Liberty Antonia Sadler is an artist & filmmaker based in the UK. Working within a personal-political context, their work uses text, character and playfulness to discuss themes of size, food, queerness, vulnerability and the erotic.
Liberty Antonia Sadler (b. 1993, London, UK) is a multidisciplinary artist, working with mediums of moving image, mosaic, drawing & text to explore issues of body politics & queer identity. Working within a personal-political context to discuss themes of fat experience, vulnerability, queerness, food & sexuality. Their research explores the power of subjectivity within art practice and representation of fat bodies in arts & media. 
Liberty Antonia’s work aims to open discussion about fat queer identity, imperfection and inequality; her multidisciplinary practice includes both first person performance and body political drawing & writing, with artworks exploring, at times, sensitive issues such as fatphobia, eating disorders, fetish & body dysmorphia.
Liberty Antonia Sadler is an artist & filmmaker based in the UK, they studied B.A.(Hons) Performance Design & Practice, Central Saint Martins & M.A. Fine Art, Chelsea College of Art. Liberty Antonia continues her academic research and works as an Associate Lecturer on Performance Design & Practice Pathway at Central Saint Martins. Liberty Antonia is the founder of MicroActs, London, an ongoing artist film screening series bringing an international selection of shorts to the capital. Liberty Antonia Sadler is represented by Spantzo Gallery, NYC.
Her work has been featured at Whitechapel Gallery [London, UK], Barbican [London, UK], ICA [London, UK], BFI Southbank [London, UK], HOME [Manchester, UK], Centre for Contemporary Arts CCA [Glasgow, UK], Anthology Film Archives [New York City, USA], and at film festivals internationally, such as Underwire Film Festival [London, UK], New York Feminist Film Week [New York City, USA], AVIFF Art Film Festival [Cannes, France], GRRL Haus Cinema [Berlin, Germany], Experimental Forum [Los Angeles, USA] & CINEMQ [Shanghai, China]. Liberty Antonia's work has been featured in publications such as NYLON, Polyester Zine, Shades of Noir, KAVN metro.co.uk & WomenCinemakers.
Official Selection
Object(s) of Desire
Tag! Queer Shorts Festival
Portland, Oregon
2025
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26th International Feminist & Queer Festival Red Dawns
Ljubljana
2025
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Object(s) of Desire
Leeds Queer Film Festival
Leeds
2025
Official Selection
Object(s) of Desire
Pink Life QueerFest
Ankara
2025
Audience Award & Jury Special Mention
Object(s) of Desire
Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art Festival
Online Festival
2024
Official Selection
Object(s) of Desire
Barcelona Queer Film Festival
Barcelona
2024
Official Selection
Object(s) of Desire
Porny Days - Film Kunst Festival
Zurich
2024
Closing Party Selection
Object(s) of Desire
MIX FEST 2024
New York City
2024
Nomination for Short Flame Award
Object(s) of Desire
OFN LGBTQIA+ Film Festival
London
2024
Official Selection
Object(s) of Desire
QUEERTACTICS Queer Feminist Film Festival
Vienna
2024
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Queerfilmfestival Weimar
Weimar
2024
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Free the Kitsch Film Festival
Athens
2024
Bronze Award in Short Film Category
Object(s) of Desire
Bucharest Feminist Film Festival
Bucharest
2024
Official Selection
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Queer Film Festival Munich
Munich
2024
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Pride Pictures Queer Film Festival
Karlsruhe
2024
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Altered Images Film and Music Festival
London
2024
Official Selection
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Demakijaż Women’s Film Festival
Lublin
2024
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Some Prefer Cake Lesbian Film Festival
Bologna
2024
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Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
London
2024
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GRRL HAUS CINEMA
Cambridge, Massachusetts
2024
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Chroma Art Film Festival
Miami, Florida
2024
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Object(s) of Desire
Milwaukee Illuminate Film Festival
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2024
Digital Archive of Queer Filmmaking
Object(s) of Desire
Otherness Archive
London
2024
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Object(s) of Desire
GRRL HAUS CINEMA
Northampton, Massachusetts
2024
Official Selection
Object(s) of Desire
Shorts on Tap
London
2024
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tenderfluid
Get on the Internet! Festival (Curated by Varjack-Lowry)
London, England
2022
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Without Shame
Get on the Internet! Festival (Curated by Varjack-Lowry)
London, England
2022
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Cage of Curves
Imprópria - Mostra de Cinema de Igualdade de Género
São Miguel
2022
Official Selection
tenderfluid
Unruly Bodies (Curated by Dispatch Feminist Moving Image)
London, England
2020
Semi-Finalist
tenderfluid
DAS NYC Experimental Microshorts
Brooklyn, New York City
2020
Official Selection
tenderfluid
Queers in Shorts
Cambridge, England
2020
On-Demand Digital Distribution
tenderfluid
Cryptofiction
Online Festival
2020
Best Animated Film
Without Shame
Bump’n’Grind - Film and Performance Fest
Toronto
2020
Semi-Finalist
Without Shame
Film Strip Fest
Atlanta, Georgia
2020
Official Selection
tenderfluid
GRRL HAUS CINEMA
Berlin
2019
Official Selection
tenderfluid
Beyond the Body (Curated by Mania Akbari)
Berlin
2019
Official Selection
tenderfluid
Disability Pride Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2019
Official Selection
tenderfluid
Scottish Queer International Film Festival
Glasgow, Scotland
2019
Official Selection
tenderfluid
Buskopolis Festival of Cinematic Oddities
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
2019
Official Selection
tenderfluid
South London Shorts
London, England
2019
Official Selection
Without Shame
Fringe! Queer Film & Arts Fest
London, England
2019
Official Selection
Without Shame
WANDA: Feminism and Moving Image
Belfast, Northern Ireland
2019
Official Selection
Without Shame
Fatal Femme Film Festival
Brooklyn, New York City
2019
Official Selection
Without Shame
Fish&Chips International Erotic Film Festival
Turin
2019
Official Selection
I Feel Femme
Vivid Glances at NYC Feminist Film Week
Manhattan, New York City
2019
Official Selection
Nibbles: I. Sexy Snacks, II. Yo-Yo & III. Size 0 Hero
GRRL HAUS CINEMA
Berlin
2018
Official Selection
Nibbles: I. Sexy Snacks, II. Yo-Yo & III. Size 0 Hero
Videodrunk Film Festival
Toronto
2018
Official Selection
Nibbles: I. Sexy Snacks, II. Yo-Yo & III. Size 0 Hero
Buskopolis Festival of Cinematic Oddities
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
2018
Official Selection
Nibbles: I. Sexy Snacks, II. Yo-Yo & III. Size 0 Hero
South London Shorts
London, England
2018
Official Selection
Nibbles: I. Sexy Snacks, II. Yo-Yo & III. Size 0 Hero
Gut Feelings (Curated by Thinking Flesh)
Birmingham, England
2018
Official Selection
Cage of Curves
London Short Film Festival
London, England
2018
Official Selection
Cage of Curves
Experimental Forum
Los Angeles, California
2017
Official Selection
Cage of Curves
South London Shorts
London, England
2017
Nominated for XX Award: 'for the best onscreen female protagonist'
I Feel Femme
Underwire Festival
London, England
2017
Official Selection
I Feel Femme
CINEMQ16: 变装 Drag
Shanghai
2017
Official Selection
I Feel Femme
Altered Esthetics Film Festival
Minneapolis, Minnesota
2017
Official Selection
I Feel Femme
AVIFF Art Film Festival
Cannes
2017
Official Selection
I Feel Femme
Women's Only Entertainment Film Festival
Online Festival
2016
Official Selection
I Feel Femme
CineFiLia Presents 'Women on Screen' (Curated by Feminism in London)
London, England
2016
Current City
London, UK
Gender
Female
Zodiac Sign
Gemini
Liberty Antonia Sadler is an artist & filmmaker based in the UK. Working within a personal-political context, their work uses text, character and playfulness to discuss themes of size, food, queerness, vulnerability and the erotic.
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