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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Lilli Carré

Lilli CARRÉ (1983, USA) is an interdisciplinary artist, working in experimental animation, sculpture, comics and print. She received a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MFA from Northwestern University. Her films have screened at numerous festivals, including Sundance, Edinburgh, Melbourne Animation Festival and European Media Art Festival. She is co-director of the Eyeworks Festival of Experimental Animation, an annual festival held in Chicago, LA, and NYC, which features abstract animation and unconventional character animation. Her short Private Properties, was screened at IFFR 2020 as part of the Bright Future short section. She has also published several books of comics with Fantagraphics, and her work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, Best American Comics and Best American Nonrequired Reading. Carré has had solo exhibitions of her work shown at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, the Columbus Museum of Art and Western Exhibitions.

Filmography

How She Slept At Night (2007), Jill (2016), Tap Water (2017), Huskies (2018), Private Properties (2019), Glazing (2021), Stone Fruit (2022), Overheard in the Underworld (2024), Evacuations (2025). 

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Lilli Carré at IFFR

  • Evacuations

    Lilli Carré | 7' | USA | European premiere

    Black-and-white xeroxes explode with colour and movement that fades away without a trace.
  • Glazing

    Lilli Carré | 2' | USA | None

    Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CET
  • Private Properties

    Lilli Carré | 3' | USA | World premiere

    A living room shrinks only to expand again in this morphing animation with skilful line work. A forensic study of a private space.