Animation Festivals Directory

Bolton Film Festival returns with masterclasses, talks, networking and after parties across its five days and five venues.

The festival is both a BIFA and BAFTA qualifying short film festival and amongst the Top 10 Best Reviewed Festivals on FilmFreeway.

The festival is currently seeking innovative and groundbreaking short films from independent film-makers for our next edition. Whether it’s fiction, documentary, animation, comedy, 360 or experimental/artist moving image our aim is to showcase emerging and established talent to an audience of like-minded individuals, the general public and industry experts.

Year established: 2015

Is this festival exclusively animation?: No - this is a film festival but with a specific animation category

Is there a marketplace at this festival?: No

Physical event or online?: Physical Festival