Author Archives: Gary Thomas

Operations Manager opportunity

Animate Projects seeks an enterprising Operations Manager to support the Director and the wider team in managing the day-to-day running of our dynamic organisation. This… Read More

Accelerate Session: What is it like to be a bat?

Inspired by Nagel’s seminal essay, this session will explore whether imagination and empathy can indeed help us bridge “the first-person consciousness problem.” Can we… Read More

Mortal launch events

We’re pleased to be launching our Mortal films at a special event in the Spielman Centre at Arnos Vale Cemetery in Bristol… Read More

WORK Projects:
selected artists

We’re pleased to announce the artists who will be working with us on WORK Records, a creative heritage project exploring historic working lives across the… Read More

Accelerate Session:
Non-fiction

We’re pleased to be working with animator and researcher Carla MacKinnon on our next Accelerate Session, which will explore the role of animation in a… Read More

All that is solid UK tour

Screening at: Flatpack Festival, Birmingham (17 May 2025) The Garden Cinema, London (8 July 2025) Kollectiv,… Read More

Animate OPEN
Jury Award
winner announced

We are thrilled to announce Silent Panorama by Nicolas Piret as recipient of the Animate OPEN Jury Award. Nicolas receives a £1000 prize. The Jury… Read More

All that is solid:
the third Animate OPEN
selected artists

We are pleased to announce that the artists selected from an international call for All that is solid: the third Animate OPEN are: Meghana… Read More

‘The Debutante’ wins Best Short Film at British Animation Awards

We’re delighted that Elizabeth Hobbs’ The Debutante won Best Short Film at the British Animation Awards 2024. The jury described it as… Read More

Accelerate Sessions/Animation Salon: VR

Join us with a panel of leading international VR/XR curators for a coffee break conversation about VR from the perspective of experimental and artists’ animation… Read More