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TAKE A LOOK BACK AT CARDIFF ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2018...

MEET THE TRAMPIRES

EXHIBITION | Chapter First Space

11:00am - 8:00pm | Free

Meet the stars of brand new stop-motion feature film Chuck Steel: Night of the Trampires, made in Bridgend.

COFFEE AND COLOURING

GET INVOLVED | Chapter Cinema Foyer

11:30am - 12:45pm | Free

Got a gap between morning screenings? Have a coffee on us and contribute a frame to our collaborative festival animation.

CLASSIC WELSH ANIMATION

SHORTS | Chapter Cinema 1

1:00pm | 60mins | AdvU | Free

Did you grow up watching cartoons on S4C? Relive some of your Welsh-language childhood favourites on the big screen.

THE BREADWINNER

FILM | Chapter Cinema 1

3:00pm | 93mins | 12A | £4/3

A headstrong young girl in Afghanistan disguises herself as a boy in order to provide for her family. A chance to see the Oscar-nominated feature before its UK release.

CARDIFF ANIMATION FESTIVAL AWARDS

AWARDS | Chapter Cinema 1

7:00pm | Free

The final climax to the festival and arguably the most important show of all! See the award-winning films and send us off in style!

ANIMATOR'S BRUNCH

Q+A + BRUNCH | Chapter Cinema Foyer

10:30am | Free

Join us for coffee, croissants and a relaxed Q+A with filmmakers whose films are screening in our competition programmes. 

SHORTS 1: ONE WAY TICKET

SHORT FILMS | Chapter Cinema 2

11:30am | 72mins | Adv12+ | £4/3

Have you ever wanted to just get away? This programme of animated shorts is your one-way ticket around the world - and beyond.

SHORTS 3: HINDSIGHT

SHORT FILMS | Chapter Cinema 2

1:15pm | 77mins | Adv12+ | £4/3

These short films give you 20:20 hindsight on world-changing events, intimate personal histories and faded childhood memories. 

KOTATSU FESTIVAL PRESENTS:
JAPANESE ANIMATED SHORTS

SHORT FILMS | Chapter Cinema 2

5:00pm | 80mins | Adv12+ | £4/3

Cardiff's very own Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival brings you a programme of brilliant new animated short films from Japan.

CLOSING NIGHT PARTY

DRINKS | Chapter Cinema Foyer

8:00pm - late | Free for festival attendees

Celebrate with us as we mark the end of the inaugural Cardiff Animation Festival! Pass the wine, we've earnt ourselves a drink!

HEY DUGGEE SHOW + TELL

TALK + SCREENING | Chapter Cinema 1

11:00am | 75min | £7/5

Creator Grant Orchard takes you behind the scenes of funny, progressive, multi-BAFTA-winning preschool favourite, Hey Duggee!

LIFE DRAWING FOR ANIMATION

WORKSHOP | Chapter Media Point

1:00pm | 120min | £20/12

(Not included with a Festival Pass)

Hone drawing skills crucial for animation in this workshop with friendly expert tuition from internationally-renowned artist Jac Saorsa.

CLOTH CAT ANIMATION PRESENTS:
ANIMATED FAMILY SHORTS AGE 3+

SHORT FILMS | Chapter Cinema 2

3:00pm | 60mins | Adv3+ | £4/3

A brilliant selection of family-friendly animated short films. Followed by a drop-in animation workshop aimed at children 3+.

MAKING THE BREADWINNER

TALK + Q+A | Chapter Cinema 1

5:15pm | 60mins | 12A | £10/6

Cartoon Saloon's Mark Mullery takes you behind the scenes of Oscar-nominated animated feature The Breadwinner.

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