … [Read more...] about LIAF 2022 Article: Being Human

Couldn’t quite shake the feeling that we hadn’t finished dancing with the ‘real’ in the intro back at Programme #2 (Playing with Emotion) so let’s pick up that thread again here. Alternative explanation for this opening paragraph is that the introductions were written out of sequence this year and … [Read more...] about LIAF 2022 Article: Looking for Answers

Let’s invent a new word. Heterotopia. No, that’s already a word and, no, it’s not a euphemism for the Playboy Mansion, the name of the hottest 70’s disco in Blackpool, a misspelling crafted by some idiot archaeologist for a mythical long lost Greek city or a psychosis induced by binging too many … [Read more...] about LIAF 2022 Article: Into the Dark

What is is? What is the use of is? When you think about it, the enemy of is might just be if. And, perhaps, the antidote to the power of is is how. This probably rushes right past English scholars but animators understand this stuff at an instinctual level . That’s what makes them such advanced … [Read more...] about LIAF 2022 Article: From Absurd to Zany

It turns out that - in animation  the problem with ‘orthodox’ might just be that real is not real enough. If you have never heard of Gunther Anders you are far from alone – and it probably also means you don’t speak German. And yet, Anders was remarkable in so many ways. He referred to … [Read more...] about LIAF 2022 Article: Playing with Emotion