Saturday 25 August 9pm
A ‘snap shot’ of the contemporary animation scene in the UK. Each year, LIAF gathers a collection of recently released films by established British animators and mixes them with films by promising newcomers to give audiences a feel for what is happening and what the future of the artform might hold.
Procrastination
Johnny Kelly, 4’15
Hilarious! An investigative and exploratory hands-on, gloves-off study into the practice of putting things off. Sometimes the only way to get something done is to do two dozen other things first.
For the Love of God
Joe Tucker, 11’00
Featuring the voice talents of Steve Coogan, Sir Ian McKellen and Julia Davis this spectacular stop motion film depicts a man, his tyrannical mother and a pet jackdaw in a seedy nowhere town.
Heather
Edward Suckling, 5’00
Sam finds a badly beaten woman outside of his house.
Shhh…
Fumio Obata, 3’00
What do you expect to do in the library? Be very quiet and read your book? Naughty boys have little tricks that might make you reconsider….
1977
Peque Varela, 8’30
A small town, a growing knot and a girl searching for her identity.
Elephant in the Room
Sarah Wickens, 3’00
“On Thursday the 4th of June my Grandad died. A month later he came back to visit us…”
Time is Running out
Marc Reisbig, 6’25
One man attempts to stop impending doom as his little world is slowly spinning out of control.
And Life Went On
Maryam Mohajer, 6’20
The Iran/Iraq war, 1985. What will happen in the air-raid shelters?
The Last Circus
Vera Neubauer, 16’50
A film literally made of knitted characters who come alive on the stage, drawing influences from theatre of the absurd, reality TV and the circus.
Sidedish
Leigh Hodgkinson, 3’00
Inspired by the song Side Dish by Psapp, a playful exploration of the song’s quirky metaphor of what it means to be a “side dish” in a relationship.
