Events
Events
Events
At a range of venues across Manchester, we've enjoyed a huge array of speakers, from Manchester, around the UK, and across the globe. Check out some of our archive of events below. Those of you eagle eyed will wonder about the gaps in the early years. Well back then, we sometimes just went and had a few drinks!
At a range of venues across Manchester, we've enjoyed a huge array of speakers, from Manchester, around the UK, and across the globe. Check out some of our archive of events below. Those of you eagle eyed will wonder about the gaps in the early years. Well back then, we sometimes just went and had a few drinks!
Motion North 54
The Big'Un 2.0
26&27 Feb 2026
Freight Island, Manchester
Our biggest one yet. Two days with over 25 speakers and events at Manchester's Freight Island. Check out all the speakers here.
Motion North 53
Amy Kilner & FIELD
8th October 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amy travelled over from Yorkshire to give us the background on her design work for DJ's. And FIELD flew over from Berlin to update us on their amazing studio.
Motion North 52
Qian Hui Yu & Revenant
9th July 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A night of contrasting styles. The amazing illustration and colour of Qian, and the mind blowing detail and authenticity of the work of Revenant, as told to us by Founder Kev.
Motion North 51
Gavin Strange & Vimal Kerketta
April 9th 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Inspiring pinks, greens, aardman and music from Gavin. And the incredible detail and craft of 3D sculpting with Vimal.
Motion North 50
The Big 'Un
February 5th 2025
New Century Hall, Manchester
Our biggest event yet. A full day with over 10 speakers + workshops. It was epic! See who we had on it's own page here.
Motion North 49
Electric Theatre Collective & Yippiehey
Oct 16th 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amazing VfX Breakdowns + colourful 3D shapes and designs all the way from Hamburg.
Motion North 48
NotReal & Art&Graft
July 10th.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A wonderful night from the Madrid studio, NotReal + Art&Graft return. Also memorably finished with the England v Holland match. A Motion North first (and probably last!).
Motion North 47
Cub & Sehsucht
April.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
After nearly a decade since their last visit, Cub came back to fill us in on what’s been happening since. And joining them were the German Motion Design studio, Sehsucht.
Motion North 46
Zelig Sound + Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany
Jan 17th, 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first ever ‘none visual’ speaker came in the form of the amazing sound designers Zelig. Also joining us were Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany from the Universal Everything Collective.
Motion North 45
Nice Shit & Dada Projects
July 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Flying in from Spain, Niceshit brought the team to let us into how and why they work how they do. Dada Projects also joined us; a female first motiondesign studio.
Motion North 44
Moth & XK
April 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A great combo of animation skills from Moth, as well as the superb Houdini inspired 3D motion skills of XK.
Motion North 43
Found & Blue Zoo
Sept 22nd 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A fascinating insite into the experimentation at Found, plus behind the scenes of the making of Paddington by Blue Zoo.
Motion North 42
Blinkink + The Line
July 6th 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first IRL event since Covid, and our first at our amazing new home, Band on the Wall. Balasz from Blinkink took us through his BBC Winter Olympics journey, and we also heard the story behind animation studio The Line.
Motion North 41
Builders Club + Art & Graft (online)
April 15th 2021
Online Event
Our final Youtube event brought together the amazing experimental Builders club, alongside Stephen from Art&Graft.
View here.Motion North 40
Wednesday Studio + Lobster Studio
January 14th 2021
Online Event
A busy event, again streamed live, with two lovely animation studios. Lobster and Wednesday.
View here.Motion North 39
Kate Dawkins + Pixels & Noise (online)
October 15th 2020
Online Event
Two Studios who are at the forefront of Live projected event graphics. A fascinating look into a real craft in our industry.
View here.Motion North 38
Territory Studio & Filipe Carvalho (online)
September 17th 2020
Online Event
Famous for his titles design, Felipe Carvalho was joined by the original Motion North speaker, David from Territory Studio.
View here.Motion North 37
GMUNK & Beeple Crap (online)
August 13th 2020
Online Event
The beauty of the online Motion North’s was the ability to speak with two artists from the USA. GMUNK and Beeple Crap, just ahead of his famous NFTs sale. The second of our Covid sessions.
View here.Motion North 36
Studio AKA & WA17 (online)
July 16th 2020
Online Event
The first one we had to do Online during the Covid pandemic. Studio AKA and We Are Seventeen did not dissapoint.
View here.Motion North 35
Dixon Baxi & Woodwork
January 9th 2020
Federation House
Woodwork flew over to join us from their cool studio in Amsterdam + a fascinating look at movng brands from Dixon Baxi.
Motion North 34
BBC Creative & Brown Bag
October 16th 2019
Federation House
Behind the scenes of a tapestry animation, and a look at how Brown Bag run large scale animations.
Motion North 33
Territory Studio & Barry Purves
July 18th 2019
Federation House
Territory Studio returned to give us an update, and Barry Purves joined to tell us about his career.
Motion North 32
Aardman
April 18th 2019
Federation House
Motion North 31
Momoco & A+C
January 17th 2019
Federation House
Momoco are famed for their work on TV & Film titles. A+C took us into the world of stop motion, even bringing some characters for us to play with.
Motion North 30
Future Deluxe & The Mill
October 18th 2019
Federation House
A visual feast of two studios at the top of their VFX game.
Motion North 29
Smith & Foulkes & Studio Liddell
April 18th 2018
Federation House
Local animation house Studio Liddell joined by the power directing duo, Smith & Foulkes, on a balmy evening in Manchester.
Motion North 28
Animade + Mainframe + Boutique
Jan 17th 2018
Federation House
Our first (and only, so far) triple header. London, Manchester & the Helsinki studio Boutique.
Motion North 27
Electric Theatre Collective + Flipbook
Oct 18th 2017
Federation House
James from ETC took us through the making of their First Great Western commercial, alongside the superb local boys, Flipbook.
Motion North 26
Field
July 12th 217
Code Computerlove
Our final event in our amazing space at Code was a fittingly digital explorer studio, FIELD.
Motion North 25
Man vs Machine
April 19th 2017
Code Computerlove
Man V (as they're known) shouldn't need any introduction. This was a hot and steamy, and inspiring night, in the attic at the offices of Code.
Motion North 23
Art&Graft
Oct 12th 2016
Code Computerlove
Mike Moloney, Founder of A&G, joined us for the first of what will turn out to be many trips, to tell us about their fabulous studio.
Motion North 22
Blue Zoo
July 13th 2016
Code Computerlove
Tom from Blue Zoo joined us for the first of two visits to Manchester by one of the UK's finest.
Motion North 21
No Speaker
March 16th 2016
2022NQ
The last of our cellar meetings at 2022NQ. No speaker, just some work, and a few beers. That's how it use to roll.
Motion North 20
Golden Wolf
Jan 13th 2016
2022NQ
Hand drawn wonder, with the amazing Golden Wolf.
Motion North 19
DBLG
Nov 18th 2015
2022NQ
Grant Gilbert joined us to tell us about his journey from The Big Breakfast, to Bears on Stairs!
Motion North 18
Cubic Motion
Aug 19th 2015
2022NQ
A look at facial capture technology. In films and in games.
Motion North 16
Cub Studio
May 13th 2015
2022NQ
The first visit by some of our favourite animators, Cub Studio. Still in a basement bar, Fraser gave us the lowdown on his style of work, and building the studio.
Motion North 12
Analog Studio
Sept 17th 2014
2022NQ
Motion North 11
Territory Studio
July 16th 2014
2022NQ
The first Motion North guest speaker. David Sheldon-Hicks of Territory Studio.
Motion North 1
The First One
Dec 9th 2009
Common
The beginning. A few Motion Designers and Animators meet in a pub….
Motion North 54
The Big'Un 2.0
26&27 Feb 2026
Freight Island, Manchester
Our biggest one yet. Two days with over 25 speakers and events at Manchester's Freight Island. Check out all the speakers here.
Motion North 53
Amy Kilner & FIELD
8th October 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amy travelled over from Yorkshire to give us the background on her design work for DJ's. And FIELD flew over from Berlin to update us on their amazing studio.
Motion North 52
Qian Hui Yu & Revenant
9th July 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A night of contrasting styles. The amazing illustration and colour of Qian, and the mind blowing detail and authenticity of the work of Revenant, as told to us by Founder Kev.
Motion North 51
Gavin Strange & Vimal Kerketta
April 9th 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Inspiring pinks, greens, aardman and music from Gavin. And the incredible detail and craft of 3D sculpting with Vimal.
Motion North 50
The Big 'Un
February 5th 2025
New Century Hall, Manchester
Our biggest event yet. A full day with over 10 speakers + workshops. It was epic! See who we had on it's own page here.
Motion North 49
Electric Theatre Collective & Yippiehey
Oct 16th 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amazing VfX Breakdowns + colourful 3D shapes and designs all the way from Hamburg.
Motion North 48
NotReal & Art&Graft
July 10th.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A wonderful night from the Madrid studio, NotReal + Art&Graft return. Also memorably finished with the England v Holland match. A Motion North first (and probably last!).
Motion North 47
Cub & Sehsucht
April.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
After nearly a decade since their last visit, Cub came back to fill us in on what’s been happening since. And joining them were the German Motion Design studio, Sehsucht.
Motion North 46
Zelig Sound + Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany
Jan 17th, 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first ever ‘none visual’ speaker came in the form of the amazing sound designers Zelig. Also joining us were Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany from the Universal Everything Collective.
Motion North 45
Nice Shit & Dada Projects
July 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Flying in from Spain, Niceshit brought the team to let us into how and why they work how they do. Dada Projects also joined us; a female first motiondesign studio.
Motion North 44
Moth & XK
April 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A great combo of animation skills from Moth, as well as the superb Houdini inspired 3D motion skills of XK.
Motion North 43
Found & Blue Zoo
Sept 22nd 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A fascinating insite into the experimentation at Found, plus behind the scenes of the making of Paddington by Blue Zoo.
Motion North 42
Blinkink + The Line
July 6th 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first IRL event since Covid, and our first at our amazing new home, Band on the Wall. Balasz from Blinkink took us through his BBC Winter Olympics journey, and we also heard the story behind animation studio The Line.
Motion North 41
Builders Club + Art & Graft (online)
April 15th 2021
Online Event
Our final Youtube event brought together the amazing experimental Builders club, alongside Stephen from Art&Graft.
View here.Motion North 40
Wednesday Studio + Lobster Studio
January 14th 2021
Online Event
A busy event, again streamed live, with two lovely animation studios. Lobster and Wednesday.
View here.Motion North 39
Kate Dawkins + Pixels & Noise (online)
October 15th 2020
Online Event
Two Studios who are at the forefront of Live projected event graphics. A fascinating look into a real craft in our industry.
View here.Motion North 38
Territory Studio & Filipe Carvalho (online)
September 17th 2020
Online Event
Famous for his titles design, Felipe Carvalho was joined by the original Motion North speaker, David from Territory Studio.
View here.Motion North 37
GMUNK & Beeple Crap (online)
August 13th 2020
Online Event
The beauty of the online Motion North’s was the ability to speak with two artists from the USA. GMUNK and Beeple Crap, just ahead of his famous NFTs sale. The second of our Covid sessions.
View here.Motion North 36
Studio AKA & WA17 (online)
July 16th 2020
Online Event
The first one we had to do Online during the Covid pandemic. Studio AKA and We Are Seventeen did not dissapoint.
View here.Motion North 35
Dixon Baxi & Woodwork
January 9th 2020
Federation House
Woodwork flew over to join us from their cool studio in Amsterdam + a fascinating look at movng brands from Dixon Baxi.
Motion North 34
BBC Creative & Brown Bag
October 16th 2019
Federation House
Behind the scenes of a tapestry animation, and a look at how Brown Bag run large scale animations.
Motion North 33
Territory Studio & Barry Purves
July 18th 2019
Federation House
Territory Studio returned to give us an update, and Barry Purves joined to tell us about his career.
Motion North 32
Aardman
April 18th 2019
Federation House
Motion North 31
Momoco & A+C
January 17th 2019
Federation House
Momoco are famed for their work on TV & Film titles. A+C took us into the world of stop motion, even bringing some characters for us to play with.
Motion North 30
Future Deluxe & The Mill
October 18th 2019
Federation House
A visual feast of two studios at the top of their VFX game.
Motion North 29
Smith & Foulkes & Studio Liddell
April 18th 2018
Federation House
Local animation house Studio Liddell joined by the power directing duo, Smith & Foulkes, on a balmy evening in Manchester.
Motion North 28
Animade + Mainframe + Boutique
Jan 17th 2018
Federation House
Our first (and only, so far) triple header. London, Manchester & the Helsinki studio Boutique.
Motion North 27
Electric Theatre Collective + Flipbook
Oct 18th 2017
Federation House
James from ETC took us through the making of their First Great Western commercial, alongside the superb local boys, Flipbook.
Motion North 26
Field
July 12th 217
Code Computerlove
Our final event in our amazing space at Code was a fittingly digital explorer studio, FIELD.
Motion North 25
Man vs Machine
April 19th 2017
Code Computerlove
Man V (as they're known) shouldn't need any introduction. This was a hot and steamy, and inspiring night, in the attic at the offices of Code.
Motion North 23
Art&Graft
Oct 12th 2016
Code Computerlove
Mike Moloney, Founder of A&G, joined us for the first of what will turn out to be many trips, to tell us about their fabulous studio.
Motion North 22
Blue Zoo
July 13th 2016
Code Computerlove
Tom from Blue Zoo joined us for the first of two visits to Manchester by one of the UK's finest.
Motion North 21
No Speaker
March 16th 2016
2022NQ
The last of our cellar meetings at 2022NQ. No speaker, just some work, and a few beers. That's how it use to roll.
Motion North 20
Golden Wolf
Jan 13th 2016
2022NQ
Hand drawn wonder, with the amazing Golden Wolf.
Motion North 19
DBLG
Nov 18th 2015
2022NQ
Grant Gilbert joined us to tell us about his journey from The Big Breakfast, to Bears on Stairs!
Motion North 18
Cubic Motion
Aug 19th 2015
2022NQ
A look at facial capture technology. In films and in games.
Motion North 16
Cub Studio
May 13th 2015
2022NQ
The first visit by some of our favourite animators, Cub Studio. Still in a basement bar, Fraser gave us the lowdown on his style of work, and building the studio.
Motion North 12
Analog Studio
Sept 17th 2014
2022NQ
Motion North 11
Territory Studio
July 16th 2014
2022NQ
The first Motion North guest speaker. David Sheldon-Hicks of Territory Studio.
Motion North 1
The First One
Dec 9th 2009
Common
The beginning. A few Motion Designers and Animators meet in a pub….
Motion North 54
The Big'Un 2.0
26&27 Feb 2026
Freight Island, Manchester
Our biggest one yet. Two days with over 25 speakers and events at Manchester's Freight Island. Check out all the speakers here.
Motion North 53
Amy Kilner & FIELD
8th October 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amy travelled over from Yorkshire to give us the background on her design work for DJ's. And FIELD flew over from Berlin to update us on their amazing studio.
Motion North 52
Qian Hui Yu & Revenant
9th July 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A night of contrasting styles. The amazing illustration and colour of Qian, and the mind blowing detail and authenticity of the work of Revenant, as told to us by Founder Kev.
Motion North 51
Gavin Strange & Vimal Kerketta
April 9th 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Inspiring pinks, greens, aardman and music from Gavin. And the incredible detail and craft of 3D sculpting with Vimal.
Motion North 50
The Big 'Un
February 5th 2025
New Century Hall, Manchester
Our biggest event yet. A full day with over 10 speakers + workshops. It was epic! See who we had on it's own page here.
Motion North 49
Electric Theatre Collective & Yippiehey
Oct 16th 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amazing VfX Breakdowns + colourful 3D shapes and designs all the way from Hamburg.
Motion North 48
NotReal & Art&Graft
July 10th.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A wonderful night from the Madrid studio, NotReal + Art&Graft return. Also memorably finished with the England v Holland match. A Motion North first (and probably last!).
Motion North 47
Cub & Sehsucht
April.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
After nearly a decade since their last visit, Cub came back to fill us in on what’s been happening since. And joining them were the German Motion Design studio, Sehsucht.
Motion North 46
Zelig Sound + Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany
Jan 17th, 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first ever ‘none visual’ speaker came in the form of the amazing sound designers Zelig. Also joining us were Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany from the Universal Everything Collective.
Motion North 45
Nice Shit & Dada Projects
July 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Flying in from Spain, Niceshit brought the team to let us into how and why they work how they do. Dada Projects also joined us; a female first motiondesign studio.
Motion North 44
Moth & XK
April 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A great combo of animation skills from Moth, as well as the superb Houdini inspired 3D motion skills of XK.
Motion North 43
Found & Blue Zoo
Sept 22nd 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A fascinating insite into the experimentation at Found, plus behind the scenes of the making of Paddington by Blue Zoo.
Motion North 42
Blinkink + The Line
July 6th 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first IRL event since Covid, and our first at our amazing new home, Band on the Wall. Balasz from Blinkink took us through his BBC Winter Olympics journey, and we also heard the story behind animation studio The Line.
Motion North 41
Builders Club + Art & Graft (online)
April 15th 2021
Online Event
Our final Youtube event brought together the amazing experimental Builders club, alongside Stephen from Art&Graft.
View here.Motion North 40
Wednesday Studio + Lobster Studio
January 14th 2021
Online Event
A busy event, again streamed live, with two lovely animation studios. Lobster and Wednesday.
View here.Motion North 39
Kate Dawkins + Pixels & Noise (online)
October 15th 2020
Online Event
Two Studios who are at the forefront of Live projected event graphics. A fascinating look into a real craft in our industry.
View here.Motion North 38
Territory Studio & Filipe Carvalho (online)
September 17th 2020
Online Event
Famous for his titles design, Felipe Carvalho was joined by the original Motion North speaker, David from Territory Studio.
View here.Motion North 37
GMUNK & Beeple Crap (online)
August 13th 2020
Online Event
The beauty of the online Motion North’s was the ability to speak with two artists from the USA. GMUNK and Beeple Crap, just ahead of his famous NFTs sale. The second of our Covid sessions.
View here.Motion North 36
Studio AKA & WA17 (online)
July 16th 2020
Online Event
The first one we had to do Online during the Covid pandemic. Studio AKA and We Are Seventeen did not dissapoint.
View here.Motion North 35
Dixon Baxi & Woodwork
January 9th 2020
Federation House
Woodwork flew over to join us from their cool studio in Amsterdam + a fascinating look at movng brands from Dixon Baxi.
Motion North 34
BBC Creative & Brown Bag
October 16th 2019
Federation House
Behind the scenes of a tapestry animation, and a look at how Brown Bag run large scale animations.
Motion North 33
Territory Studio & Barry Purves
July 18th 2019
Federation House
Territory Studio returned to give us an update, and Barry Purves joined to tell us about his career.
Motion North 32
Aardman
April 18th 2019
Federation House
Motion North 31
Momoco & A+C
January 17th 2019
Federation House
Momoco are famed for their work on TV & Film titles. A+C took us into the world of stop motion, even bringing some characters for us to play with.
Motion North 30
Future Deluxe & The Mill
October 18th 2019
Federation House
A visual feast of two studios at the top of their VFX game.
Motion North 29
Smith & Foulkes & Studio Liddell
April 18th 2018
Federation House
Local animation house Studio Liddell joined by the power directing duo, Smith & Foulkes, on a balmy evening in Manchester.
Motion North 28
Animade + Mainframe + Boutique
Jan 17th 2018
Federation House
Our first (and only, so far) triple header. London, Manchester & the Helsinki studio Boutique.
Motion North 27
Electric Theatre Collective + Flipbook
Oct 18th 2017
Federation House
James from ETC took us through the making of their First Great Western commercial, alongside the superb local boys, Flipbook.
Motion North 26
Field
July 12th 217
Code Computerlove
Our final event in our amazing space at Code was a fittingly digital explorer studio, FIELD.
Motion North 25
Man vs Machine
April 19th 2017
Code Computerlove
Man V (as they're known) shouldn't need any introduction. This was a hot and steamy, and inspiring night, in the attic at the offices of Code.
Motion North 23
Art&Graft
Oct 12th 2016
Code Computerlove
Mike Moloney, Founder of A&G, joined us for the first of what will turn out to be many trips, to tell us about their fabulous studio.
Motion North 22
Blue Zoo
July 13th 2016
Code Computerlove
Tom from Blue Zoo joined us for the first of two visits to Manchester by one of the UK's finest.
Motion North 21
No Speaker
March 16th 2016
2022NQ
The last of our cellar meetings at 2022NQ. No speaker, just some work, and a few beers. That's how it use to roll.
Motion North 20
Golden Wolf
Jan 13th 2016
2022NQ
Hand drawn wonder, with the amazing Golden Wolf.
Motion North 19
DBLG
Nov 18th 2015
2022NQ
Grant Gilbert joined us to tell us about his journey from The Big Breakfast, to Bears on Stairs!
Motion North 18
Cubic Motion
Aug 19th 2015
2022NQ
A look at facial capture technology. In films and in games.
Motion North 16
Cub Studio
May 13th 2015
2022NQ
The first visit by some of our favourite animators, Cub Studio. Still in a basement bar, Fraser gave us the lowdown on his style of work, and building the studio.
Motion North 12
Analog Studio
Sept 17th 2014
2022NQ
Motion North 11
Territory Studio
July 16th 2014
2022NQ
The first Motion North guest speaker. David Sheldon-Hicks of Territory Studio.
Motion North 1
The First One
Dec 9th 2009
Common
The beginning. A few Motion Designers and Animators meet in a pub….
Motion North 54
The Big'Un 2.0
26&27 Feb 2026
Freight Island, Manchester
Our biggest one yet. Two days with over 25 speakers and events at Manchester's Freight Island. Check out all the speakers here.
Motion North 53
Amy Kilner & FIELD
8th October 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amy travelled over from Yorkshire to give us the background on her design work for DJ's. And FIELD flew over from Berlin to update us on their amazing studio.
Motion North 52
Qian Hui Yu & Revenant
9th July 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A night of contrasting styles. The amazing illustration and colour of Qian, and the mind blowing detail and authenticity of the work of Revenant, as told to us by Founder Kev.
Motion North 51
Gavin Strange & Vimal Kerketta
April 9th 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Inspiring pinks, greens, aardman and music from Gavin. And the incredible detail and craft of 3D sculpting with Vimal.
Motion North 50
The Big 'Un
February 5th 2025
New Century Hall, Manchester
Our biggest event yet. A full day with over 10 speakers + workshops. It was epic! See who we had on it's own page here.
Motion North 49
Electric Theatre Collective & Yippiehey
Oct 16th 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amazing VfX Breakdowns + colourful 3D shapes and designs all the way from Hamburg.
Motion North 48
NotReal & Art&Graft
July 10th.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A wonderful night from the Madrid studio, NotReal + Art&Graft return. Also memorably finished with the England v Holland match. A Motion North first (and probably last!).
Motion North 47
Cub & Sehsucht
April.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
After nearly a decade since their last visit, Cub came back to fill us in on what’s been happening since. And joining them were the German Motion Design studio, Sehsucht.
Motion North 46
Zelig Sound + Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany
Jan 17th, 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first ever ‘none visual’ speaker came in the form of the amazing sound designers Zelig. Also joining us were Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany from the Universal Everything Collective.
Motion North 45
Nice Shit & Dada Projects
July 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Flying in from Spain, Niceshit brought the team to let us into how and why they work how they do. Dada Projects also joined us; a female first motiondesign studio.
Motion North 44
Moth & XK
April 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A great combo of animation skills from Moth, as well as the superb Houdini inspired 3D motion skills of XK.
Motion North 43
Found & Blue Zoo
Sept 22nd 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A fascinating insite into the experimentation at Found, plus behind the scenes of the making of Paddington by Blue Zoo.
Motion North 42
Blinkink + The Line
July 6th 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first IRL event since Covid, and our first at our amazing new home, Band on the Wall. Balasz from Blinkink took us through his BBC Winter Olympics journey, and we also heard the story behind animation studio The Line.
Motion North 41
Builders Club + Art & Graft (online)
April 15th 2021
Online Event
Our final Youtube event brought together the amazing experimental Builders club, alongside Stephen from Art&Graft.
View here.Motion North 40
Wednesday Studio + Lobster Studio
January 14th 2021
Online Event
A busy event, again streamed live, with two lovely animation studios. Lobster and Wednesday.
View here.Motion North 39
Kate Dawkins + Pixels & Noise (online)
October 15th 2020
Online Event
Two Studios who are at the forefront of Live projected event graphics. A fascinating look into a real craft in our industry.
View here.Motion North 38
Territory Studio & Filipe Carvalho (online)
September 17th 2020
Online Event
Famous for his titles design, Felipe Carvalho was joined by the original Motion North speaker, David from Territory Studio.
View here.Motion North 37
GMUNK & Beeple Crap (online)
August 13th 2020
Online Event
The beauty of the online Motion North’s was the ability to speak with two artists from the USA. GMUNK and Beeple Crap, just ahead of his famous NFTs sale. The second of our Covid sessions.
View here.Motion North 36
Studio AKA & WA17 (online)
July 16th 2020
Online Event
The first one we had to do Online during the Covid pandemic. Studio AKA and We Are Seventeen did not dissapoint.
View here.Motion North 35
Dixon Baxi & Woodwork
January 9th 2020
Federation House
Woodwork flew over to join us from their cool studio in Amsterdam + a fascinating look at movng brands from Dixon Baxi.
Motion North 34
BBC Creative & Brown Bag
October 16th 2019
Federation House
Behind the scenes of a tapestry animation, and a look at how Brown Bag run large scale animations.
Motion North 33
Territory Studio & Barry Purves
July 18th 2019
Federation House
Territory Studio returned to give us an update, and Barry Purves joined to tell us about his career.
Motion North 32
Aardman
April 18th 2019
Federation House
Motion North 31
Momoco & A+C
January 17th 2019
Federation House
Momoco are famed for their work on TV & Film titles. A+C took us into the world of stop motion, even bringing some characters for us to play with.
Motion North 30
Future Deluxe & The Mill
October 18th 2019
Federation House
A visual feast of two studios at the top of their VFX game.
Motion North 29
Smith & Foulkes & Studio Liddell
April 18th 2018
Federation House
Local animation house Studio Liddell joined by the power directing duo, Smith & Foulkes, on a balmy evening in Manchester.
Motion North 28
Animade + Mainframe + Boutique
Jan 17th 2018
Federation House
Our first (and only, so far) triple header. London, Manchester & the Helsinki studio Boutique.
Motion North 27
Electric Theatre Collective + Flipbook
Oct 18th 2017
Federation House
James from ETC took us through the making of their First Great Western commercial, alongside the superb local boys, Flipbook.
Motion North 26
Field
July 12th 217
Code Computerlove
Our final event in our amazing space at Code was a fittingly digital explorer studio, FIELD.
Motion North 25
Man vs Machine
April 19th 2017
Code Computerlove
Man V (as they're known) shouldn't need any introduction. This was a hot and steamy, and inspiring night, in the attic at the offices of Code.
Motion North 23
Art&Graft
Oct 12th 2016
Code Computerlove
Mike Moloney, Founder of A&G, joined us for the first of what will turn out to be many trips, to tell us about their fabulous studio.
Motion North 22
Blue Zoo
July 13th 2016
Code Computerlove
Tom from Blue Zoo joined us for the first of two visits to Manchester by one of the UK's finest.
Motion North 21
No Speaker
March 16th 2016
2022NQ
The last of our cellar meetings at 2022NQ. No speaker, just some work, and a few beers. That's how it use to roll.
Motion North 20
Golden Wolf
Jan 13th 2016
2022NQ
Hand drawn wonder, with the amazing Golden Wolf.
Motion North 19
DBLG
Nov 18th 2015
2022NQ
Grant Gilbert joined us to tell us about his journey from The Big Breakfast, to Bears on Stairs!
Motion North 18
Cubic Motion
Aug 19th 2015
2022NQ
A look at facial capture technology. In films and in games.
Motion North 16
Cub Studio
May 13th 2015
2022NQ
The first visit by some of our favourite animators, Cub Studio. Still in a basement bar, Fraser gave us the lowdown on his style of work, and building the studio.
Motion North 12
Analog Studio
Sept 17th 2014
2022NQ
Motion North 11
Territory Studio
July 16th 2014
2022NQ
The first Motion North guest speaker. David Sheldon-Hicks of Territory Studio.
Motion North 1
The First One
Dec 9th 2009
Common
The beginning. A few Motion Designers and Animators meet in a pub….
Motion North 54
The Big'Un 2.0
26&27 Feb 2026
Freight Island, Manchester
Our biggest one yet. Two days with over 25 speakers and events at Manchester's Freight Island. Check out all the speakers here.
Motion North 53
Amy Kilner & FIELD
8th October 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amy travelled over from Yorkshire to give us the background on her design work for DJ's. And FIELD flew over from Berlin to update us on their amazing studio.
Motion North 52
Qian Hui Yu & Revenant
9th July 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A night of contrasting styles. The amazing illustration and colour of Qian, and the mind blowing detail and authenticity of the work of Revenant, as told to us by Founder Kev.
Motion North 51
Gavin Strange & Vimal Kerketta
April 9th 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Inspiring pinks, greens, aardman and music from Gavin. And the incredible detail and craft of 3D sculpting with Vimal.
Motion North 50
The Big 'Un
February 5th 2025
New Century Hall, Manchester
Our biggest event yet. A full day with over 10 speakers + workshops. It was epic! See who we had on it's own page here.
Motion North 49
Electric Theatre Collective & Yippiehey
Oct 16th 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amazing VfX Breakdowns + colourful 3D shapes and designs all the way from Hamburg.
Motion North 48
NotReal & Art&Graft
July 10th.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A wonderful night from the Madrid studio, NotReal + Art&Graft return. Also memorably finished with the England v Holland match. A Motion North first (and probably last!).
Motion North 47
Cub & Sehsucht
April.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
After nearly a decade since their last visit, Cub came back to fill us in on what’s been happening since. And joining them were the German Motion Design studio, Sehsucht.
Motion North 46
Zelig Sound + Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany
Jan 17th, 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first ever ‘none visual’ speaker came in the form of the amazing sound designers Zelig. Also joining us were Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany from the Universal Everything Collective.
Motion North 45
Nice Shit & Dada Projects
July 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Flying in from Spain, Niceshit brought the team to let us into how and why they work how they do. Dada Projects also joined us; a female first motiondesign studio.
Motion North 44
Moth & XK
April 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A great combo of animation skills from Moth, as well as the superb Houdini inspired 3D motion skills of XK.
Motion North 43
Found & Blue Zoo
Sept 22nd 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A fascinating insite into the experimentation at Found, plus behind the scenes of the making of Paddington by Blue Zoo.
Motion North 42
Blinkink + The Line
July 6th 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first IRL event since Covid, and our first at our amazing new home, Band on the Wall. Balasz from Blinkink took us through his BBC Winter Olympics journey, and we also heard the story behind animation studio The Line.
Motion North 41
Builders Club + Art & Graft (online)
April 15th 2021
Online Event
Our final Youtube event brought together the amazing experimental Builders club, alongside Stephen from Art&Graft.
View here.Motion North 40
Wednesday Studio + Lobster Studio
January 14th 2021
Online Event
A busy event, again streamed live, with two lovely animation studios. Lobster and Wednesday.
View here.Motion North 39
Kate Dawkins + Pixels & Noise (online)
October 15th 2020
Online Event
Two Studios who are at the forefront of Live projected event graphics. A fascinating look into a real craft in our industry.
View here.Motion North 38
Territory Studio & Filipe Carvalho (online)
September 17th 2020
Online Event
Famous for his titles design, Felipe Carvalho was joined by the original Motion North speaker, David from Territory Studio.
View here.Motion North 37
GMUNK & Beeple Crap (online)
August 13th 2020
Online Event
The beauty of the online Motion North’s was the ability to speak with two artists from the USA. GMUNK and Beeple Crap, just ahead of his famous NFTs sale. The second of our Covid sessions.
View here.Motion North 36
Studio AKA & WA17 (online)
July 16th 2020
Online Event
The first one we had to do Online during the Covid pandemic. Studio AKA and We Are Seventeen did not dissapoint.
View here.Motion North 35
Dixon Baxi & Woodwork
January 9th 2020
Federation House
Woodwork flew over to join us from their cool studio in Amsterdam + a fascinating look at movng brands from Dixon Baxi.
Motion North 34
BBC Creative & Brown Bag
October 16th 2019
Federation House
Behind the scenes of a tapestry animation, and a look at how Brown Bag run large scale animations.
Motion North 33
Territory Studio & Barry Purves
July 18th 2019
Federation House
Territory Studio returned to give us an update, and Barry Purves joined to tell us about his career.
Motion North 32
Aardman
April 18th 2019
Federation House
Motion North 31
Momoco & A+C
January 17th 2019
Federation House
Momoco are famed for their work on TV & Film titles. A+C took us into the world of stop motion, even bringing some characters for us to play with.
Motion North 30
Future Deluxe & The Mill
October 18th 2019
Federation House
A visual feast of two studios at the top of their VFX game.
Motion North 29
Smith & Foulkes & Studio Liddell
April 18th 2018
Federation House
Local animation house Studio Liddell joined by the power directing duo, Smith & Foulkes, on a balmy evening in Manchester.
Motion North 28
Animade + Mainframe + Boutique
Jan 17th 2018
Federation House
Our first (and only, so far) triple header. London, Manchester & the Helsinki studio Boutique.
Motion North 27
Electric Theatre Collective + Flipbook
Oct 18th 2017
Federation House
James from ETC took us through the making of their First Great Western commercial, alongside the superb local boys, Flipbook.
Motion North 26
Field
July 12th 217
Code Computerlove
Our final event in our amazing space at Code was a fittingly digital explorer studio, FIELD.
Motion North 25
Man vs Machine
April 19th 2017
Code Computerlove
Man V (as they're known) shouldn't need any introduction. This was a hot and steamy, and inspiring night, in the attic at the offices of Code.
Motion North 23
Art&Graft
Oct 12th 2016
Code Computerlove
Mike Moloney, Founder of A&G, joined us for the first of what will turn out to be many trips, to tell us about their fabulous studio.
Motion North 22
Blue Zoo
July 13th 2016
Code Computerlove
Tom from Blue Zoo joined us for the first of two visits to Manchester by one of the UK's finest.
Motion North 21
No Speaker
March 16th 2016
2022NQ
The last of our cellar meetings at 2022NQ. No speaker, just some work, and a few beers. That's how it use to roll.
Motion North 20
Golden Wolf
Jan 13th 2016
2022NQ
Hand drawn wonder, with the amazing Golden Wolf.
Motion North 19
DBLG
Nov 18th 2015
2022NQ
Grant Gilbert joined us to tell us about his journey from The Big Breakfast, to Bears on Stairs!
Motion North 18
Cubic Motion
Aug 19th 2015
2022NQ
A look at facial capture technology. In films and in games.
Motion North 16
Cub Studio
May 13th 2015
2022NQ
The first visit by some of our favourite animators, Cub Studio. Still in a basement bar, Fraser gave us the lowdown on his style of work, and building the studio.
Motion North 12
Analog Studio
Sept 17th 2014
2022NQ
Motion North 11
Territory Studio
July 16th 2014
2022NQ
The first Motion North guest speaker. David Sheldon-Hicks of Territory Studio.
Motion North 1
The First One
Dec 9th 2009
Common
The beginning. A few Motion Designers and Animators meet in a pub….
Motion North 54
The Big'Un 2.0
26&27 Feb 2026
Freight Island, Manchester
Our biggest one yet. Two days with over 25 speakers and events at Manchester's Freight Island. Check out all the speakers here.
Motion North 53
Amy Kilner & FIELD
8th October 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amy travelled over from Yorkshire to give us the background on her design work for DJ's. And FIELD flew over from Berlin to update us on their amazing studio.
Motion North 52
Qian Hui Yu & Revenant
9th July 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A night of contrasting styles. The amazing illustration and colour of Qian, and the mind blowing detail and authenticity of the work of Revenant, as told to us by Founder Kev.
Motion North 51
Gavin Strange & Vimal Kerketta
April 9th 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Inspiring pinks, greens, aardman and music from Gavin. And the incredible detail and craft of 3D sculpting with Vimal.
Motion North 50
The Big 'Un
February 5th 2025
New Century Hall, Manchester
Our biggest event yet. A full day with over 10 speakers + workshops. It was epic! See who we had on it's own page here.
Motion North 49
Electric Theatre Collective & Yippiehey
Oct 16th 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amazing VfX Breakdowns + colourful 3D shapes and designs all the way from Hamburg.
Motion North 48
NotReal & Art&Graft
July 10th.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A wonderful night from the Madrid studio, NotReal + Art&Graft return. Also memorably finished with the England v Holland match. A Motion North first (and probably last!).
Motion North 47
Cub & Sehsucht
April.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
After nearly a decade since their last visit, Cub came back to fill us in on what’s been happening since. And joining them were the German Motion Design studio, Sehsucht.
Motion North 46
Zelig Sound + Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany
Jan 17th, 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first ever ‘none visual’ speaker came in the form of the amazing sound designers Zelig. Also joining us were Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany from the Universal Everything Collective.
Motion North 45
Nice Shit & Dada Projects
July 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Flying in from Spain, Niceshit brought the team to let us into how and why they work how they do. Dada Projects also joined us; a female first motiondesign studio.
Motion North 44
Moth & XK
April 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A great combo of animation skills from Moth, as well as the superb Houdini inspired 3D motion skills of XK.
Motion North 43
Found & Blue Zoo
Sept 22nd 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A fascinating insite into the experimentation at Found, plus behind the scenes of the making of Paddington by Blue Zoo.
Motion North 42
Blinkink + The Line
July 6th 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first IRL event since Covid, and our first at our amazing new home, Band on the Wall. Balasz from Blinkink took us through his BBC Winter Olympics journey, and we also heard the story behind animation studio The Line.
Motion North 41
Builders Club + Art & Graft (online)
April 15th 2021
Online Event
Our final Youtube event brought together the amazing experimental Builders club, alongside Stephen from Art&Graft.
View here.Motion North 40
Wednesday Studio + Lobster Studio
January 14th 2021
Online Event
A busy event, again streamed live, with two lovely animation studios. Lobster and Wednesday.
View here.Motion North 39
Kate Dawkins + Pixels & Noise (online)
October 15th 2020
Online Event
Two Studios who are at the forefront of Live projected event graphics. A fascinating look into a real craft in our industry.
View here.Motion North 38
Territory Studio & Filipe Carvalho (online)
September 17th 2020
Online Event
Famous for his titles design, Felipe Carvalho was joined by the original Motion North speaker, David from Territory Studio.
View here.Motion North 37
GMUNK & Beeple Crap (online)
August 13th 2020
Online Event
The beauty of the online Motion North’s was the ability to speak with two artists from the USA. GMUNK and Beeple Crap, just ahead of his famous NFTs sale. The second of our Covid sessions.
View here.Motion North 36
Studio AKA & WA17 (online)
July 16th 2020
Online Event
The first one we had to do Online during the Covid pandemic. Studio AKA and We Are Seventeen did not dissapoint.
View here.Motion North 35
Dixon Baxi & Woodwork
January 9th 2020
Federation House
Woodwork flew over to join us from their cool studio in Amsterdam + a fascinating look at movng brands from Dixon Baxi.
Motion North 34
BBC Creative & Brown Bag
October 16th 2019
Federation House
Behind the scenes of a tapestry animation, and a look at how Brown Bag run large scale animations.
Motion North 33
Territory Studio & Barry Purves
July 18th 2019
Federation House
Territory Studio returned to give us an update, and Barry Purves joined to tell us about his career.
Motion North 32
Aardman
April 18th 2019
Federation House
Motion North 31
Momoco & A+C
January 17th 2019
Federation House
Momoco are famed for their work on TV & Film titles. A+C took us into the world of stop motion, even bringing some characters for us to play with.
Motion North 30
Future Deluxe & The Mill
October 18th 2019
Federation House
A visual feast of two studios at the top of their VFX game.
Motion North 29
Smith & Foulkes & Studio Liddell
April 18th 2018
Federation House
Local animation house Studio Liddell joined by the power directing duo, Smith & Foulkes, on a balmy evening in Manchester.
Motion North 28
Animade + Mainframe + Boutique
Jan 17th 2018
Federation House
Our first (and only, so far) triple header. London, Manchester & the Helsinki studio Boutique.
Motion North 27
Electric Theatre Collective + Flipbook
Oct 18th 2017
Federation House
James from ETC took us through the making of their First Great Western commercial, alongside the superb local boys, Flipbook.
Motion North 26
Field
July 12th 217
Code Computerlove
Our final event in our amazing space at Code was a fittingly digital explorer studio, FIELD.
Motion North 25
Man vs Machine
April 19th 2017
Code Computerlove
Man V (as they're known) shouldn't need any introduction. This was a hot and steamy, and inspiring night, in the attic at the offices of Code.
Motion North 23
Art&Graft
Oct 12th 2016
Code Computerlove
Mike Moloney, Founder of A&G, joined us for the first of what will turn out to be many trips, to tell us about their fabulous studio.
Motion North 22
Blue Zoo
July 13th 2016
Code Computerlove
Tom from Blue Zoo joined us for the first of two visits to Manchester by one of the UK's finest.
Motion North 21
No Speaker
March 16th 2016
2022NQ
The last of our cellar meetings at 2022NQ. No speaker, just some work, and a few beers. That's how it use to roll.
Motion North 20
Golden Wolf
Jan 13th 2016
2022NQ
Hand drawn wonder, with the amazing Golden Wolf.
Motion North 19
DBLG
Nov 18th 2015
2022NQ
Grant Gilbert joined us to tell us about his journey from The Big Breakfast, to Bears on Stairs!
Motion North 18
Cubic Motion
Aug 19th 2015
2022NQ
A look at facial capture technology. In films and in games.
Motion North 16
Cub Studio
May 13th 2015
2022NQ
The first visit by some of our favourite animators, Cub Studio. Still in a basement bar, Fraser gave us the lowdown on his style of work, and building the studio.
Motion North 12
Analog Studio
Sept 17th 2014
2022NQ
Motion North 11
Territory Studio
July 16th 2014
2022NQ
The first Motion North guest speaker. David Sheldon-Hicks of Territory Studio.
Motion North 1
The First One
Dec 9th 2009
Common
The beginning. A few Motion Designers and Animators meet in a pub….
Motion North 54
The Big'Un 2.0
26&27 Feb 2026
Freight Island, Manchester
Our biggest one yet. Two days with over 25 speakers and events at Manchester's Freight Island. Check out all the speakers here.
Motion North 53
Amy Kilner & FIELD
8th October 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amy travelled over from Yorkshire to give us the background on her design work for DJ's. And FIELD flew over from Berlin to update us on their amazing studio.
Motion North 52
Qian Hui Yu & Revenant
9th July 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A night of contrasting styles. The amazing illustration and colour of Qian, and the mind blowing detail and authenticity of the work of Revenant, as told to us by Founder Kev.
Motion North 51
Gavin Strange & Vimal Kerketta
April 9th 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Inspiring pinks, greens, aardman and music from Gavin. And the incredible detail and craft of 3D sculpting with Vimal.
Motion North 50
The Big 'Un
February 5th 2025
New Century Hall, Manchester
Our biggest event yet. A full day with over 10 speakers + workshops. It was epic! See who we had on it's own page here.
Motion North 49
Electric Theatre Collective & Yippiehey
Oct 16th 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amazing VfX Breakdowns + colourful 3D shapes and designs all the way from Hamburg.
Motion North 48
NotReal & Art&Graft
July 10th.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A wonderful night from the Madrid studio, NotReal + Art&Graft return. Also memorably finished with the England v Holland match. A Motion North first (and probably last!).
Motion North 47
Cub & Sehsucht
April.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
After nearly a decade since their last visit, Cub came back to fill us in on what’s been happening since. And joining them were the German Motion Design studio, Sehsucht.
Motion North 46
Zelig Sound + Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany
Jan 17th, 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first ever ‘none visual’ speaker came in the form of the amazing sound designers Zelig. Also joining us were Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany from the Universal Everything Collective.
Motion North 45
Nice Shit & Dada Projects
July 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Flying in from Spain, Niceshit brought the team to let us into how and why they work how they do. Dada Projects also joined us; a female first motiondesign studio.
Motion North 44
Moth & XK
April 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A great combo of animation skills from Moth, as well as the superb Houdini inspired 3D motion skills of XK.
Motion North 43
Found & Blue Zoo
Sept 22nd 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A fascinating insite into the experimentation at Found, plus behind the scenes of the making of Paddington by Blue Zoo.
Motion North 42
Blinkink + The Line
July 6th 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first IRL event since Covid, and our first at our amazing new home, Band on the Wall. Balasz from Blinkink took us through his BBC Winter Olympics journey, and we also heard the story behind animation studio The Line.
Motion North 41
Builders Club + Art & Graft (online)
April 15th 2021
Online Event
Our final Youtube event brought together the amazing experimental Builders club, alongside Stephen from Art&Graft.
View here.Motion North 40
Wednesday Studio + Lobster Studio
January 14th 2021
Online Event
A busy event, again streamed live, with two lovely animation studios. Lobster and Wednesday.
View here.Motion North 39
Kate Dawkins + Pixels & Noise (online)
October 15th 2020
Online Event
Two Studios who are at the forefront of Live projected event graphics. A fascinating look into a real craft in our industry.
View here.Motion North 38
Territory Studio & Filipe Carvalho (online)
September 17th 2020
Online Event
Famous for his titles design, Felipe Carvalho was joined by the original Motion North speaker, David from Territory Studio.
View here.Motion North 37
GMUNK & Beeple Crap (online)
August 13th 2020
Online Event
The beauty of the online Motion North’s was the ability to speak with two artists from the USA. GMUNK and Beeple Crap, just ahead of his famous NFTs sale. The second of our Covid sessions.
View here.Motion North 36
Studio AKA & WA17 (online)
July 16th 2020
Online Event
The first one we had to do Online during the Covid pandemic. Studio AKA and We Are Seventeen did not dissapoint.
View here.Motion North 35
Dixon Baxi & Woodwork
January 9th 2020
Federation House
Woodwork flew over to join us from their cool studio in Amsterdam + a fascinating look at movng brands from Dixon Baxi.
Motion North 34
BBC Creative & Brown Bag
October 16th 2019
Federation House
Behind the scenes of a tapestry animation, and a look at how Brown Bag run large scale animations.
Motion North 33
Territory Studio & Barry Purves
July 18th 2019
Federation House
Territory Studio returned to give us an update, and Barry Purves joined to tell us about his career.
Motion North 32
Aardman
April 18th 2019
Federation House
Motion North 31
Momoco & A+C
January 17th 2019
Federation House
Momoco are famed for their work on TV & Film titles. A+C took us into the world of stop motion, even bringing some characters for us to play with.
Motion North 30
Future Deluxe & The Mill
October 18th 2019
Federation House
A visual feast of two studios at the top of their VFX game.
Motion North 29
Smith & Foulkes & Studio Liddell
April 18th 2018
Federation House
Local animation house Studio Liddell joined by the power directing duo, Smith & Foulkes, on a balmy evening in Manchester.
Motion North 28
Animade + Mainframe + Boutique
Jan 17th 2018
Federation House
Our first (and only, so far) triple header. London, Manchester & the Helsinki studio Boutique.
Motion North 27
Electric Theatre Collective + Flipbook
Oct 18th 2017
Federation House
James from ETC took us through the making of their First Great Western commercial, alongside the superb local boys, Flipbook.
Motion North 26
Field
July 12th 217
Code Computerlove
Our final event in our amazing space at Code was a fittingly digital explorer studio, FIELD.
Motion North 25
Man vs Machine
April 19th 2017
Code Computerlove
Man V (as they're known) shouldn't need any introduction. This was a hot and steamy, and inspiring night, in the attic at the offices of Code.
Motion North 23
Art&Graft
Oct 12th 2016
Code Computerlove
Mike Moloney, Founder of A&G, joined us for the first of what will turn out to be many trips, to tell us about their fabulous studio.
Motion North 22
Blue Zoo
July 13th 2016
Code Computerlove
Tom from Blue Zoo joined us for the first of two visits to Manchester by one of the UK's finest.
Motion North 21
No Speaker
March 16th 2016
2022NQ
The last of our cellar meetings at 2022NQ. No speaker, just some work, and a few beers. That's how it use to roll.
Motion North 20
Golden Wolf
Jan 13th 2016
2022NQ
Hand drawn wonder, with the amazing Golden Wolf.
Motion North 19
DBLG
Nov 18th 2015
2022NQ
Grant Gilbert joined us to tell us about his journey from The Big Breakfast, to Bears on Stairs!
Motion North 18
Cubic Motion
Aug 19th 2015
2022NQ
A look at facial capture technology. In films and in games.
Motion North 16
Cub Studio
May 13th 2015
2022NQ
The first visit by some of our favourite animators, Cub Studio. Still in a basement bar, Fraser gave us the lowdown on his style of work, and building the studio.
Motion North 12
Analog Studio
Sept 17th 2014
2022NQ
Motion North 11
Territory Studio
July 16th 2014
2022NQ
The first Motion North guest speaker. David Sheldon-Hicks of Territory Studio.
Motion North 1
The First One
Dec 9th 2009
Common
The beginning. A few Motion Designers and Animators meet in a pub….
Motion North 54
The Big'Un 2.0
26&27 Feb 2026
Freight Island, Manchester
Our biggest one yet. Two days with over 25 speakers and events at Manchester's Freight Island. Check out all the speakers here.
Motion North 53
Amy Kilner & FIELD
8th October 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amy travelled over from Yorkshire to give us the background on her design work for DJ's. And FIELD flew over from Berlin to update us on their amazing studio.
Motion North 52
Qian Hui Yu & Revenant
9th July 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A night of contrasting styles. The amazing illustration and colour of Qian, and the mind blowing detail and authenticity of the work of Revenant, as told to us by Founder Kev.
Motion North 51
Gavin Strange & Vimal Kerketta
April 9th 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Inspiring pinks, greens, aardman and music from Gavin. And the incredible detail and craft of 3D sculpting with Vimal.
Motion North 50
The Big 'Un
February 5th 2025
New Century Hall, Manchester
Our biggest event yet. A full day with over 10 speakers + workshops. It was epic! See who we had on it's own page here.
Motion North 49
Electric Theatre Collective & Yippiehey
Oct 16th 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amazing VfX Breakdowns + colourful 3D shapes and designs all the way from Hamburg.
Motion North 48
NotReal & Art&Graft
July 10th.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A wonderful night from the Madrid studio, NotReal + Art&Graft return. Also memorably finished with the England v Holland match. A Motion North first (and probably last!).
Motion North 47
Cub & Sehsucht
April.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
After nearly a decade since their last visit, Cub came back to fill us in on what’s been happening since. And joining them were the German Motion Design studio, Sehsucht.
Motion North 46
Zelig Sound + Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany
Jan 17th, 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first ever ‘none visual’ speaker came in the form of the amazing sound designers Zelig. Also joining us were Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany from the Universal Everything Collective.
Motion North 45
Nice Shit & Dada Projects
July 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Flying in from Spain, Niceshit brought the team to let us into how and why they work how they do. Dada Projects also joined us; a female first motiondesign studio.
Motion North 44
Moth & XK
April 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A great combo of animation skills from Moth, as well as the superb Houdini inspired 3D motion skills of XK.
Motion North 43
Found & Blue Zoo
Sept 22nd 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A fascinating insite into the experimentation at Found, plus behind the scenes of the making of Paddington by Blue Zoo.
Motion North 42
Blinkink + The Line
July 6th 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first IRL event since Covid, and our first at our amazing new home, Band on the Wall. Balasz from Blinkink took us through his BBC Winter Olympics journey, and we also heard the story behind animation studio The Line.
Motion North 41
Builders Club + Art & Graft (online)
April 15th 2021
Online Event
Our final Youtube event brought together the amazing experimental Builders club, alongside Stephen from Art&Graft.
View here.Motion North 40
Wednesday Studio + Lobster Studio
January 14th 2021
Online Event
A busy event, again streamed live, with two lovely animation studios. Lobster and Wednesday.
View here.Motion North 39
Kate Dawkins + Pixels & Noise (online)
October 15th 2020
Online Event
Two Studios who are at the forefront of Live projected event graphics. A fascinating look into a real craft in our industry.
View here.Motion North 38
Territory Studio & Filipe Carvalho (online)
September 17th 2020
Online Event
Famous for his titles design, Felipe Carvalho was joined by the original Motion North speaker, David from Territory Studio.
View here.Motion North 37
GMUNK & Beeple Crap (online)
August 13th 2020
Online Event
The beauty of the online Motion North’s was the ability to speak with two artists from the USA. GMUNK and Beeple Crap, just ahead of his famous NFTs sale. The second of our Covid sessions.
View here.Motion North 36
Studio AKA & WA17 (online)
July 16th 2020
Online Event
The first one we had to do Online during the Covid pandemic. Studio AKA and We Are Seventeen did not dissapoint.
View here.Motion North 35
Dixon Baxi & Woodwork
January 9th 2020
Federation House
Woodwork flew over to join us from their cool studio in Amsterdam + a fascinating look at movng brands from Dixon Baxi.
Motion North 34
BBC Creative & Brown Bag
October 16th 2019
Federation House
Behind the scenes of a tapestry animation, and a look at how Brown Bag run large scale animations.
Motion North 33
Territory Studio & Barry Purves
July 18th 2019
Federation House
Territory Studio returned to give us an update, and Barry Purves joined to tell us about his career.
Motion North 32
Aardman
April 18th 2019
Federation House
Motion North 31
Momoco & A+C
January 17th 2019
Federation House
Momoco are famed for their work on TV & Film titles. A+C took us into the world of stop motion, even bringing some characters for us to play with.
Motion North 30
Future Deluxe & The Mill
October 18th 2019
Federation House
A visual feast of two studios at the top of their VFX game.
Motion North 29
Smith & Foulkes & Studio Liddell
April 18th 2018
Federation House
Local animation house Studio Liddell joined by the power directing duo, Smith & Foulkes, on a balmy evening in Manchester.
Motion North 28
Animade + Mainframe + Boutique
Jan 17th 2018
Federation House
Our first (and only, so far) triple header. London, Manchester & the Helsinki studio Boutique.
Motion North 27
Electric Theatre Collective + Flipbook
Oct 18th 2017
Federation House
James from ETC took us through the making of their First Great Western commercial, alongside the superb local boys, Flipbook.
Motion North 26
Field
July 12th 217
Code Computerlove
Our final event in our amazing space at Code was a fittingly digital explorer studio, FIELD.
Motion North 25
Man vs Machine
April 19th 2017
Code Computerlove
Man V (as they're known) shouldn't need any introduction. This was a hot and steamy, and inspiring night, in the attic at the offices of Code.
Motion North 23
Art&Graft
Oct 12th 2016
Code Computerlove
Mike Moloney, Founder of A&G, joined us for the first of what will turn out to be many trips, to tell us about their fabulous studio.
Motion North 22
Blue Zoo
July 13th 2016
Code Computerlove
Tom from Blue Zoo joined us for the first of two visits to Manchester by one of the UK's finest.
Motion North 21
No Speaker
March 16th 2016
2022NQ
The last of our cellar meetings at 2022NQ. No speaker, just some work, and a few beers. That's how it use to roll.
Motion North 20
Golden Wolf
Jan 13th 2016
2022NQ
Hand drawn wonder, with the amazing Golden Wolf.
Motion North 19
DBLG
Nov 18th 2015
2022NQ
Grant Gilbert joined us to tell us about his journey from The Big Breakfast, to Bears on Stairs!
Motion North 18
Cubic Motion
Aug 19th 2015
2022NQ
A look at facial capture technology. In films and in games.
Motion North 16
Cub Studio
May 13th 2015
2022NQ
The first visit by some of our favourite animators, Cub Studio. Still in a basement bar, Fraser gave us the lowdown on his style of work, and building the studio.
Motion North 12
Analog Studio
Sept 17th 2014
2022NQ
Motion North 11
Territory Studio
July 16th 2014
2022NQ
The first Motion North guest speaker. David Sheldon-Hicks of Territory Studio.
Motion North 1
The First One
Dec 9th 2009
Common
The beginning. A few Motion Designers and Animators meet in a pub….
Motion North 54
The Big'Un 2.0
26&27 Feb 2026
Freight Island, Manchester
Our biggest one yet. Two days with over 25 speakers and events at Manchester's Freight Island. Check out all the speakers here.
Motion North 53
Amy Kilner & FIELD
8th October 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amy travelled over from Yorkshire to give us the background on her design work for DJ's. And FIELD flew over from Berlin to update us on their amazing studio.
Motion North 52
Qian Hui Yu & Revenant
9th July 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A night of contrasting styles. The amazing illustration and colour of Qian, and the mind blowing detail and authenticity of the work of Revenant, as told to us by Founder Kev.
Motion North 51
Gavin Strange & Vimal Kerketta
April 9th 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Inspiring pinks, greens, aardman and music from Gavin. And the incredible detail and craft of 3D sculpting with Vimal.
Motion North 50
The Big 'Un
February 5th 2025
New Century Hall, Manchester
Our biggest event yet. A full day with over 10 speakers + workshops. It was epic! See who we had on it's own page here.
Motion North 49
Electric Theatre Collective & Yippiehey
Oct 16th 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amazing VfX Breakdowns + colourful 3D shapes and designs all the way from Hamburg.
Motion North 48
NotReal & Art&Graft
July 10th.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A wonderful night from the Madrid studio, NotReal + Art&Graft return. Also memorably finished with the England v Holland match. A Motion North first (and probably last!).
Motion North 47
Cub & Sehsucht
April.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
After nearly a decade since their last visit, Cub came back to fill us in on what’s been happening since. And joining them were the German Motion Design studio, Sehsucht.
Motion North 46
Zelig Sound + Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany
Jan 17th, 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first ever ‘none visual’ speaker came in the form of the amazing sound designers Zelig. Also joining us were Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany from the Universal Everything Collective.
Motion North 45
Nice Shit & Dada Projects
July 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Flying in from Spain, Niceshit brought the team to let us into how and why they work how they do. Dada Projects also joined us; a female first motiondesign studio.
Motion North 44
Moth & XK
April 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A great combo of animation skills from Moth, as well as the superb Houdini inspired 3D motion skills of XK.
Motion North 43
Found & Blue Zoo
Sept 22nd 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A fascinating insite into the experimentation at Found, plus behind the scenes of the making of Paddington by Blue Zoo.
Motion North 42
Blinkink + The Line
July 6th 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first IRL event since Covid, and our first at our amazing new home, Band on the Wall. Balasz from Blinkink took us through his BBC Winter Olympics journey, and we also heard the story behind animation studio The Line.
Motion North 41
Builders Club + Art & Graft (online)
April 15th 2021
Online Event
Our final Youtube event brought together the amazing experimental Builders club, alongside Stephen from Art&Graft.
View here.Motion North 40
Wednesday Studio + Lobster Studio
January 14th 2021
Online Event
A busy event, again streamed live, with two lovely animation studios. Lobster and Wednesday.
View here.Motion North 39
Kate Dawkins + Pixels & Noise (online)
October 15th 2020
Online Event
Two Studios who are at the forefront of Live projected event graphics. A fascinating look into a real craft in our industry.
View here.Motion North 38
Territory Studio & Filipe Carvalho (online)
September 17th 2020
Online Event
Famous for his titles design, Felipe Carvalho was joined by the original Motion North speaker, David from Territory Studio.
View here.Motion North 37
GMUNK & Beeple Crap (online)
August 13th 2020
Online Event
The beauty of the online Motion North’s was the ability to speak with two artists from the USA. GMUNK and Beeple Crap, just ahead of his famous NFTs sale. The second of our Covid sessions.
View here.Motion North 36
Studio AKA & WA17 (online)
July 16th 2020
Online Event
The first one we had to do Online during the Covid pandemic. Studio AKA and We Are Seventeen did not dissapoint.
View here.Motion North 35
Dixon Baxi & Woodwork
January 9th 2020
Federation House
Woodwork flew over to join us from their cool studio in Amsterdam + a fascinating look at movng brands from Dixon Baxi.
Motion North 34
BBC Creative & Brown Bag
October 16th 2019
Federation House
Behind the scenes of a tapestry animation, and a look at how Brown Bag run large scale animations.
Motion North 33
Territory Studio & Barry Purves
July 18th 2019
Federation House
Territory Studio returned to give us an update, and Barry Purves joined to tell us about his career.
Motion North 32
Aardman
April 18th 2019
Federation House
Motion North 31
Momoco & A+C
January 17th 2019
Federation House
Momoco are famed for their work on TV & Film titles. A+C took us into the world of stop motion, even bringing some characters for us to play with.
Motion North 30
Future Deluxe & The Mill
October 18th 2019
Federation House
A visual feast of two studios at the top of their VFX game.
Motion North 29
Smith & Foulkes & Studio Liddell
April 18th 2018
Federation House
Local animation house Studio Liddell joined by the power directing duo, Smith & Foulkes, on a balmy evening in Manchester.
Motion North 28
Animade + Mainframe + Boutique
Jan 17th 2018
Federation House
Our first (and only, so far) triple header. London, Manchester & the Helsinki studio Boutique.
Motion North 27
Electric Theatre Collective + Flipbook
Oct 18th 2017
Federation House
James from ETC took us through the making of their First Great Western commercial, alongside the superb local boys, Flipbook.
Motion North 26
Field
July 12th 217
Code Computerlove
Our final event in our amazing space at Code was a fittingly digital explorer studio, FIELD.
Motion North 25
Man vs Machine
April 19th 2017
Code Computerlove
Man V (as they're known) shouldn't need any introduction. This was a hot and steamy, and inspiring night, in the attic at the offices of Code.
Motion North 23
Art&Graft
Oct 12th 2016
Code Computerlove
Mike Moloney, Founder of A&G, joined us for the first of what will turn out to be many trips, to tell us about their fabulous studio.
Motion North 22
Blue Zoo
July 13th 2016
Code Computerlove
Tom from Blue Zoo joined us for the first of two visits to Manchester by one of the UK's finest.
Motion North 21
No Speaker
March 16th 2016
2022NQ
The last of our cellar meetings at 2022NQ. No speaker, just some work, and a few beers. That's how it use to roll.
Motion North 20
Golden Wolf
Jan 13th 2016
2022NQ
Hand drawn wonder, with the amazing Golden Wolf.
Motion North 19
DBLG
Nov 18th 2015
2022NQ
Grant Gilbert joined us to tell us about his journey from The Big Breakfast, to Bears on Stairs!
Motion North 18
Cubic Motion
Aug 19th 2015
2022NQ
A look at facial capture technology. In films and in games.
Motion North 16
Cub Studio
May 13th 2015
2022NQ
The first visit by some of our favourite animators, Cub Studio. Still in a basement bar, Fraser gave us the lowdown on his style of work, and building the studio.
Motion North 12
Analog Studio
Sept 17th 2014
2022NQ
Motion North 11
Territory Studio
July 16th 2014
2022NQ
The first Motion North guest speaker. David Sheldon-Hicks of Territory Studio.
Motion North 1
The First One
Dec 9th 2009
Common
The beginning. A few Motion Designers and Animators meet in a pub….
Motion North 54
The Big'Un 2.0
26&27 Feb 2026
Freight Island, Manchester
Our biggest one yet. Two days with over 25 speakers and events at Manchester's Freight Island. Check out all the speakers here.
Motion North 53
Amy Kilner & FIELD
8th October 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amy travelled over from Yorkshire to give us the background on her design work for DJ's. And FIELD flew over from Berlin to update us on their amazing studio.
Motion North 52
Qian Hui Yu & Revenant
9th July 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A night of contrasting styles. The amazing illustration and colour of Qian, and the mind blowing detail and authenticity of the work of Revenant, as told to us by Founder Kev.
Motion North 51
Gavin Strange & Vimal Kerketta
April 9th 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Inspiring pinks, greens, aardman and music from Gavin. And the incredible detail and craft of 3D sculpting with Vimal.
Motion North 50
The Big 'Un
February 5th 2025
New Century Hall, Manchester
Our biggest event yet. A full day with over 10 speakers + workshops. It was epic! See who we had on it's own page here.
Motion North 49
Electric Theatre Collective & Yippiehey
Oct 16th 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amazing VfX Breakdowns + colourful 3D shapes and designs all the way from Hamburg.
Motion North 48
NotReal & Art&Graft
July 10th.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A wonderful night from the Madrid studio, NotReal + Art&Graft return. Also memorably finished with the England v Holland match. A Motion North first (and probably last!).
Motion North 47
Cub & Sehsucht
April.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
After nearly a decade since their last visit, Cub came back to fill us in on what’s been happening since. And joining them were the German Motion Design studio, Sehsucht.
Motion North 46
Zelig Sound + Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany
Jan 17th, 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first ever ‘none visual’ speaker came in the form of the amazing sound designers Zelig. Also joining us were Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany from the Universal Everything Collective.
Motion North 45
Nice Shit & Dada Projects
July 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Flying in from Spain, Niceshit brought the team to let us into how and why they work how they do. Dada Projects also joined us; a female first motiondesign studio.
Motion North 44
Moth & XK
April 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A great combo of animation skills from Moth, as well as the superb Houdini inspired 3D motion skills of XK.
Motion North 43
Found & Blue Zoo
Sept 22nd 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A fascinating insite into the experimentation at Found, plus behind the scenes of the making of Paddington by Blue Zoo.
Motion North 42
Blinkink + The Line
July 6th 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first IRL event since Covid, and our first at our amazing new home, Band on the Wall. Balasz from Blinkink took us through his BBC Winter Olympics journey, and we also heard the story behind animation studio The Line.
Motion North 41
Builders Club + Art & Graft (online)
April 15th 2021
Online Event
Our final Youtube event brought together the amazing experimental Builders club, alongside Stephen from Art&Graft.
View here.Motion North 40
Wednesday Studio + Lobster Studio
January 14th 2021
Online Event
A busy event, again streamed live, with two lovely animation studios. Lobster and Wednesday.
View here.Motion North 39
Kate Dawkins + Pixels & Noise (online)
October 15th 2020
Online Event
Two Studios who are at the forefront of Live projected event graphics. A fascinating look into a real craft in our industry.
View here.Motion North 38
Territory Studio & Filipe Carvalho (online)
September 17th 2020
Online Event
Famous for his titles design, Felipe Carvalho was joined by the original Motion North speaker, David from Territory Studio.
View here.Motion North 37
GMUNK & Beeple Crap (online)
August 13th 2020
Online Event
The beauty of the online Motion North’s was the ability to speak with two artists from the USA. GMUNK and Beeple Crap, just ahead of his famous NFTs sale. The second of our Covid sessions.
View here.Motion North 36
Studio AKA & WA17 (online)
July 16th 2020
Online Event
The first one we had to do Online during the Covid pandemic. Studio AKA and We Are Seventeen did not dissapoint.
View here.Motion North 35
Dixon Baxi & Woodwork
January 9th 2020
Federation House
Woodwork flew over to join us from their cool studio in Amsterdam + a fascinating look at movng brands from Dixon Baxi.
Motion North 34
BBC Creative & Brown Bag
October 16th 2019
Federation House
Behind the scenes of a tapestry animation, and a look at how Brown Bag run large scale animations.
Motion North 33
Territory Studio & Barry Purves
July 18th 2019
Federation House
Territory Studio returned to give us an update, and Barry Purves joined to tell us about his career.
Motion North 32
Aardman
April 18th 2019
Federation House
Motion North 31
Momoco & A+C
January 17th 2019
Federation House
Momoco are famed for their work on TV & Film titles. A+C took us into the world of stop motion, even bringing some characters for us to play with.
Motion North 30
Future Deluxe & The Mill
October 18th 2019
Federation House
A visual feast of two studios at the top of their VFX game.
Motion North 29
Smith & Foulkes & Studio Liddell
April 18th 2018
Federation House
Local animation house Studio Liddell joined by the power directing duo, Smith & Foulkes, on a balmy evening in Manchester.
Motion North 28
Animade + Mainframe + Boutique
Jan 17th 2018
Federation House
Our first (and only, so far) triple header. London, Manchester & the Helsinki studio Boutique.
Motion North 27
Electric Theatre Collective + Flipbook
Oct 18th 2017
Federation House
James from ETC took us through the making of their First Great Western commercial, alongside the superb local boys, Flipbook.
Motion North 26
Field
July 12th 217
Code Computerlove
Our final event in our amazing space at Code was a fittingly digital explorer studio, FIELD.
Motion North 25
Man vs Machine
April 19th 2017
Code Computerlove
Man V (as they're known) shouldn't need any introduction. This was a hot and steamy, and inspiring night, in the attic at the offices of Code.
Motion North 23
Art&Graft
Oct 12th 2016
Code Computerlove
Mike Moloney, Founder of A&G, joined us for the first of what will turn out to be many trips, to tell us about their fabulous studio.
Motion North 22
Blue Zoo
July 13th 2016
Code Computerlove
Tom from Blue Zoo joined us for the first of two visits to Manchester by one of the UK's finest.
Motion North 21
No Speaker
March 16th 2016
2022NQ
The last of our cellar meetings at 2022NQ. No speaker, just some work, and a few beers. That's how it use to roll.
Motion North 20
Golden Wolf
Jan 13th 2016
2022NQ
Hand drawn wonder, with the amazing Golden Wolf.
Motion North 19
DBLG
Nov 18th 2015
2022NQ
Grant Gilbert joined us to tell us about his journey from The Big Breakfast, to Bears on Stairs!
Motion North 18
Cubic Motion
Aug 19th 2015
2022NQ
A look at facial capture technology. In films and in games.
Motion North 16
Cub Studio
May 13th 2015
2022NQ
The first visit by some of our favourite animators, Cub Studio. Still in a basement bar, Fraser gave us the lowdown on his style of work, and building the studio.
Motion North 12
Analog Studio
Sept 17th 2014
2022NQ
Motion North 11
Territory Studio
July 16th 2014
2022NQ
The first Motion North guest speaker. David Sheldon-Hicks of Territory Studio.
Motion North 1
The First One
Dec 9th 2009
Common
The beginning. A few Motion Designers and Animators meet in a pub….
Motion North 54
The Big'Un 2.0
26&27 Feb 2026
Freight Island, Manchester
Our biggest one yet. Two days with over 25 speakers and events at Manchester's Freight Island. Check out all the speakers here.
Motion North 53
Amy Kilner & FIELD
8th October 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amy travelled over from Yorkshire to give us the background on her design work for DJ's. And FIELD flew over from Berlin to update us on their amazing studio.
Motion North 52
Qian Hui Yu & Revenant
9th July 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A night of contrasting styles. The amazing illustration and colour of Qian, and the mind blowing detail and authenticity of the work of Revenant, as told to us by Founder Kev.
Motion North 51
Gavin Strange & Vimal Kerketta
April 9th 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Inspiring pinks, greens, aardman and music from Gavin. And the incredible detail and craft of 3D sculpting with Vimal.
Motion North 50
The Big 'Un
February 5th 2025
New Century Hall, Manchester
Our biggest event yet. A full day with over 10 speakers + workshops. It was epic! See who we had on it's own page here.
Motion North 49
Electric Theatre Collective & Yippiehey
Oct 16th 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amazing VfX Breakdowns + colourful 3D shapes and designs all the way from Hamburg.
Motion North 48
NotReal & Art&Graft
July 10th.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A wonderful night from the Madrid studio, NotReal + Art&Graft return. Also memorably finished with the England v Holland match. A Motion North first (and probably last!).
Motion North 47
Cub & Sehsucht
April.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
After nearly a decade since their last visit, Cub came back to fill us in on what’s been happening since. And joining them were the German Motion Design studio, Sehsucht.
Motion North 46
Zelig Sound + Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany
Jan 17th, 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first ever ‘none visual’ speaker came in the form of the amazing sound designers Zelig. Also joining us were Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany from the Universal Everything Collective.
Motion North 45
Nice Shit & Dada Projects
July 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Flying in from Spain, Niceshit brought the team to let us into how and why they work how they do. Dada Projects also joined us; a female first motiondesign studio.
Motion North 44
Moth & XK
April 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A great combo of animation skills from Moth, as well as the superb Houdini inspired 3D motion skills of XK.
Motion North 43
Found & Blue Zoo
Sept 22nd 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A fascinating insite into the experimentation at Found, plus behind the scenes of the making of Paddington by Blue Zoo.
Motion North 42
Blinkink + The Line
July 6th 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first IRL event since Covid, and our first at our amazing new home, Band on the Wall. Balasz from Blinkink took us through his BBC Winter Olympics journey, and we also heard the story behind animation studio The Line.
Motion North 41
Builders Club + Art & Graft (online)
April 15th 2021
Online Event
Our final Youtube event brought together the amazing experimental Builders club, alongside Stephen from Art&Graft.
View here.Motion North 40
Wednesday Studio + Lobster Studio
January 14th 2021
Online Event
A busy event, again streamed live, with two lovely animation studios. Lobster and Wednesday.
View here.Motion North 39
Kate Dawkins + Pixels & Noise (online)
October 15th 2020
Online Event
Two Studios who are at the forefront of Live projected event graphics. A fascinating look into a real craft in our industry.
View here.Motion North 38
Territory Studio & Filipe Carvalho (online)
September 17th 2020
Online Event
Famous for his titles design, Felipe Carvalho was joined by the original Motion North speaker, David from Territory Studio.
View here.Motion North 37
GMUNK & Beeple Crap (online)
August 13th 2020
Online Event
The beauty of the online Motion North’s was the ability to speak with two artists from the USA. GMUNK and Beeple Crap, just ahead of his famous NFTs sale. The second of our Covid sessions.
View here.Motion North 36
Studio AKA & WA17 (online)
July 16th 2020
Online Event
The first one we had to do Online during the Covid pandemic. Studio AKA and We Are Seventeen did not dissapoint.
View here.Motion North 35
Dixon Baxi & Woodwork
January 9th 2020
Federation House
Woodwork flew over to join us from their cool studio in Amsterdam + a fascinating look at movng brands from Dixon Baxi.
Motion North 34
BBC Creative & Brown Bag
October 16th 2019
Federation House
Behind the scenes of a tapestry animation, and a look at how Brown Bag run large scale animations.
Motion North 33
Territory Studio & Barry Purves
July 18th 2019
Federation House
Territory Studio returned to give us an update, and Barry Purves joined to tell us about his career.
Motion North 32
Aardman
April 18th 2019
Federation House
Motion North 31
Momoco & A+C
January 17th 2019
Federation House
Momoco are famed for their work on TV & Film titles. A+C took us into the world of stop motion, even bringing some characters for us to play with.
Motion North 30
Future Deluxe & The Mill
October 18th 2019
Federation House
A visual feast of two studios at the top of their VFX game.
Motion North 29
Smith & Foulkes & Studio Liddell
April 18th 2018
Federation House
Local animation house Studio Liddell joined by the power directing duo, Smith & Foulkes, on a balmy evening in Manchester.
Motion North 28
Animade + Mainframe + Boutique
Jan 17th 2018
Federation House
Our first (and only, so far) triple header. London, Manchester & the Helsinki studio Boutique.
Motion North 27
Electric Theatre Collective + Flipbook
Oct 18th 2017
Federation House
James from ETC took us through the making of their First Great Western commercial, alongside the superb local boys, Flipbook.
Motion North 26
Field
July 12th 217
Code Computerlove
Our final event in our amazing space at Code was a fittingly digital explorer studio, FIELD.
Motion North 25
Man vs Machine
April 19th 2017
Code Computerlove
Man V (as they're known) shouldn't need any introduction. This was a hot and steamy, and inspiring night, in the attic at the offices of Code.
Motion North 23
Art&Graft
Oct 12th 2016
Code Computerlove
Mike Moloney, Founder of A&G, joined us for the first of what will turn out to be many trips, to tell us about their fabulous studio.
Motion North 22
Blue Zoo
July 13th 2016
Code Computerlove
Tom from Blue Zoo joined us for the first of two visits to Manchester by one of the UK's finest.
Motion North 21
No Speaker
March 16th 2016
2022NQ
The last of our cellar meetings at 2022NQ. No speaker, just some work, and a few beers. That's how it use to roll.
Motion North 20
Golden Wolf
Jan 13th 2016
2022NQ
Hand drawn wonder, with the amazing Golden Wolf.
Motion North 19
DBLG
Nov 18th 2015
2022NQ
Grant Gilbert joined us to tell us about his journey from The Big Breakfast, to Bears on Stairs!
Motion North 18
Cubic Motion
Aug 19th 2015
2022NQ
A look at facial capture technology. In films and in games.
Motion North 16
Cub Studio
May 13th 2015
2022NQ
The first visit by some of our favourite animators, Cub Studio. Still in a basement bar, Fraser gave us the lowdown on his style of work, and building the studio.
Motion North 12
Analog Studio
Sept 17th 2014
2022NQ
Motion North 11
Territory Studio
July 16th 2014
2022NQ
The first Motion North guest speaker. David Sheldon-Hicks of Territory Studio.
Motion North 1
The First One
Dec 9th 2009
Common
The beginning. A few Motion Designers and Animators meet in a pub….
Motion North 54
The Big'Un 2.0
26&27 Feb 2026
Freight Island, Manchester
Our biggest one yet. Two days with over 25 speakers and events at Manchester's Freight Island. Check out all the speakers here.
Motion North 53
Amy Kilner & FIELD
8th October 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amy travelled over from Yorkshire to give us the background on her design work for DJ's. And FIELD flew over from Berlin to update us on their amazing studio.
Motion North 52
Qian Hui Yu & Revenant
9th July 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A night of contrasting styles. The amazing illustration and colour of Qian, and the mind blowing detail and authenticity of the work of Revenant, as told to us by Founder Kev.
Motion North 51
Gavin Strange & Vimal Kerketta
April 9th 2025
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Inspiring pinks, greens, aardman and music from Gavin. And the incredible detail and craft of 3D sculpting with Vimal.
Motion North 50
The Big 'Un
February 5th 2025
New Century Hall, Manchester
Our biggest event yet. A full day with over 10 speakers + workshops. It was epic! See who we had on it's own page here.
Motion North 49
Electric Theatre Collective & Yippiehey
Oct 16th 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Amazing VfX Breakdowns + colourful 3D shapes and designs all the way from Hamburg.
Motion North 48
NotReal & Art&Graft
July 10th.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A wonderful night from the Madrid studio, NotReal + Art&Graft return. Also memorably finished with the England v Holland match. A Motion North first (and probably last!).
Motion North 47
Cub & Sehsucht
April.2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
After nearly a decade since their last visit, Cub came back to fill us in on what’s been happening since. And joining them were the German Motion Design studio, Sehsucht.
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Zelig Sound + Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany
Jan 17th, 2024
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first ever ‘none visual’ speaker came in the form of the amazing sound designers Zelig. Also joining us were Joel Lewis & Chris Mullany from the Universal Everything Collective.
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Nice Shit & Dada Projects
July 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Flying in from Spain, Niceshit brought the team to let us into how and why they work how they do. Dada Projects also joined us; a female first motiondesign studio.
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Moth & XK
April 12th 2023
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A great combo of animation skills from Moth, as well as the superb Houdini inspired 3D motion skills of XK.
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Found & Blue Zoo
Sept 22nd 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
A fascinating insite into the experimentation at Found, plus behind the scenes of the making of Paddington by Blue Zoo.
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Blinkink + The Line
July 6th 2022
Band on the Wall, Manchester
Our first IRL event since Covid, and our first at our amazing new home, Band on the Wall. Balasz from Blinkink took us through his BBC Winter Olympics journey, and we also heard the story behind animation studio The Line.
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Builders Club + Art & Graft (online)
April 15th 2021
Online Event
Our final Youtube event brought together the amazing experimental Builders club, alongside Stephen from Art&Graft.
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Wednesday Studio + Lobster Studio
January 14th 2021
Online Event
A busy event, again streamed live, with two lovely animation studios. Lobster and Wednesday.
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Kate Dawkins + Pixels & Noise (online)
October 15th 2020
Online Event
Two Studios who are at the forefront of Live projected event graphics. A fascinating look into a real craft in our industry.
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Territory Studio & Filipe Carvalho (online)
September 17th 2020
Online Event
Famous for his titles design, Felipe Carvalho was joined by the original Motion North speaker, David from Territory Studio.
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GMUNK & Beeple Crap (online)
August 13th 2020
Online Event
The beauty of the online Motion North’s was the ability to speak with two artists from the USA. GMUNK and Beeple Crap, just ahead of his famous NFTs sale. The second of our Covid sessions.
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Studio AKA & WA17 (online)
July 16th 2020
Online Event
The first one we had to do Online during the Covid pandemic. Studio AKA and We Are Seventeen did not dissapoint.
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Dixon Baxi & Woodwork
January 9th 2020
Federation House
Woodwork flew over to join us from their cool studio in Amsterdam + a fascinating look at movng brands from Dixon Baxi.
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BBC Creative & Brown Bag
October 16th 2019
Federation House
Behind the scenes of a tapestry animation, and a look at how Brown Bag run large scale animations.
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Territory Studio & Barry Purves
July 18th 2019
Federation House
Territory Studio returned to give us an update, and Barry Purves joined to tell us about his career.
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Aardman
April 18th 2019
Federation House
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Momoco & A+C
January 17th 2019
Federation House
Momoco are famed for their work on TV & Film titles. A+C took us into the world of stop motion, even bringing some characters for us to play with.
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Future Deluxe & The Mill
October 18th 2019
Federation House
A visual feast of two studios at the top of their VFX game.
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Smith & Foulkes & Studio Liddell
April 18th 2018
Federation House
Local animation house Studio Liddell joined by the power directing duo, Smith & Foulkes, on a balmy evening in Manchester.
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Animade + Mainframe + Boutique
Jan 17th 2018
Federation House
Our first (and only, so far) triple header. London, Manchester & the Helsinki studio Boutique.
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Electric Theatre Collective + Flipbook
Oct 18th 2017
Federation House
James from ETC took us through the making of their First Great Western commercial, alongside the superb local boys, Flipbook.
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Field
July 12th 217
Code Computerlove
Our final event in our amazing space at Code was a fittingly digital explorer studio, FIELD.
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Man vs Machine
April 19th 2017
Code Computerlove
Man V (as they're known) shouldn't need any introduction. This was a hot and steamy, and inspiring night, in the attic at the offices of Code.
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Art&Graft
Oct 12th 2016
Code Computerlove
Mike Moloney, Founder of A&G, joined us for the first of what will turn out to be many trips, to tell us about their fabulous studio.
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Blue Zoo
July 13th 2016
Code Computerlove
Tom from Blue Zoo joined us for the first of two visits to Manchester by one of the UK's finest.
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No Speaker
March 16th 2016
2022NQ
The last of our cellar meetings at 2022NQ. No speaker, just some work, and a few beers. That's how it use to roll.
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Golden Wolf
Jan 13th 2016
2022NQ
Hand drawn wonder, with the amazing Golden Wolf.
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DBLG
Nov 18th 2015
2022NQ
Grant Gilbert joined us to tell us about his journey from The Big Breakfast, to Bears on Stairs!
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Cubic Motion
Aug 19th 2015
2022NQ
A look at facial capture technology. In films and in games.
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Cub Studio
May 13th 2015
2022NQ
The first visit by some of our favourite animators, Cub Studio. Still in a basement bar, Fraser gave us the lowdown on his style of work, and building the studio.
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Analog Studio
Sept 17th 2014
2022NQ
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Territory Studio
July 16th 2014
2022NQ
The first Motion North guest speaker. David Sheldon-Hicks of Territory Studio.
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The First One
Dec 9th 2009
Common
The beginning. A few Motion Designers and Animators meet in a pub….