It all comes down to this …The Best of the Fest! The judges have deliberated, the audience votes have been added up and we’ve pulled together a final programme that celebrates the highlights of what has been filling the screen all week. Awards are given for the ‘Best Sound’, ‘ Best Children’s … [Read more...] about LIAF 2024: The Best of the Fest REPEAT (18)
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LIAF 2024: Family Film Club: Amazing Animations for 0-7 year-olds (U)
Like childhood, animation is full of wonder and simple pleasures. This carefully chosen programme for our littlest and most special audience contains 11 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 2024: Family Film Club: Amazing Animations for 0-7 year-olds (U)
LIAF 2024: International Competition Programme 8 – Long Shorts (18)
Some films need extra time to develop their themes, to grow and draw us more comprehensively into their worlds. It takes time to think. Reflection tends to work best at a slower tempo. This competition programme is dedicated to showcasing the best of these longer films. 7 longer short films, 7 … [Read more...] about LIAF 2024: International Competition Programme 8 – Long Shorts (18)
LIAF 2024: International Competition Programme 7 – Animated Documentaries + Screentalk (18)
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 2024: International Competition Programme 7 – Animated Documentaries + Screentalk (18)
LIAF 2024: International Competition Programme 5 – Into the Dark (18)
Welcome to our annual deep-dive into the dark heart of animation. Here you will find films featuring a blind sculptor and his countless failed experiments, corn husk skulls, mental armadillos, evil twin babies, skeletons, maggots and death everywhere. Step in, take a seat, turn out the light and get … [Read more...] about LIAF 2024: International Competition Programme 5 – Into the Dark (18)
LIAF 2024: International Competition Programme 4 – Being Human (18)
This programme examines some big life moments and asks some pointed questions. The 10 powerful films include a breathtaking take on an author's experience with mescaline, the internal struggles of a group of female gymnasts, a humorous animated road movie documenting Poland during the communist era … [Read more...] about LIAF 2024: International Competition Programme 4 – Being Human (18)
