"Animation Featured" Launched by BFI and MAF

Animation Featured from BFI and MAF

Calling all Escape Studios students and Escapees looking to develop an idea for an animated feature film - the Manchester Animation Festival (the UK’s largest and only Academy Award and BAFTA‑qualifying animation festival) has just launched "Animation Featured". 

Animation Featured is a "high‑impact development accelerator designed to strengthen the UK’s feature animation pipeline and support the next generation of independent filmmakers".  The deadline to apply is Sunday 16 August 2026.