Little Amélie or the Character of Rain is a highly sentimental animated triumph with plenty of feeling.

A staple of Manchester Animation Festival’s line-up is their New Animated Voices showcase, a screening where they play a curated selection of the best animated shorts.

I talk with Steve Henderson ahead of the 11th run of the Manchester Animation Festival.

One of the highlights on Manchester’s cultural calendar, Manchester Animation Festival 2024 had a great line-up

Ahead of 2024’s Manchester Animation Festival, I chatted to Festival Director Steven Henderson about the Festival, Student Films, and Wallace and Gromit

Director of Manchester Animation Festival sits down to talk about this years programme and the threat of distributors and AI in the world of animation

Danish animated documentary is a therapeutic and cathartic story of an openly gay Afghan refugee

Pip Carew reviews the diverse selection of shorts on display on Mixtape Side B at the Manchester Animation Festival

Milorad Krstic’s Ruben Brandt, Collector is an engaging and visually stunning film which stands as a true testament to the uniqueness of animation, writes Deputy Film Editor Josh Sandy

Deputy Film Editor, Josh Sandy, previews the highlights of the Manchester Animation Festival ahead of its much anticipated 5th edition

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The Manchester Animation Festival returned to Manchester once more, hosted at HOME cinema showcasing a selection of animated films using different styles and covering a range of topics. This year The Mancunion’s writers had the opportunity to attend the festival, reviewing: AniJam, showcasing a selection of short, and heartwarming animated shorts created in a mere […]

The Manchester Animation Festival 2018 shared animations created in AniJam; a 48-hour animation challenge, based on the theme ‘Together.’

Santiago Caicedo’s animated coming of age tale, Virus Tropical, proves to be a starkly simple slice of life fronted by terrific animation.