An important part of the LIAF Grand Master Plan is to develop a significant and valuable library of animation-related resource materials.
Every time we commission an article, interview a filmmaker or report on an event, we'll be archiving it for you right here. Please be patient with us as this will take us time and funding, but do keep coming back as we'll be adding articles at every available opportunity.
A very special program of films selected to spark the imaginations of our most special audience. Much better than Saturday morning TV and not a toy ad ...
Posted October 5, 2011 – 6:53 pm
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In the years following WWII, Yugoslavian animation companies of various sizes had been struggling along working in isolation. By the early 1950's, organizations such as Duga Film, Zora Film and Nastavni Film had reached the end of their respective roads.
Although their output of work was unspectacular creatively, they had provided a first-start for a generation ...
Posted April 15, 2011 – 1:32 pm
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Ladislas Starewicz (1882-1965), Europe's answer to Disney and a pioneer of puppet animation, is one of the most forgotten film geniuses. 'The Bug Trainer', an amazing 53-minute feature, directed by Rasa Miskinyte explores Starewicz's creative ideas and concepts of his work, along with opinions from film critics and other animation directors to help us understand ...
Posted April 15, 2011 – 1:31 pm
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To help us explore this technique, we invited one of the best living 'direct' animators, Canada's Steven Woloshen, to be our guest at LIAF 2010. Steven hosted a sell-out two day Masterclass and Workshop where he demonstrated to participants the skills required to make their own animation.
When I was 12 years old, my little suburb ...
Posted April 15, 2011 – 1:30 pm
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Sand animation? Literally creating animated films one frame at a time by manipulating images with sand – or coloured salt, coffee or a range of other powders. Each year LIAF takes a look at a particular way of creating animated films and this year's 'TECHNIQUE FOCUS' has its origins in a major festival of sand ...
Posted April 15, 2011 – 1:28 pm
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Croatia has an enviable record in the world of creative animation. But the production of animated film there follows the travails of the extraordinary political history of the region. The mid 1950's through the 1960's were roundly regarded as animating golden age in Croatia and some of the finest films from that era are featured ...
Posted April 15, 2011 – 1:28 pm
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