Abercon, Aberystwyth’s community anime convention, celebrates the power of animation to bring people together. With stalls, games, animation workshops, and a cosplay competition, this is a fun, family friendly event for everybody.
Abercon’s theme this year is ‘myth and magic’.
Schedule
11:30am: Magical journeys: animated short films (PG/12A tbc)
2.30pm: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (PG)
4pm: Cosplay parade
10am - 5pm: drop-in animation workshop
10am - 5pm: stalls and games (Great Hall foyer and Theatre Foyer bar, upstairs)
Abercon is a partnership between WOW Film Festival and Mencap Ceredigion, funded by the National Lottery Communities Fund and hosted by Aberystwyth Arts Centre.
11.30am
Magical Journeys: Animated Shorts (PG/12A tbc)
From bumpy first flights to magical masks, these short animations explore themes of belonging, difference, inner strength and finding yourself. Full of humour, heart and imagination.
First Flight
Director: Molly Rose Hill, Cymru, 3’49
Full of heart and humour—and a whole lot of bumpy landings—First Flight follows Chirpy’s messy, magical journey to finding their wings. Director Molly Hill embraces her ADHD as a source of creativity.
Crybaby
Director: Eleri Edwards, Cymru, 11’
As Carys moves out of her childhood home, she battles an angry inner voice. An evocative animated journey through autism, mental health, and reclaiming self-worth, told with pathos and humour.
Magical Masks
Made by Ceredigion Animation Club, Cymru, 14’
What do our masks say about us? Made by Ceredigion Animation Club, a group for people with learning disabilities, their friends and families, who meet in Cardigan to share their love of animation.
Filkool
Maral Forouzesh, Iran, 7’
Inspired by the director’s life with her younger brother, who has Down Syndrome, Filkool celebrates acceptance, kindness, and the magic of being different.
Liminal Roots
Director: Aliyah Harfoot, Cymru, 4’
A journey through the memories of a young girl struggling to come to terms with the complexity of her mixed-raced identity.
Passenger
Director: Nia Alavezos, Cymru, 10’
Cora’s life changes forever after a vengeful Spirit appears, growing from her neck.
Parental guidance: contains mild threat and mild bad language
2:30pm
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (PG)
Directors: Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Belgium/France, 78’, English dub
An enchanting tale about curiosity, courage, and the power of human connection based on Amélie Nothomb’s best-selling autobiographical novel, The Character of Rain. Oscar nominated.
Abercon 2026
14eg Mawrth, Canolfan Gelfyddydau Aberystwyth, 10am - 5pm.
Mae Abercon, confensiwn anime cymunedol Aberystwyth, yn dathlu pŵer animeiddio i ddod â phobl ynghyd. Gyda stondinau, gemau, gweithdai animeiddio, a chystadleuaeth cosplay, mae hwn yn ddigwyddiad hwyliog, sy'n addas i deuluoedd i bawb.
Thema Abercon eleni yw 'myth a hud'.
Amserlen
11:30am: Teithiau hudolus: ffilmiau byrion animeiddiedig (PG/12A i'w gadarnhau)
2.30pm: Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (PG)
4pm: Parêd Cosplay
10am - 5pm: gweithdy animeiddio galw heibio
10am - 5pm: stondinau a gemau (cyntedd y Neuadd Fawr a bar Cyntedd y Theatr, i fyny'r grisiau)
Mae Abercon yn bartneriaeth rhwng Gŵyl Ffilm WOW a Mencap Ceredigion, wedi'i hariannu gan Gronfa Gymunedol y Loteri Genedlaethol ac wedi'i chynnal gan Ganolfan Gelfyddydau Aberystwyth.
11.30am
Teithiau Hudolus: Ffilmiau Byr Animeiddiedig (PG/12A i'w gadarnhau)
O hediadau cyntaf anwastad i fasgiau hudolus, mae'r animeiddiadau byr hyn yn archwilio themâu perthyn, gwahaniaeth, cryfder mewnol a dod o hyd i chi'ch hun. Yn llawn hiwmor, calon a dychymyg.
First Flight
Cyfarwyddwr: Molly Rose Hill, Cymru, 3’49
Yn llawn calon a hiwmor—a llawer iawn o laniadau anwastad—mae Heddfan Gyntaf yn dilyn taith flêr, hudolus Chirpy i ddod o hyd i'w hadenydd. Mae'r cyfarwyddwr Molly Hill yn cofleidio ei ADHD fel ffynhonnell greadigrwydd.
Crybaby
Cyfarwyddwr: Eleri Edwards, Cymru, 11’
Wrth i Carys symud allan o gartref ei phlentyndod, mae hi'n brwydro yn erbyn llais mewnol blin. Taith animeiddiedig atgofus trwy awtistiaeth, iechyd meddwl, ac adennill hunanwerth, wedi'i hadrodd gyda pathos a hiwmor.
Magical Masks
Wedi'i wneud gan Glwb Animeiddio Ceredigion, Cymru, 14’
Beth mae ein masgiau'n ei ddweud amdanom ni? Wedi'i wneud gan Glwb Animeiddio Ceredigion, grŵp i bobl ag anableddau dysgu, eu ffrindiau a'u teuluoedd, sy'n cwrdd yn Aberteifi i rannu eu cariad at animeiddio.
Filkool
Maral Forouzesh, Iran, 7’
Wedi'i ysbrydoli gan fywyd y cyfarwyddwr gyda'i brawd iau, sydd â Syndrom Down, mae Filkool yn dathlu derbyniad, caredigrwydd, a hud bod yn wahanol.
Liminal Roots
Cyfarwyddwr: Aliyah Harfoot, Cymru, 4’
Taith drwy atgofion merch ifanc sy'n ei chael hi'n anodd dod i delerau â chymhlethdod ei hunaniaeth hil-gymysg.
Passenger
Cyfarwyddwr: Nia Alavezos, Cymru, 10’
Mae bywyd Cora yn newid am byth ar ôl i Ysbryd dialgar ymddangos, yn tyfu o'i gwddf.
Canllawiau rhieni: yn cynnwys bygythiad ysgafn ac iaith anweddus ysgafn
2:30pm
Little Amélie or the Character of Rain (PG)
Cyfarwyddwyr: Maïlys Vallade, Liane-Cho Han, Gwlad Belg/Ffrainc, 78’, dybio Saesneg
Stori hudolus am chwilfrydedd, dewrder, a phŵer cysylltiad dynol yn seiliedig ar nofel hunangofiannol oraf-werthwr Amélie Nothomb, Y Cymeriad y Glaw. Enwebwyd am Oscar.
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