Juan Pablo Zaramella Prepares CODA

The first details of the feature animation project Coda by Juan Pablo Zaramella. The stop-motion Argentinian artist Juan Pablo Zaramella has a feature animation film in the making. As first reported...

Festivals

Selection Results for Anima Brussels 2020

The whole lineup of animation shorts selected for 2020 Anima Brussels festival. ANIMA, the Brussels International Animation Film Festival (21st February to 1st March 2020, Flagey, Brussels),...

Reviews

Klaus Review: Dusting Off Familiar Toys

Review for the feature animation Klaus by Sergio Pablos. The recently celebrated Klaus film by Sergio Pablos has both in its storyline and mandate two aims: the first, to step back to narrate an...

Academic

Chris Robinson Receives the Animafest Zagreb 2020 Award for Outstanding...

The artistic director of Ottawa International Animation Festival Chris Robinson will receive the award in person during Animafest Zagreb 2020. World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb...

Training /Residencies

12 Animation Projects, 6 Film Professionals for CEE Animation Workshop

12 Animated Projects and 6 Film Professionals Selected for the year-long training CEE Animation Workshop. CEE Animation Workshop is a year-long project development and production skills advancement...

Interview with the directors of Fritzi, A Revolutionary Tale feature animation

Oscar-qualifying short animation films presented / reviewed at Zippy Frames

Animation Shorts

Misplaced Memories by Ivana Radić: God Delusions...

December 06

Amanda Barbour interviews Ivana Radic on her stop-motion animation short Misplaced Memories...

Egg by Martina Scarpelli

December 02

Here's Egg animation short by Martina Scarpelli. A woman is locked in her home with an egg. She...

The Octopus by Tim Platt and Birgit Rathsmann

November 28

US directors Tim Platt and Birigt Rathsmann made the experimental 2D short Octopus. Watch the film...

Mémorable by Bruno Collet

November 25

The making of and our film review for the French animation short Mémorable by Bruno Collet. Armed...

Hors Piste by Leo Brunel, Loris Cavalier,...

November 20

Two dumb characters try to save a wounded person -and the world with him. Watch and learn about...

Carlotta's Face by Valentin Riedl and Frédéric...

November 19

The acclaimed (and Oscar-qualified) animation documentary short Carlotta's Face premieres online....

He Can't Live Without Cosmos by Konstantin Bronzit

November 18

Konstantin Bronzit has finished his second short on loneliness and the universe, his...

Filled with Wonder Once Again by Emily Scaife

November 15

Emily Scaife brings to visual life the song Filled with Wonder Once Again by Bill Fay. Emily...

Grand Bassin by Héloïse Courtois, Victori...

November 12

A swimming pool and a lot of traffic. Watch the Oscar-qualified Grand Bassin by Héloïse Courtois,...

Animation Festivals News

Acid Rain, Almost There, Teofrastus Get...

December 08

All the awards of the 2019 Animateka Festival in Ljubljana. The acclaimed film Acid Rain by Tomek...

Selection Results for Anima Brussels 2020

December 06

The whole lineup of animation shorts selected for 2020 Anima Brussels festival. ANIMA, the...

Anifilm Moves To Liberec, House of Czech...

November 28

Anifilm programme director Pavel Horáček explains to Zippy Frames the reasoning behind the...

Georges Schwizgebel Gets 2020 Animafest Zagreb...

November 26

The 30th World Festival of Animated Film – Animafest Zagreb Lifetime Achievement Award will go to...

Deep Love, Daughter, Toomas in the 2019 PÖFF...

November 24

Find all animation winners of the 2019 PÖFF Shorts festival in Tallinn. 42 films competed this...

Belgian and International Animation...

November 20

The very early highlights of the professional Futuranima section of Anima, Brussels. The Belgian...

Next Animation Deadlines

Dec

MEDIAWAVE Film and Music Gathering, 1/3-27/4/2020

Komárom, Hungary

The MEDIAWAVE International Film and Music Gathering now accepts submissions.

Dec

Edinburgh International Film Festival, 17-28/6/ 2020

Edinburgh, UK

The next edition of Edinburgh International Film Festival will take place 17-28 June 2020.

Dec

Stop Motion OUR FEST Festival, 11-15/3/2020

Buenos Aires, argentina

The international Stop motion OUR FEST is an animation festival located in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Dec

Festival national du film d'animation, 8-12/4/2020

Rennes, France

The annual AFCA festival for French animation films takes place 8-12 April 2020 in Rennes, France.

Next Animation Festivals

Jan

Animatopia International Children's Animation Festival, Jan 2020 (TBC)

Werdenberg, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Animatopia International Children’s Animation Festival link digital animation artists with their dreams and share culture in the region.

Jan

Animation First Festival, Jan 2020 (Dates TBC)

New York

The French Institute Alliance Française (FIAF) announces the 2019 Animation First festival, Jan. 25-27 in New York City.

Jan

Sundance Festival 2020

Park City, Utah

The next Sundance Film Festival will take place in February 2020 (dates TBC).

Jan

IndieJúnior Allianz, 28/1-2/2/20

Porto, Portugal

IndieJúnior Allianz’s is an International Children’s and Youth Film Festival in Porto.

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REVIEWS

Klaus Review: Dusting Off Familiar Toys

December 06

Review for the feature animation Klaus by Sergio Pablos. The recently celebrated Klaus film by Sergio Pablos has both in its storyline and mandate two aims: the first, to step back to narrate an...

Τhe Prince's Voyage Review: Looking for a Utopia

October 21

Film review for The Prince's Voyage by Jean-François Laguionie and Xavier Picard. There are certain things you tend to expect from a Jean-François Laguionie film in his later cinematic output: a...

More Than A Film: Zero Impunity Review by Blies Brothers and Denis Lambert

July 21

Olga Bobrowska reviews Zero Impunity by Blies Brothers and Denis Lambert. To choose what's most striking and powerful about Zero Impunity , a sincere documentary about sexual violence happening in...

Ville Neuve Review: Like A Fish Out of Water

July 02

Vassilis Kroustallis reviews the poetic and intimate Canadian animation feature Ville Neuve by Félix Dufour-Laperrière. How can you recast a broken bell? Félix Dufour-Laperrière 's sober, poetic and...

Away by Gints Zilbalodis Review: Your Eden Is Just Around the Harbour

June 19

Away is a prime 3D immersive experience without the use of sex, drugs or rock'n'roll. Read our review for the Latvian animation feature Away by Gints Zilbalodis. It will be definitely be compared...

Love, Death and Robots Review

May 21

Our Zippy Frames contributor Kropka reviews and takes a critical stance on the Love, Death and Robots Netflix series. The Netflix’s series carried out by the directors Tim Miller (Deadpool) and...

INTERVIEWS

Juan Pablo Zaramella, The Versatile Artist

November 26

Eliane Gordeeff chats with Argentinian animator Juan Pablo Zaramella during the 2019 Cinanima festival. Award-winning Argentine animator Juan Pablo Zaramella was at Cinanima presenting the MIX MEDIA...

Landscape Is the Lens Through Which I See the World: Interview with Sean Vicary

November 19

Our contributor Joseph Norman talks to the animator Sean Vicary. Sean Vicary has produced a series of animated works that explore the changing ecological and political climates, and how these impact...

Fritzi A Revolutionary Tale: Interview with Ralf Kukula & Matthias Bruhn

November 12

Zippy Frames interviews Ralf Kukula & Matthias Bruhn, directors of the animation feature Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale. A tale of politics, friendship and courage has already been released in Germany...

A Strange Anomaly In the System: Interview with Primanima Team

October 30

Interview with three members of the curator team of the 8th Primanima Festival: Anna Ida Orosz co-founder and artistic director, Dóra Bartal and Zsófi Herczeg curators. ZF: What are you proud of...

José Luis Farias, the Creator of 3DWire (oops!), of WEIRD!

October 29

Eliane Gordeeff talks to Creator and director of 3D Wire International Animation, Video Games and New Media Market, José Luis Farias . I was in Segovia this year (3-6 Oct 2019) to participated in...

Meet Mousse & Bichon by Vivement Lundi!

October 02

Zippy Frames caught up with the creators of the promising stop-motion series in development by Vivement Lunid!, Mousse & Bichon, during CARTOON Forum 2019. It was one of the most-attended CARTOON...

Tito and The Birds: Interview with Gabriel Bitar

August 22

Eliane Gordeeff talks with Gabriel Bitar, the Brazilian director of Tito and the Birds feature film. Our Zippy Frames Correspondent Eliane Gordeeff meets Gabriel Bitar, the Brazilian director of...

A Demonstration of Brilliance in Four Acts: Interview With Lucija Mrzljak and Morten Tšinakov (VIDEO)

July 18

Two talented independent animators from Croatia/ Estonia, Lucija Mrzljak and Morten Tšinakov, talk to our Zippy Frames contributor Kropka during Annecy Festival. 2D animation can be as narratively...

Helping Others to Speak Up: A Conversation with Zero Impunity team

July 16

Olga Bobrowska talks to Stephane Hueber-Blies, Nicolas Blies, Marion Guth and Denis Lambert ( Zero Impunity team) during the 2019 Annecy Festival. Zero Impunity is an artistic animated documentary...

Offcanvas

EDITOR PICK 1: FRITZI, A Revolutionary Tale

Interview with the directors of Fritzi, A Revolutionary Tale feature animation

EDITOR PICK 2: Oscar-qualifying animation shorts

Oscar-qualifying short animation films presented / reviewed at Zippy Frames

Animation Shorts

Animation Festivals News

Next Animation Deadlines

Next Animation Festivals

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