Figures in Focus: Apocalyptic at LIAF 2023
I’ll be returning to London International Animation Festival on Saturday 25 November for a late night programme of prophetic shorts. Book your tickets here.
This cathartic selection of artists’ animations includes films that delve into our darkest fears and our greatest hopes. Whilst we’re living through a time that feels eerily as though we are enduring characters in an unfolding disaster movie, and with the climate crisis ever present in our media and minds, these films proffer reflection, release, escapism, and hope.
Artists Carla MacKinnon, Lauren Orme, Suraya Raja and Qianhui Yu will join me on stage for a post-screening discussion.
Programme:
- L’Heure de l’Ours (And Then The Bear), Agnès Patron, France, 2019, 14 min
- Wastopia, Qianhui Yu, UK, 2020, 5 min
- Godzalina, Lucile Paras, France, 2022, 5 min
- Don’t Think of a Pink Elephant, Suraya Raja, UK, 2017, 8 min
- Polka-dot Boy, Sarina Nihei, France, 2020, 8 min
- The Flounder, Elizabeth Hobbs, UK, 2019, 6 min
- Are You Still Watching?, Alex Cardy, Kitty Chrystal, Tali Polichtuk, Australia, 2021, 6 min
- Devil in the Room, Carla MacKinnon, UK, 2014, 8 min
- Creepy Pasta Salad, Lauren Orme, UK, 2019, 11 min
- Something to Remember, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Sweden, 2019, 5 min
CW: violence, blood, death, animal death, coronavirus, sexual harassment, sex, language, flashing imagery
Image: Creepy Pasta Salad by Lauren Orme