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International Competition Programme 6: Animated Documentaries 2 (15*)

London International Animation Festival 2018

,Barbican Cinema 2
Letting Go part of LIAF's Animated Documentaries 2

Persuasive, illustrative and able to get over abstract details in attractive and compelling ways, animation is the perfect tool to document someone’s vision of the truth.

These films feature subjects as diverse as two sisters struggling with infertility and an unexpected pregnancy, the possibilities of gene editing and body augmentation, a young child coming to terms with face blindness, a moving account from one of the last survivors of the Hiroshima atomic bomb explosion and a compilation of traumatic, but amusing confessions from former music school students.

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Programme

One After the Other
Wandering around his house, Grant, a young America musician, looks for inspiration in his memories, foraging through things from the past scattered here and there.
France 2018 Dir Nicolas Pegon 13min

Carlotta’s Face
When Carlotta looks in the mirror, she doesn’t recognise the image reflected back at her. A moving exploration of the confusion that face blindness causes for a young child trying to make sense of her world.
Germany 2018 Dir Valentin Riedl, Frédéric Schuld 5min

Conception: Catie and Jen
Two sisters struggle with infertility, an unexpected pregnancy and difficult life decisions. Sisterhood and motherhood meet in this powerful story of love, fear and trust.
UK 2018 Dir Moth Collective 4min

Letting Go
A layered, complex film channelling the elegant, brittle austerity that sits at the heart of what it can mean to be an orphan.
Estonia 2017 Dir Ulo Pikkov 11min

Better Humans
Sexy yetis, scientists and neon colours collide in a kaleidoscopic romp through the possibilities of gene editing and body augmentation.
UK 2018 Dir Moth Collective 3min

Sinking of the Truth
A remake of ‘The Sinking Of The Lusitania’ (1918) the world’s first animated documentary, made by 7 animators setting out to unearth the truth in this age of fake news.
Denmark 2017 Dir Tobias Gundorff Boesen, Denis Chapon, Marie-Jose Saint-Pierre, Tynesha Foreman, Wiep Teeuwisse, Sander Joon, Philip Piaget 7min

Obon
Akiko Takakura, one of the last remaining survivors of the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, tells how amidst the terror, she found a moment of rare closeness with her father.
Germany 2018 Dir Anna Bergmann (Samo), Andre Hormann 15min

Travelogue Tel Aviv
A young Swiss art student arrives for six months in Tel Aviv. Through drawing he learns to analyse, understand and free himself from this environment and its contradictions.
Switzerland 2017 Dir Samuel Pathey 6min

Musical Traumas
A rhythmic compilation of traumatic, but amusing, confessions of former music students and an attempt to visualise music with scrumptious, hand-drawn, psychedelic animation.
Croatia 2018 Dir Milos Tomic 10min

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Barbican Cinema 2

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.