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Two people play in the street with a cart
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LPFF: To A Land Unknown

A Palestinian refugee living on the fringes of society in Athens gets ripped off by a smuggler and sets out to seek revenge. 

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LIAF 2024: Opening Night: Boys Go To Jupiter + ScreenTalk

LIAF is back for the 21st edition and we are super-excited to be opening our festival with the UK premiere of the smash independent US animated feature directed by Julian Glander.

An animation of a woman swimming in a river, in a red bikini.
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LIAF 2024: British Showcase + Filmmaker Introduction

Independent British animated films have carved out a unique niche in the cinematic landscape, characterised by their distinct artistic styles and innovative storytelling.

Wallace and Gromit drive around on a motorbike.
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Family Film Club: Wallace and Gromit: A Close Shave...

With the London International Animation Festival happening in our cinemas, it seems fitting to screen a double bill of two of the greatest from one of the UK’s best animators. 

An animation of two kids sitting by a pier, watching the sun set over the ocean.
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LIAF 2024: Figures in Focus 2024 – Wanderlust + ScreenTalk

For this year’s ‘Figures in Focus’ programme, we are going on an adventure. The selected films examine the urge to explore the world, to travel, to feel the delight to roam. 

An animation of a man and a woman looking at a young child; in blue and red pencil strokes.
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LIAF 2024: Marvellous Animations for 8-15 year-olds

These 9 films from 7 different countries have been chosen especially for children aged 8 and upwards and include themes such as friendship, resilience, and self-discovery.

A black and white image of a man and a woman sitting by a log cabin with a large dog.
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Silent Film & Live Music: By The Law

Thought your flat was small during lockdown? How about waiting out a Canadian winter in a primitive wooden cabin with just your husband, and a murderer, for company.  

Two women look at a wall that has photographs and notes pinned on to it.
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Senior Community Screening: Bye Bye Tiberias

Years after leaving her Palestinian village to pursue an acting career, Hiam Abbass returns home in this intimate documentary about four generations of women and their shared legacy of separation.

An animation of a closed shop front.
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LIAF 2024: Disrupting the Narrative: When Worlds Collide

Taking viewers on unexpected journeys across London, Libya, South Africa and beyond into personal histories and deep into emotional landscapes of the heart.

Madhvi Parekh, Village Opera-2, 1975. © Madhvi Parekh. Courtesy DAG.
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Art & design Cinema Tours & public spaces

The Imaginary Institution of India: BSL Tour

A British Sign Language tour of the exhibition, exclusively for D/deaf and hard of hearing visitors, highlighting key artworks. 

Edward Said laughs against a wall.
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Cinema

LPFF: Edward Said: The Last Interview + Intro

Coinciding with the reissue of Edward Said’s The Question of Palestine (Fitzcarraldo Editions), we present Mike Dibb’s celebrated extended conversation with the ground breaking literary scholar.

A man takes a photograph of another man standing next to an old cinema projector in a garden.
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Cinema

New East Cinema: The Return of the Projectionist

In a remote village in Azerbaijan's Talysh Mountains, Samid, a television repairman, is trying to fix his old Soviet projector and revive the local cinema.

A man stands in front of a bleak room looking at light projected on to a wall.
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Cinema

One Second & Screentalk with Dr. Jie Li and Dr. Chris Berry

This film and conversation explores the Cultural Revolution's impact on China, by looking at how cinema has been used as a tool of both resistance and propaganda.

Two women wearing pink smile at each other, one has her stomach showing to reveal a large baby bump.
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Cinema

Relaxed Screening: Babes

A carefree woman gets pregnant from a one night stand in this Bridesmaids-esque comedy starring Ilana Glazer.

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Cinema

Conclave + ScreenTalk with director Edward Berger

We are thrilled to welcome director Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front) who will be live onstage, in conversation with Barbican New Release Cinema Curator Sonia Zadurian after the film.