UPCOMING EVENTS
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Screen ArGylle ONLINE Industry Session: Dominika Jackowska
Industry Session: Dominika Jackowska, Tuesday 29th April at 7pm - Online
Our industry sessions are aimed at young people (under 25) living in Scotland
interested in the film industry. These sessions are a great way to find out more about
people’s work and career, and understand top tips for pathways into the film industry.
Supported by Screen Scotland.
Dominika Jackowska is a freelance animator, storyteller and workshop facilitator
currently based in Edinburgh. Born in Poland, Dominika studied BA Hons in
Animation at Edinburgh College of Art, specializing in stop-motion filmmaking. She
has a mixed-media animation style and her work explores the boundaries between
sound design and animation through interactive installations. She has recently
worked on projects in partnership with the V & A Dundee and Community Land
Scotland and taught a masterclass on our Animation Academy!
See more about Dominika’s work here: https://www.dominikajackowska.com
These sessions are free and take place on Zoom.
SI-FAN Shorts Day: Animation Select
SI-FAN Film Festival 2025: Shorts Day
Scotland's coolest new genre film festival returns with an electrifying and eclectic showcase of short films between animation and live action at the Edinburgh Cinema and Video Society in their gorgeous cinema space.
Celebrating the best in home grown talent and the best short films smashing it on the international film festival circuit.
Visit https://www.si-fan.org/film-festival for further programme notes and film details.
*Lineups could be subject to change.
FMX
FMX - Film & Media Exchange
FMX is one of Europe’s most influential conference dedicated to media & entertainment creation.
It explores the latest in Animation, Visual Effects (VFX), Interactive and Immersive Media in presentations, panel discussions, workshops, and exhibition rooms.
The FMX 2025 theme RHYTHM OF CHANGE adresses the current dynamics
in the creative industries and offers a platform for the community
to discuss ways to navigate the transformation.
Annecy International Animation Festival
From 8th to 14th June 2025, participate in the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the global event dedicated to animation! For an entire week, the event gathers together the biggest names in the sector and celebrates the creative and diverse animation styles and techniques.
DICE EUROPE
The next iteration of D.I.C.E. Europe will take place in Edinburgh, Scotland from September 15 to 17, 2025. Registration and hotel details will be announced soon.
Escape the Frame - ECA Students exhibition
Our collective of third-year students from the Edinburgh College of Art are exhibiting all kinds of art and animation around a central theme our animation has “left the frame”, from April 2nd to April 4th at the Out Of The Blue Drill Hall in Leith.
On the evening of Friday April 4th (18:00 – 20:00) we are hosting a closing night event and we hope very much to see you there!
Get Animated Conference
From Skwigly: Get Animated 25 is a two-day business conference with a NEW international market place for the global animation industry, and a diverse range of business seminars and panels planned, with a wealth of experience from international panellists.
Screen ArGylle ONLINE Industry Session: Cat Bruce
Industry Session: Cat Bruce, Wednesday 26 th March at 7pm - Online
Our industry sessions are aimed at young people (under 25) living in Scotland
interested in the film industry. These sessions are a great way to find out more about
people’s work and career, and understand top tips for pathways into the film industry.
Supported by Screen Scotland.
Cat is an award-winning animator and director, born and raised in the Scottish
Highlands and based in Edinburgh. She studied animation at Edinburgh College of
Art and won a Scottish BAFTA for No Place like Home (2016). Cat has also worked
on the CBBC series Ooglies, and taught a masterclass on our Animation Academy!
See more about Cat’s work here: https://www.catbruce.co.uk
These sessions are free and take place on Zoom.
Scottish Opera presents Josefine AT Scotman Picture house
Winner of the Emi Mammoliti Award for Best Short Film
at Messina Film Festival – Cinema & Opera
After the success of 2020’s live-action opera short, The Narcissistic Fish, Scottish Opera is excited to present its first-ever animated opera short, Josefine.
This 14-minute film, inspired by Franz Kafka’s last short story ‘Josefine the Singer’ and produced in partnership with Maestro Broadcasting, is directed by Scottish Opera’s resident filmmaker Antonia Bain and composed by former Emerging Artist Composer-in-Residence Samuel Bordoli, with a libretto co-authored by the pair. The soundtrack features 2022/23 Emerging Artist Zoe Drummond, a chorus, and The Orchestra of Scottish Opera conducted by Susannah Wapshott.
By combining the mediums of opera and animation, Josefine promises a new and exciting way to experience and explore both art forms. Josefine takes place in a desert world designed and animated by a team headed by Sophie Bird. Here, a creature’s unearthly voice attracts sprites who are enthralled by it. The piece explores the complicated relationship between the singer and audience and the ever-more-relevant question of art’s place in times of crisis.
Josefine will be premiering in the UK on the 8th March 2025 at the Northampton Film Festival, and in Scotland on the 21st March at Glasgow Short Film Festival, followed by two screenings at The Scotsman Picturehouse in Edinburgh on the 25th March.
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Book Signing and talk: Chris ShepHErd in Conversation with Iain Gardner
Book Signing and Talk: Chris Shepherd in conversation with Iain Gardner.
This event is free but ticketed.
Scottish Opera presents Josefine AT GLASGOW SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
Winner of the Emi Mammoliti Award for Best Short Film
at Messina Film Festival – Cinema & Opera
After the success of 2020’s live-action opera short, The Narcissistic Fish, Scottish Opera is excited to present its first-ever animated opera short, Josefine.
This 14-minute film, inspired by Franz Kafka’s last short story ‘Josefine the Singer’ and produced in partnership with Maestro Broadcasting, is directed by Scottish Opera’s resident filmmaker Antonia Bain and composed by former Emerging Artist Composer-in-Residence Samuel Bordoli, with a libretto co-authored by the pair. The soundtrack features 2022/23 Emerging Artist Zoe Drummond, a chorus, and The Orchestra of Scottish Opera conducted by Susannah Wapshott.
By combining the mediums of opera and animation, Josefine promises a new and exciting way to experience and explore both art forms. Josefine takes place in a desert world designed and animated by a team headed by Sophie Bird. Here, a creature’s unearthly voice attracts sprites who are enthralled by it. The piece explores the complicated relationship between the singer and audience and the ever-more-relevant question of art’s place in times of crisis.
Josefine will be premiering in the UK on the 8th March 2025 at the Northampton Film Festival, and in Scotland on the 21st March at Glasgow Short Film Festival, followed by two screenings at The Scotsman Picturehouse in Edinburgh on the 25th March.
Games Developers Conference
The Game Developers Conference (GDC) brings the game development community together to shape the world's leading entertainment industry across five days of education, innovation, and networking.
Our event brings together programmers, artists, producers, game designers, audio professionals, and business leaders, and we can’t wait to welcome you among them.
Animate! Free Online Session
Have you… ever tried animation? Would you like to be an animator?
Free online taster session!
Make films and find out what’s like being an animator with Selina Wagner and Jack Lockhart.
SHORT COM: FUNIMATION FILM FESTIVAL
Short Com Film and Animation Festival selects the funniest short films and animations from around the world. We're BAFTA and BIFA qualifying.
ANIMATED ARGYLL
Animated Argyll Education Day: Campbeltown
Screen Argyll is excited to announce the upcoming Young Education Day in Campbeltown, hosted in partnership with Campbeltown Picture House and supported by Screen Scotland.
This in-person event offers a unique opportunity for young people, schools, and teachers to engage with our education programme. Attendees will have the chance to watch films, try animation techniques, and learn about pathways into the film industry from leading professionals.
Schedule of Events at Campbeltown Picture House:
10:30am – 12:30pm: Kensuke’s Kingdom (PG)
A free Schools Screening for Primary and Secondary students of Kensuke’s Kingdom, with introduction & Q & A from directors Neil Boyle and Kirk Hendry.
Please note: Schools are responsible for their own transport. To attend, please book through Brodie Sim: learning@screenargyll.co.uk, offered on first come first serve basis.
6.15pm – 7.15pm: Animation taster workshop for 12 – 15 years (meeting space)
A practical session introducing animation techniques, led by animators Jim Parkyn and Jack Lockhart.
6.30pm – 7.15pm: Teachers Session (café space)
A chance to hear more about our education programme, led by filmmaker Alasdair Satchel and Learning Coordinator Brodie Sim. Come along for coffee and cake and learn about the potential of using film in the classroom.
6.30pm – 7.30pm: Animation Academy Showreel in Screen 2
A chance to watch and celebrate some of the films made by young people we’ve worked with across Scotland, led by Jen Skinner and alumni Eoin Bruce.
7.30pm – 8.30pm Show case of shorts from Neil Boyle, Kirk Hendry and Jim Parkyn (Screen 2)
An informal screening of shorts with the opportunity for questions and discussion with the filmmakers.
Get Involved:
For more information or to ask any questions, contact us at learning@screenargyll.co.uk
About the Film and Guests /
Kensuke’s Kingdom (PG):
Based on Michael Morpurgo’s beloved novel, award-winning Kensuke’s Kingdom follows 11-year-old Michael’s journey after being stranded on a Pacific island.
Access Educational Resources here
Neil Boyle: An accomplished animator with a career spanning Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Space Jam, and Kensuke’s Kingdom, Neil has worked on multiple award-winning projects and collaborated with animation legend Sylvain Chomet.
After leaving film school, Neil was hired by triple Oscar-winning director Richard Williams to work on the Disney/Spielberg production ‘Who Framed Roger Rabbit’. Between 1992 and 2000, Neil was a founding member of Premier Films Ltd. The company worked as a satellite studio for many Hollywood and European feature films and shorts, including the Oscar-nominated ‘Runaway Brain’ (Disney), ‘The Pebble and the Penguin’ (MGM), ‘Felidae’ (HahnFilm), and ‘Space Jam’ (Warner Bros), for which Neil was a Supervising Animator. Currently, Neil has completed directing the feature film ‘Kensuke’s Kingdom’ with co-director Kirk Hendry, for Sarah Radclyffe Productions and Lupus Films.
Kirk Hendry: An award-winning New Zealand-born, London-based filmmaker. He works in both live-action and animation, and in 2011 wrote and directed animated short film ‘Junk’, which screened at over 150 film festivals and gained multiple awards and nominations including BAFTA, BAA, BIFA, Soho Shorts and Creative Circle. Kirk has gone on to direct commercials for ITV, Ardbeg Whisky, The Guardian Newspaper, and the World Wildlife Fund, and was nominated for an MTV award for Music Video of the Year.Kirk has co-directed Kensuke’s Kingdom with Co-Director Neil Boyle.
Jim Parkyn: With nearly 25 years in the animation industry, Jim has been involved in many best loved animations for Aardman Animations, the BBC and many other clients.
As a sculptor, model maker and character designer Jim is the helping hand behind many classic characters including Wallace and Gromit, Shaun The Sheep, Creature Comforts and animated feature films and commercials. He now runs his own studio, based in Dunoon, where he creates small films and online films for brands and charities.
IAMC 25 PARIS
IAMC is an online and in-person event for Movie & Game artists to enhance their artwork skills and boost their careers.
GFF ANIMATIC
Animatic, now in its second year, is an innovative talent development scheme designed to help Scottish-based creatives and studios develop their animated feature film, short film, or series ideas for an international audience.
The cohort will be supported to develop their TV series or short film idea through a programme of workshops and 1:1 sessions from October to March. These will be delivered by leading studios, including Blink Industries, Jellyfish Pictures, Aardman, and Mackinnon & Saunders.
On Monday 3rd March, the creatives will pitch their ideas as part of GFF’s Industry Focus to a panel of animation executives. The panel will select a winning TV series to receive £5,000 and a short film to receive £1,000, both to be used toward the development of the projects.
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FESTIVUS GLASGOW
The Merchant City Moxy!
It’s a festivus… in Glasgow!
At The Glasgow Film Festival 2025!
Now in it’s 21st year and with over 13,000 members, FESTIVUS continues to bring the best and the brightest of the animation industry together for regular evenings of fun, networking and general socialising among like-minded fools.
Festivus at MOVE
Festivus is coming to Edinburgh! At The MOVE SUMMIT 2025!
Now in its 21st year and with over 13,000 members, Festivus continues to bring together the best and brightest of the animation industry for regular evenings of fun, networking, and general socialising among like-minded fools.
This special edition of Festivus is a collaboration with MOVE Summit , Clanimation, Animated Women UK Scotland, and Animation Scotland.
Join one of the fastest-growing animation communities—fun guaranteed!
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Manipulate Festival
ABOUT THE FESTIVAL
Manipulate Festival is an annual international celebration of excellence in animated film, puppetry and visual theatre, bringing the very best of international and Scottish work to adult audiences of over 3000 across Edinburgh and beyond each February. The programme features an eclectic range of boundary-pushing performances and screenings across many visual disciplines, creates a platform for creative exchange and discussion, and serves as a home for Scottish artists to experiment with and receive feedback on new ideas.
The Festival has gained recognition nationally and internationally for its innovative curation and unique blend of artforms, including animated film, circus, dance theatre, mime, object theatre, puppetry, physical theatre and visual theatre. The Festival offers an essential moment in the cultural calendar for audiences to gather and form communities of interest, for artists to network and exchange ideas, and for cross-cultural creative exchange between nations.
Kidscreen
Kidscreen Summit 2024 welcomed more than 1,800 delegates from 50-plus countries to San Diego for the first time. They gathered to take advantage of the year’s best business networking, to engage in critical dialogue on issues that affect the industry, and to be inspired by new ideas and innovative strategies.
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Skye Community Cinema - Memoirs of a Snail
Exclusive preview – Oscar contender stop-motion MEMOIR OF A SNAIL plus Q&A.
One week before its official theatrical release in the UK, we are proud to present you an exclusive preview of Oscar contender
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
with an in-person Q&A afterwards with Scottish stop-motion artist Cat Bruce, telling us about the extraordinary technique this film is using and showing her own short film.
Friday, February 7th at Skye Gathering Hall in Portree (doors 6.30pm/ film start 7pm)
- our welcome drink is here to stay! Enjoy a free glass of Prosecco, Nosecco or juice on this special night!
- if you are 21 years or under you only pay 5 pounds. This film has a 15 certificate.
French Film Festival UK
The 32nd edition of French Film Festival UK is here!
With over 200 screenings, 60+ films and 25 locations there is ample opportunity to catch the best in French Cinema at the UK’s only francophone film festival. Animated films this year include Savages, Animal Tales of Christmas Magic and No Dogs or Italians Allowed.
Click below to explore our programme or find a screening near you!
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Kiki's Delivery Service: Simple Music Esemble World
The concert will feature music from an animated film. The audience will also have the opportunity to listen to other music appropriate to the atmosphere of the event and original compositions created by the talented musicians of Simple Music Ensemble World, inspired by the music from favourite animated films.
Please note that the film screening is not included in the program. The main focus of the concert will be on the music: amazing, exciting, and fascinating!
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