2024 London International Animation Festival Announces 97 Films from 31 Countries
The London International Animation Festival (LIAF) 2024, set to run from November 22 to December 1, has announced its official film selection for the international competition. This year's edition promises a diverse offering of 97 films from 31 different countries, selected from a staggering 2,400 submissions. Screenings will take place across five renowned London venues: the Barbican, Garden Cinema, Horse Hospital, Puppet Theatre Barge, and Close Up Cinema.
The competition will be divided into eight themed programs, including categories like "Abstract Showcase," "Into the Dark," "Animated Documentaries," "From Absurd to Zany," and "Stop-Motion Panorama." These programs will explore a range of themes and artistic styles, embracing LIAF’s signature blend of surreal and thought-provoking content. Notable films include Beautiful Men by Nicolas Keppens (Belgium/France/Netherlands), A Round of Applause for Death by Stephen Irwin (UK), and Electronic Insects by Keum-Taek Jung (USA).
Beyond the competition, LIAF 2024 will present popular recurring programs such as "Late Night Bizarre," "Best of the Next" (student films), and a special "Music Videos" showcase. There will also be programs focusing on family-friendly films, industry talks, and exclusive feature films. The festival continues its tradition of embracing both live and virtual audiences, ensuring a global reach with an extensive online program.
In addition to the international competition, LIAF 2024 will feature a British Showcase, highlighting domestic talent. This section will include films like Alan the Infinite by Mikey Please and Dan Ojari, It All Comes Down by Meg Earls, and Sour Days by Faye Ameera Saffron Craig.
As LIAF organizers prepare for this year's edition, excitement builds around its eclectic mix of artistic innovation and boundary-pushing animation. The full lineup, including synopses and trailers, will be released in the coming weeks.
International Competition Programme Films
- (S) / Mario Radev / UK
- 0.1g / Raymond Hoepflinger / Switzerland
- A Round of Applause for Death / Stephen Irwin / UK
- Adios / José Prats / UK
- All Futures / Barbara Cerro / France/Argentina
- As I Was a Tree / Jalal Maghout / Germany
- Baggage / Lucy Davidson / UK/Australia
- Beautiful Men / Nicolas Keppens / Belgium/France/Netherlands
- Box / Aline Schoch / Switzerland
- Bunnyhood / Mansi Maheshwari / UK
- Butterfly / Florence Miailhe / France
- Chicken / Anna Benner / Germany
- Circle / Yumi Joung / South Korea
- Clash / Yuming Liao, Jingxian Zhan & Yingyue Zhuang / Hong Kong
- Cold Soup / Marta Monteiro / Portugal
- Dawn & Dusk / Toni Mitjanit / Spain
- Dolores / Cecilia Andalón Delgadillo / Mexico
- Drizzle in Johnson / Ivan Li / Canada
- Duck / Mic Graves & Tony Hull / USA
- Dying for Beginners / Emily Downe / UK
- Earth Coal / Bastien Dupriez / France
- Electronic Insects / Keum-Taek Jung / USA
- Entropic Memory / Nicolas Brault / Canada
- Extremely Short / Koji Yamamura / Japan
- Flow / Alex Bai / Hong Kong
- Freeride in C / Edmunds Jansons / Latvia
- Fusion / Richard Reeves / Canada
- Geometric Symphony / Ka Yuet Chan, Yau Hing Lam / Hong Kong
- Gina Kamentsky’s Pinocchio in 70mm / Gina Kamentsky / USA
- Grain Cloud Atmosphere / Martin Moolhuijsen / Italy
- Help Desk / Edwin Rostron / UK
- High Street Repeat / Osbert Parker, Laurie Hill / UK
- Hot Mess / Tortor Smith / UK
- Human Resources / Trinidad Plass, Titouan Tillier & Isaac Wenzer / France
- Humanity / Tereza Kovandová / Czech Republic
- Humantis / Paris Baillie / USA
- Hurikan / Jan Saska / Slovakia/Czech Republic/France/Bosnia and Herzegovina
- I am a Robot / Sean Buckelew / USA
- I Died in Irpin / Anastasiia Falileieva / Czech Republic
- In Thousand Petals / Louise Bongartz / Belgium
- Inside, The Valley Sings / Nathan Fagan, Natasza Cetner / Ireland
- It Shouldn’t Rain Tomorrow / Maria Trigo Teixeira / Portugal/Germany
- It’s Just a Whole / Bianca Scali / Germany
- Joana / Antoni Sendra Barrachina / Spain
- Let Them Eat Cake / Mathias Rodrigues Bjerre / Denmark
- Lines / Martin Schmidt / Germany
- Little Other / Andres Tenusaar / Estonia
- Madeline’s House / Eliska Dvorackova / UK
- Margarita’s Story / Jonathan Hodgson / UK
- Matta and Matto / Bianca Caderas & Kerstin Zemp / Switzerland
- Mee and Burd / Greg McLeod / UK
- Misérable Miracle / Ryo Orikasa / Japan/Canada/France
- My Jacket / Chesley Cannon / UK
- My Organs Lying on the Ground / Shinobu Soejima / Japan
- No Room / Jelena Oroz / Croatia
- Noggin Case / Jernigan / USA/Italy
- On Hold / Delia Hess / Switzerland
- Percebes / Alexandra Ramires & Laura Gonçalves / Portugal
- Playing God / De Matteo Burani & Arianna Gheller / Italy/France
- Progress Mining / Gabriel Bohmer / UK/Switzerland
- Rekonstrukt / Gabor Ulrich / Hungary
- Shapes / Tsz-wing Ho / Hong Kong
- Shoes and Hooves / Viktória Traub / Hungary
- SKRFF / Corrie Francis Parks, Daniel Nuderscher / Austria
- Sleepy / Igor Voloshin / Russian Federation
- Stale Smoke / Arthur Jamain / France
- Stampfer Dreams / Thomas Renoldner / Austria
- Surprisingly Beautiful / Kathryn Jankowski / Canada
- Tao Shuxin / Yan Wang, Simai Stella Huang & Haoran Yan Yang / Hong Kong
- Tennis, Oranges / Sean Pecknold / USA
- The Car that Came Back from the Sea / Jadwiga Kowalska / Poland
- The Last Drop / Anna Tőkés / Hungary
- The Sunset Special 2 / Nicolas Gebbe / Germany
- The Voice of the Sirens / Gianluigi Toccafondo / France/Italy
- Three Birds / Zarja Menart / Slovenia
- To Hear to See / Dirk de Bruyn / Australia
- Touching Darkness / Jamaica Kindlová / Czech Republic
- Underground / Yiannis Christoforou / Greece
- Ur Heinous Habit / Eugene Kolb / USA
- Us Four / Alex Peake / UK
- Wander to Wonder / Nina Gantz / Netherlands/Belgium/France/UK
- Yuck / Loic Espuche / France
- Zarko, You Will Spoil the Child / Veljko Popovic & Milivoj Popovic / Croatia
British Showcase Films
- Alan the Infinite / Mikey Please, Dan Ojari
- And Granny Would Dance / Maryam Mohajer
- And Then They / Shaun Clark
- For You (Per Te) / Luca Paulli
- Guts / Jane Abernethy
- It All Comes Down / Meg Earls
- It’s OK / Rosy Turner
- In Sync with the Sun / Emily Downe
- Making Mountains / Sammi Duong
- Paper Thin / Harry Plowden
- Plunge / Ellie Land
- Potter’s Mirror / Katherine O’Connor
- Sour Days / Faye Ameera Saffron Craig
- Waldeinsamkeit / Silvana Roth