Stoke Your Fires has been animating Stoke-on-Trent for the past three years, but it’s changing. Stoke Your Fires the Festival of Moving Image is expanding and will be bringing an array of exciting film, animation and digital media events to the Midlands in 2011.
Events will include a four day convention with amazing international speakers, 3 major exhibitions, premieres from local new talent and established artists, a 48-hour film challenge, exciting activities for all ages and the prestigious Stoke Your Fires Awards.
The Awards
For more information on how to submit to the Stoke Your Fires Film and Animation Awards download the guidelines and application form from
Multi-dimensional artist shares his multimedia project from the EP ‘From Ashes and Tears’ that includes a 2D animated short film created with Malika Whitaker, remixes by Chaos Studio and Michel CIRES, and a 45-page illustrated children’s book inspired by the film.
It’s finally here - the studio behind ‘Coraline’ shares its first extended look at the upcoming stop-motion fantasy feature directed by Travis Knight and based on the novel by Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis; in theaters October 23.
The highly awaited new season of the epic fantasy adventure series, set during the height of the War of the Elves and Sauron as the Dark Lord seeks to forge the One Ring, will debut on November 11.