International Competition Programme 4 “Playing With Emotion” (15*)
Part of LIAF 2017
Selected from the 2,600 entries to London International Animation Festival 2017 this programme takes a look at all aspects of emotion – love and hate, sadness, anxiety and confusion.
Summers Puke is Winters Delight
Painful events become memories over time. This deliriously explicit film is truly demented, but with a serious core buried deep within its delightful insanity.
Japan 2016 Dir Sawako Kabuki 3min
Lovestreams
An ode to a lost age of internet love.
US 2017 Dir Sean Buckelew 10min
My Mum's Bonkers
My mum's bonkers. Out of one eye she cries Puccini, out of the other she reprimands me.
South Africa 2017 Dir Naomi Van Niekerk 3min
First Hand Memories
A girl looks at her surrounding world through a roll of toilet paper.
Japan 2016 Dir Haruka Umemura 5min
The Bridge over the River
A man on a bridge, separated from the love of his life. Wanting to be with her one last time, he decides to go and seek her in the hereafter.
Switzerland 2016 Dir Jadwiga Kowalska 6min
Hucho Hucho
J tells his grandson about the huchen – a fish that returns to the exact place where it was born after years of travelling the sea. Now it’s time to say goodbye and do the same thing.
Uruguay 2017 Dir Juan Carve 5min
69 Sec
A depiction of love as geometric shape.
Belgium 2016 Dir Laura Nicolas 2min
Out of Internal Worlds
A fly rubs its hands together. A man and a woman, inside and out, balanced within and between each other. The fly takes flight, slugs move. The fly buzzes.
Estonia 2016 Dir Helen Unt 11min
Moczarski's Case
The true story of the encounter between a resistance officer under Nazi-occupied Poland during WW2 and a Nazi general, Jurgen Stroop, the liquidator of the Warsaw Ghetto.
Poland 2016 Dir Tomasz Siwiński 5min
Under Mirabeau Bridge
Under the Mirabeau Bridge flows the River Seine and our love.
France 2016 Dir Marjorie Caup 3min
Link
Two characters are linked by their hair, influencing each other by every move they make.
Germany 2017 Dir Robert Loebel 7min
Last Summer, in the Garden
2 young city-dwellers travel to rural Ontario seeking a deeper connection to their roots. A lament to life, love and the growing season.
Canada 2016 Dir Bekky O'Neil 4min
I Like Girls
4 women reveal the nitty-gritty details of their first loves, erotic moments, and fumbling attempts at sexual expression.
Canada 2016 Dir Diane Obomsawin 8min
Please arrive promptly at the advertised start time
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Part of LIAF 2017
Part of LIAF 2017
Barbican Cinema 3
Location
Barbican Cinema 2 & 3 are located on Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican’s Silk Street entrance. From Silk Street, you’ll see a zebra crossing that will take you across the road to the venue.
Address
Beech Street
London
EC2Y 8DS
Public transport
The Barbican is widely accessible by bus, tube, train and by foot or bicycle. Plan your journey and find more route information in ‘Your Visit’ or book your car parking space in advance.
We’ve plenty of places for you to relax and replenish, from coffee and cake to wood-fired pizzas and full pre-theatre menus
Access
Cinemas 2 & 3 are located at Beech Street, a short walk from the Barbican Centre’s main Silk Street entrance. There are a couple of steep, dropped kerbs and an incline to negotiate between the two sites. Level access from Beech Street.
Mobility
Each auditorium has three permanent wheelchair spaces (two in the third row and one in the front row) and 153 fixed seats with capacity for a further three spaces in the front row. Access to each auditorium is up a ramp. There are also a number of seats with step-free access.
Assistance dogs
Assistance dogs may be taken into the cinema – please tell us when booking to ensure your seat has enough space. If you prefer, you may leave your dog with a member of the foyer staff during the performance.
Hearing facility
An infrared system for hard of hearing customers is provided in each auditorium; headsets or neck loops can be collected from foyer staff. The ticket desk counter is fitted with an induction loop.
For more access information, please visit our Accessibility section.
