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Festival Schedule

Our online programme is live from 18 Nov! You can explore all of the online events here.

Online Passes are also still available for purchase.

Please find below the schedule for MAF 2023. You can toggle between those events that take place live in venue, as part of industry day or as virtual events which are available after the festival. See the Available Until column for when events can be viewed until. Live events that will be recorded have a date you can watch this until and those live in venue events with an asterisk* are also available online should you not be able to make it to the in venue screenings so do go to virtual events to book for them online.



All Events

Start Event Venue Type Single
Ticket
Full
Pass
Approx.
End Time
Sun 12 November
9:00 BBC Family Box Set HOME Cinema 1 Screening
BUY PASS 10:00
10:00 Claymation Animation Workshop HOME Event Space Workshop
BUY PASS 11:30
10:20 Short Films for Children HOME Cinema 1 Screening
BUY PASS 11:30
10:30 Short Films for Children (Relaxed Screening) HOME Marina's cinema Screening
BUY PASS 11:40
12:00 Young Animator of the Year Awards 2023 HOME Cinema 1 Event
BUY PASS 13:00
12:00 Lego Stop Motion Workshop HOME Event Space Workshop
BUY PASS 13:30
13:20 Kensuke’s Kingdom + Q&A HOME Cinema 1 Screening
BUY PASS 14:44
14:30 Lego Stop Motion Workshop HOME Event Space Workshop
BUY PASS 16:00
Mon 13 November
10:00 British Animated Short Film Award HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 11:32
10:15 Animation Mixtape: Part 1 HOME Cinema 1 Screening
BUY PASS 11:33
10:30 Animated Answers – The Shorts Road to Success Anthony Burgess Centre Panel
BUY PASS 11:45
10:30 Animation Mixtape: Part 1 (Relaxed Screening) HOME Marina's cinema Screening
BUY PASS 11:48
10:30 Workshop: Animation Directing Leonardo Hotel Conference Suite Workshop
BUY PASS 12:30
12:00 The Peasants HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 13:54
12:10 New Animated Voices HOME Cinema 1 Screening
BUY PASS 13:28
13:00 Animated Immersive Experiences Manchester Central Library Screening
BUY PASS 21:00
13:00 Magic Light Pictures on Loop! Manchester Central Library Screening
BUY PASS 21:00
13:30 How it Works: Film Festivals Anthony Burgess Centre Panel
BUY PASS 14:45
13:30 Workshop: Animation Directing Leonardo Hotel Conference Suite Workshop
BUY PASS 15:30
14:00 Studio Focus: Passion Pictures HOME Cinema 1 Talk
BUY PASS 15:15
14:15 Croatian Animation: Contemporary HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 15:30
16:00 Magic Light Pictures at 20 HOME Cinema 1 Event
BUY PASS 17:15
16:15 Animated Commercial Curiosities HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 17:25
17:50 Kensuke’s Kingdom + Q&A HOME Cinema 1 Screening
BUY PASS 19:14
18:30 Animated Africa HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 19:45
19:00 Opening Night Drinks HOME Event Space Social
BUY PASS 21:00
20:20 White Plastic Sky + Q&A HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 22:11
20:40 Gala Screening Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget + Intro HOME Cinema 1 Screening
BUY PASS 22:18
21:00 Fleischer Funnies! MAF Lounge (1st Street Tipi) Social
BUY PASS 23:30
Tue 14 November
9:30 Short Film Directors Q&A HOME Event Space Panel
BUY PASS 10:15
10:00 Animated Immersive Experiences Manchester Central Library Screening
BUY PASS 18:00
10:00 Magic Light Pictures on Loop! Manchester Central Library Screening
BUY PASS 18:00
10:15 Animation Mixtape: Part 2 HOME Cinema 1 Screening
BUY PASS 11:32
10:30 Short Film Panorama: Part 1 HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 11:50
10:30 Animation Mixtape: Part 2 (Relaxed Screening) HOME Marina's cinema Screening
BUY PASS 11:47
10:30 IEA Workshop: Storyboarding Leonardo Hotel Conference Suite Workshop
BUY PASS 12:30
12:15 Croatian Animation: Studio Talk: Bonobostudio HOME Cinema 1 Talk
BUY PASS 13:30
12:30 Mars Express HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 13:58
13:30 IEA Workshop: Storyboarding Leonardo Hotel Conference Suite Workshop
BUY PASS 15:30
14:00 IEA Character Design Roundtable Anthony Burgess Centre Panel
BUY PASS 15:15
14:15 The Making of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget HOME Cinema 1 Making of
BUY PASS 15:30
14:40 Student Film Panorama HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 15:50
15:30 Meet the Puppets: Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Event Space Meet the Puppets
BUY PASS 16:30
16:15 Nimona’s Fearless Journey From Book to Screen HOME Cinema 1 Making of
BUY PASS 17:30
16:30 Animated Commercial Curiosities HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 17:40
16:45 30 Tips and Tricks for Cartoon Comedy HOME Event Space Talk
BUY PASS 18:00
18:15 Chicken for Linda HOME Cinema 1 Screening
BUY PASS 19:30
18:30 Divert, Delight, Defy: Animating Trans Identities HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 20:00
20:15 Fantastic Planet: 50th Anniversary Screening HOME Cinema 1 Screening
BUY PASS 21:27
20:30 British Animated Short Film Award HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 22:02
21:00 MAFter Dark Canvas - Room 2 Social
BUY PASS 1:00
Wed 15 November
9:30 Short Film Directors Q&A HOME Event Space Panel
BUY PASS 10:15
10:00 Magic Light Pictures on Loop! Manchester Central Library Screening
BUY PASS 18:00
10:15 Short Film Panorama: Part 2 HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 11:35
10:15 New Animated Voices (Relaxed Screening) HOME Marina's cinema Screening
BUY PASS 11:33
10:30 Animated Answers: Demystifying the markets Anthony Burgess Centre Panel
BUY PASS 11:45
10:30 IEA Workshop: Character Design Maldron Hotel Workshop
BUY PASS 12:30
10:30 Making of: Walt Disney Animation Studios’ WISH HOME Cinema 1 Making of
BUY PASS 11:45
11:30 Animated Immersive Experiences Manchester Central Library Screening
BUY PASS 17:00
12:15 New Animated Voices HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 13:33
12:30 Kensuke’s Kingdom HOME Cinema 1 Screening
BUY PASS 13:54
12:30 IEA Storyboarding Roundtable Anthony Burgess Centre Panel
BUY PASS 13:45
13:00 Animated Connections Conference: Bridging Education and Industry HOME Event Space Event
BUY PASS 18:30
13:30 IEA Workshop: Character Design Maldron Hotel Workshop
BUY PASS 15:30
14:00 White Plastic Sky HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 15:51
14:00 Animade Frames Workshop MAF Lounge (1st Street Tipi) Workshop
BUY PASS 17:00
14:30 BBC Children’s: Inform. Educate. Animate. HOME Cinema 1 Event
BUY PASS 15:45
16:15 Short Films for Children HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 17:25
16:30 Studio Talk: Kugali – Riding the Waves of a Changing World HOME Cinema 1 Talk
BUY PASS 17:45
18:15 The Peasants + Pre-Recorded Intro HOME Cinema 1 Screening
BUY PASS 20:09
18:30 Croatian Animation: History HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 19:45
19:00 Skwigly Screening HOME Event Space Screening
BUY PASS 20:00
19:30 Northwestivus Gasworks Social
BUY PASS 0:30
20:30 Animation Mixtape: Part 1 HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 21:48
20:30 Skwigly Quiz HOME Event Space Social
BUY PASS 23:30
20:30 Gala Screening: The Boy and the Heron HOME Cinema 1 Screening
BUY PASS 22:30
Thu 16 November
8:30 ScreenSkills Breakfast Bridgewater Hall Circle Foyer Event BUY PASS 9:30
9:30 The Animation Keynote 2023 Bridgewater Hall Barbirolli Room Talk
BUY PASS 10:30
9:30 MAF Marketplace Bridgewater Hall Circle Foyer Marketplace
BUY PASS 16:30
9:30 Short Film Directors Q&A HOME Event Space Panel
BUY PASS 10:15
10:00 Animated Immersive Experiences Bridgewater Hall Circle Foyer Screening
BUY PASS 16:00
10:00 Chicken for Linda HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 11:15
10:15 British Animated Short Film Award (Relaxed Screening) HOME Marina's cinema Screening
BUY PASS 11:47
10:15 Masterclass: How ILM’s animators breathed life into the toys of Netflix’s ‘Lost Ollie’ HOME Cinema 1 Talk
BUY PASS 11:30
11:00 In the Frame: AI and the Future of Animation Production Bridgewater Hall Barbirolli Room Panel
BUY PASS 12:15
11:00 Portfolio Reviews Bridgewater Hall Charles Hallé Room Event BUY PASS 12:15
12:00 Short Film Panorama: Part 1 HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 13:20
12:30 The Art of the Music Video HOME Cinema 1 Panel
BUY PASS 13:45
12:30 The Knowledge Exchange – Eco Talk Bridgewater Hall Charles Hallé Room Event
BUY PASS 14:00
13:00 Short Insights: The place of animated shorts in industry Bridgewater Hall Barbirolli Room Panel
BUY PASS 14:15
14:00 Pitching Surgeries Bridgewater Hall Charles Hallé Room Event BUY PASS 15:15
14:30 State of the Animation Nation Bridgewater Hall Barbirolli Room Panel
BUY PASS 15:30
14:30 Making of: Mixmups HOME Cinema 2 Panel
BUY PASS 15:45
15:30 ANF Drinks Reception Bridgewater Hall Barbirolli Room Social BUY PASS 17:00
15:30 Short Film Panorama: Part 2 HOME Cinema 1 Screening
BUY PASS 16:50
16:30 Student Film Panorama HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 17:40
17:30 Animation Mixtape: Part 2 HOME Cinema 1 Screening
BUY PASS 18:47
18:30 Scott Pilgrim Takes Off – Special Preview Screening HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 20:00
20:00 MAF 2023 Awards Ceremony HOME Cinema 1 Event
BUY PASS 22:00
20:30 Mars Express HOME Cinema 2 Screening
BUY PASS 21:58
21:30 The AfterMAF TBC Social
BUY PASS 0:30
Fri 17 November
14:30 Animation Mixtape: Part 1 Odeon Screen 7 Screening
BUY PASS 15:48
14:40 New Animated Voices Odeon Screen 8 Screening
BUY PASS 15:58
16:30 British Animated Short Film Award Odeon Screen 8 Screening
BUY PASS 18:02
16:40 Animation Mixtape: Part 2 Odeon Screen 7 Screening
BUY PASS 17:57
18:30 Divert, Delight, Defy: Animating Trans Identities Odeon Screen 8 Screening
BUY PASS 20:00
18:30 Fantastic Planet: 50th Anniversary Screening Odeon Screen 7 Screening
BUY PASS 19:42
20:30 Animated Africa Odeon Screen 8 Screening
BUY PASS 21:45
20:30 Mars Express Odeon Screen 7 Screening
BUY PASS 21:58
Sat 18 - Thu 30 November
0:01 From the Fest: The Making of Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Online Pre-Record
BUY PASS 1:16
All Day From the Fest: Magic Light Pictures at 20 Online Pre-Record
BUY PASS All Day
All Day From the Fest: Nimona’s Fearless Journey From Book to Screen Online Pre-Record
BUY PASS All Day
All Day From the Fest: Studio Focus: Passion Pictures Online Pre-Record
BUY PASS All Day
All Day From the Fest: Studio Talk: Kugali – Riding the Waves of a Changing World Online Pre-Record
BUY PASS All Day
All Day MAF 2023 Animated Commercial Curiosities Online Online Screening
BUY PASS All Day
All Day MAF 2023 Animated Mixtape Online Online Screening
BUY PASS All Day
All Day MAF 2023 British Animated Short Films Online Online Screening
BUY PASS All Day
All Day MAF 2023 New Animated Voices Online Online Screening
BUY PASS All Day
All Day MAF 2023 Short Film Panorama Online Online Screening
BUY PASS All Day
All Day Online Divert, Delight, Defy Film Directors Q&A Online Pre-Record
BUY PASS All Day