HUE is this year’s sponsor of the stop motion category of the Young Animator of the Year Awards – the biggest animation competition for young creatives in the UK!

The competition is now open for film submissions and entries must be submitted online by Monday 1st September 2025, so it’s the perfect creative summer holiday project.

The contest is free to enter and a great chance for students to showcase their creative skills. 

Students from Year 7 to Year 11 can share their work and be in with a chance to have their film screened at the Manchester Animation Festival, which is the biggest animation festival in the UK.

There are also top prizes up for grabs including a tour of Aardman (the world-famous studio behind series like Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep!)

See the invitation below to enter. If you’re a teacher, please feel free to distribute this invite as part of an end of term communication to your students and parents; one of your students could be an award winner!

Fancy having a go at animation over the summer holidays?
Young Animator of the Year are currently looking for film submissions! 
It’s open to all 11-22 year olds across the UK. It’s free to enter and your film can be as short and snappy as you like.
Plus there are top prizes up for grabs including a tour of Aardman (the studio behind Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep!)
Sounds like the perfect summer holidays creative project? 
Time to get doodling, sketching, modelling and making!
Find out more and submit your film by Monday 1st September 2025.

The shortlisted films will be published on the YAY website on Wednesday 1st October 2025, with the winners announced (alongside a screening of their film) at the Manchester Animation Festival this November. If you’re heading to the festival, stop by the MAF Marketplace to say hello to HUE where we will have a table displaying our animation kits including HUE Animation Studio, HUE Clay and the soon-to-be-released HUE Animation Toolbox (spoiler warning!)

Take a look at the YAY website to find out more, watch past winning films and browse some handy resources. We know there is amazing young talent out there so we’d really appreciate it if you could help us spread the word.

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