Discovery Family Film Club: LIAF Amazing Animated Shorts

The London International Animation Festival presents Amazing Animated Shorts!

Like childhood, animation is full of wonder and simple pleasures. This carefully chosen programme for our littlest and most special audience contains 10 wonderful short films, full of joy. There’ll be talking animals, seriously fun adventures and wondrous tales to spark those little imaginations. Suitable for all ages.

The London International Animation Festival is the UK’s largest, longest-running animation festival, founded in 2003. For more information  visit www.liaf.org.uk.

Short film programme

A Clayful Adventure

Discarded Clay takes on Smug Ceramic with shocking consequences. Can they learn to understand and accept one another?

Florrie Macleod / UK 2025 

Mildred the Gallery Cat

Everyone thinks Mildred is the laziest cat in the world - but when the gallery closes for the day, Mildred actually explores the empty galleries and imagines her life as an artist.

Jono Ganz / UK 2024 Dir: 

First Flight

Three baby birds, one big challenge - their first flight! But as the frogs begin their peculiar performance, the sky turns into a whirlwind of improvisation - some birds twirl, some hover, and others just hope for the best.

Adrian Jaffé / Germany 2025

Poong

The unexpected adventure of a simple ping-pong ball after a missed shot.

Laurent Rohrbasser, Robin Szymczak, Vinh Nguyen / Switzerland 2024 Dir:

Snip Snap

When a little girl’s pair of scissors turns into an enormous crocodile, a world filled with imagination and adventure unfolds. 

Douglas Irvine, Eleanor Stewart / UK 2025

A Pain in the Butt

The hedgehog is just about to go into hibernation when he notices that one of his spines is missing. It's stuck in Lena's dog's bottom, of all places. Getting it back won't be easy...

Elena Walf / Germany 2025

Books are Made of Trees

In the face of danger looming over the Old Oak and its inhabitants, a grumpy librarian Leon refuses to leave the tree and his beloved book collection behind.

Julianna Jakubowska / Denmark 2025 

The Naughty Seat

A mischievous little penguin, misbehaving at the dinner table, is sent off to the naughty seat and it’s not long before he has company!

David Johnson / UK 2025

The Little One and the Giant

In a world recovering from a disaster, a little hamster meets a giant plant creature afraid to go outside. Together they face new challenges, and make a plan to re-flourish the land.

Isabela Costa / Brazil, France 2025

In Between

When little Nora's parents split up, the Earth splits in two. She now has to juggle between both hemispheres to visit them. The problem is, the backpack she's carrying is getting heavier and heavier...

Nour El Achkar ; Roxane David ; Morgane Chauvet ; Flora Rouvel ; Lucie Perales ; Cindy Fanchonna ; Sacha Moreau / France 2024