7th ANIMAFILM Festival: From the UK with Love
On February 15-16, 2025, as part of the 7th ANIMAFILM International Animation Festival, the event “7th ANIMAFILM Festival: From the UK with Love” will take place at Nizami Cinema Center and Animation House in Baku. Tickets are available on the Tripsome platform.
The festival will showcase BAFTA and OSCAR-winning films from the United Kingdom and will host renowned British animation producer Aaron Wood, who will lead lectures on animation production, project development, and pitching.
The festival is organized by PERI FILM MMC and the Azerbaijan Animation Association, with the support of the British Council. The festival’s media partner is Skwigly Animation Magazine.
Festival Program
ANIMAFILM School: Producing Animation – The Role & Importance of the Producer with Aaron Wood
📅 Date: February 15, 2025
⏰ Time: 11:00 – 13:00
📍 Venue: Animation House
ANIMAFILM Festival: From the UK with Love (18+)
📅 Date: February 15, 2025
⏰ Time: 14:00 – 16:00
📍 Venue: Nizami Cinema Center, Hall 3
ANIMAFILM School: Pitching Your Own Animation Project – Pitch Bibles, Marketplaces, and Getting It Made with Aaron Wood
📅 Date: February 16, 2025
⏰ Time: 11:00 – 13:00
📍 Venue: Animation House
ANIMAFILM Festival: From the UK with Love (7+)
📅 Date: February 16, 2025
⏰ Time: 14:00 – 16:00
📍 Venue: Nizami Cinema Center, Hall 3
Films
As part of the 18+ screening, audiences will have the chance to watch the following films:
• Dreams and Desires: Family Ties (2006), director Joanna Quinn
• I’m OK (2018), director Lizzie Hobbs
• Dateless (2014), directors Remus Buznea, Kyriaki Kyriakou
• Nigel (2020), director Natasza Cetner
• Your Mothers Are Mine (2017), director Kim Noce
• Grandad Was a Romantic (2019), director Maryam Mohajer
• A Love Story (2016), director Anushka Kishani
• Blind Date (2010), director Nigel Davies
• Hotel Kalura (2021), director Sophie Koko Gate
• Leaf Boat (2020), director Efa Blosse-Mason
• The Last Belle (2011), director Neil Boyle
As part of the 7+ screening, audiences will have the chance to watch the following films:
• The Day I Became a Bird (2023), director Andrew Ruhemann
• Espero? (2013), director Simone Giampaolo
• Chickens (2017), director George Wu
• Poles Apart (2017), director Paloma Baeza
• Croak (2018), director Frida Ek
• Deeper Still (2024), director Max Callaby
• The Owl and the Pussycat (2020), director Mole Hill
• Toto Bona Lokua – Ma Mama (2017), director Katy Wang
• The Lonely Mountain (2016), director Charlie Miller
• Father and Daughter (2000), director Michael Dudok de Wit
• Lynx & Birds (2017), director Simone Giampaolo
• The Promise (2020), director Chi Thai
• Tanked (2021), director Duncan Rudd
