Lights, Camera, Animation! This is LIAF’s annual showcase of the most dazzling animated student films selected from the best animation and film schools from all around the world. This is the first step on the animation ladder for these talented filmmakers, and the first time their wild and wonderful imaginations have been unleashed. Stop-motion, drawn animation, collage, cut-out, CGI, clay, ink and almost every other technique these animators can dream up are all on display here. 34 wondrous films in 3 hour-long programmes from the future stars of our animation universe.
Several of the filmmakers will be in attendance. Come along and help us celebrate this incredible work and to gain insights into their creative processes, inspirations, and the challenges they faced while bringing their visions to life.
This is the third of three student programmes at The Horse Hospital. Buy venue tickets for all 3 at a reduced price in our Triple Screening Special!
Entelechy – Marcos Sanchez, Chile
An anxious monster spots a bug and thinks it has crawled out of his brain. A simple chase turns into a spiraling adventure through shifting landscapes, where nothing stays still – not even his sense of self.
2025 3’30 min
Escuela de Animacion UDLA, Chile
Les Vieux/The Seniors – Axelle Fuset, Boris Boidron, Fanny Ghesquiere, Lucile Brunet, Jérémy La, Lauren Félines, Maëlys Guillemoteau & Manuel Mabayog, France
A group of elderly people enjoy the pleasures of the Cote d’Azur – and then their widest fantasies start to run wild.
2025 6’05 min
Ecole des Nouvelles Images, France
There’s Something in the Milk – Cliona Noonan, France
On a small farm somewhere in Ireland, Oona spends her days milking cows with her mother, who seems to care more about the cows and their milk than her own daughter.
2025 4’05 min
La Poudriere, France
This film does not screen in our online programme.
Phosphenic Archives – Léo Mourey, Estonia
One night, a young woman suffering from memory loss is abducted by aliens and wired to a strange machine that carries them deep into her fading mind. As memories bleed into dreams, reality fractures into a melancholic psychedelic odyssey through the fragments of a life slipping away.
2025 12’30 min
Estonian Academy of Arts
Expectation – Corin Anderson, UK
A moment of intense introspective crisis before the big match.
2025 2’50 min
University of Hertfordshire, UK
Consequences – Kitty Bowen, UK
After playing the paper game ‘consequences’ with his granddaughter, an old man is greeted by unexpected visitors. A heartwarming twist on the consequences of aging.
2026 2’55 min
Falmouth University, UK
A Princess’ Guide to Fairytale Love – Violette Avouach, Ramya Hegde, Tshegofatso Tracy Pitseng, Kelvin Shani, Polina Saratova, Ashil Shaji, France
Princess Lucette hires a dragon to stage her own kidnapping – only to discover that forging fairytales is trickier than it seems.
2025 6’30 min
Gobelins, l’école de l’image, France
It’s been a while – Ailun Su, Taiwan
When a girl senses her friend is troubled, she follows the clues in their tin-can conversations across a field of flowers to find her. But as her friend opens up about her fears and desires, she suddenly vanishes – leaving only the telephone behind.
2025 7’15 min
National Taiwan University of Arts
Taut – Ilya Barrett, Germany
Stringo is ripped from his peaceful home by a terrifying beast. He survives the battle, but it leaves him too altered to be accepted by his own kind.
2026 5’40 min
Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, Germany
So he Grabbed the Knife – Sam Kuwa, Japan
The boy takes the knife his father once gave him. Did what followed make him a “man”?
2026 12’15 min
Tokyo University of the Arts, Japan
Viktor’s Hot Dogs – Kate Scott, UK
Viktor, a hot dog seller discovers that his most annoying customer has left a terrified dog behind. With nowhere else to take her, Viktor brings her inside his eerie hot dog factory, where a sausage dog has every reason to fear the worst.
2026 3’05 min
Aardman Academy, UK
Our Funding Partners
With Special Thanks to The Elf Factory, official sponsor of LIAF 2026.
With Special Thanks to the Arts Council England
Event supported by Film Hub London, managed by Film London. Proud to be a partner of the BFI Film Audience Network, funded by the National Lottery.
Venue
The Horse Hospital is a three tiered progressive arts venue in London providing an encompassing umbrella for the related media of film fashion, music and art. For more information about The Horse Hospital and how to get there, find out more.
Horse Hospital, Online
