In addition to film screenings of both specially curated and in competition programmes, the festival offers hands on animation workshops and talks from industry speakers. This allows both animators and non-animators alike to come and learn about the medium in both an artistic and commercial context.​

All of the films are subtitled for deaf/hard of hearing inclusivity and there is a BSL interpreter at all events.

In 2024 the dates are 5 - 7 April. The film screenings are at Fabrica and educational workshops at The Queery

The 2024 edition includes the 70th anniversary anniversary screening of classic feature animation Animal Farm with a presentation on The Story of Halas and Batchelor on the studio behind from Vivian Halas of the studios estate.

The 2023 edition showcased one of Joanna Quinn first UK retrospectives in recent years, and the 2022 edition saw guest festival StopTrik International Film Festival the Slovenian/Polish specialist stop motion festival present a specially curated programme and BIAF programme Queer Contemporaries was presented at Anibar Animation Festival in Kosovo.