Manchester Animation Festival 2018 | 13, 14, 15 November 2018

MAF Programme Launched!

The full programme for MAF 2018 has been revealed! Click below to find out whats on...
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Films previewing at MAF

Film previews at this years festival include: Night of the Trampires, This Magnificent Cake!, Funan, Virus Tropical (pictured here) and Tito and the Birds. Check out What's On for more info.
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Masterclasses & Making Of Sessions

We have a fantastic lineup of speakers at this years festival including The Line, Locksmith Animation, 40 Years of Barry Purves, Becca's Bunch, Blue Zoo, Framestore, Magic Light Pictures and Making of Isle of Dogs!
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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 >

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@jameslawson96 Hi James! Thanks for asking. You should be finding out reeeeeally soon! 💛