London International Animation Festival
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London’s 22nd International Animation Festival ran from 28 November to 7 December 2025, opening at the Barbican with a tribute to Emma Calder and the world premiere of her final film, House of Love. The programme moved between London cinemas and online screenings, with 77 films from 30 countries in eight international competition programmes and a separate British showcase.
Barnaby Templer, Natasza Cetner and Mario Radev judged the international competition and British showcase; Beth Walker and Jordan Buckner assessed the abstract films. Andrew Kelleher and Dave Anderson judged Late Night Bizarre and music videos, while Lilith Silver and Reuben Carter chose the children’s winners.
Anu-Laura Tuttelberg’s On Weary Wings Go By took the top prize. Kate Costello’s Cowgirlies, presented in three episodes — Pony Express, Escort the Lover and Let Love Win — won Late Night Bizarre, and Winston Hacking’s video for Foxwarren’s Listen2Me won Best Music Video. That jury also gave an honourable mention to Kiwihug’s Small Town Madness!, directed by FOM FOM (Sujin Kim) and Au Matt. Audience voting ended in a three-way tie in Animated Documentaries, shared by Winter in March, Biting the Hand that Feeds You and Mealitancy.
Best Film
Best British Film
Best Sound Design
Thies Mynther and Peter Brokhøj
Best Original Score
Grilo
Best Abstract Film
Best Children’s Film — Ages 8–15
Best Children’s Film — Ages 0–7
Jury Choice — Abstract Showcase
Jury Choice — Playing with Emotion
Jury Choice — From Absurd to Zany
Jury Choice — Being Human
Jury Choice — Into the Dark
Jury Choice — Stop Motion Panorama
Jury Choice — Animated Documentaries
Jury Choice — Long Shorts
Jury Honourable Mention — Abstract Showcase
Jury Honourable Mention — Late Night Bizarre
Audience Choice — Abstract Showcase
Audience Choice — Playing with Emotion
Audience Choice — From Absurd to Zany
Audience Choice — Being Human
Audience Choice — Into the Dark
Audience Choice — Stop Motion Panorama
Trailer Janneke Swinkels, Tim Frijsinger
MurmurationPiet, an elderly man in a nursing home, finds himself limited in his actions when he…Audience Choice — Animated Documentaries
Joint winner
Audience Choice — Animated Documentaries
Joint winner
Audience Choice — Animated Documentaries
Joint winner
Trailer Marie Royer, Zinia Scorier
MealitancyThrough audio recordings taken in the field and poetic moving images, the film portrays…
