Announcing the programme, Cardiff Animation Festival Director Lauren Orme said:<\/p>\n
\nCardiff Animation Weekender is an invitation to reconnect with your younger self.<\/p>\n
With a programme full of stories about growing up, alongside some of the cartoons that raised us, it\u2019s a space to watch films together, laugh, cry, and have great chats about them afterwards \u2013 with drinks in the dark, in the online chat box, or over a big shared lunch.<\/p>\n
We\u2019ve designed the Weekender to be a welcoming, inclusive space for everyone \u2013 all about fun, community and connection. A chance to tap into your childlike joy by learning something new, getting swept up in stories, and letting yourself be silly. We can\u2019t wait to see you there.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Talking on the theme of the Weekender Festival Director of Manchester Animation Festival & Editor, Co-owner of Skwigly Animation Magazine Dr Steve Henderson said;<\/p>\n
\nNostalgia often blinds us, distorting the past\u2014politicians use it to sell a past that never truly existed. Even if we could go back, we\u2019d see it was never as perfect as they claim. But when it comes to animation, nostalgia offers a rare gift: the ability to see the past as it truly was. I have a three-year-old, and while watching the shows that will one day be nostalgic for them, I also get to revisit my own childhood favourites. The moment an old episode plays, I\u2019m transported back\u2014sitting in front of a much smaller but bulkier TV, in a home with garish wallpaper and frilly cushions, where the single glazing barely muffles the traffic noise outside. Time moves forward; I\u2019ve grown older, and TVs have grown thinner. But animation remains timeless. It welcomes you back as if no time has passed, allowing you to pick up where you left off and share that magic with a new generation. In this way, animated nostalgia doesn\u2019t distort the past\u2014it brings it to life in full colour.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Every event at the festival will be captioned and BSL interpreted and all online screenings and events will be captioned.<\/p>\n
Day Passes, Weekend Passes and tickets are now on sale on CAF\u2019s website:\u00a0www.cardiffanimation.com<\/a><\/p>\nCardiff Animation Weekender is funded by Arts Council of Wales and Ffilm Cymru Wales, has received funding and support from Welsh Government via Creative Wales, is supported by investment from Arts & Business Cymru, and is sponsored by University of South Wales, Cloth Cat, Twt Productions, Beryl Productions, Picl Animation and\u00a0ScreenSkills Animation Skills Fund with contributions from UK animation productions.<\/em><\/p>\n
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