Founded in 2003, the London International Animation Festival has very quickly become the largest animation festival in the UK. The Festival lasts for ten days and is held at The Barbican Centre. LIAF showcases over 250 films each year, many of them UK premieres, offering Masterclasses, Q&As, competions and much more.

LIAF aims to dispel the popular misconception that animation is just cartoons for kids by screening the broadest possible range of intelligent, entertaining and provocative current films on offer from all around the world as well as retrospectives and specialised sessions from countries and animators who don't normally elicit such attention.

The annual Festival in August and September includes gala premieres, retrospectives, Q&A's with filmmakers, workshops, audience voting, and the Best of the Festival screening. www.liaf.org.uk