Part of the 2025 Manchester Animation Festival

We reflect on the career journeys of three directors and creatives, and how they’ve navigated the animation industry as women. Despite the progress our industry has made in terms of representation, the Names Will Be Made discourse has shown us that there’s more work to be done to support women and underrepresented genders in animation.

In light of the article and the state of flux our industry is in, we ask our panellists: what does progress look like in this period of change?

Guests for this event: Neeraja Raj, Rosa Kennedy, Hannah Lau-Walker, Lindsey Adams