WestmAnimation 2025

Oct 17, 2025, to Nov 20, 2025

The WestmAnimation Festival of Animation is back in 2025! This year, it includes eight exciting workshops and classes by world-class artists and animators, a call for submissions, and a screening.

Schedule at a glance:

Call for Submissions 

Classes ($35 for three sessions)
September 25, October 2 & 9 – Emil Reid’s Character Crafting
October 16, 23 & 30 – Lydia Reid’s Storyboarding

Workshops (Free of Charge)
September 6 – Bill Stewart’s Hand-Drawn 2D
September 20 – Surien Fourie’s Animating your Brand
October 5 – Daniel Barrow’s Slipping Slide (New Date!)
October 18 – Derek Ford’s 3D Modelling
November 1 – Erica Lowe’s Stop Motion

 

COMING UP:
November 15 – Hollis Parrott’s Cut Paper

November 20 – Public Screening (Free of Charge)

 

WestmAnimation is produced by Rural Arts Westman with the support of the AGSM, Assiniboine College, The Brandon Neighbourhood Renewal Corporation, and the Manitoba Arts Council.

Image: Still from Hollis Parrott (with assistance from Revere Heshmat), Smoke, 2023.

”WestmAnimation”/ ”RuralArtsWestman”/ ”Assiniboine-College”/ ”BrandonNeighbourhoodRenewalCorperation”/ ”ManitobaArtsCouncil”/

    Event Schedule

    6 September 2025 9:00 am

    Bill Stewart’s Hand Drawn 2D Animation – Bringing Ideas to Life

    15 September 2025 12:00 am

    WestmAnimation call for submissions!

    20 September 2025 1:00 pm

    Surien Fourie’s Animating Your Brand: A Crash Course in Animation & Online Marketing

    25 September 2025 7:00 pm

    CHARACTER CRAFTING

    5 October 2025 9:00 am

    Daniel Barrow’s Slipping Slide Workshop

    16 October 2025 7:00 pm

    STORYBOARDING

    18 October 2025 9:00 am

    Derek Ford’s Animating in 3D (with a Dash of 2.5D)

    1 November 2025 1:00 pm

    Erica Lowe’s Stop Motion Animation Workshop

    15 November 2025 9:00 am

    Hollis Parrott’s Intro to Animation Through Cut Paper

    20 November 2025 6:00 pm

    WestmAnimation Public Screening

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