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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.
Unlike courses designed to feed industry pipelines, RCA Animation pursues a broader vision – the cultivation of filmmakers, artists, and auteurs. This ethos has produced generations of award winners, studio founders, educators, and cultural changemakers who continue to expand the possibilities of animation with work that is personal, political, and technologically adventurous.
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.
Recommended age 15
A man goes shopping and skilfully adapts to the city.
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.
Unlike courses designed to feed industry pipelines, RCA Animation pursues a broader vision – the cultivation of filmmakers, artists, and auteurs. This ethos has produced generations of award winners, studio founders, educators, and cultural changemakers who continue to expand the possibilities of animation with work that is personal, political, and technologically adventurous.
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.
Recommended age 15
A man goes shopping and skilfully adapts to the city.