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Lon­don Inter­na­tional Ani­ma­tion Festival

The largest ani­mated film fes­ti­val in the United King­dom– the Lon­don Inter­na­tional Ani­ma­tion Fes­ti­val– has announced this years pro­gram. Included are over 280 films from thirty coun­tries com­pet­ing in 10 cat­e­gories. Show­cas­ing the best in British and inter­na­tional ani­ma­tion, this years fes­ti­val also includes sev­eral impor­tant pre­mieres, in addi­tion to attendee events and symposiums.

This year’s Lon­don Inter­na­tional Ani­ma­tion Fes­ti­val– or LIAF– is run­ning Octo­ber 25th — Novem­ber 4th. This year the ten day fes­ti­val will open with style, pre­mier­ing ‘For No Good Rea­son’, the brand new fea­ture film explor­ing the con­nec­tion between life and art through the eyes of sem­i­nal British artist, Ralph Stead­man. Fol­low the screen­ing with an onstage dis­cus­sion with the sem­i­nal British artist him­self – Ralph Stead­man, as well as ‘For No Good Rea­son’ Direc­tor Char­lie Paul and Ani­ma­tion Direc­tor Kevin Richards.

On Octo­ber 28th, Czech Repub­lic direc­tor Tomáš Lunák will intro­duce a  screen­ing of his film Alois Nebel. After­ward, he will take part in a Q and A about the film.

Also on tap are a ret­ro­spec­tive of Lithuan­ian Ani­ma­tion and a look at the emerg­ing Japan­ese ani­ma­tion scene, includ­ing a mas­ter­class and screen­ing with short-form auteur ani­ma­tor Koji Yama­mura. Amer­i­can stu­dio Klasky Csupo presents a series of never-before-seen pilot films from some of their tele­vi­sions series.

The fes­ti­val will also be home to a vari­ety of ScreenTalks and Cre­ative Skillset sym­po­siums and spe­cial pre­sen­ta­tions includ­ing a 2-day indus­try event in which top­ics such as The Future of Ani­ma­tion in the UK and The Art of Ani­mated Film Titles will be explored. Tech­nique Focus Work­shops include an in-depth look at Live Action / Ani­ma­tion Hybrid films. There are also sev­eral pro­grams and hands on work­shops espe­cially for chil­dren includ­ing the Make a Spooky Film Work­shop in which BAFTA award-winning Kevin Grif­fiths will guide audi­ences through the var­i­ous stages of ‘cut-out’ ani­ma­tion and the art of adding spooky soundtracks.

Another favorite pro­gram at the LIAF is Fri­day Night Bizarre. On Novem­ber 2 at 9 PM, this ever pop­u­lar, irre­sistible, train-wreck of a pro­gram com­mences — you wanna’ turn away but you know you can’t. Expect meat in all the wrong places, drunk babies, slimy politi­cians, Siamese twins, deranged zom­bies and Yoko Ono!

The fes­ti­val will wrap up with The Best of the Next on Sat­ur­day night, lead­ing into the Best of the Fes­ti­val event on the fol­low­ing Sun­day, show­cas­ing a col­lec­tion of the great­est films from LIAF cho­sen by judg­ing pan­els and audi­ence votes.

Full pro­gram sched­ules and addi­tional infor­ma­tion about the LIAF is avail­able online at www.liaf.org.uk

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