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Animose and Russian Animation – Irina Goundortseva

Image credit: Maria Muat

The history of Russian puppet animation dates back to the 1900s when a bored public servant named Vladislav Starevich decided to take his amateur hobby of entomology a step further.

Using his extensive bug collection he dived into filmmaking. His first five-minute film “Wonderful Lukanida or the Battle of the Whiskered Versus the Horned” premiered in […]

Posted April 15, 2011 – 1:07 pm | Posted in Archive |

A Brief History of Swiss Animation by Rolf Baechler (Rolf Baechler’s Introduction to LIAF 2008 Country of Focus; Switzerland)

Image credit: ‘Animatou’ (R Andreani, C Barras, D Delachaux-Lambert, G Schwizgebel & C Luyet, 2007)

To commemorate its 20th anniversary in 1988, the Swiss Animated Film Group (ASIFA Switzerland) published a book, treating historical and contemporary aspects of the animated Swiss cinema. Roland Cosandey, film historian, animation scholar and author of many publications on Swiss animation, opened the anthology with a provocative statement:
“There is no such thing as a Swiss […]

Posted April 15, 2011 – 12:47 pm | Posted in Archive |

LIAF and Women in Film and Television Event

Women in Film and Television

On the 23rd of March 2011 LIAF and Women in Film and Television came together to present a very successful first event celebrating women in animation. The event was hosted by the Deluxe Soho formally, Soho Labs in their prestigious preview theatre.

The event showcased the work of three excellent women animators Suzanne […]

Posted April 11, 2011 – 8:43 pm | Posted in News |

Theodore Ushev confirmed Guest for LIAF 2011

Lipsett Diaries

We can now officially announce the first of our high-profile guests from the international animation community.

Theodore Ushev – animator, graphic designer, illustrator and multimedia artist, from Quebec, Canada will be joining us to present his astonishing 15 minute film ‘Lipsett Diaries’ one of the most highly acclaimed short films of the last 12 months and […]

Posted April 11, 2011 – 8:40 pm | Posted in News |

New Venue – The Barbican

New Venue - The Barbican

We are very excited that this year LIAF will be hosted by our new venue – The Barbican. The fact that we have a chance to directly promote animation in all of it’s wonders to a more general audience (a crossover of dance, music, theatre and arts fans) can only be good.

We have always said […]

Posted April 11, 2011 – 8:38 pm | Posted in News |