This week's new film events

Bradford Animation Festival The UK's largest and longest-running animation festival brings the usual cornucopia of creativity – but this being a competition, instead of swamping us with everything out there, they've mercifully sorted it into categorised shortlists, each the size of a single screening (ie: student, music, children). There are features, too: Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal's Chico And Rita harks back to 1950s Cuba, while Vincent Gallo and Juliette Lewis-voiced Metropia fast-forwards to an Orwellian 2020s Sweden. Plus a gaming-oriented offshoot and guests including the visual effects supervisor from Inception and Pixar veteran Paul Mendoza. National Media Museum, Tue to 13 Nov Bath Film Festival Despite the city's refined status, there's nothing snobbish about this festival. Yes, it gives you previews of forthcoming big hitters such as Never Let Me Go and The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest, but it's not above rounding up decent films released earlier in the year that passed Bath by, such as Skeletons or Oil City Confidential. And what better leveller of society than a jolly sing-along screening of The Wicker Man? Also enticing are a roundup of British artist films, including Gillian Wearing's latest experiment, and an Indian focus that ranges from 1928 silent Shiraz (with a live score) to absurdly expensive and altogether fantastic-looking Tamil robot sci-fi Endirhan. Various venues, Wed to 20 Nov French Film Festival , On tour Much of this annual top-up of what we've been missing in France seems to be business as usual: multistranded chamber pieces, heartbreaking romances, atmospheric thrillers, and something with Gérard Depardieu in it (Dumas). That's no bad thing, but if you're after something a little more crème brûlée-wobbling, Rachid Bouchareb's family epic Outside The Law reopens controversies from Algeria's colonial past; Bus Palladium follows the rise and fall of a fictional 1980s rock group; The French Kissers comes billed as a Gallic Superbad; and Isabelle Adjani takes her classroom hostage in César-winning school thriller Skirt Day. Various venues, Thu to 7 Dec onedotzero , London Keeping abreast of developments in digital moving image is now beyond the capacity of the human brain, but somehow this festival has consistently managed it – perhaps it's actually run by a supercomputer in China. The full spectrum of virtual futures is here, from cosy and fun to awesomely cool to so complex and alien it's just scary. As well as the usual programmes of shorts, features, gaming graphics and music promos (Edouard Salier's Massive Attack work is but one highlight), there are also strands on the city, female animators (entitled "ladymation") and, of course, robots (such as The Gift, by Ridley Scott protege Carl Rinsch). But the festival also breaks out into reality with live audiovisual events courtesy of Ninja Tune and DJ Yoda (who takes his Stop, Look & Listen tour to the BFI IMAX), and even a build-your-own robot workshop. BFI Southbank, SE1, Wed to 14 Nov