Leeds Animation Workshop

16/07/2025

Have you visited Animated Activism: Women Empowered at the Treasures of the Brotherton yet?

Well you should! The exhibition tells a vivid account of a half century’s struggle for women’s rights through the archives of Leeds Animation Workshop and Women's Aid

We've turned some of the material on display into this week's

Play here: https://www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries/lulgalleries
Visit before 20 December https://bit.ly/AnimatedActivism

15/07/2025

you made it into a jigsaw?

ok, let’s see how that works…

Have you visited Animated Activism: Women Empowered at the Treasures of the Brotherton yet?

Well you should! The exhibition tells a vivid account of a half century’s struggle for women’s rights through the archives of Leeds Animation Workshop and Women's Aid

We've turned some of the material on display into this week's

Play here: https://www.jigsawplanet.com/LULGalleries/lulgalleries
Visit before 20 December https://bit.ly/AnimatedActivism

17/06/2025

Tonight!
To celebrate the Compton Centre, Harehills, is hosting author and activist Tawseef Khan at


on Tuesday 17th June, to discuss his debut novel Determination. More info and booking link here ➡️

Tickets are now available for Refugee Week: Northern Bookshelf Live with author Tawseef Khan at The Compton Centre Community Hub and Library, Leeds on Tuesday 17th June 2025. Click the link for further information and to secure your tickets now!

02/05/2025

This Sunday 4th May, 2-4 pm:
Animated short films by Bolivian women’s film collective!
@ Wharf Chambers, Leeds.

CineClub Azúcar presents Bomba Animada:
“An exclusive selection of 11 short films directed and animated by Bolivian women.

Bomba Animada is a group of Bolivian filmmakers in the world of animation. The films selected explore a wide range of topics, from environmental issues impacting the Abya Yala continent to reflections on weaving & folklore: a unique lens into Bolivian everyday life, history, culture, and heritage.

Food available from 2 pm.
Film starts at 3 pm.

£4 entry / NOTALOF
Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cineclub-azucar-presents-bomba-animada-bolivian-animation-film-screening-tickets-1329064270009?aff=ebdssbdestsearch”

An exclusive selection of 11 short films animated by Bolivian women

31/03/2025

12/12/2024

Volunteer needed, at the wonderful Leeds Industrial Museum!

Volunteering Opportunity – Film Histories Volunteer at Leeds Industrial Museum What is the Project? Help Leeds Museums and Galleries explore the history of film in Leeds. This exhibition will shed light on untold histories of people of colour, LGBTQ+ people and women who have worked in the film in...

23/11/2024

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09/09/2024

Animated Harehills #3:

Leeds Animation Workshop presents more amazing films by women animators, from various countries around the world
(& even some from Leeds)

Part of Scalarama Leeds, a DiY Film Festival throughout the city this month.

Wed 25th September at 17:15
Compton Centre, Harehills Lane, LS9 7BG

All welcome
Pay As You Feel/what you can afford
(free to people on a very low income)

27/05/2024

In Harehills tomorrow? See you at Community Matters Day in Banstead Park!
* Tuesday 28th May
* from 12 - 4pm

📍 Our stall will be in the corner of the park nearest to St Aidan's

28/03/2024

We will be producing a short animated film later this year in collaboration with musicians in Leeds LS7 - find out more in Chapeltown or Chapel Allerton, on 4th April!

18/03/2024

Come and see Award-Winning Short Animated films in Harehills this Thursday! Amazing films made by women from around the world, and even some from our own neighbourhood - including: Mary Martins' new film about knife crime, "Something More," as well as Iman Zawahry's "I Am From Palestine," and Leeds Animation Workshop's "They Call Us Maids."

07/03/2024