💪🎉 Today is the first day of the Edinburgh International Film Festival, which this year will showcase the boundless creativity of animation from across the globe, including Distance To The Moon, directed by Victoria Watson and Sacha Kyle from Scotland. www.edfilmfest.org/film/animation-shorts-2/

If you still have a few gaps in your festival itinerary here are few ideas for animated film, puppetry and visual theatre shows from around the world that are on our radar. Follow the link below, to read a small selection and find out more. 👀 www.manipulatearts.co.uk/.../visual-t...

Festival season is here! As Scotland’s home for animated film, puppetry and visual theatre, we wanted to share a few ideas to get you started and ensure that visual theatre is part of your festival itinerary! Read about a small selection of shows that are on our radar this year: tinyurl.com/4be2pjue

We’re looking for a Chair of the Board of Trustees at Manipulate Arts. The Chair will provide leadership for the Board of Trustees and work in close collaboration with the Artistic Director and CEO to steer the organisation’s activities, ensuring its long-term success...

We're thrilled to be partnering with Edinburgh International Festival (@edintfest) to support 25 Scottish puppetry artists to attend Book of Mountains and Seas as part of their August festival this year. www.eif.co.uk/events/book-...

Want to connect with people from around the globe working in puppetry and visual theatre at the August Edinburgh festivals? Join us for a relaxed afternoon of drinks and networking on Thursday 21st August at Summerhall. We'll be gathering on the decking in the courtyard from 2:15pm to 3:45pm.

We’re delighted to announce that we’re hiring a freelance fundraiser to be a part of our team. We would like to work with someone who has a proven track-record of successful grant funding especially for organisations of our size. More info can be found here:

There’s still time to apply to have your short featured in next year’s Manipulate Festival programme. More information, including rules and guidelines, can be found in the Jobs and Opportunities section in our website 👉

Our Artistic Director Dawn attended Go Figure! Festival in Oslo last week as part of our ongoing three-way partnership with the Norwegian festival along with Aura of Puppets/TIP Fest in Turku, Finland 🧵

Have you seen our funding opportunity in partnership with Vanishing Point? Read more about this opportunity, along with guidelines and application form, on our website www.manipulatearts.co.uk/about/jobs-o...

🌟 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY 🌟 We’re delighted to announce the opening of our Visual Performance and Puppetry Fund for 2025. This fund focuses on creative exploration and development, with the opportunity to receive up to £5000 plus travel and access costs for your project.

We’re delighted to hear that The Yellow Canary by Tashi Gore won Best Production for Children and Young People last night at the CATS Awards. Gore’s exceptional piece first premiered at Manipulate Festival in 2023, and was originally developed through our Creative Fund

The 17th Figura Theaterfestival is coming in 2026, with the Grünschnabel Prize returning for its 11th award. The award, worth 10,000 Swiss Francs, will go to a young theatre company starting out professionally and working in an original way with puppets and objects. Apply now:

Glasgow Film Festival has opened applications for its New Talent Mentorship Scheme, aimed at emerging professionals working in film, high-end television, or animation from backgrounds currently under-represented in the industry www.glasgowfilmfest.org/new-talent-m...

Exciting to see the full programme announcement from our friends at Go Figure! Festival in Oslo for their 2025 edition. We’ll be attending with two Scottish artists for an invited artistic exchange in June as part of our ongoing partnership with Go Figure! and with TIP-Fest, Turku Festival in Oslo.

Hello BlueSky 👋 we’re sorry for the silence here, but we have since left X (formally known as Twitter). Owing to the significant changes at Twitter over recent months, we no longer feel that the platform is a space which reflects our values...

Delighted to be mentioned on last night's BBC Radio Scotland 'The Entertainment Mix'!⭐️

The Warehouse was the perfect space for this amazing experiential event by @manipulatearts.bsky.social. We are so lucky to have @fruitmarket.bsky.social in #Edinburgh!

"a truly postmodern concoction, where, along with the village's properties, narrative norms are deconstructed brick by brick": A TOWN CALLED PANIC (2009) screens 8pm tonight at the French Inst. Of Scotland Auditorium for @manipulatearts.bsky.social projectedfigures.com/2022/04/29/a...

We're so excited that Manipulate 2025 is officially well and truly underway. Did you catch our recent mention in @thetimes.com? 📰https://www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/article/five-things-to-do-in-scotland-this-week-sff8qcb8s

Here is this week's issue of The Crush Bar, feat. Temi Wilkey, whose show Main Character Energy runs @sohotheatre.bsky.social later this month. Plus, there are three show recommendations @manipulatearts.bsky.social, @royalcourt.bsky.social and The Globe. thecrushbar.substack.com/p/i-think-se...

Still a few tickets left for Saturday's On The Edge screening - a series of animated shorts focussed on the global far North and climate change that we've partnered up with @manipulatearts.bsky.social for! Some brilliant films programmed for this, and a panel discussion afterwards, come along.

Scotland leads the way in animated film this February with Manipulate Festival, MOVE SUMMIT, Glasgow Film Theatre and Glasgow Film Festival Full details at shorturl.at/l8ze0 @manipulatearts.bsky.social #gff25

Details of Hopeful Monster's Open Studio have been announced! Find out more and reserve a free spot: www.manipulatearts.co.uk/events/open-...

Announcing our speakers for ChaosPlay! Join us on 15 February at 1pm at @traversetheatre.bsky.social Cafe Bar: www.manipulatearts.co.uk/events/event...

In the studio with Groupwork, who’re getting ready to present When Prophecy Fails at Manipulate Festival 2025 👽 Info: www.manipulatearts.co.uk/events/when-... Thanks to @ntsonline.bsky.social for rehearsal space!

Where are we? How do we relate to each other now? 🗺️ Cartography Every 13 mins, a small group will enter a labyrinth in the @fruitmarket.bsky.social Warehouse. Guided through a series of experimental, intimate, and highly interactive encounters. www.manipulatearts.co.uk/events/carto...

I’m looking for a last-minute gift for an acrobat, who is also a puppeteer. Do you have anything? Well, it's your lucky day. We have three workshops for the acrobat, dancer, puppeteer, filmmaker, theatremaker or animator in your life taking place during Manipulate Festival 2025. 🎁

🗓️ From 2025, we want to review and redesign the ways in which we support animators and independent animation practice in Scotland. If you are an independent animator in Scotland, we'd really appreciate 15 minutes of your time! ⬇️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... Survey open until 6 January.

🌙 Manipulate Festival 2025 | 18th edition Wed 12 - Sat 15 Feb 2025 Book now: manipulatearts.co.uk/festival/ Supported by Creative Scotland and @filmhubscotland.bsky.social | Media Partner @theskinnymag.bsky.social