Chris Wright
@iamchriswright.bsky.social
Production/Layout Supervisor!
My Friend Maisy/Peppa Pig/Dave Spud.
He/Him.
Co-organiser @animationnights.bsky.social & @cardiffanimfest.bsky.social
My Friend Maisy/Peppa Pig/Dave Spud.
He/Him.
Co-organiser @animationnights.bsky.social & @cardiffanimfest.bsky.social
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It's the first Cardiff Animation Nights of 2026! ✨ Come along to The Underdog Cardiff at 7pm, Thursday 29th January for a night of international indie animated shorts!
🎟️ Free Tickets: bit.ly/4jCDKJZ
🎟️ Free Tickets: bit.ly/4jCDKJZ
January 27, 2026 at 5:36 PM
It's the first Cardiff Animation Nights of 2026! ✨ Come along to The Underdog Cardiff at 7pm, Thursday 29th January for a night of international indie animated shorts!
🎟️ Free Tickets: bit.ly/4jCDKJZ
🎟️ Free Tickets: bit.ly/4jCDKJZ
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Take a trip to a world of bears and mice, where Ernest, a bear, and Celestine, a mouse, strike up an unlikely friendship together in a beautifully illustrated tale that feels like it's leapt straight from the pages of a story book! 🐻🐭
📅 Sunday 1st February 12:15pm
🎞️ Chapter
🎟 bit.ly/3NOGVSW
📅 Sunday 1st February 12:15pm
🎞️ Chapter
🎟 bit.ly/3NOGVSW
January 26, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Take a trip to a world of bears and mice, where Ernest, a bear, and Celestine, a mouse, strike up an unlikely friendship together in a beautifully illustrated tale that feels like it's leapt straight from the pages of a story book! 🐻🐭
📅 Sunday 1st February 12:15pm
🎞️ Chapter
🎟 bit.ly/3NOGVSW
📅 Sunday 1st February 12:15pm
🎞️ Chapter
🎟 bit.ly/3NOGVSW
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We’re back on Wed 11th Feb 7pm at Nortons Digbeth! Our special guests include Moth Studio and Chris Shepherd. We’ll have animators introducing their films and a chaotic costume from host Louis.
The optional prompt is ‘IMPOSSIBLE’. Non-animators and animators welcome a-like. overlapsocial.com
The optional prompt is ‘IMPOSSIBLE’. Non-animators and animators welcome a-like. overlapsocial.com
January 15, 2026 at 10:41 AM
We’re back on Wed 11th Feb 7pm at Nortons Digbeth! Our special guests include Moth Studio and Chris Shepherd. We’ll have animators introducing their films and a chaotic costume from host Louis.
The optional prompt is ‘IMPOSSIBLE’. Non-animators and animators welcome a-like. overlapsocial.com
The optional prompt is ‘IMPOSSIBLE’. Non-animators and animators welcome a-like. overlapsocial.com
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Volunteer applications for Cardiff Animation Festival 2026 are now OPEN until 6 Feb!🎥✨
Are you interested in learning how an animated film festival operates, be part of a fun team 𝘢𝘯𝘥 attend a range of animation events for free?🌟
👉 Find out more - bit.ly/volunteer-2026
Are you interested in learning how an animated film festival operates, be part of a fun team 𝘢𝘯𝘥 attend a range of animation events for free?🌟
👉 Find out more - bit.ly/volunteer-2026
January 16, 2026 at 10:14 AM
Volunteer applications for Cardiff Animation Festival 2026 are now OPEN until 6 Feb!🎥✨
Are you interested in learning how an animated film festival operates, be part of a fun team 𝘢𝘯𝘥 attend a range of animation events for free?🌟
👉 Find out more - bit.ly/volunteer-2026
Are you interested in learning how an animated film festival operates, be part of a fun team 𝘢𝘯𝘥 attend a range of animation events for free?🌟
👉 Find out more - bit.ly/volunteer-2026
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We’re super excited to share our brand new poster with you! 🤩
Designed by Cardiff based illustrator & animator Rhianna Berthoud! ✏️ We asked Rhianna a few questions all about the design process and creating playful characters in the poster! 👾
Read the full Q+A here: bit.ly/CAF26-Poster
Designed by Cardiff based illustrator & animator Rhianna Berthoud! ✏️ We asked Rhianna a few questions all about the design process and creating playful characters in the poster! 👾
Read the full Q+A here: bit.ly/CAF26-Poster
January 12, 2026 at 10:26 AM
We’re super excited to share our brand new poster with you! 🤩
Designed by Cardiff based illustrator & animator Rhianna Berthoud! ✏️ We asked Rhianna a few questions all about the design process and creating playful characters in the poster! 👾
Read the full Q+A here: bit.ly/CAF26-Poster
Designed by Cardiff based illustrator & animator Rhianna Berthoud! ✏️ We asked Rhianna a few questions all about the design process and creating playful characters in the poster! 👾
Read the full Q+A here: bit.ly/CAF26-Poster
Stretching my legs with some fairly active picks to start the year. #LastFourWatched
January 9, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Stretching my legs with some fairly active picks to start the year. #LastFourWatched
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Volunteer applications for Cardiff Animation Festival 2026 are now OPEN until 6 Feb!🎥✨
Are you interested in learning how an animated film festival operates, be part of a fun team 𝘢𝘯𝘥 attend a range of animation events for free?🌟
Find out more & apply here ⇨ www.cardiffanimation.com/volunteer-2026
Are you interested in learning how an animated film festival operates, be part of a fun team 𝘢𝘯𝘥 attend a range of animation events for free?🌟
Find out more & apply here ⇨ www.cardiffanimation.com/volunteer-2026
December 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Volunteer applications for Cardiff Animation Festival 2026 are now OPEN until 6 Feb!🎥✨
Are you interested in learning how an animated film festival operates, be part of a fun team 𝘢𝘯𝘥 attend a range of animation events for free?🌟
Find out more & apply here ⇨ www.cardiffanimation.com/volunteer-2026
Are you interested in learning how an animated film festival operates, be part of a fun team 𝘢𝘯𝘥 attend a range of animation events for free?🌟
Find out more & apply here ⇨ www.cardiffanimation.com/volunteer-2026
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We’re delighted to announce the official broadcast of Cloth Cat’s 2D animated short film ‘The Ghost of Midwinter’. Commissioned by S4C and supported by the Creative Wales Skills Fund, ‘Ysbryd yr Oerfel’ will be screened live on S4C at 17:35 on Christmas Day! 🎄
#TheGhostOfMidwinter #YsbrydYrOerfel
#TheGhostOfMidwinter #YsbrydYrOerfel
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
We’re delighted to announce the official broadcast of Cloth Cat’s 2D animated short film ‘The Ghost of Midwinter’. Commissioned by S4C and supported by the Creative Wales Skills Fund, ‘Ysbryd yr Oerfel’ will be screened live on S4C at 17:35 on Christmas Day! 🎄
#TheGhostOfMidwinter #YsbrydYrOerfel
#TheGhostOfMidwinter #YsbrydYrOerfel
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Join Cardiff Animation Festival and Cynefin Caerffili for a festive double feature at Y Banc on Thursday 11th December!❄️
See The Nightmare Before Christmas at 5:30pm, followed by an unusual Christmas eve anime adventure with Tokyo Godfathers at 8pm🍿
🎟️Tickets and more info - bit.ly/Caerphilly-E...
See The Nightmare Before Christmas at 5:30pm, followed by an unusual Christmas eve anime adventure with Tokyo Godfathers at 8pm🍿
🎟️Tickets and more info - bit.ly/Caerphilly-E...
December 4, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Join Cardiff Animation Festival and Cynefin Caerffili for a festive double feature at Y Banc on Thursday 11th December!❄️
See The Nightmare Before Christmas at 5:30pm, followed by an unusual Christmas eve anime adventure with Tokyo Godfathers at 8pm🍿
🎟️Tickets and more info - bit.ly/Caerphilly-E...
See The Nightmare Before Christmas at 5:30pm, followed by an unusual Christmas eve anime adventure with Tokyo Godfathers at 8pm🍿
🎟️Tickets and more info - bit.ly/Caerphilly-E...
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🌟Watch a curated programme of Welsh Animation online!🌟
If you haven’t got a ticket yet, make sure to grab one so you're ready! You can stream the full programme from the comfort of your home, and all of the films have English, Welsh and Japanese subtitles available!🎬
🎟️ bit.ly/Watch-Wales-...
If you haven’t got a ticket yet, make sure to grab one so you're ready! You can stream the full programme from the comfort of your home, and all of the films have English, Welsh and Japanese subtitles available!🎬
🎟️ bit.ly/Watch-Wales-...
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🌟Watch a curated programme of Welsh Animation online!🌟
If you haven’t got a ticket yet, make sure to grab one so you're ready! You can stream the full programme from the comfort of your home, and all of the films have English, Welsh and Japanese subtitles available!🎬
🎟️ bit.ly/Watch-Wales-...
If you haven’t got a ticket yet, make sure to grab one so you're ready! You can stream the full programme from the comfort of your home, and all of the films have English, Welsh and Japanese subtitles available!🎬
🎟️ bit.ly/Watch-Wales-...
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Call for Animation Entries:
Submit your character-driven animated shorts for Pictoplasma’s official 2026 festival selection!
Everything welcome, as long as its character-driven, “nice”, between 1-15 min, and reaches us before the deadline (Feb 2026).
📫 pictoplasma.com/animation
Submit your character-driven animated shorts for Pictoplasma’s official 2026 festival selection!
Everything welcome, as long as its character-driven, “nice”, between 1-15 min, and reaches us before the deadline (Feb 2026).
📫 pictoplasma.com/animation
November 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Call for Animation Entries:
Submit your character-driven animated shorts for Pictoplasma’s official 2026 festival selection!
Everything welcome, as long as its character-driven, “nice”, between 1-15 min, and reaches us before the deadline (Feb 2026).
📫 pictoplasma.com/animation
Submit your character-driven animated shorts for Pictoplasma’s official 2026 festival selection!
Everything welcome, as long as its character-driven, “nice”, between 1-15 min, and reaches us before the deadline (Feb 2026).
📫 pictoplasma.com/animation
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Join us for a screening of the delightfully magical feature film Penguin Highway, directed by Hiroyasu Ishida and adapted from the novel by Tomihiko Morimibat Chapter on Saturday 29th Nov!🐧
🎟️ - www.chapter.org/whats-on/caf...
There will also be an anime comic workshop - tickets coming soon! 🔜
🎟️ - www.chapter.org/whats-on/caf...
There will also be an anime comic workshop - tickets coming soon! 🔜
November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Join us for a screening of the delightfully magical feature film Penguin Highway, directed by Hiroyasu Ishida and adapted from the novel by Tomihiko Morimibat Chapter on Saturday 29th Nov!🐧
🎟️ - www.chapter.org/whats-on/caf...
There will also be an anime comic workshop - tickets coming soon! 🔜
🎟️ - www.chapter.org/whats-on/caf...
There will also be an anime comic workshop - tickets coming soon! 🔜
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Enjoy an afternoon of anime and manga at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff on Saturday 29th November 3pm, join the brilliantly creative workshop where you’ll learn all the skills required to create your very own manga comic with local cartoonist and animator Josh Hicks! ✏️
🎟 bit.ly/4pqF2JP
🎟 bit.ly/4pqF2JP
November 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Enjoy an afternoon of anime and manga at Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff on Saturday 29th November 3pm, join the brilliantly creative workshop where you’ll learn all the skills required to create your very own manga comic with local cartoonist and animator Josh Hicks! ✏️
🎟 bit.ly/4pqF2JP
🎟 bit.ly/4pqF2JP
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✨ Watch a curated programme of Japanese Animation online!
Curated by New Chitose, see abstract pieces of exquisite sensitivity to boldly structured narrative works, we hope you'll discover the distinctive voices of Japan-based independent animators in this programme!🍿
🎬 bit.ly/Watch-Wales-...
Curated by New Chitose, see abstract pieces of exquisite sensitivity to boldly structured narrative works, we hope you'll discover the distinctive voices of Japan-based independent animators in this programme!🍿
🎬 bit.ly/Watch-Wales-...
November 25, 2025 at 12:10 PM
✨ Watch a curated programme of Japanese Animation online!
Curated by New Chitose, see abstract pieces of exquisite sensitivity to boldly structured narrative works, we hope you'll discover the distinctive voices of Japan-based independent animators in this programme!🍿
🎬 bit.ly/Watch-Wales-...
Curated by New Chitose, see abstract pieces of exquisite sensitivity to boldly structured narrative works, we hope you'll discover the distinctive voices of Japan-based independent animators in this programme!🍿
🎬 bit.ly/Watch-Wales-...
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Tickets are on sale now for our full line up of three incredible CAF x New Chitose #WalesJapan events!
Enjoy a slice of Welsh & Japanese animation from the comfort of home including two shorts screenings and a recorded masterclass by ORIKASA Ryo & IWASAKI Hirotoshi!
🎟 bit.ly/WalesJapanEv...
Enjoy a slice of Welsh & Japanese animation from the comfort of home including two shorts screenings and a recorded masterclass by ORIKASA Ryo & IWASAKI Hirotoshi!
🎟 bit.ly/WalesJapanEv...
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Tickets are on sale now for our full line up of three incredible CAF x New Chitose #WalesJapan events!
Enjoy a slice of Welsh & Japanese animation from the comfort of home including two shorts screenings and a recorded masterclass by ORIKASA Ryo & IWASAKI Hirotoshi!
🎟 bit.ly/WalesJapanEv...
Enjoy a slice of Welsh & Japanese animation from the comfort of home including two shorts screenings and a recorded masterclass by ORIKASA Ryo & IWASAKI Hirotoshi!
🎟 bit.ly/WalesJapanEv...
Popped to the wonderful @mcranimation.bsky.social and came away with a fantastic selection for this week's #LastFourWatched!
November 14, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Popped to the wonderful @mcranimation.bsky.social and came away with a fantastic selection for this week's #LastFourWatched!
A festival fueled #LastFourWatched... grateful to Kotatsu, LFF and Iris for screening these brilliant films here in Cardiff!
October 17, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A festival fueled #LastFourWatched... grateful to Kotatsu, LFF and Iris for screening these brilliant films here in Cardiff!
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Don't be afraid... be terrified, Cardiff Animation Frights (Cardiff Animation Nights) brings a spooktacular selection of animated shorts to Chapter on Saturday 25th October 4:30pm!
Witness a terrifying array of films created by a whole (g)host of talented animators!
🎟 bit.ly/CAN-Frights
Witness a terrifying array of films created by a whole (g)host of talented animators!
🎟 bit.ly/CAN-Frights
October 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Don't be afraid... be terrified, Cardiff Animation Frights (Cardiff Animation Nights) brings a spooktacular selection of animated shorts to Chapter on Saturday 25th October 4:30pm!
Witness a terrifying array of films created by a whole (g)host of talented animators!
🎟 bit.ly/CAN-Frights
Witness a terrifying array of films created by a whole (g)host of talented animators!
🎟 bit.ly/CAN-Frights
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🏴 Cardiff Animation Festival is excited to announce a brand new collaboration with New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival! 🇯🇵
To celebrate the collaboration, Asaki Nishino created a beautiful poster that encapsulates the collaboration between the two festivals and countries! 🩷
To celebrate the collaboration, Asaki Nishino created a beautiful poster that encapsulates the collaboration between the two festivals and countries! 🩷
October 3, 2025 at 12:35 PM
🏴 Cardiff Animation Festival is excited to announce a brand new collaboration with New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival! 🇯🇵
To celebrate the collaboration, Asaki Nishino created a beautiful poster that encapsulates the collaboration between the two festivals and countries! 🩷
To celebrate the collaboration, Asaki Nishino created a beautiful poster that encapsulates the collaboration between the two festivals and countries! 🩷
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Revisit 90’s animated fantasy feature The Princess & the Goblin yn gymraeg at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Saturday 27th September!
The film starts at 2:30pm and tickets are £5 - £7!
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see this classic on the big screen for the first time!✨
🎟️ bit.ly/Tour-2025
The film starts at 2:30pm and tickets are £5 - £7!
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see this classic on the big screen for the first time!✨
🎟️ bit.ly/Tour-2025
September 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Revisit 90’s animated fantasy feature The Princess & the Goblin yn gymraeg at Aberystwyth Arts Centre on Saturday 27th September!
The film starts at 2:30pm and tickets are £5 - £7!
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see this classic on the big screen for the first time!✨
🎟️ bit.ly/Tour-2025
The film starts at 2:30pm and tickets are £5 - £7!
Don’t miss this rare opportunity to see this classic on the big screen for the first time!✨
🎟️ bit.ly/Tour-2025
Very much enjoying The Planets and Star Wars at the Proms on BBC 2 now - incredible to think of Holst composing these over 100 years ago and hearing the influence it had on Williams' scores. ✨️
September 6, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Very much enjoying The Planets and Star Wars at the Proms on BBC 2 now - incredible to think of Holst composing these over 100 years ago and hearing the influence it had on Williams' scores. ✨️
Cardiff Animation Nights is back online TONIGHT (Thursday 28th August) live on our YouTube channel! 🥳
Join us for an hour of indie animated shorts! Films will start at 8pm BST!
Watch along wherever you are! ✨
🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrP6...
Join us for an hour of indie animated shorts! Films will start at 8pm BST!
Watch along wherever you are! ✨
🍿 www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrP6...
August 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Working on Halloween themes buildings and these hearses are making me laugh to draw
My favorite part of doing this is doing little to no sketching so it’s the exact opposite of how I normally draw which is 40 of the same drawing on 40 pieces of tracing paper or layers
My favorite part of doing this is doing little to no sketching so it’s the exact opposite of how I normally draw which is 40 of the same drawing on 40 pieces of tracing paper or layers
August 24, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Working on Halloween themes buildings and these hearses are making me laugh to draw
My favorite part of doing this is doing little to no sketching so it’s the exact opposite of how I normally draw which is 40 of the same drawing on 40 pieces of tracing paper or layers
My favorite part of doing this is doing little to no sketching so it’s the exact opposite of how I normally draw which is 40 of the same drawing on 40 pieces of tracing paper or layers
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This Saturday 23rd August at 5pm, Cardiff Animation Festival presents INBETWEENS in partnership with @skwigly.bsky.social & Chapter! 🤩
Watch a selection of shorts on the big screen celebrating queer filmmaking and storytelling through animation!
🎟 Tickets: cardiffanimation.com/inbetweens
Watch a selection of shorts on the big screen celebrating queer filmmaking and storytelling through animation!
🎟 Tickets: cardiffanimation.com/inbetweens
August 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
This Saturday 23rd August at 5pm, Cardiff Animation Festival presents INBETWEENS in partnership with @skwigly.bsky.social & Chapter! 🤩
Watch a selection of shorts on the big screen celebrating queer filmmaking and storytelling through animation!
🎟 Tickets: cardiffanimation.com/inbetweens
Watch a selection of shorts on the big screen celebrating queer filmmaking and storytelling through animation!
🎟 Tickets: cardiffanimation.com/inbetweens
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This Saturday 5pm at Chapter Arts Centre, Skwigly have teamed up with @cardiffanimfest.bsky.social to present INBETWEENS, a night of incredible animation with a focus on LGBTQIA+ themes.
www.skwigly.co.uk/events/event...
www.skwigly.co.uk/events/event...
August 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This Saturday 5pm at Chapter Arts Centre, Skwigly have teamed up with @cardiffanimfest.bsky.social to present INBETWEENS, a night of incredible animation with a focus on LGBTQIA+ themes.
www.skwigly.co.uk/events/event...
www.skwigly.co.uk/events/event...