UPCOMING EVENTS
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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.
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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IAMC 25 PARIS
IAMC is an online and in-person event for Movie & Game artists to enhance their artwork skills and boost their careers.
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.
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.
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.
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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Clanimation Gathering
Come along and have a few drinks with fellow animators, illustrators and designers.
