Kicking off a run of LIAF 2021 events here at THH - join us for part one of a double bill screening of new work by up-and-coming animators from around the world
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Doors: 7:00pm (Screening starts promptly at 7.30pm)
Tickets: £8.80 General Admission; £6.60 concessions
This is the first of two LIAF screenings on this date. Tickets for both screenings can be purchased as a bundle via the link below.
This is the first of two student programmes taking place at The Horse Hospital on this evening. The second part screens afterwards at 9pm. Full details at www.liaf.org.uk
You can buy tickets for both programmes at a reduced price of £15.40 (£11 concessions).
The London International Animation Festival - 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 with our first fully hybrid edition. We are especially excited to return to the Horse Hospital for the first time since 2019 with 3 nights of talks and screenings from several of the world’s best animators.
This screening is dedicated to the best student work from all around the world.
Selected from 60 graduate showreels, this is 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. 30 wondrous films in 2 screenings from the future stars of our animation universe. See the full listings below!
Maria Saveleva, ‘You Are Not a Kiwi’, film still, 2020 (Courtesy of the artist)
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Films:
Ennui (2020), dir. Timothey Delhaize, Alexis Maerten-Lammin, Gabriel Richaud and Aurélia Tron
France, 5 mins
Five strangers are stuck in deep boredom. When their imaginations are unleashed, amazing things happen.
Space (2020), dir. Zhong Xian
UK, 3 mins
The most important thing in a relationship is space.
Half of an Apple (2020), dir. Xiaolin Zhou
Japan, 4 mins
Two children are diligently doing their homework whilst their mother prepares a little treat for them.
3:45pm (2021), dir. Alisha Liu
USA, 3 mins
A girl sinks into contemplation during a picnic at the park.
Unconscious Projections (2021), dir. Maddie Branagan
UK, 6 mins
A descent into the worlds of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung and the analysis of dreams.
Beer Boys (2020), dir. Jane Gorelik
USA, 4 mins
Three school kids think that drinking beer will turn them into men.
Stuck Together (2020), dir. Masa Avramovic
France, 4 mins
A bus full of loopy passengers gets stopped by a customs officer who is dissatisfied with the bribe he has received. The passengers join forces to continue their journey.
Walking while Falling (2020), dir. Elisabeth Jakobi
Germany, 2 mins
A woman tries to keep up to speed but life throws her off balance. Based on the Laurie Anderson song.
Flying Squirrel and the Pyrotechnician (2020), dir. Momoka Kato
Japan, 5 mins
A delightful tongue-in-cheek throwback to 1920’s anime. Bonkers flying squirrels challenge an equally bonkers female pyrotechnician to a duel.
Carried Away (2020), dir. Jean-Baptiste Escary
France, 5 mins
Mum is dead and her two sons have to carry out her last wish - to bury her body in the forest.
You are Not a Kiwi (2020), dir. Maria Saveleva
Estonia, 6 mins
Mr. Notakiwi wants to merge into the community. Is society ready to embrace him and his song?
Jeijay (2021), dir. Petra Stipetic
Germany, 8 mins
Two people try to repress the slow but inevitable decay of their relationship. Feeling isolated in their own little home, the happy facade of their love life comes crumbling down.
Ciervo (2020), dir. Pilar Garcia-Fernandezsesma
USA, 10 mins
An emotionally haunting and visibly beautiful experience. The story of a young girl who holds violence, submission, and independence in an uneasy balance as one morphs into the other.
How Were You Born? (2020), dir. Danielle Kimchi
Israel, 3 mins
Kindergarten children respond to the question “How were you born?” with some surprising and entertaining answers.
Avant Card (2020), dir. Stella Raith
Germany, 5 mins
A dizzy visual explosion of techniques, styles and playful references to films over the last century. A figure on a postcard in a postcard stand becomes increasingly discontented when no-one wants to buy him.