AUB BA Hons Animation Production

School Cinema International Film Festival (SCIFF), formerly known as the International Kids Film Festival (IKFF), selected six of our graduate animations for their 2025 festival.
Is Anybody Out There?, The Elevator, Meet Me in the Woods, Twinkle Twinkle, Playing Possum and Daedopolis were all screened in the Animation Short category.
Since its first edition in 2017, the festival has been held in schools across India every year, bringing film and animation from across the globe to school children across India. SCIFF features the following categories: Live-Action Short, Animation Short, Documentary Short and Feature (Live Action/ Documentary/ Animation). SCIFF’s aim is to bring inspiring, meaningful and globally diverse cinema to as many children as possible. The festival was held in various schools across India from the 14th of November to 30th of November 2025.
https://www.sciff.in/

Back in November we had what one might call an AUB Animation screening feast in Memphis, USA.
Children’s Film festival ‘Like You’ selected a whopping fourteen of our graduate animations for screening at their inaugural film festival.
Like You Children’s Film Festival (LYCFF) is presented by Like You Film Club, a non-profit organisation with the mission to support the emotional growth and mental wellness of kids and families through the power of film.
The inaugural festival took place on November 22-23 at MoSH Pink Palace Museum & Mansion in Memphis.
The Graveyard Shift, Playing Possum, Sweet Troubles, Meet Me in the Woods, Is Anybody Out There?, Bedtime Guardian, Charon, Train Ride, Nobody to Play With, The Man Who Loved Flowers, Le Château Des Chats, Twinkle Twinkle, The Elevator and Himal were all screened.
https://likeyoufilmclub.org/

Exciting news hot of the Press.
Our 2025 graduate animation Magna Marginalia and Simulate have been nominated in the Animation category for the RTS Southern Centre Student Awards 2026. We will be competing against graduate animation Before Lights Out from University for the Creative Arts.
Our BA Film course also received a nomination in the Factual (Long Form) category with the film Pole Position.
The award ceremony will be held at The Hilton - Utilita Bowl in Southampton on Friday the 17th of April at 7 pm.
Congratulations all round and Fingers crossed!
https://rts.org.uk/region/southern/awards

LJMU MA Short Film Festival has selected our 2025 graduate animations ‘Look at the Sky’ and ‘Fish Soup’ for their fifth edition taking place from 20th March – 27th March 2026.
The LJMU MA Short Film Festival is run by the MA students at Liverpool John Moores University as part of the Exploring Film Festivals, Distribution and Exhibition module on their course. Since its first edition in 2021 LJMU MA Short Film Festival has been dedicated to showcasing the talents of student filmmakers from across the globe. Entries are accepted in the categories of fiction documentary, and animation, with an experimental showcase featuring emergent talent that pushes the boundaries of film. Since 2021, the LJMU MA Short Film Festival has showcased the work of more than 100 filmmakers from over 40 different countries
The Liver Bird is a symbol of Liverpool John Moores University and the City of Liverpool, and the material of paper reflects the academic context of the LJMU MA Short Film Festival. Paper bird trophies are given to the festival winners. The award ceremony takes place on the 27th of March at 7 pm at Scale.
You can watch the screenings online or in person.
https://ljmumashortfilmfestival.org/

We had some delayed good news from the LJMU MA Short Film Festival. Last year our 2024 graduate animation ‘Why Won’t Anyone Eat Me’ was screened at the festival and won the animation Paper Bird award at LJMU 2025.
Huge belated congrats to the WWAEM team!

The International Animation Community Festival of Bilbao - ANIMAKOM FEST began in 2017 with the goal of filling an empty space in the cultural program of Bilbao and its provincial and regional environment. The festival’s aim: to show a wide selection of the best international works of animation films that would not usually be screened in the city.
After eight editions the 2024 ANIMAKOM FESTIVAL was to be the last.
We were delighted to have our 2024 graduate animation The Elevator screen in this final edition. The festival took place in Bilbao in December 2024.
We will leave you with a farewell quote from the festival:
‘ANIMAKOM was born with a deep commitment to the artists — to each of you who make up this extraordinary animation community. It has been an honour to gather in Bilbao to celebrate your work, and more importantly, your friendships and your lives.’
Thank you ANIMAKOM.
https://animakom.com/en

In July our 2024 graduate animation The Elevator was chosen as a finalist at the World University Animation Awards (WUAA) in Hong Kong.
1,763 submissions from around 600 Universities out of 96 countries and regions were reviewed for the awards and The Elevator was chosen as one of the best 40.
WUAA is presented by the Hong Kong Metropolitan University and took place there from the 15 -16 September 2025.
We are super excited to announce that The Elevator received an Honourable Mention in a very strong category that included master’s projects from Gobelins Paris.
The Elevator director, Oliver Mottram, and producer Maryana Lebedeva attended the event and received their award on stage next to Koji Morimoto the animation director on Akira and Michael Arias the director of Tekkonkinkreet. As part of the event, they also had the opportunity to engage with animators from around the world during screenings and forums and go sightseeing in Hong Kong Cultural areas.
Many congratulations on your award and thank you for sharing the pictures!
https://www.hkmu.edu.hk/wuaa/

We are very excited to announce that the Children’s Film Festival Seattle selected three of our 2024 graduate animations as winners at their 2025 festival.
Is Anybody Out There won the award for Best Animated Short Film
Meet Me in the Woods won the award for Best International Film
Playing Possum won the award for Best Stop Motion Film
Children’s Film Festival Seattle is a cine-magical extravaganza for tots, teens, and everyone in between! Since 2005, CFFS has grown to become the largest film festival on the West Coast dedicated to children and their families. Each year they programme 150 films from international artists, seeking out joyful, thoughtful stories that give audiences new ways to understand our world and make the global approachable.
The festival took place from July 23 - July 27, 2025 in Seattle.
Many congratulations to our fabulous graduates on their wins!
https://nwfilmforum.org/festivals/childrens-film-festival-seattle-2025/

We are delighted to announce that our 2024 graduate production Black White and Invisible Red was a winner at Palm Springs International Animation Festival (PSIAF).
Black White and Invisible Red won the 2025 Award for Outstanding First Time Animator.
Many congratulations to the BWAIR team!
The PSIAF is a world-renowned event celebrating the best in animation from across the globe.
Beyond screenings, PSIAF also provides a platform for industry recognition and emerging talent through prestigious film awards.
You can watch the Award Ceremony Reel at PSIAF here: https://psiaf.org/

Animation AUB Welcome to the AUB BA (Hons) Animation Production official YouTube Channel. Here you'll find a selection of our graduation animations and making of videos. For even more animations have a look at our Vimeo channel.