MOTION NORTH

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JULY 9th 2025
@Band on the Wall

A night of contrasting styles. Amazing illustration and colour from Qian, and the amazing detail and authenticity, as told to us by Kev from Revenant.

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APR 9th 2025
@ Band on the Wall

Inspiring Pinks, Greens, Aardman and music from Gavin. And the incredible detail and craft of 3D sculpting with Vimal.

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FEB 5th 2025
@ New Century Hall

Our biggest, and lets be honest, best one yet. 450 people, 10 speakers, 5 workshops, and a lot of pizzas and beers. Too many to list, so check out the line up we had here.

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OCT 16th 2024
@ Band on the Wall

Amazing VfX Breakdowns + colourful 3D shapes and designs all the way from Hamburg.

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JULY 10th 2024
@ Band on the Wall

A wonderful night from the Madrid studio NotReal and Art&Graft, memorably finished with the England v Holland match. A Motion North first (and probably last!).

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APRIL 10th 2024
@ Band on the Wall

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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JAN 17th 2024
@ Band on the Wall

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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JULY 12th 2023
@ Band on the Wall

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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JULY 12th 2023
@ Band on the Wall

A great combo of animation skills from Moth, as well as the superb Houdini inspired 3D motion skills of XK.

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SEPT 22nd 2022
@ Band on the Wall

A fascinating insite into the experimentation at Found, plus behind the scenes of the making of Paddington by Bue Zoo.

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JULY 6th 2022
@ Band on the Wall

Our first IRL event snce 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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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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JAN 14th 2021
@ Online Event

A busy event, again streamed live, with two lovely animation studios, Lobster and Wednesday.

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OCT 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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SEP 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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AUG 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.

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AUG 13th 2020
@ Online Event

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JAN 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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Oct 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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JULY 18th 2019
@ Federation House

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APRIL 18th 2019
@ Federation House

The cream of the animation crop, Aardman travelled to Manchester for this special.

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Jan 17t 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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Oct 18th 2018
@ Federation House

A visual feast, two studios at the top of their game.

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April 18th 2018
@ Federation House

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Jan 17th 2018
@ Federation House

Our first (and only) triple header. London, Manchester and the Helsinki studio Boutique.

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Oct 18th 2017
@ Federation House

James from ETC took us through the makng of their First Great Western commercial, alongside local boys Flipbook.

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July 12th 2017
@ Code Computerlove

Our final event in our amazing space at Code was a fittingly digital explorer in FIELD.

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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 Code.

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Dec 7th 2016
@ Kosmonaut

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Oct 12th 2016
@ Code Computerlove

Mike Moloney joined us for the first of Art&Grafts trips, to tell us about the growth of his studio.

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July 13th 2016
@ Code Computerlove

Tom joined us in the attic at Code to tell us about the growth of Blue Zoo, in the first of two visits from this animation studio to Manchester.

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March 16th 2016
@ 2022NQ

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Jan 13th 2016
@ 2022NQ

The amazing Golden Wolf world of hand drawn animation.

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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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April 19th 2017
@ 2022NQ

A look into the world of facial capture technology.

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May 13th 2015
@ 2022NQ

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Sept 17th 2014
@ 2022NQ

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July 16th 2014
@ 2022NQ

With a few events under our belts, we thought we’d asked someone in the industry to come and speak to the audience. Our first speaker was David Sheldon-Hicks of Territory Studio.

Dec 9th 2009
@ Common

The original meet up, an opportunity for Motion folk & animators to gather, drink, and discuss the highs and lows of our industry. This is where it all began.