London International Animation Festival Tease 2020 Guest Speakers & Programmes
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The London International Animation Festival (LIAF), the UK’s longest-running, largest and most
eclectic animation festival, kicks off tomorrow night – Friday November 27th, with 10 days of pure joy until Sunday December 6th.
205 independent animated films, 38 countries, 96 premieres and many of the world’s greatest animators popping by for post-screening chats after most of the competition screenings with Festival Director Nag Vladermersky and co-Director Malcom Turner. It will be fun; it could be chaotic!
LIAF Guest Speakers
Saturday 28 November: International Competition Programme 2/From Absurd to Zany
Start time: 8pm
Guest speakers: Kaspar Jancis (Estonia), Sasha Svirsky (Russia), Leonid Shmelkov (Estonia) and
Gabriel Bohmer (UK).
Sunday 29 November: International Competition Programme 3: Playing With Emotion
Start time: 7pm
Guest speakers: Emily Ann Hoffman (USA), Rory Waudby-Tolley (UK), Anita Killi (Norway).
Monday 30 November: International Competition Programme 4: Being Human
Start time: 8pm
Guest speakers: Bernardo Britto (USA), Patrick Smith (USA) and John C. Kelley (USA).
Tuesday 1 December: International Competition Programme 5: Into the Dark
Start time: 8pm
Guest speakers: Jennifer Alice Wright (UK), Sarina Nihei (Japan), Sarah Benson (Ireland).
Weds 2 December: International Competition Programme 6: Animated Documentaries
Start time: 8pm
Guest speakers: Tom Hardiman (UK), Camila Kater (Brazil), Glenn Kitson (UK), Anna Benner
and Eluned Zoe Aiano (Germany).
Thursday 3 December: International Competition Programme 7: Looking For Answers
Start time: 6pm
Guest speakers: Tom Schroeder (USA) and Maja Gehrig (Switzerland).
Friday 4 December: Late Night Bizarre
Start Time: 10pm
Guest speakers: Julian Gallese (UK/Costa Rica), Peter Millard (UK), Ivan Li (Canada) and Bryan
Lee (USA).
Saturday 5 December: Music Video Session
Start Time: 7pm
Guest speakers: Jonathan Hodgson (UK), Martina Scarpelli (Italy), Leah Shore (USA) and
WOBBLYLOBSTER (UK)
If you love independent animation you can’t afford to miss this. Passes and tickets are available at: https://liaf.eventive.org/passes/buy