Birmingham Anime Film Festival (BAFF) Returns For 3rd Edition

On Thursday 25th September, Birmingham Anime Film Festival (BAFF) returns to the city for a week full of anime delights.  

For 2025, the main festival will be taking place across a week at The Mockingbird Cinema, in Digbeth and Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) in Edgbaston, running from Thursday 25th September to Wednesday 1st October 2025.

It features an eclectic mix of more than 20 films suitable for fans and casual moviegoers 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, which is currently storming the UK box office.

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”

Want to find out more about Birmingham Anime Film Festival? Head to www.baff.uk

For enquiries, please contact baffuk@geekybrummie.com