2023 - Birmingham Anime Festival
Birmingham Anime Film Festival ran from Friday 29th September to Thursday 5th October 2023 with screenings at The Mockingbird Cinema, in Digbeth and the Midlands Art Centre (MAC) in Edgbaston. The festival was organised by The Mockingbird Cinema and Café in partnership with Geeky Brummie, Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) and Flatpack Film Festival, sponsored by AllTheAnime.
2023 - Festival Schedule
Special Outdoor Screening
Join us for an outdoor adventure with a beloved Ghibli classic.
Birmingham Botanical Gardens
Special Advanced Screenings
Shown on UK Cinema Screens for the first time:
Mockingbird Cinema
Evangelion Double Bill
Join us for a double bill of a true anime masterpiece from the late 1990s – Hideaki Anno’s Death(True)2 and The End Of Evangelion
Midlands Art Centre
The Darker Side of Anime at The MAC
Twwo films looking into the darker side of Japanese Animation
Midlands Art Centre
Studio Ghibli Marathon
Four of Ghibli’s finest, all in one day
Mockingbird Cinema
Makoto Shinkai Marathon
Makoto Shinkai, a polymath who has taken the anime world by storm
Mockingbird Cinema
Worlds Apart Anime & Manga Discord Selected Screenings
Two amazing animes picked by our friends at Worlds Apart Birmingham Anime & Manga Discord! – A double bill you don’t want to miss
Mockingbird Cinema
Super Shōnen
Some of the greatest Shōnen series, on the big screen!
Mockingbird Cinema
