And that's it for another year!
Thank you to everyone who attended #MAF2025, our amazing sponsors and everyone who helped to make this edition one of our best festivals yet.
We'll be back next year - sign up to our newsletter for the latest updates! buff.ly/dAqeBpr
Looking at a career in animation?
Our Paths Into Animation panel is crammed full of useful insight from Baz Sells, @0ddcat.bsky.social & Will Anderson.
Watch it back as part of our #MAF2025 Online Programme before it disappears this Sunday >> tinyurl.com/yc3tvh9w
The mighty Cartoon Saloon visited #MAF2025 to receive this year's Fellowship Award. During their visit, director Nora Twomey told us the powerful story behind the studio's hugely important 2017 release The Breadwinner. See more via MAF online buff.ly/lIiUC6u
Why is it important to shout about your own skills?
Golden Wolf studios shared some thoughts on this key topic during our Art of the Ad panel discussion at #MAF2025.
The full chat is available via MAF Online until 30 November.
Find out more: buff.ly/K2dC2BV
Is creative curiosity a learnable skill?
This was one of the big topics we discussed during our Constantly Curious panel chat at #MAF2025. Here's Creative Director Daniel Efergan sharing his thoughts...
Watch the full panel via MAF Online until 30 Nov buff.ly/K2dC2BV
Did you miss our #MAF2025 Fellowship with the ace @cartoonsaloon.bsky.social?
From those first initial chats around the kitchen table in Dublin to meeting animation royalty at awards ceremonies, you can watch back the full conversation as part of our Online Programme >> tinyurl.com/ycykc8d2
"A dream movie in animation has sort of been a white whale..."
If you missed director Alex Woo's guided tour of dreamland during #MAF2025 last week, you can revisit his panel on MAF Online to find out how In Your Dreams was made!
Find out more tinyurl.com/yrh37f3n
...Or if you didn't make it down for the fun last week you can grab yourself a fresh Online Pass to get access to the whole #MAF2025 online programme.
Our online talks and films are available to watch until Sunday 30 November. Enjoy! >> watch.eventive.org/maf2025
Ah this time last week we were knee deep in animation goodness enjoying the last in-venue day of #MAF2025.
Did you join us for it?
Remember all online festival content is available for FREE for anyone who joined us in person with a Festival Pass...
Don't be sad that #MAF2025 is over, be psyched that MAF online is here until 30 Nov!
An online pass gets you access to some of 2025's biggest events like Alex Woo's #InYourDreams deep-dive, Cartoon Saloon's Fellowship Award, shorts & more!
Tune in: buff.ly/K2dC2BV
Attended Manchester Animation Festival 2025 and acquired this cool figure from Animation Toolkit, the Dummy 13 Action Model.
#maf2025 #animation #stopmotion #actionfigure #stopmotionanimation #3dprint #animator #animate #manchester
We'd like to say a big thank you to Manchester Animation Festival for providing us with the opportunity to spread the word about Cloth Cat Academy!
Full information on all of our future courses is available on our website:
clothcat.com/academy
@mcranimation.bsky.social #AnimationTraining #MAF2025
We're just coming up for air after our busy in-venue leg of the festival last week.
And to brighten up your Monday we wanted to take a look back at the winners of our #MAF2025 film and industry awards! So if you missed who won what, here's a handy recap >> tinyurl.com/53be2uap
Was at #MAF2025 on Thursday and had a great time watching films, attending a storyboard workshop and meeting up with people at the after party!
@mcranimation.bsky.social
• The Making of Walt Disney Animation Studios’ “Zootropolis 2” with Chad Sellers and Renato dos Anjos
#MAF2025 #ManchesterAnimationFestival #Disney #DisneyAnimation #Zootopia2 #Zootropolis2 #Animation #Festival #Manchester
@mcranimation.bsky.social
• The Making of + Special Preview of Netflix and Kuku Studios’ “In Your Dreams” with Alex Woo
• Fifty Years of Magic: ILM’s Legacy in Animation with Hayden Jones
#MAF2025 #ManchesterAnimationFestival #Netflix #IndustrialLightandMagic #ILM #Animation #Festival #Manchester
I had a fantastic week on my 5th visit to @mcranimation.bsky.social
#MAF2025 #ManchesterAnimationFestival #Animation #Festival #Manchester
We just want to say a BIG thank you to everyone who joined us at #MAF2025 this week - it's been joyful & jam packed!
Whilst the in-venue fun might be over, our Online Programme runs till 30 Nov. So you can enjoy lots more MAF magic from the comfort of your own home ✨ >> tinyurl.com/4vs59jnd
Some pics from earlier today from #MAF2025, Cartoon Saloon wins the Fellowship Award for being an amazing studio, Unreal Engine shows off their latest IK/FK bones and Mocap features, and @mohoanimation.bsky.social demonstrates their new shaders, smart bones, Photoshop import, Blender export.
That's the end of Manchester Animation Festival 2025, now safely back at the hotel. I had a great time. I've recorded a lot of panels/Q&As, just need to transcribe them, already done a few! #MAF2025
25 years of wonderful storytelling✨
Oh @cartoonsaloon.bsky.social we only scratched the surface but feel really lucky to have had the chance to look back at your beautiful body of work.
This behind the scenes sequence from Wolfwalkers was really special to see...
#MAF2025
This afternoon we're celebrating 25 years of the brilliant Cartoon Saloon with our #MAF2025 Fellowship Award.
So what's your favourite film of theirs?
We'd love to know!
Have you joined us this week at #MAF2025?
So much inspiration and insight - and we still have one more action-packed afternoon and evening for you!
Expect panels, talks, features and shorts - plus tonight we'll be crowning our 2025 award winners!
Last day of @mcranimation.bsky.social big sad :( Got some good talks booked for today, including a workshop on animation tools in @unrealengine.bsky.social and finding out more about #WomenInAnimationUK later. #MAF2025
It's the last day of our in-venue part of #MAF2025!
Are you ready for another dose of animation goodness?
Festival Director @stevehenderson.bsky.social is here with your handy round up...
Let's do this!
...and that was Wednesday at #MAF2025! Thanks to all who joined us. What was your favourite bit?
We'll see you all later today for our final in-venue day - there's plenty left to see!
Last minute tickets are available here tinyurl.com/3w56ccaj
I love leaving a film screening and being so stunned and dazzled that I can’t speak <3 If you get a chance, go see I Am Frankelda. #MAF2025 #SoyFrankelda
Postcard for the 2025 Manchester Animation Festival, highlighting their feature film programme (also including Women Wearing Shoulder Pads and Angel’s Egg)
#MAF2025 features ranked:
- Little Amélie
- Lesbian Space Princess
- Hola Frida
- Arco
- The Last Blossom
- I Am Frankelda
- The Square
- In Your Dreams
The 12 Inch Pianist (New Animated Voices)
The Eating of an Orange (New Animated Voices)
The Shyness of Trees (Worlds of Animation: New Voices 2)
Hunting (Worlds of Animation: New Voices 2)
#MAF2025
One last afternoon in animation paradise. Some films I had seen before were significantly enhanced by a rewatch and/or the big screen. A lot of gay and horny stuff in these programmes! You should try going to an animation festival, it is so invigorating. Meanwhile, Mum loved Little Amélie!
It's not all panels and networking - today's Animation Nation Forum is also home to our MAF Marketplace, allowing you to have a quick chat with some of the industry's biggest voices.
Who knows what could come from it? #MAF2025
