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AARDMAN EXHIBITION

EXHIBITION | Chapter First Space

9:30am - 7:30pm | FREE

Get up close and personal with Aardman's incredible sets and models!

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ANIMATORS' BRUNCH

Q+A + NETWORKING | Chapter

10:00am | FREE

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

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STRIKE + DIRECTOR Q+A

FILM + Q+A | Chapter Cinema 2

10:45am | 100mins | AdvPG | £5.90/4

Mungo Morrison is a mole with a goal to become a professional footballer. 

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THE ADVENTURES OF PADDINGTON™ MASTERCLASS

TALK + SCREENING | Chapter Cinema 1

11:00am | £7/5

Behind the scenes of the brand new CGI series by Blue Zoo Animation for StudioCanal & Nickelodeon with producer Simon Quinn.

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COFFEE & COLOURING 

GET INVOLVED | Chapter Cinema Foyer

11:15am | FREE

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

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CAF x ILLUSTRATION CLUB

GET INVOLVED | Chapter Cinema 1

12:00pm | 90mins | Adv18+ | £5/4

A bimonthly meetup for Cardiff's illustration community. This month teaming up with CAF for an afternoon making flipbooks and GIFs!

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SHORTS 3: HEART

SHORT FILMS | Chapter Cinema 1

12:45pm | 81mins | Adv12+ | £5/4

Beautiful animated stories of love, friendship, romance, family and coming of age.

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ANIMATED FAMILY SHORTS 3+

SHORT FILMS | Chapter Cinema 2

12:45pm | 55mins | £4/3

Curated by Cardiff studio Cloth Cat Animation for ages 3+, but all ages are welcome for a jam-packed hour of fun!

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OUTDOOR ANIMATION WORKSHOP WITH GUSTAVO ARTEAGA

WORKSHOP | Chapter

1:00pm | £5/4

Explore and animate Cardiff’s great outdoors with stop-motion animator Gustavo Arteaga. 

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ANIMATION GRILL

GET INVOLVED | Chapter Media Point

1:45pm | 90mins | FREE

Are you brave enough to get your animation work grilled by the Pros?

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ANIMATED FAMILY SHORTS 7+

SHORT FILMS | Chapter Cinema 2

14:30pm | 66mins | £4/3

Curated by Cardiff studio Cloth Cat Animation for ages 7+, but all ages are welcome for a jam-packed hour of fun!

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INTO THE HEART OF DARKNESS

TALK + Q+A | Chapter Cinema 1

2:30pm | 81mins | Adv12+ | £7/5

Director Gerald Conn takes us behind the scenes of sand animated feature Heart of Darkness.

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ANIMATION WORKSHOP IN WELSH WITH LAURA TOFARIDES

WORKSHOP | Chapter 

3:45pm | Ages 5-12 | £5/4

Try your hand at animation in this Welsh-language workshop with Laura Tofarides.

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SHORTS 1: MIND

SHORT FILMS | Chapter Cinema 1

4:00pm | 76mins | Adv12+ | £5/4

These shorts explore inner worlds and shine a light on mental health & neurodiversity.

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IRIS SHORTS

SHORT FILMS | Chapter Cinema 2

4:00PM | 76mins | Adv15+ | £5/4

Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival presents queer animated stories from around the world.

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I LOST MY BODY

FILM | Chapter Cinema 1

5:30pm | 79mins | 12A | £7.90/6

 A young man falls in love and a severed hand searches Paris for its owner.

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SHORTS 6: TRUTH

SHORT FILMS | Chapter Cinema 2

6:00pm | 72mins | Adv15 | £5/4

Bringing together animated documentaries and shorts about the nature of truth.

CLOSING NIGHT PARTY

DRINKS | Chapter Cinema Foyer

8:30pm - late | Free for festival attendees

Celebrate with us as we mark the end of the the second Cardiff Animation Festival! 

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CARDIFF ANIMATION FESTIVAL AWARDS

AWARDS | Chapter Cinema 1

7:30pm | 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!

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