Festival:

London International Animation Festival 2025

Sat 29 Nov 2025 — Sat 06 Dec 2025

LIAF 2025 is the UK’s largest, longest-running and most eclectic animation festival, returning for its 22nd year with a mammoth 10-day celebratory feast of screenings, screen talks and 250 of the best animated shorts and features from 30 countries around the world. From November 28, over 10 days, LIAF will be screening in-cinema at 5 London venues and online on our streaming platform. Many filmmakers will be present to introduce their films and take part in Q&As. 27 screening programmes plus 7 FREE industry talks and discussions from the worlds’ leading practitioners giving insider access to the hottest topics of the year.

Full details at liaf.org.uk

Upcoming Screenings

LIAF 2025: International Competition Programme 1 - Abstract Showcase 18

After sorting through a huge pile of 2,400 entries, we’ve curated a selection of 77 outstanding new films from 30 countries.… Read More
Various Directors, Various Countries, 2024/2025, 70m.
Sat 29 Nov
11:30

LIAF 2025: International Competition Programme 2 - Playing with Emotion 18

This programme explores the full spectrum of human emotions through 8 captivating films that delve into themes of love, hate, jealousy,… Read More
Various Directors, Various Countries, 2024/2025, 83m.
Sat 29 Nov
13:20

LIAF 2025: International Competition Programme 3 - From Absurd to Zany 18

This programme ‘From Absurd to Zany’ celebrates some of the funniest, weirdest and eye-poppingly nutty films that were entered this year.… Read More
Various Directors, Various Countries, 2024/2025, 81m.
Sun 30 Nov
16:00

LIAF 2025: International Competition Programme 4 - Being Human 18

Despite societal pressures, humans still create art, jokes, rituals, experiments….and animated films. Play and imagination are core human capacities that drive… Read More
Various Directors, Various Countries, 2024/2025, 86m.
Sun 30 Nov
18:00

LIAF 2025: Lesbian Space Princess - Feature Film 18

Buckle up your glitter belts: Lesbian Space Princess has officially landed at LIAF after snatching the coveted Teddy Award at this year’s… Read More
Emma Hough Hobbs, Leela Varghese, Australia, 2025, 90m.
Mon 01 Dec
20:30

LIAF 2025: International Competition Programme 7 - Animated Documentaries & filmmakers screentalk 18

Persuasive, illustrative and able to get over abstract details in attractive and compelling ways, animation is the perfect tool to document… Read More
Various Directors, Various Countries, 2024/2025, 90m.
Sat 06 Dec
11:30

LIAF 2025: International Competition Programme 8 - Long Shorts 18

Some films need extra time to develop their themes, to grow and draw us more comprehensively into their worlds. It takes… Read More
Various Directors, Various Countries, 2024/2025, 114m.
Sat 06 Dec
14:00