Manchester Animation Festival

Free passes available for Northern animators

Published: 22 Oct 2025

We’re offering three passes to Manchester Animation Festival for animators in the North looking to build a career in animation.



Manchester Animation Festival is the UK’s largest animation festival dedicated to celebrating the animated art form, taking place 9 - 13 November at HOME.

To support the attendance of Northern creators, we’re offering three passes to people who are looking to build a career in animation. The passes are for the full festival - in-person and online - including screenings, talks, networking events and the award ceremony. The Festival Pass allows you to pre-book three events per day and to queue outside events for any spare seats on the day. We will also cover travel to the event for animators outside of Manchester, if required.

Talks at the festival cover building a career in animation, Q&As with established animators, adapting books to screen, and deep dives on the making of animated films, with speakers from ILM, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Netflix, Cartoon Saloon and more.


The deadline to apply for a pass is Thursday 30 October, 5pm. 
We’ll inform the selected applicants on Friday 31 October.

Apply here




ANF Connect: Wednesday 12 November


If you’d like to chat with Film Hub North, we’ll be at ANF Connect as part of the Animation Nation Forum on Wednesday 12 November (afternoon). There are six slots available to meet with one of our BFI Talent Executives.

Sign up



Main image © Manchester Animation Festival (festival poster and ident designed by Steph Ramplin)
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