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London International Animation Festival
The UK’s largest and longest-running animation festival, dedicated to screening the best of the world’s independent films and celebrating the diversity and creativity of this unique art form.
22 Nov - 2 Dec
Let our screens bring you closer
So come for a date, come solo, come with your grandparents, come with your little one... And let our screens bring you closer.
Speakers
Abigail Addison
Abigail is a Producer and Programmer. She is a Director of Animate Projects, an arts agency that champions experiments in animation. Abigail recently produced Oscar shortlisted The Debutante with Elizabeth Hobbs, as well as the multi-award winning And Granny Would Dance by Maryam Mohajer. In 2024 she was invited to become a member of the Short Films and Feature Animation branch of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Jessica Ashman
Jessica is a multi-disciplinary artist working in animation moving image, music (under the name Spirit Sigh) performance and installation. Ashman combines traditional drawn, collage and multi-plane animation techniques with digital animation and mobile phone footage in her work, creating frenetic, textured and abstract narratives that explore gender, identity and race. She is a BAFTA Scotland award winning animator, and MA Animation graduate from the Royal College of Art. Her work has been supported by Focal Point Gallery, New Art Exchange, Animate Projects, Jerwood Visual Arts Bursary, Arts Council England, UK Film Council and Channel 4's Random Acts.
Efa Blosse-Mason
Efa Blosse-Mason is a Welsh speaking animator and illustrator. She graduated from Bristol School of Animation and her graduation film 'Earthly Delights' won The Royal Television Society Award for best student animation film in 2019. Efa has worked on projects with Winding Snake Productions, a documentary about The Female Voice in Wales, and community based projects celebrating artists from India and from Wales. She has also collaborated with creatives making music videos, poetry films and animation for theatre productions.
Silvana Roth
Silvana is a German animation director and illustrator based in Edinburgh. She graduated from Edinburgh College of Art in 2023 with a BA(Hons) in Animation. She loves creating 2d animation - especially textural and atmospheric hand drawn animation. When Silvana is not hunched over a lightbox you can find her sketching her surroundings or planning her next road trip. Currently she is working on her second short film which explores the relationship of a young woman with her phone.
Programme
Childhood Memories
Combining 16mm colour footage of Lagos, Nigeria from the 70s with stop-motion and 2D hand-drawn animation, this multilayered, autobiographical animation explores personal memories and the cultural elements of our earliest childhood reminiscences.
UK 2018 Dir: Mary Martins 4 min
In Her Boots
Heidi is experiencing strange things. While her granddaughter is visiting, she suddenly embarks on a hiking journey to the deepest parts of the Alps, revealing the reason for her devoted attachment to her hiking shoes.
UK 2019 Dir: Kathrin Steinbacher 6 min
Such Miracles Do Happen
One day all the statues in the town come to life and set off in the same direction. A captivating world in which ugliness is attractive and otherness is mysterious and magical.
Poland 2023 Dir: Barbara Rupik 14 min
Waldeinsamkeit
An old lady feels alienated from modern city life, but when she embarks on a magical dreamlike journey, she finds wonder and a newfound appreciation for the place she lives in.
UK 2023 Dir: Silvana Roth 4 min
Via Dolorosa
Between drug addiction, first discoveries of sexuality and a permanent state of war, the filmmaker searches for her lost youth by wandering the streets of Jerusalem.
France 2023 Dir: Rachel Gutgarts 11 min
Our Bed is Green
A young woman seeks digital refuge from an overwhelming world and a bewildering obsession.
USA 2021 Dir: Maggie Brennan 7 min
Utopia Portals
An exploration of utopian ideas of belonging and unbelonging, inspired by Ashman's first visit to her ancestral homeland, Jamaica. The film blends animated loops, mobile phone footage, and soundscapes recorded on the island to craft a series of short filmic "glitches" that peel back layers of reality, uncovering surreal hidden worlds.
UK 2022 Dir: Jessica Ashman 4 min
Cwch Deilin / Leaf Boat
Learning to love someone can be scary, but it can also lead to the most marvellous adventure. Heledd and Celyn navigate the undiscovered and murky waters of entering a new relationship.
UK 2020 Dir: Efa Blosse-Mason 8 min
The Illustrated Woman
In Ahmedabad, Isabel gives an animation workshop to a group of temporary tattoo artists, the Mehndi. She interviews them about their dreams: to fly, a women's parliament, travel to Switzerland, and claiming independence through rap.
Spain 2022 Dir: Isabel Herguera 8 min
Maybe Elephants
Three rebellious teenage daughters, a restless mother, a father struggling with potatoes, and maybe some elephants, find themselves in Nairobi. What could possibly go wrong?
Norway, Canada 2024 Dir: Torill Kove 17 min
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.
