LIAF 2025: 40 Years Of RCA Animation

40 years ago, Royal College of Art launched its animation programme as a new department emerging from illustration, design, and film. Since its founding in 1985, RCA Animation has navigated vast changes in technology, culture, and education, yet one constant remains: a deep commitment to experimentation and innovation.

This programme has been selected by LIAF from over 1000 films in the RCA’s archive of student work, and was co-curated with Dr Carla Mackinnon (RCA tutor) and Rory Waudby-Tolley (RCA Associate Lecturer). The selection speaks to the diversity of the RCA archive, ranging from comedy and drama to documentary and innovative experiments with material and form. It includes early work by key figures in UK animation, and internationally acclaimed short films that have stood the test of time.

A panel of filmmakers will take to the stage after the screening to discuss their work. Panel to be announced in November.

FILMS SCREENING -
Anyway
Reel to Reel
Mr Jessop
Dog
Collision
Pingpongs
Fly on the Window
The Eagleman Stag
My Dad
Small People with Hats
Barbeque
West Question East Answer
Something More