AARDMAN EXHIBITION
EXHIBITION | Chapter First Space
9:30am - 7:30pm | FREE
Get up close and personal with Aardman's incredible sets and models!
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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!
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.
ANIMATION GRILL
GET INVOLVED | Chapter Media Point
1:45pm | 90mins | FREE
Are you brave enough to get your animation work grilled by the Pros?
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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!