Welcome to our annual deep-dive into the dark heart of animation. Here you will find films featuring a vampiric female spirit with luminous internal organs hanging from her neck, an

extremely anxious woman reliving her past traumas through therapy and a startling depiction of celebrated author Will Self’s story about a family man, high on morphine, struggling to come to terms with his life. Step in, take a seat, turn out the light and get ready for our annual showcase of all manner of dark, creepy, violent and spooky films.

For more information about films screening and the festival in general please visit www.liaf.org.uk/

Bestia (Chile 2021 Dir: Hugo Covarrubias 16’00)

Persona (South Korea 2022 Dir: Sujin Moon 6’45)

Juice (Germany 2022 Dir: Mona Keil 4’55)

Still up There (Ireland 2022 Dir: Joe Loftus 4’25)

Beware of Trains (UK 2022 Dir: Emma Calder 12’50)

Krasue (Japan 2022 Dir: Ryo Hirano 11’55)

In His Mercy (Germany 2022 Dir: Christoph Büttner 11’55)

Fury (Poland 2021 Dir: Julia Siuda 5’30)

Scale (UK 2022 Dir: Joseph Pierce 14’55)

The London International Animation Festival (LIAF 2022), the UK’s largest, longest-running and most eclectic animation festival returns for its 19th year with a mammoth 10-day celebratory feast of forums, screen talks and over 250 of the best recent, historical and retrospective animated shorts and features from around the world.