Manchester Animation Festival 2023
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.
| Start | Event | Venue | Type | Single Ticket |
Full Pass |
Approx. End Time |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||