2022

We have always had a special passion around here for documentary animation. LIAF probably shows more of this kind of work than any other generalist animation festival. It can be surprising to encounter resistance to the idea that there could even be such a thing as documentary animation. Surprising … [Read more...] about LIAF 2023: 10 Best Animated Documentary Films EVER! (15)

Over the 20-year history of LIAF we have screened hundreds of films that fall into the comedy category, mostly in our ‘From Absurd to Zany’ programmes. Half of what most of us dream could easily qualify as absurd or zany. A good percentage of the best stuff that comes out of kids mouths is the same. … [Read more...] about LIAF 2023: 10 Best Comedy Films EVER! (15)

Horror! At its most profound; it's most clenching and suffocating foundation, horror is fundamentally a state of mind. Experienced at full volume, horror grips the brain and ignites some of the simplest animal-level emotions and responses that have been hardwired into our circuitry since before we … [Read more...] about LIAF 2023: 10 Best Horror Films EVER! (15)

Selected from 60 graduate showreels, this is a look at the best student work from all around the world – 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, … [Read more...] about LIAF 2023: Best of the Next 2 (15)

It’s back. LIAF’s annual walk on the wild side featuring the most twisted films to emerge this year. We dug deep to find the best and this is what you find when you go down that far. The ever-popular Late Night Bizarre programme is a bunch of anti-classics guaranteed to be as far away from Disney as … [Read more...] about LIAF 2023: Late Night Bizarre (18)

Selected from 60 graduate showreels, this is a look at the best student work from all around the world – 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, … [Read more...] about LIAF 2023: Best of the Next 1 (15)