Manchester Animation Festival, the UK’s largest animation Festival is seeking a new Head of Partnerships & Development, who will be responsible for sourcing new sponsorship funding for the organisation along with developing existing relationships with partners, sponsors,...
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We had an amazing time at MAF 2022 in-person festival but just because the week is over the fun doesn’t stop! MAF 2022 Online Festival is now live, with some exclusive content, some recorded events from the festival, all the Animation Mixtape screenings (short films) and a...
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In a grand finale to Thursday's Festival, the winners of the Industry Excellence Awards and the MAF Awards 2022 were revealed. The ceremony was hosted by the magnificent and multi award winning comedian Amy Gledhill. FEATURE FILM The Best Feature Film award was...
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Celebrating the films you have come to know and love during the festival, we will be presenting awards for Short Film, Feature Film, Student Film, Commissioned Film, Immersive Awards, Short Film for Children and the Audience Award as well as handing out our Industry Excellence...
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We're delighted to announce this year’s Industry Excellence Award Nominees across four categories: Character Animation, Character Design, Scriptwriting, and Storyboarding. In the Character Animation category, the nominees are: Oleksiy Popov for Big Tree City, Jamie Kerr for...
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Every year at Manchester Animation Festival we like to give a creative associated with the event the opportunity to give MAF a new look for our posters and ident design. This year the fantastic Izzy Burton has stepped up to the challenge! Having screened her short film Via in...
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We are very excited to announce the next ‘MAF Presents’ event! These events are all about bringing you a regular dose of animation goodness the whole year round! These events will be screenings, special events, socials and more; each month a little taste of the annual...
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During a virtual ceremony on Thursday 25th November, the winners of the 2021 Industry Excellence Awards and Film Awards at Manchester Animation Festival (MAF) have been unveiled. As the climax to the UK’s largest animation festival – in it's very first hybrid edition this...
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