LIAF 2018: Estonian animation - a centenary celebration

Presented by: London International Animation Festival

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0	LONDON: The Horse Hospital
P	Friday 7th December, 2018
N	9:00pm

Event information

Estonia is a small nation of 1.5 million people nestled at the top of the Baltic group of nations, with Russia on one side and Finland just a short boat journey across the Baltic Sea on the other. This paradoxical geographic position on the cusp of East and West is reflected in the unique animation that has flowed from Estonia’s two animation studios: Nukufilm, a studio specialising in puppet animation; and Joonisfilm, which concentrates predominantly on drawn animation. Other than the children’s films produced to fill government quotas (and to pay the bills), most Estonian animated films plumb extraordinary depths in their exploration of some of mankind’s most elemental issues, fears and desires. At the same time, many are intricately coded political dissertations.

LIAF is very proud to celebrate the centenary of Estonian animation with this very special programme featuring some of the masters of Estonian animation alongside the new generation of youngsters currently making a name for themselves on the international film festival scene.

The 9 films in the programme date from 1972 up to the present day.
Please refer to the LIAF website at www.liaf.org.uk for titles, details and running time.