Persuasive, illustrative and able to get over abstract details in attractive and compelling ways, animation is the perfect tool to document someone’s vision of the truth. This past decade has seen a boom in non-fiction films that use animation to tell their stories and LIAF has been one of the … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAMME 7 – ANIMATED DOCUMENTARIES + SCREENTALK (18)
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LIAF 2025: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAMME 6 – STOP MOTION PANORAMA(15)
Since the dawn of cinema puppet animation has provided some of the most mesmerising films ever made and puppet animators have been among the most revered. Breathing a kind of life into inanimate puppets is a very special form of magic and this programme showcases the continuing vibrancy of this … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAMME 6 – STOP MOTION PANORAMA(15)
LIAF 2025: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAMME 5 – INTO THE DARK (18)
Welcome to our annual deep-dive into the dark heart of animation. Here you will find several films featuring hideous humanoid insects, a mutant praying mantis seducing and preying on innocent men, a strange animal in the middle of a desolate forest searching for something to nourish with its tears … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAMME 5 – INTO THE DARK (18)
LIAF 2025: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAMME 4 – BEING HUMAN (18)
Despite societal pressures, humans still create art, jokes, rituals, experiments… and animated films. Play and imagination are core human capacities that drive innovation and meaning. This programme examines some big life moments and asks some pointed questions. The 11 powerful films include a man … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAMME 4 – BEING HUMAN (18)
LIAF 2025: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAMME 2 – PLAYING WITH EMOTION (18)
This programme explores the full spectrum of human emotions through 8 captivating films that delve into themes of love, hate, jealousy, sensuality, melancholy, anxiety, confusion, fear, and doubt. Each film is powerful and moving, offering profound insights and striking visuals that resonate with … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAMME 2 – PLAYING WITH EMOTION (18)
LIAF 2025: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAMME 3 – FROM ABSURD TO ZANY (18)
This programme ‘From Absurd to Zany’ celebrates some of the funniest, weirdest and eye-poppingly nutty films that were entered this year. Strange tales of a woman giving birth to her reproductive organs, a chatty hair living on the head of a balding man, disturbing bird people, singing aliens … [Read more...] about LIAF 2025: INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION PROGRAMME 3 – FROM ABSURD TO ZANY (18)






















