Manchester Animation Festival (MAF), the UK’s largest animation festival, has revealed its programme for 2024. Celebrating a decade of the festival, it offers audiences a unique opportunity to engage with and indulge in some of the world’s best animated content.
Taking over venues across the city, the festival will include screenings, panels, workshops, masterclasses, ‘making of’ sessions and studio talks, hosted across the city from HOME cinema to the Anthony Burgess Centre, YES, Gasworks and Bridgewater Hall.
Highlights of this year’s programme include a special In Conversation event with legendary filmmaker Chris Sanders (Lilo and Stitch, How To Train Your Dragon), who will be discussing his latest film Wild Robot, which will be followed by a screening of the film.
There will also be an appearance from Aardman Animation legends Nick Park and Merlin Crossingham, who’ll be presenting the new Wallace & Gromit movie, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl, as well as a special screening of Richard Williams’ animated marvel The Thief and The Cobbler, which will include a talk and book signing by Imogen Sutton—Williams’ wife and long-time producer.
For a more information and a full line-up of the events, head to Manchester Animation Festival website…
