The organizers for the Birmingham Anime Film Festival (BAFF), a movie festival that sees a wide-variety of anime films shown in cinemas across Birmingham, will once again return this October with films including Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX -Beginning-, Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc and The Concierge.
This year the Birmingham Anime Film Festival will mostly take place at The Mockingbird Cinema from the 9th to the 11th of October 2026, with adult tickets available for £12 per film.
Schedule:
Mockingbird Cinema:
Friday 9th October 2026:
Paprika
Ghost in the Shell
Saturday 10th October 2026:
Mobile Suit Gundam GQuuuuuuX
Gurren Lagann The Movie: Childhood’s End
Gurren Lagann: The Movie: The Lights in the Skys are Stars
Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc
Sunday 11th October 2026:
The Concierge
Violet Evergarden The Movie
The Birmingham Anime Film Festival is organised by Birmingham-based media collective Geeky Brummie, and Mockingbird Cinema with both proud to once again bring this cinematic anime festival to Birmingham.
Ryan Parish, Founder of Geeky Brummie says:
“Birmingham is a city full of geek culture. From comic books, board games and video games, to esports, music and film – there are safe and welcoming spaces and communities all over the city. Anime and manga are a big part of this landscape, with the success of Birmingham Comicon and Animecon UK, alongside shops like Tokyo Toys. Birmingham Anime Festival is a celebration of this critically important and influential genre of cinema, while also doing it in a way that is distinctly Brummie.”
Lee Nabbs, Director of The Mockingbird Cinema comments:
“We’re happy to be bringing back BAFF for a fourth successive year. As an independent cinema focusing on a wide range of contemporary, classic and cult cinema, we’re happy to bring a range of anime for all our audience.
Further details relating to the Birmingham Anime Film Festival (BAFF) can be found on the official website, but in the meantime the full 2025 schedule can be found here.
