Crash Festival 2026 — Animation, VFX, Comics, Design, Gaming

Year one sold out. Fourteen speakers and more to come! Speakers from ILM, Framestore and Nexus Studios. Canterbury, 13 and 14 August.
About this Event

Year one sold out. Year two is bigger.

Two days of talks, panels and masterclasses from the people actually making animation, games, comics, film and VFX.

The line-up

Framestore — Spider-Man: Brand New Day, How to Train Your Dragon
ILM — The Mandalorian, Andor, Supergirl
Andy Lanning — Guardians of the Galaxy, Marvel and DC
Gerry Finley-Day — comic writer, Rogue Trooper, 2000AD
Tom Muller — House of X, Marvel, DC, Bethesda
Golden Wolf — Dead By Daylight, Epic Games, Adult Swim
XK Studio — Alexa Sirbu and Lukas Vojir, 3D and motion
Hannah Lau-Walker — illustrator and director, Nexus Studios
Lauren Elizabeth Minchington — scenic artist, Wes Anderson and Disney
Rob Flowers — British Museum, NYT, Nike, Google
Gary Napper — lead designer, Alien: Isolation
Dead Nice Studio — Call of Duty, PUBG, game UI and UX
A+C Studio — animation and motion, Margate
Lebanon Circle — prop making and dark arts

Plus more to be announced.

More than talks

Indie game arcade, creators workshops, creators market, and the Wacom Creative Zone with drawing stations and live demos. Four rooms, eleven in the morning until late.

Who it's for

Anyone serious about the creative industries, with a clear focus on fourteen to twenty five year olds looking for a route in. Working professionals come too, and the conversations are better for it.

Where

The Malthouse, Canterbury. A 350 seat professional venue at The King's School with full technical facilities.

Three hundred and fifty seats. Book early.