Manchester Animation Festival (MAF), the UK’s largest animation festival, has revealed its programme for 2024. Celebrating its 10th edition this year, the festival promises to offer audiences and industry alike the incredible opportunity to experience some of the world’s best animated film content.
Featuring international guests, premieres, masterclasses and panels, there’s something for everyone at the UK’s biggest animation festival.
Below are a small sample of the films screening at MAF, to find out about director Q&As, more features, special presentations, the short film competition and much more, as well as to book tickets click here.
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In this season
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British Animated Short Film Award 2024
Join us for journey into the heart of contemporary British animation and experience a unique cinematic showcase. From charming tales to thought-provoking narratives, immerse yourself…
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Black Butterflies
Tanit, Valeria and Shaila are three women from very different parts of the world who face the same problem: climate change. They will lose everything…
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Animation Mixtape: Part 1 (18)
Whether you’re an animation aficionado or this is your first experience beyond the mainstream, let MAF welcome you to the world of animation with our…
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Animal Farm 70th Anniversary Screening
Celebrating 70 years since Halas and Batchelor released the UK's first commercial animated feature film Animal Farm. The overworked animals of Manor Farm rise up…
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Gala Screening: The Glassworker (12A) + Recorded Intro
The life of a young glassblower in training and his relationships over the years, as his land goes through war and strife.
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Memoir of a Snail
A bittersweet memoir of a melancholic woman called Grace Pudel - a hoarder of snails, romance novels, and guinea-pigs.
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Sultana’s Dream
Inspired by a feminist science fiction story written in 1905 in Bengal, Inés embarks on a journey through India searching for the traces of Ladyland,…
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Animation Mixtape: Part 2 (15)
Whether you’re an animation aficionado or this is your first experience beyond the mainstream, let MAF welcome you to the world of animation with our…
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Gala Screening: That Christmas (PG) + Intro
In this comedy, a blizzard hits a seaside town, setting off entwined tales of family, friends, love and loneliness — and Santa making a big…
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Thief and the Cobbler: A Moment in Time
Over the span of three decades, Richard Williams’ The Thief and the Cobbler was the self-financed feature length project that took shape under the passionate…