Part two of a double bill screening of new work by up-and-coming animators from around the world
Doors: 9pm
Tickets: £8 (£6 concessions)
This is the secondof two ‘Best of the Next’ screenings on Friday 2nd December. The first programme of new student work screens earlier at 7pm. Bundle tickets for both screenings are available for £14 (£10 concessions) via the link below.
The London International Animation Festival (LIAF 22) - the UK’s largest and longest-running animation festival - is back with 10 days of amazing screenings, talks and visits from local and international animators from November 25 to December 4. We are especially excited to return to our favourite venue the Horse Hospital with 3 nights and 6 extra special screenings and talks from several of the world’s best animators.
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, CGI, clay, ink and almost every other technique these animators can dream up are all on display here. 28 wondrous films in 2 screenings from the future stars of our animation universe.
Programme:
Blocks [Germany 2022 Dir: Adrian Jaffe 3’15]
All Blocks move to the rhythm until one steps out of line.
School: Hochschule Wismar
99c Pizza [USA 2022 Dir: Lucas Ansel 2’25]
On a stormy New York City night, a man finds shelter in a small 99¢ pizza shop. However things begin to quickly unravel when he asks for a slice of pizza
School: Rhode Island School of Design
Downfall [Lebanon 2021 Dir: Rona Fayad 3’25]
Enya’s journey trying to make it as a dancer is hindered as her behaviors drag her downhill.
School: Académie Libanaise des Beaux Arts
10,946 [USA 2021 Dir: Daren Jannace 7’10]
A squid, a bishop and an alien share a bottle of bubbly.
School: Rhode Island School of Design
Mosaic [Switzerland 2022 Dir: Eleonora Berra 7’45]
Three beings are paving the floor of a cave with gemstones. After an accident, they see each other in broad daylight for the first time and realise that parts of their skin sparkle, except for one of them.
School: Lucerne School of Arts and Design
Borers [China 2022 Dir: Shiyu Tang 4’30]
In a fast-paced society what will we become when we pick up the mobile phone and take it as our ears, nose, mouth and eyes?
School: East China Normal University
The Other Shore [France 2021 Dir: Julia Wolff, Alexis Giraud, Lison Lacour, Elora Toussaint du Wast, Gustave Soloy 5’30]
A Mexican family flees its country during a stormy night.
School: Ecole Georges Méliès
Resting Fog [Hungary 2022 Dir: Nikolett Fábián 5’10]
The process of reliving a memory and the disintegration that follows.
School: Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design
Tear Off [France 2022 Dir: Clément Del Negro, Charlotte Fargier, Héloïse Neveu, Camille Souchard, Nalini Bashin, Mikko Petremand, Matthias Bourgeuil 5’45]
A young bee must overcome her condition if she is to survive the destructive hornet that has invaded her hive.
School: Supinfocom Rubika
What a Wonderful Prayer [Japan 2022 Dir: Kannosuke Enomoto 6’55]
Who are you praying to and how are you praying to them?
School: Kyoto City University of Arts
Peaceful Day [France 2021 Dir: Gabrielle Mouret 5’45]
Someone wakes up somewhere and gets carried away by their daily life.
School: ISCID - Institut Supérieur Couleur Image Design
Lamina [Sweden 2021 Dir: Throstur "Bibi" Soring 2’55]
A little guy steps out for a stroll during a bright sunny day but a strange force has other things in mind for him.
School: Hyper Island
Flaneur [UK, USA 2022 Dir: Ruiming Wu 3’35]
A journey through the conflict between the freedom of one's spiritual world and the boundaries of reality.
School: Royal College of Art
Diplomatie de l'Eclipse [France 2022 Dir: Cesar Luton, Achille Pasquier, Selim Lallaoui, Clemence Bailly, Axel Mechin 7’40]
A total eclipse and the imminent end of the world. Can the negotiator from the World Council avert this tragedy?
School: École MoPA
Sauna [Switzerland 2021 Dir: Anna Lena Spring, Lara Perren 4’20]
Ava enters the Sauna for the first time. With the rising heat she starts to relax, melting away and dissolving into complete ecstasy.
School: Lucerne School of Arts and Design