London International Animation Festival

The fourth annual London International Animation Festival is on this week from 21-26 August at the Curzon Soho and Renoir cinemas.

Among the programme titles in the festival are Siggraph–A history of computer generated animation, Bizarre animation, Animated Documentaries, Masters of Polish Animation, British panorama and a whole series of international animation programmes.

A full festival pass costs £70, a mini pass £40 while individual sessions cost between £7-£9. The Curzon Soho is located at 99 Shaftesbury Avenue, London W1D 5DY (Map), the Renoir Cinema at The Brunswick, London, WC1N 1AW (Map), the Rio Cinema at 103-107 Kingsland High St, London, E8 2PB (Map) and The Horse Hospital at Colonnade, Bloomsbury, London WC1N 1HX (Map). Below is the festival schedule.

21 August
7pm - International Programme 1
9pm - International Programme 2

22 August
7pm - International Programme 3
9pm - International Programme 4

23 August
5pm - Siggraph:A history of computer generated animation
7pm - International Programme 5
9pm - International Programme 6 (Long shorts)

24 August
5pm - International Programme 8 (Abstract animation)
7pm - International Programme 7 (Digital panorama)
7pm - Bizarre animation (Screening at the Horse Hospital)
9pm - International Programme 9 (Hand painted panorama)
9pm - International Programme 1 – (screening at the Renoir Cinema)

25 August
1pm - Animated Documentaries
2pm - Kids session (Screening at the Rio Cinema)
3pm - Masters of Polish Animation 1
5pm - Masterclass and screening:Craig Welch
6pm - International Programme 2 – (screening at the Renoir Cinema)
7pm - Estonian panorama 1 (short films)
9pm - British panorama

26 August
3pm - Masters of Polish Animation 2
5pm - Estonian panorama 2 (Parnography-Priit Parn special)
7pm - The Best of the Festival
9pm - The Best of the Festival