• We're Back!

    We're Back!

    The UK's Biggest Celebration of Animation is back at HOME this week from the 13-15 November! Check out the diary to see what's on.

    Read More
  • IEA Nominees Announced

    IEA Nominees Announced

    We've announced the Industry Excellence Awards nominees for this year and the new redesigned award. Read them here and congratulate them on a job well done!

    Read More
  • MAF Market

    MAF Market

    Bringing together animation studios and companies to showcase their work and meet the festival delegates. Learn about recruitment opportunities, new software and funding opportunities.

    Read More
  • Films previewing at MAF

    Films previewing at MAF

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

    Read More

Latest News

  • IEA Award 2018 Nominees

    Manchester Animation Festival believes animation is for all and that all animation is deserving of celebration, with our Industry Excellence Awards we do just that, celebrating the folks who work hard on the day job... Read More >

  • All MAF 2018 Passes now SOLD OUT!

    We extremely happy to announce that all full festival passes and day passes for Manchester Animation Festival have now SOLD OUT! Thank you so much for you support! If you didn't manage to get a pass booked, fear not, we... Read More >

  • 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 >

What's On

Sun 11 Nov Family Day Tue 13 Nov Wed 14 Nov Thu 15 Nov Fri 16 Nov Academic
Conference Festival Programme
Available Soon