Birmingham Anime Film Festival (BAFF) returns on Thursday 25th September for a week
full of anime delights.
For 2025, the main festival takes place across a week at The Mockingbird Cinema, in Digbeth
and Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) in Edgbaston, and runs from Thursday 25th September to
Thursday 2nd October 2025.
It features an eclectic mix of more than 20 films suitable for fans and casual movie goers alike
including classics such as Ghost in the Shell, family favourites like Penguin Highway through to
the latest animes such as Demon Slayer – Kimetsu No Yaiba The Movie: Infinity Castle, with
more to be confirmed.
Tickets start at less than £10 and can be found on the festival’s website alongside the full
schedule.
Birmingham Anime Film Festival is organised by Birmingham-based media collective Geeky
Brummie, Mockingbird Cinema and Midlands Arts Centre.
Ryan Parish, Founder of Geeky Brummie says:
“We loved bringing a varied variety of anime to the big screen in 2023 and 2024, and for year 3
we feel we’ve brought an even greater variety of content for everyone across both venues.”
Lee Nabbs, Director of The Mockingbird Cinema comments:
“We’re happy to be bringing back BAFF for a third successive year. As an independent cinema
that focuses on providing a wide range of contemporary, classic and cult cinema,we’re happy to
bring a range of anime for all to our audience.
David Baldwin, Producer – Cinema & Screen, Midlands Art Centre says:
Midlands Arts Centre is very pleased to be a part of Birmingham Anime Film Festival for year 3.
As in previous years we’re looking at an eclectic mix from the darker side of anime through to
family favourites, each bringing their own take on the Genre”
Birmingham Anime Film Festival will run from 25th September to 1st October 2025. Find out
more at www.baff.uk
For enquiries, please contact baffuk@geekybrummie.com