LIAF 2018: The Best of the Next Programme 1

Presented by: London International Animation Festival

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0	LONDON: The Horse Hospital
P	Thursday 6th December, 2018
N	7:00pm

Event information

Selected from 60 graduate showreels and almost 30 countries this is a look at the best student work from all around the world – the first step on the animation ladder for these talented filmmakers, and the first time their wild and wonderful imaginations have been unleashed. 12 astonishing short films from 8 different countries.

Films screening -
Inanimate
Katrine leads an ordinary life, with a regular job and a happy relationship until one day she wakes up and begins to see her world for what it really is.
UK 2018 Dir: Lucia Bulgheroni 9min
National Film and TV School

The Other
A crowd of people are waiting for the arrival of a mysterious newcomer to their village. Tensions build as they try to guess who he will be.
Poland 2017 Dir: Marta Magnuska 5min
Polish National Film School

Love me, Fear Me
What would you be willing to do to be loved? A metaphor about the roles we play and the shapes we take, interpreted through the medium of dance and some incredibly expressive clay.
Germany 2018 Dir: Veronica Solomon 6min
Babelsberg Konrad Wolf

Pulse
Jonas comes across a huge dead whale on a beach, harpooned from every side. From now on his vision of the world can never be the same.
France 2018 Dir: Sarah Forest, Cécile Floucat, Pauline Javelot, Juliette Gales, Thibaut Wambre, Kevin De Garidel 7min
Supinfocom Valenciennes

Wilted
An intimate autobiographical film documenting the filmmakers battle with the anxiety disorder body dysmorphia.
UK 2018 Dir: Eve Travers 3min
Middlesex University

If You Can
A simple, clear road map to becoming a superior lifeform.
Ukraine 2017 Dir: Hanna Rybak 1min
Marie Curie University

The NorthEast Kingdom
A small tight knit New England community is shaken by the arrival of a newcomer. Meanwhile, a mystical creature quietly affects the lives of the locals.
USA 2018 Dir: Alan Jennings 8min
Calarts

Phototaxis
Rooted in nonfiction, "Phototaxis" connects Mothman, a prophetic demon in West Virginia folklore, and Narcotics Anonymous, the primary treatment programme in West Virginia's addiction epidemic.
USA 2017 Dir: Melissa Ferrari 7min
Calarts

Laugh Lines
Eight short interwoven stories about friendship, bravery, trust and most important of all – laughing.
Switzerland 2018 Dir: Patricia Wenger 6min
Hochschule Luzern

Log Boy
A woodsman who loves to chop wood with his axe is pestered mercilessly by a boy made out of logs.
USA 2018 Dir: Fernando Puig 2min
Ringling College of Art

A Love Letter To The One I Made Up
A luscious screen-printed story about a lonely walk home, an underwater fantasy world and a love letter addressed to an imaginary “perfect” man.
Israel 2017 Dir: Rachel Gutgarts 6min
Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design

Ooze
A lonely lift operator brings his unappreciative passengers to their destination day in, day out. Little by little, it drives him out of his mind. A lift ride to hell.
Switzerland 2017 Dir: Kilian Vilim 5min
Hochschule Luzern

Best of the Next Programme 2 screens just after this one at 9pm.
Please see www.liaf.org.uk for more details