Don't be afraid... be terrified, Cardiff Animation Frights (Cardiff Animation Nights) brings a spooktacular selection of animated shorts to Chapter on Saturday 25th October 4:30pm! Witness a terrifying array of films created by a whole (g)host of talented animators! 🎟 bit.ly/CAN-Frights

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cardiff Animation Festival is excited to announce a brand new collaboration with New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival! 🇯🇵 To celebrate the collaboration, Asaki Nishino created a beautiful poster that encapsulates the collaboration between the two festivals and countries! 🩷

Revisit 90’s animated fantasy feature The Princess & the Goblin yn gymraeg at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Saturday 27th September! The film starts at 2:30pm and tickets are £5 - £7! Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see this classic on the big screen for the first time!✨ 🎟️ bit.ly/Tour-2025

Very much enjoying The Planets and Star Wars at the Proms on BBC 2 now - incredible to think of Holst composing these over 100 years ago and hearing the influence it had on Williams' scores. ✨️

Avoid the rain & soak up a glorious selection of #animation instead!! Did I mention it's FREE?!

Working on Halloween themes buildings and these hearses are making me laugh to draw My favorite part of doing this is doing little to no sketching so it’s the exact opposite of how I normally draw which is 40 of the same drawing on 40 pieces of tracing paper or layers

This Saturday 23rd August at 5pm, Cardiff Animation Festival presents INBETWEENS in partnership with @skwigly.bsky.social & Chapter! 🤩 Watch a selection of shorts on the big screen celebrating queer filmmaking and storytelling through animation! 🎟 Tickets: cardiffanimation.com/inbetweens

This Saturday 5pm at Chapter Arts Centre, Skwigly have teamed up with @cardiffanimfest.bsky.social to present INBETWEENS, a night of incredible animation with a focus on LGBTQIA+ themes. www.skwigly.co.uk/events/event...

Don’t miss SAVAGES – a stunning stop-motion film by Claude Barras set in the lush Bornean rainforest. After the film, join us for the chance to meet local conservationists & discover how you can get involved in protecting our environment 💚 🗓 13 August 1pm 📍 Chapter 🎟 bit.ly/Savages-CAF

Cardiff Animation Festival presents INBETWEENS in partnership with @skwigly.bsky.social & Chapter - an evening of contemporary animated short films exploring LGBTQIA+ themes & stories. The screening celebrates queer filmmakers & storytelling through animation. 🎟 www.cardiffanimation.com/inbetweens

Production Traineeship in association with Creative Wales and S4C Follow the link in our bio to read the full job description and to find out more about the candidate requirements. The deadline for applications is 5th September. clothcat.com/academy/prod... @s4c.cymru #moho #clothcatacademy

We’re back Thurs 28th Aug 7pm at Nortons Digbeth! @cartoonsaloon.bsky.social's Giovanna Ferarri is our special guest. The optional prompt is ‘FOLKLORE. Non-animators and animators welcome a-like. Reserve tickets / submit films at overlapsocial.com

On Sat 19th July 12pm, Savages has its first UK preview at Mockingbird Cinema, B9 4AA The film is Claude Barras’ follow up to OSCAR nom’d My Life As A Zucchini. GO! £11.45. 87mins. PG rating. Tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/forwa...

Cardiff Animation Festival is back in 2026, 23- 26 April for another instalment of amazing animation & festival fun! 🥳 Regular submissions are now OPEN! 🚨 Head to our FilmFreeway to submit your work 🎞 Submit here: filmfreeway.com/CardiffAnima...

If I had a nickel for every time I've seen a film in 2025 starring Scarlett Johansson & Rupert Friend, with a score by Alexandre Desplat, I'd have two nickels. Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

Discovered that Disney+ now has a great bunch of indie animated shorts on it, as well as several more in the Shorts category in Movies - check 'em out!

Don't miss out on a fresh batch of brilliant hand-crafted creativity in the form of another lovely free online screening!! ✨

🦜Earlybird submissions are open now!🎞️ Submit your animated short films for consideration at the next edition of Cardiff Animation Festival! Earlybird closes on Monday 30th June! Find out more information and how to submit your work: filmfreeway.com/CardiffAnima...

Join us on Sunday 22nd June, 3pm at Chapter for a screening of animated short films by the children of Gaza. All profits from the screening will go towards supporting Haneen's work so she can continue running animation workshops with children in Gaza. 🎟 www.cardiffanimation.com/gaza-shorts-...

1 month until #JurassicWorldRebirth, so what better time to pick up an original pack of Jurassic Park Topps collectible cards - I already had the book on them but despite my big JP collection, the cards were never something I collected.

Save the date! 📅 Send us your animated shorts! 🎞 See you next April! 🥳

It’s the final weekend that you can catch Cardiff Animation Weekender Online! ✨ Watch the following events until Sunday 1st of June! ✍️ In Conversation with Chris Shepherd 🧌 The Princess & the Goblin Q&A 🍊 Boys Go To Jupiter Q&A 🍿 Oska Bright Shorts 🎞️ CAF Shorts 🎟 Tickets: bit.ly/CAW-Online

My #LastFourWatched this week, featuring an unlikely double-bill...

Join us online TONIGHT for the Oska Bright shorts watch party! 🥳 Enjoy a a huge range of animation styles and themes in this eclectic shorts programme! So sit back, relax at home, enjoy wherever you are and chat with fellow festival goers in the live chat! 🍿 🎟 bit.ly/CAW-Watch-Pa...

𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙 𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 • 𝙊𝙉𝙇𝙄𝙉𝙀 𝙋𝙍𝙊𝙂𝙍𝘼𝙈𝙈𝙀 If you didn't join us in-person, you can catch the Weekender online until 𝟬𝟭 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲! 𝐘 𝐃𝐲𝐰𝐲𝐬𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚’𝐫 𝐁𝐰𝐠𝐚𝐧 (𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧) 𝐐&𝐀 See the Q&A with crew on the cult classic, Welsh fantasy feature!✨ ⮕ www.cardiffanimation.com/weekender-on...

2 out of 4 in IMAX, but can you guess which ones? #LastFourWatched

Join us online for the first watch party TONIGHT! Enjoy a hand picked selection of animated short films screened at Cardiff Animation events over the last decade!✨ Sit back, relax at home and chat with fellow festival goers in the live chat! See you there at 8pm (BST)! 🎟 bit.ly/CAW-Watch-Pa...

From Team CAF, we want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone that joined us at Chapter! However, if you didn't manage to catch us in-person then don't worry, as the Weekender continues online until 1st of June! 🥳 Check out the full online programme here: www.cardiffanimation.com/weekender-on...

Don't miss the chance to see this fantastic French sci-fi thriller, and with the director attending too!!

TONIGHT!!! 🥳 Come celebrate the launch of Cardiff Animation Weekender with a great bunch of films - for FREE!🍿

1/2 🎬 Spark joy, indulge in nostalgia and discover new favourites - with our special Weekender feature film selection!✨ 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙻𝙰𝙽𝙳 𝙱𝙴𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙴 𝚃𝙸𝙼𝙴 • 𝙱𝙾𝚈𝚂 𝙶𝙾 𝚃𝙾 𝙹𝚄𝙿𝙸𝚃𝙴𝚁 • 𝚈 𝙳𝚈𝚆𝚈𝚂𝙾𝙶𝙴𝚂 𝙰'𝚁 𝙱𝚆𝙶𝙰𝙽 • 𝙶𝙷𝙾𝚂𝚃 𝙲𝙰𝚃 𝙰𝙽𝚉𝚄 • 𝚆𝙰𝙻𝙻𝙰𝙲𝙴 & 𝙶𝚁𝙾𝙼𝙸𝚃: 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝚆𝚁𝙾𝙽𝙶 𝚃𝚁𝙾𝚄𝚂𝙴𝚁𝚂 + 𝚅𝙴𝙽𝙶𝙴𝙰𝙽𝙲𝙴 𝙼𝙾𝚂𝚃 𝙵𝙾𝚆𝙻 Info ⇨ www.cardiffanimation.com

Want my art on your phone? I have a wallpaper pack containing 60(!) images for sale on Gumroad, link in replies! I've just reduced the minimum payment to £2 for the rest of the week (but if you feel like paying more you can, I appreciate the support!)

🎬 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙 𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 | 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗪𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗡𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗜𝗗𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗖𝗔𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗬𝗗𝗗⚡️ 𝐁𝐨𝐲𝐬 𝐆𝐨 𝐓𝐨 𝐉𝐮𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫 & 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐆𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐐+𝐀 (𝟏𝟓) Florida's cosmic forces work against Billy's hustle!🌀 + Director Julian Glander provides insight on his dreamy, coming-of-age story. 📅 Sat 17 May ⏰ 14:45 📍CHAPTER ⇨ bit.ly/CAW-Boys-Go-...

Enjoy a hand picked selection of animated short films screened at Cardiff Animation events over the last decade! We hope to leave you with new animated favourites to share beyond the cinema! 🍿 📅 Sunday 18 May, 19:45 📍Chapter 🎟 bit.ly/CAW-Shorts

Incredibly excited for the Weekender, our latest #animation event taking place this Sat/Sun! ✨ We have worked super hard to organise fantastic screenings (Land Before Time! 🦕), talks ('Courage' creator John R. Dilworth! 🐾) & workshops, all with a retro/nostalgia vibe!!! Hope to see you there!!

🎬 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙 𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 • 𝟭𝟳-𝟭𝟴 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱⚡️ 𝐈𝐧 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝 (𝟏𝟓) Chris Shepherd discusses Anfield Road, his nostalgic debut graphic novel, in conversation with animation director Hannah Lau-Walker 🌆 📅 Sun 18 May 🕕 18:00 📍 CHAPTER ⇨ bit.ly/CAW-Chris-Sh... #CDFANIMATION25

1/2 🎬 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙 𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 | 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗪𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗡𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗜𝗗𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗖𝗔𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗬𝗗𝗗 ⚡️ ️Join us for our Weekender social events! Make new connections, catch up with friends and enjoy our relaxed meet-ups with fellow animation fans 🫶 View our Weekender events ⇨ www.cardiffanimation.com #CDFANIMATION25

Join British comedy legend Chris Shepherd in conversation with Hannah Lau-Walker 🎤 Chris will be discussing his debut novel Anfield Road - a beautiful coming of age story centred around growing up in Merseyside in the late eighties 📕 📅 Sunday 18th May 18:00 📍 Chapter 🎟️ bit.ly/CAW-Chris-Sh...

We're so excited to be screening Ghost Cat Anzu in collaboration with Kotatsu Japanese Animation Festival 👻🐱 There will also be a chance to meet the team & visit their stalls of anime-inspired crafts and keepsakes 11am - 5pm in the Chapter foyer! 📅 Sunday 18 May 13:30 🎟 bit.ly/CAW-Ghost-Ca...

🎬 𝟙𝟝 𝔻𝔸𝕐𝕊 𝕋𝕆 𝔾𝕆!!⚡️ 𝗖𝗔𝗥𝗗𝗜𝗙𝗙 𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 | 𝗕𝗘𝗡𝗪𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗡𝗢𝗦 𝗔𝗡𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗜𝗗𝗗𝗜𝗢 𝗖𝗔𝗘𝗥𝗗𝗬𝗗𝗗 It’s not long now until we see you 𝟭𝟳-𝟭𝟴 𝗠𝗮𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 for a celebration of animated filmmaking & retro animation nostalgia!👾 Weekender passes & event tickets are selling fast!! ⏰ ⇨ www.cardiffanimation.com #CDFANIMATION25

Less than a month until Cardiff Animation Weekender, but hope you can join us tonight for our latest FREE screening in the city!!!

Alternating between streaming & the cinema for my #LastFourWatched.

James has such a unique cosy style, can't wait to see more of what he's cooking up here!

We're back at The Underdog Cardiff this month with a stellar line up of independent animated shorts! 🥳 Join us on Thursday 24th of April for films, drinks, food and good vibes! 😎 🎟 Free tickets here: bit.ly/CAN-April

Can't wait to share all the exciting stuff we've been planning for you to enjoy this year! 👀

Next month, 𝙌𝙐𝙄𝘾𝙆 𝘿𝙍𝘼𝙒 - the 48hr animation challenge returns! ⏰ ✎ Flex your creativity and skills with a quick-thinking brief! All ages and abilities from global locations welcome 🌍 Plus catch your animation as part of a final film! 📽️ 📅 02-04 MAY 2025 Sign up for free ⇨ www.cardiffquickdraw.com

Some moods lately. #art #animation

Cardiff Animation Nights is online this Thursday 27 March! Join us for an evening of independent animated shorts from across the world and watch wherever you are! Say hi in the live chat and applaud all the amazing animation! Films start at 8pm (GMT) Watch live here - youtube.com/cardiffanimation