Manchester Animation Festival Archives

Manchester Animation Festival Launches U.K.’s First Feature Animation Market Accelerator

Six U.K. projects will receive paid mentorship, market training, and international access for animated features in development.

Other awarded titles included ‘Two Black Boys in Paradise’ (British Short), ‘Twelve Inch Pianist’ (Student Film), ‘Ovary Acting’ ) Audience Award.

Discover the 2025 Manchester Animation Festival lineup full of premieres, project previews, retrospectives, and industry panels.

For the first time, this year’s short film winner will qualify for the Oscars’ 2025 animated short category.

A new report confirms that working in the animation industry is more difficult than it needs to be for disabled talent.

“Britishness sells, blandness doesn’t,” said BBC kids’ content chief Patricia Hidalgo.

Upcoming animation events in Hungary, Canada, the U.K., and the U.S.