• MAF Programme Announced Soon!

    MAF Programme Announced Soon!

    Save the date guys, the full programme for MAF 2018 will be announced on Monday 24th September! All info will be live here once announced...

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  • Anijam Goes National!

    Anijam Goes National!

    MAF was part of this year's Anijam (the country wide 48 hour animation challenge). Our Manchester heat took place at HOME on the 10th-12th August. Click here to see the shortlist of winners from around the country so far and vote on the website.

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  • Winners 2017

    Winners 2017

    Missed the awards ceremony? Find out who scooped the prizes here.

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Latest News

  • Educating Animators Conference – Call for Presentations

    This November, as part of our annual festival we are very proud to be hosting our first academic conference with our higher education partner The University of Salford. The conference will take place the day after the... Read More >

  • Anijam Goes National!

    Anijam is the 48 hour animation challenge where teams of 2-5 battle it out over two days to create an animated masterpiece between 15 and 90 seconds long. As part of Anim18 the competition will take place in... Read More >

  • Industry Excellence Awards Redesign! 

    Since the first edition of the Manchester Animation festival we have worked closely with master model makers Mackinnon and Saunders on our awards. In 2015 Joe Holman designed the now iconic Bee Award which took its... Read More >

Submissions

Film submissions have closed for the 2018 festival. Successful films will be announced on this website in due course. For more details, sign up to our newsletter below.

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