Cardiff Animation Weekender 2025
The celebration of animated filmmaking and retro animation nostalgia runs May 17-18 in Cardiff, Wales.
The celebration of animated filmmaking and retro animation nostalgia runs May 17-18 in Cardiff, Wales.
The event, taking place in-person April 7-10 and online April 7-24, will include a behind-the-scenes look at the popular BBC and HBO series ‘His Dark Materials, a discussion with Aardman animator Carmen Bromfield Mason, and a live animation demonstration by Multi-award-winning animator Joanna Quinn.
102 animated shorts representing 22 countries have been chosen for official competition; the hybrid event takes place in person from April 7-10 in Cardiff with online events held throughout the month.
Cape Town International Animation Festival and Cardiff Animation Festival announce an exciting collaboration celebrating animation in both South Africa and Wales with a week long online festival including curated shorts screenings, workshops and live Q+As, supported by the British Council Digital Collaboration Fund
Cardiff Animation Festival and Cape Town International Animation Festival are collaborating on a virtual event that features a week of curated screenings, workshops, and Q+As; programs will feature Welsh and African animated shorts previously screened at the respective festivals over the past 5 years.
Online offerings running October 24-November 1 to include full shorts program; a session with Welsh animator, Simon Chong, currently a director on Fox’s ‘Bob’s Burgers;’ and a behind the scenes look at, ‘Heart of Darkness,’ the world’s first sand-animated feature film.
Wales event adds special screening of ‘Isle of Dogs’ and Q&A with crew members, plus a look at the stop-motion feature 'Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires.'
Four-day event will feature an advance screening of ‘The Breadwinner’ plus a program of 99 shorts in competition.
June event celebrating Lotte Reiniger and a Late Night Work Club-themed event in July lead up to the inaugural Cardiff Animation Festival running April 20–22, 2018 in Cardiff, Wales.