HIGHLIGHTS OF THE GIANT INCANDESCENT RESONATING ANIMATION FESTIVAL ( GIRAF)

The Giant Incandescent Resonating Animation Festival, commonly and less cumbersomely known as GIRAF, is an annual festival put on by the Quickdraw Animation Society that celebrates and encourages interaction with all forms of animation. Running from Thursday to Sunday, it will feature a number of films and workshops. Here are a few to check out.

Opening Night Film: The Girl Without Hands

The first feature by celebrated French animator Sebastian Laudenbach, The Girl Without Hands uses surreal, layered animation to add even more menace to an already menacing Grimm Brothers tale about a man who sells his daughter to the devil. Thursday at 7 p.m. at the Globe Cinema.

Retro animation: Paprika

Granted, a film from 2006 isn’t all that “retro,” but GIRAF will celebrate the late Japanese filmmaker Satoshi Kon by screening his final feature film, Paprika. The science-fiction anime is about a device that allows users to enter people’s dreams. Saturday at 9 p.m. at the Globe Cinema

Sean Buckelew

One of the featured artists this year at GIRAF, Sean Buckelew is an L.A.-based animator who has worked on films such as He Named Me Malala and segments for MTV and Adult Swim. He will hold a workshop on Sunday at 11 a.m. at the Quickdraw Animation Society. A screening of his films will be held Sunday at 7 p.m. at the Emmedia Screening Room.

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COURTESY GKIDS. From the film, The Girl With No Hands.