The London International Animation Festival brings a great collection of animation from all over the world, and with hundreds of films selected from the enormous piles of contributions, the festival is set to show you the best of the best.

LIAF 2009
Plenty of specialised and themed animations are set to be screened, so you can fully appreciate the variety of different animation within the festival. With intriguing and inspiring films, the London International Animation Festival is the most comprehensive animation fest around.

Not your average cartoon
Now over five years old, the festival contains work from countries from around the world and highlights the variety in film, away from the standard glossy blockbusters of Leicester Square. Screening at Curzon Soho, The Renoir, the Horse Hospital and the Rio Cinema, the London International Animation Festival is showing from 28th August - 6th September 2009, offering you plenty of time to get down and see what's on offer.

Leftfield entertainment
And there really is a huge selection of things available. Whether it's puppetry films; new styles such as digital and abstract panorama; special guests; programmes focusing on countries' and studio animations; animated documentaries; bizarre animation or the much loved feature films, the London International Animation Festival really does have it all.

Don Hertzfeldt
If you just can't wait until August and you want to get your animation fix by checking out a UK film premiere and rare London appearance by a cult animator, then the Don Hertzfeldt event at Curzon Soho might be just the thing for you. The talk and film evening is on Thursday 25th June 2009; click on the link below for more information.The London International Animation Festival runs from Friday 28th August - Sunday 6th September 2009. For more information and to purchase tickets, please follow the link below.

London International Animation Festival Official Site

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