INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION, VFX & GAMES

16 - 21 November 2025

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Animex

Teesside university

Animex is an international festival of animation, games and VFX, hosted every year for the past 26 years by Teesside University.

For 2025 we're hosting Animex in our brand new Digital Life building on campus, with a fantastic speaker lineup for 2025 featuring guests from Disney, Sony and Atomhawk.

Be sure to follow our social media @AnimexFestival on Facebook, Instagram and X for updates about tickets, speakers from games and film studios; workshops and other Animex goodies.

Check out our amazing speaker lineup from 2024



Events

Animex AVFX

AVFX talks from industry speakers.

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Animex Concept Art

Concept Art talks from industry speakers.

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Animex Game

Game Talks from Industry speakers

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AVFX lounge

Network with AVFX speakers and industry.

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Game Bridge x Animex

Network with industry and expand your network.

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Animex Marketplace

Meet your favourite studios or discover a new one, recruiters or try out new games and tech.

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Animex Pro workshops

Come and learn from industry professionals.

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Animex Portfolio Reviews

Polish your Portfolio with Insight from Industry Experts

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Animex Research and Innovation conference

Teesside University, UK Hybrid conference: in-person and online

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Animex Screen

Animex Screen showcases amazing work by talented student animators from around the world.

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Animex Exhibition

An exhibition featuring two talented artists’ work on Films or creative art.

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Colleges

Delivered by top talent in the industry, college students can learn about game production through to blockbuster animation and VFX.

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Animexperience

A fun workshop discovering the secrets of animation.

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Animex Academy

An opportunity for schools to learn more about the world of games.

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speakers 2025

Passion Pictures

Join Darlene and Idris for a journey with Love, Death and Giant Demon babies!

Kettu Studios

From Radiohead to AR gaming, Virpi crafts bold, innovative animated worlds.

Framestore

Ever wondered how to train a Dragon? Don't miss Kayn's talk!

Silent Games

Rigging, keyframes, mocap, if it moves, Luke makes it happen.

Locksmith Animation

Richard Williams, Steven Spielberg, DreamWorks few names Shelley crossed path with in her career.

Dink

Meet Fiona – crafting engaging mechanics and AI as a Technical Designer at Dink

Tanglewood Games

Leading teams and pushing Unreal performance at Tanglewood.

Double Eleven

Phoebe is a concept artist who has experience in both Video Games and Animation Industries.

Myth Studio

Grace Ruyin is a visual development artist and 2D animator working full-time at Myth Studio.

Dink

Matthew turns ideas into 3D worlds at Dink, starting from Teesside Uni.

Freelance

Anton Juntunen is working at Rebellion, one of Europe’s biggest independent multimedia dev studio

Sponsors 2025

A big thank you to all our sponsors and contributors

Foundry
Behaviour Interactive
Passion Pictures
Frontier Developments
Infinity27
Disney
Framestore
DNEG Animation
Cartoon Saloon
Pixomondo
Atomhawk
Tanglewood Games
Sloclap
BetaJester
Picnic Studio
Myth Studio
Petite Giant Studio
That's No Moon
Remedy Entertainment
Silent Games
Snap Finger Click
Radical Forge
Brainbug Design
Auroch Digital