Stoke Your Fires is a 3 day long festival of animation for professionals and students.

The event takes place in Potteries Museum & Art Gallery where screenings, exhibitions, master classes and awards ceremonies will take place. This is the third instalment of the festival, which will kick off in February 2010.

Animators (professional or otherwise) can submit work to the competition in the following categories: animated short, animated commercial, international entries, fine art/experimental and student animation. You can find more details about the events and competition on their website.