London International Animation Festival
Event Description
The London International Animation Festival (LIAF 2022) - the UK's largest, most eclectic and longest-running animation festival is now accepting films for our 19th edition. LIAF proudly showcases the whole spectrum of creative animation, showing that animation is for everyone.
2022 Festival Coverage
Call for entries
The London International Animation Festival (LIAF 2022) - the UK's largest, most eclectic and longest-running animation festival is now accepting films for our 19th edition. LIAF proudly showcases the whole spectrum of creative animation, showing that animation is for everyone.
To be considered eligible for selection in LIAF 2022, your film should have been completed AFTER 1 January 2021.
Awards and prizes
Best International Film - cash award/prize
Best British Film - cash award/prize
Best Childrens Film - cash award/prize
Best Sound Design - cash award/prize
Best music score - cash award/prize
Best Late Night Bizarre film - cash award/prize
Best music video - cash award/prize
- Festival regulations and entry form via FilmFreeway
- Deadline: 31 July 2022
2021 Festival Coverage
2020 Festival Coverage
2019 Festival Coverage 2019 LIAF Awards
2018 Festival Coverage
This year LIAF received 2,589 entries and selected 117 finalists from 30 countries to screen in official competition in 10 international competitive programmes including Into The Dark scary shorts, From Absurd to Zany funny shorts, two programmes of Animated Documentaries, the British Showcase and the Abstract Showcase. Films range from the surreal and nutty, to heart-droppingly beautiful with all emotional bases covered – love and hate, sadness, anxiety and confusion and much more.
The 2018 short film competition showcases entries from a mix of festival veterans and first-time competitors. Oscar winners Alison Snowden and David Fine (Canada) join LIAF favourites Chris Shepherd (UK), Jonathan Hodgson (UK), Juan Pablo Zaramella (Argentina), Ulo Pikkov (Estonia), Tom Schroeder (USA), Liz Hobbs (UK), Sawako Kabuki (Japan), Rosto (Netherlands), Paul Bush (UK) and Ruth Lingford (UK) alongside an unprecedented amount of strong new work from all over the world.
NB: 2023 Festival Dates are tentative
Event Dates
- From 25/11/2023 to 04/12/2023
