Friday 28th August - Sunday 30th August
Doors 6:30 £10
The UK's largest animation festival - The London International Animation Festival (LIAF) - returns for it's sixth year and this time the festival kicks off with three astonishing nights of animation at the Horse Hospital.
Fri 28 Aug - International panorama programmes 1, 2 and 3
Sat 29 Aug - The Best of the Next - International Graduation Festival programmes 1, 2 and 3 PLUS the Late Night Bizarre programme
Sun 30 Aug - The Muzeek music video programmes Sessions 1 and 2.
Tickets for each night are £10
London International Animation Festival information: www.liaf.org.uk
Email: info@liaf.org.uk
There's plenty more animated goodness happening at 3 other venues from August 28th - September 6th. Check out the LIAF website for full details.
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International Panorama Programmes
FRI 28 AUG,
International panorama 1 - 7pm
International panorama 2 - 8:15pm
International panorama 3 - 9:30pm
Welcome to LIAF's first international panorama series. This is a chance to show films that are just too good to be left out, films that didn't get the consensus nod in the jury room, arrived too late for Competition selection, or simply films the LIAF Director thought you should see.
Programme 1 - 7PM
Spare Change
Ryan Larkin and Laurie Gordon
Canada, 2008, 7'15
A surreal journey through the late animator Ryan Larkin's powerful and liberating imagination.
The Invention of Happy Hour
Sal Cooper
Australia, 2009, 2'35
A horse walked into a bar. The barman said "Why the long face?" That was until they invented happy hour.
Man is the only bird that carries his own cage
Claude Weiss
France, 2008, 12'00
A macabre allegory in which the souls of civilisation strive to escape the cages that hold them.
Bill's Visitors
Simon Deshon
UK, 2008, 4'00
Bill has an understanding with local teenage boys, that he will buy beer for them. However when Cowan takes along his friend Jim for the first time, something about Jim encourages Bill to reveal more of himself to the boys than he ever has before.
About Socks and Love
Michaela Copikova
Slovakia, 2008, 7'00
A film about love, but mostly about socks.
Zoologic
Nicole Mitchell
USA, 2008, 4'25
Within the zoo's walls an overbearing zookeeper arranges the animals to his own liking.
A Bicycle Trip
L Varacini/N Nanbiar/M Avoletta
Italy, 2009, 4'10A scientist accidentally ingests a chemical concoction and trips around town on his bike.
Weltraffer
Lukas Helmbrecht
Germany, 2008, 4'00
The last 5 million years of history compressed into 4 minutes and 625 square centimetres.
The Butter Dilemma
Fabrice Fouquet
France, 2008, 6'15
A recipe for brioche disguised as a love story (or vice versa).
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Programme 2 - 8 - 15PM
Mr Hasingers Homecoming
Eva Becker
Germany, 2009, 6'20
A film about the strangeness in the familiar and the familiar in strangeness.
ECT: The Story of Two Women
Laura Piraino
USA, 2008, 5'15
A personal documentary about two women with clinical depression who 'return' to the lives they love after positive experiences with ECT treatment.
Deconstruction Workers
Kajsa Naess
Norway, 2008, 6'00
Two construction workers and an everyday conversation about an existential question. Will they find the answer to one of the most common questions in the western world?
This is JO3
Rory Lowe/Tom Shrapnel
UK, 2008, 3'00
An 8bit digital man is stuck in our 21st century analogue world searching for a way home.
Palimpsest
Pia Borg
UK, 9'00
A narrative compression of time, place and persons that captures the spirit of a 300 year-old building.
For Socks Sake
Carlo Vogele
France, 2009, 4'45
A sock escapes from the clothesline to go clubbing in this stop-motion extravaganza.
The Trap
J Mannisto/J Kukkonen/J P Saari/J Korhonen
Finland, 2008, 4'30
A tender story about a girl, her father and a fish.
Mrs G
Michael Zabka
Czech Republic, 2008, 12'00
A puppet love-story about the co-existence of man and his very unusual life-partner.
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Programme 3 - 9-30PM
Ed
Pierre Alran/François Hosy/Olivier Renard/Nicolas Juncos
France, 2008, 6'10
Ed stumbles on a Lego brick and life changes.
Big Plans
Irmgard Walthert
Switzerland, 2008, 4'00
Despite well developed plans, it's very hard to construct a machine which sells apples. But a great idea occurs that should solve the case...
Agenda
Diek Grobler
South Africa, 2008, 7'20
An everyday tale about a tea-girl serving tea to very important people.
Khoda
Reza Dolatabadi.
UK, 2009, 5'00
6,000 paintings were painstakingly produced during two years to create this psychological thriller.
Birdy
Woznicka, Agnieszka
Poland, 2009, 7'15
A lonely outsider takes desperate measures to realise his dream of flight.
2 Metros
Javier Mrad/Javier Salazar/ Eduardo Maraggi,
Argentina, 2008, 5’45
Two beings caught in a dispute of tiny proportions while time goes by, rolls and bounces.
Colchique
Jean-Luc Greco/Catherine Buffat
France, 2008, 10'00
Ferdinand is a little boy who lives with his Mother and Aunt and their feisty dog, Colchique.
Rhum Sale
Remi Vandenitte
Belgium, 2008, 5'00
After a shipwreck a man finds himself all alone on the open sea.
Nico and Tina
Rodolfo Pastor
Spain, 2009, 8'30
Nico and Tina, hardened chain-smokers are preparing themselves for their date. A romance about the delights of tobacco.
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Best of the Next
International Graduate Animation Festival
SAT 29 AUG
7pm International Programme 1
8pm International Programme 2
9pm International Programme 3
Spirited, break-all-the-rules films packed with raw energy and vibrant ideas. Join us at the Horse Hospital for the next generation of creative animators. Best of the Next screenings are made up of the best graduate films from more than 60 schools in 20 countries in a special marathon of three not-to-be- missed programmes.
7pm International Programme 1
Frat
Sebastian Durand, Julien Limon, Auretien Peis, Cedric Trezeguet
Germany, (ESMA), 9'45
My Tough Animation Project
Reggie Schickel
USA, 6'15
Signalis
Adrian Fluckiger
Switzerland, (HGK), 4'45
Tale Of Rock
Steven Payne, John Godwin
UK, (Hertfordshire), 4'00
The Laboratory Animal
Mark Smith
New Zealand, (Media Design School), 2'15
The Coin
Hsun-Chun Chuang
Taiwan, (National Taiwan University of Science & Technology), 5'30
Hanna Was A Moron
Ferderico Martin
Germany, (Kunsthochschule Kassel), 1'15
Seconde Classe
Boris Belghiti
France, (Emile Cohl), 5'30
Ocean Size
Romain Journderu, Adrien Chartie, Gilles Mazieres, Fabien Thareru
France, (Supinfocom), 7'45
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8pm International Programme 2
The Airship Danger
Erik Benson
USA (Calarts) 3'30
Accro
David Martin, Marie Opran, Leonard Cohen
France (ENSAD), 3'00
Yankee Girl
Celine Desrumaux, Gary Levesque, Antoine Perez, Francois Pons
France (Supinfocom) 4'45
The Last Temptation Of Crust
Dax Norman
USA, (Ringling), 2'45
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Zhi Jin
Korea, (Seoul National University), 4'30
Les Voyageurs
Agnes Chevreau
France, (EMCA), 3'15
The Deeply Concerning Dreams of Jayne Fortesque
Jayne Fortesque, Alice Dunseath
UK, (Goldsmith) 4'30
Rainbow Slide
Sarka Stosarowai
Czech Republic, (Zlin), 3'15
Trickster
Alexander Pohl
Germany, (HFF "Konrad Wolf") 15'30
9pm International Programme 3
I Have Seen The Future
Cam Christiansen
Canada, 6'00
Boyhive
Jason Boesch
USA, (Calarts), 2'45
Le Son Du Pignon
David Martin
France, (ENSAD), 2'30
IO
Alex Ward, Rob Nelson, James Swindells
UK, (Bournemouth), 3'15
Café Voyeur
Low Don
USA, (SCAD), 2'30
La Theorie Des Ensembles
Juliette Hamon Damourette, Marc Herichor, Jao-Eka M'Chamgama
France, (ENSAD), 4'15
Snegur
Anastasiya Sokolova
Russia, 5'45
Feet On The Floor
Franz Kirchner
France, (La Poudriere), 4'30
Bus Stop Boogaloo
Gus Hughes, Paulina Brinck
UK, (Institute Of Digital Inovation, The University of Teesdale) 4'45
Urs
Moritz Mayerhofer
Germany, (Filmakademie Baden-Wurttemberg), 9'00
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Late Night Bizarre
SAT 29 AUG, 10PM
Warning, this program contains offensive material
Pretty much what it says on the can - a compendium of the strangest or funniest (not always the same thing) films drawn from the 2000+ submissions we received. Expect smatterings of mindless violence,
intriguing alternative views of the world, a few gutbusters and a visual overload or two. A LIAF tradition nowadays and a reminder - if one is needed - that animation knows no imaginative boundaries!
I Live In The Woods
Max Winston
USA, 2007, 3'45
It has to be every crazed hillbilly's dream to kill all the cuddly animals with his bare hands. But what about God? Is nothing sacred? If you like your Gods intact and all powerful, this is probably not the film for you.
Cuddle Sticks
Mike Geiger
Canada, 2008, 2'30
Crossing a line that even Kricfalusi might have drawn. A demented look at the origins of kiddie ice treats.
Rescued
Peter Parlegreco
USA, 2008, 8'15
A stranger arrives in a surreal world where nothing is as it seems. Not even close.
Yesno
Antonio Amaral
France, 2008, 8'00
Surrealism meets up with Crumb for a coffee and takes a long walk through Crazytowne.
Morph Mush Mash
Alex Cormack
USA, 2007, 2'30
A crazed, wonderful head-warping extravaganza.
Ex-Ergo
Yolyanko William
Cuba, 2008, 1'00
A text book example of how to eat yourself set to the music of Aphrodite's Child.
Fantasie In Bubblewrap
Arthur Metcalf
USA, 2007, 3'45
Even bubblewrap has feelings. Lots of feelings. Especially when you start popping them one at a time. They begin to wonder out loud which bubble will be next.
Morris And The Other
Edwin Rostron
UK, 2008, 4'00
A most peculiar collection of arms, legs, heads, kites, tanks, trucks and trolleys.
Turducken
Steve Stark
USA, 2008, 3'15
What do you get when you stuff a chicken into a duck into a turkey? "Three birds, One Hell Of A Detective", that’s what.
Clean The Restroom
Hung-Hsin Shih
Taiwan, 2008, 2'15
It's not a career that suits everyone, but a little rhythm makes cleaning restrooms a lot more fun than it could be.
Happy Birthday To Me
Hui-Shan Lee
Taiwan, 2008, 4'15
A heart-felt birthday greeting from the furthest reaches of a wondrous psychedelic soul.
Odeki+Naoki Yamaji
Japan, 2007, 4'30
OK - where to begin! A chronicle showcasing the explosively painful mishaps of a slightly mutated variant of the male of the species who has problems keeping his tenderest appendage under cover.
Another Way To Fly
Eva Andujar
Spain, 2008, 5'00
After a midnight insect attack, a man goes through a brain-rattling, full technicolour transformation.
Superjail
Aaron Augenblick
USA, 2007, 12'00
Welcome to Superjail, an ultra-violent prison complex run by a mad Willy Wonka-esque warden channelling some kind of warped combo of Fred Astaire on speed and a wild-eyed Year 4 school teacher.
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Muzeek - Music video panorama
SUN 30 AUG, 7PM AND 9PM - HORSE HOSPITAL
44 of the world's best and most innovative music videos in two 90 minute programmes - hand-picked by the Museek Festival in Russia. Here's a chance to see singing Turkish market workers, a Japanese pyjama dance, Russian street performers, a flipbook based film, a home movie of Animal Collective having fun at night and much, much more.
Session 1
7PM
Animals - Minilogue
Kristofer Strom
Sweden, 2008, 3'40
One with the Freaks - The Notwist
Keith Schofield
USA, 2006, 3'31
Shorebound - Epic45
Paul Banks
UK, 2008, 2'25
Lights - Lyapis Trubetskoy
Alexei Terekhov
Russia, 2008, 3'30
Hoppipolla - Sigur Ros
Arni and Kinski
Iceland, 2005, 4'28
Sundown - Daedalus
Clay Lipsky
USA, 2006, 3'19
Satellite - 4 Bonjour's Parties
Takayuki Kozyma
Japan, 2007, 5'00
Dubus - Zelany Rashoho
AV
Russia, 2005, 4'09
The Rain - Lou Rhodes
Virgilio Villoresi & Erica il Cane
Italy, 2007, 3'26
Girl and the Sea - The Presets
Lee Lennox
UK, 2005, 4'40
Wasted - Matthew Bryan
Raymond Prado
USA, 2008, 4'11
OK - Shitdisco
Price James
UK, 2007, 4'20
Central and Remote - Grizzly Bear
Jesse Ewles
USA, 2007, 4'28
Love Park! - Mujuice
Roma Litvinov
Russia, 2008, 5'20
Papal Broken-Dance - Psychic TV
Marie Losier
USA, 2008, 6'00
Boa - Eglantine Gouzy
Sophie Gateau
France, 2006, 3'00
A Joy - Four Tet and Kieran Hebden
Jodie Mack
USA, 2005, 3'03
You Got Me Up - Jamie Lidell
Tom Scholefield
Scotland, 2006, 2'00
Fugaz - The Pinker Tones
Celia Galan & Ana Lorenz
Spain, 2008, 4'28
Sloup - Susumu Yokota
Imery Watson
UK & New Zealand, 2006, 4'50
Motherfucker - Fordamage
Kids of Eighties
France, 2007, 2'53
Just Like A Drummer - The Wave Pictures
Eduardo Benchoam
Guatemala, 2008, 4'37
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Session 2
9PM
Russian Wanderer - Celtic Folk Song
Andrei Kagadeev & Nikolai Kopeikin
Russia, 2008, 4’00
Rock My Boat - Dntel
Jenny Coburn & Thomas Hicks & Will Perrens
UK, 2006, 4'10
Summertime Cowboy - Husky Rescue
Miikka Lommi
Finland, 2007, 3'27
Untitled 1 - Gianluca Porcu
Masha Godovannaya
Russia, 2005, 4'00
Apple & Ei - Marco Meister
Ahmet Tas
Germany, 2007, 5'35
She's the One - Caribou
Daniel Eskils
Sweden, 2008, 4'00
Toe Jam - The BPA
Keith Schofield
USA, 2008, 3'27
Silver - Dolphin
Pavel Egorov
Russia, 2005, 4'00
Squeeze Me - Kraak and Smaak
Andre Maat & Henk Loorbach
The Netherlands, 2008, 3'25
Lightning Bolts and Man Hands - Hymie's Basement
Markus Wambsganss
Germany, 2004, 6'16
Breasts on his Back - Son of Robot
Scott Coello
UK, 2008, 1'46
You Act Like a Baby - Tribes of the City
Edgar Dubrovskiy
Latvia - UK, 2008, 5'20
Micronomic - Lali Puna
Catrin Sonnabend
Germany, 2005, 3'40
Florian - Cocorosie
Andrew Gibbs
UK, 2008, 4'34
My Way - Starskee
K + Me
Japan, 2008, 4'00
House of Cards - Radiohead
James Frost
UK, 2008, 4'32
4xtra - Sheiks
Tilman Hatje & Lukas Thiele
Germany, 2008, 2'38
Insomnia - Electric President
Radical Friend
USA, 2007, 4'17
An Average Idea - Love in October
Lindsey J. Testolin
USA, 2007, 1'42
Will the Summer make Good For All of our Sins? - mum
Marc Craste
UK, 2004, 4'02
Fireworks - Animal Collective
Jon Leone
USA, 2007, 6'50
Bedroom Bossa Band - Lullatone
Lullatone
Japan, 2006, 2'53