Children’s Animation Programme  (cert U*) (7 -12 year olds) - Sunday 28 October, 12pm
Animation, like childhood, can be just full of wonder with the biggest pleasures being the simplest ones. This programme strips away all the soft-sell toy ads and the over-the-top blockbuster-style special effects and just delivers up a programme of wonderful films full of simple joys.

Animated Documentaries  (cert 15*) – Sunday 28 October, 2pm
Persuasive, illustrative and able to get over abstract details in attractive and compelling ways, animation is the perfect tool to document someone’s vision of the truth. These films – a selection of stylish and compelling short documentaries contain beautifully realised sequences and some of the most stunning animation in the festival.

International Programme 9 - Abstract Showcase  (cert 15*) - Sunday 28 October, 4pm
A collection of in-competition, recently released films focusing entirely on abstract and experimental animation. Outstanding examples of non-narrative, highly imaginative cinematic art and some of the most intriguing, challenging and rewarding films in competition.

International Programme 5  (cert 15*) - Sunday 28 October, 6pm
The best of recently released short animated films from all over the world, carefully chosen from 2000-plus entries.

Alois Nebel (Czech Republic/ Germany/ Slovakia 2011 Dir Tomás Lunák 84 min) (cert 15*) - Sunday 28 October, 8.15pm
Inspired by classic film noir and rendered in mesmerising black-and-white rotoscope, this dark-hearted Czech film traces the haunted memories and mysterious visions of a troubled train dispatcher through the shifting cultural and political landscape at the close of the Cold War. Alois Nebel is a sophisticated and serious-minded reflection on recent history that is technically stunning in its use of seductive black and white rotoscope animation. Director Tomás Lunák will be a special guest at the screening to introduce the film and take part in a Q&A.

International Programme 6  (cert 15*) - Monday 29 October, 6.30pm
The best of recently released short animated films from all over the world, carefully chosen from 2000-plus entries.

International Programme 7 – Into the Dark  (cert 15*) - Monday 29 October, 8.45pm
The best of recently released short animated films from all over the world, carefully chosen from 2000-plus entries. They come in from every corner and use every technique. The one thing these 7 films have in common is that they are some of the creepiest, darkest films made in the last 18 months.

International Programme 8 – Long Shorts  (cert 15*) - Tuesday 30 October, 6.30pm
Some films just need extra time to develop their themes, grow and draw us more comprehensively into their worlds. This competition programme is dedicated to showcasing the best of these longer films. If you find the regular competition programmes a bit of a roller coaster ride, this screening is your animation limousine.

Klasky Csupo Retrospective (unseen pilots) - Tuesday 30 October, 8.45pm
Arlene Klasky and Gabor Csupo created the iconic Klasky Csupo Studio in Los Angeles from scratch in a spare room in their apartment. It grew to become one of the true greats of the animation scene giving us the original Simpson’s shorts, the first three seasons of The Simpson’s TV series, the blockbuster Rug Rats series and movies, the utterly unique cult classic Duckman, a galaxy of ads, music videos and shorts – and it provided a home base for the great Igor Kovalyov to realise some of his greatest creative auteur films. This programme looks at the some of those highlights and takes a close-up look at their best UNSCREENED pilots. A treat from start to finish.