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This is your last chance to see these films before the curtain comes down on another glorious LIAF. Selected by several panels of  industry experts and audience votes, these are the absolute must-see films of LIAF 2023. Awards are given for the ‘Best Film of the Festival’,  ‘Best … [Read more...] about LIAF 2023: Closing Night Gala – The Best of the Fest (18)

Like childhood, animation is full of wonder and simple pleasures. This carefully chosen programme for our littlest and most special audience contains 14 of the best, most recent wonderful short animated films, full of joy, from all around the world. There’ll be talking animals, seriously fun … [Read more...] about LIAF 2023: Family Film Club: Amazing Animations for 0-7 year-olds (U)

From award winning shorts (including this year’s Student Academy Award) to innovative breakthrough new talent, this year’s programme focuses on exciting British and international filmmakers who use a diverse range of live action and animation techniques to explore black, ethnically-diverse themes … [Read more...] about LIAF 2023: Disrupting the Narrative 2: Changing Mindsets, Expanding Voices  (15) + Screentalk

These 9 films from 7 different countries have been chosen especially for children aged 8 and upwards and include themes such as otherness, friendship and tolerance. They are films for the young but also the young at heart with several laugh-out-loud moments alongside tales that tug at the … [Read more...] about LIAF 2023: Marvellous Animations for 8-15 year-olds (PG)

This cathartic selection of artists' animations includes films that delve into our darkest fears and our greatest hopes. Whilst we're living through a time that feels eerily as though we are enduring characters in an unfolding disaster movie, and with the climate crisis ever present in our media and … [Read more...] about LIAF 2023: Figures in Focus: Apocalyptic (15) + Screentalk