Animarkt, A Top Class Forum of Stop-Motion Animation

Our Zippy Frames contributor, Kropka reports from the 4th Animarkt Stop-Motion Forum (Lodz, Poland). It is always a pleasure to return to Lodz and thanks to the invitation of Animarkt, I could see...

Festivals

Brothers Quay at DOK Leipzig 2019

Special animation programmes of DOK Leipzig include a Brothers Quay talk and retrospective, a Jakob Böhme philosopher tribute, as well as Brenda Lien and Max Colson programmes. Brothers Quay come to...

Awards & Prizes

4 Animated Features for European Film Awards 2019

Four Animation Films are nominated for the European Film Awards 2019 The European Film Academy and EFA Productions announced the nominations for the award category EUROPEAN ANIMATED FEATURE FILM...

Pitching

Discover the Animarkt Stop Motion Forum 2019 Winners

All winners of ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum 2019. ANIMARKT Pitching is a great opportunity to present your puppet short film project to an international jury and attract partners for its realization....

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...

Animation Shorts

Two For Two by Jelena Oroz

September 24

Jelena Oroz premieres her acclaimed animation short Two For Two at Zippy Frames. Our home is a...

The School of Life - Intimacy and Closeness by...

September 23

Alain de Botton and The School of Life gets a playful and intimate animated treatment by Daniel...

Purpleboy by Alexandre Siqueira

September 09

Being trans doesn't mean being typecast. Here's the exquisitely dramatic Purpleboy by Alexandre...

Sheep, Wolf and A Cup Of Tea... by Marion Lacourt

August 26

French director Marion Lacourt premieres her Sheep, Wolf and A Cup Of Tea... at Locarno Film...

Body Echo by Ali Aschman

August 22

It pains to be doubly in pain. UK-based artist Ali Aschman premieres her stop-motion film Body...

So I Danced Again... by Lottie Kingslake

August 20

Finding and losing yourself in a sketchbook dance. Watch So I Danced Again by Lottie Kingslake....

Are You Kidding Me? by Shadab Shayegan

August 13

Shadab Shayegan presents a case of escalating violence sturdily directed in Are You Kidding Me?...

The Stained Club

August 08

Some stains are hard to come off. Watch The Stained Club by Supinfocom Rubika students. The...

The Procession by Pascal Blanchet and Rodolphe...

August 08

Olga Bobrowska reviews the 2D film The Procession by Pascal Blanchet and animator Rodolphe...

Animation Festivals News

42 Animation Shorts for PÖFF Shorts 2019

October 18

PÖFF Shorts in Tallinn announces titles for international animation competition. PÖFF Shorts, t he...

Anima 2020 Unveils Poster, Showcases Scandinavia

October 18

The first details from the 2020 edition of Anima, Brussels International Animation Film Festival...

Brothers Quay at DOK Leipzig 2019

October 17

Special animation programmes of DOK Leipzig include a Brothers Quay talk and retrospective, a...

Enough, Dont Know What Win 9th StopTrik Festival...

October 07

Find all winners and laureates of 9th StopTrik International Film Festival. Having fun and...

On Gaku: Our Sound, Don't Know What, The Physics...

September 29

Find all winners of the 2019 Ottawa International Animation Festival. The OIAF received a total of...

60 Selected Films for Primanima 2019

September 26

Find the whole list of selected film for Primanima World Festival of Animations fest. The 2019...

Next Animation Deadlines

Oct

Bucheon International Animation Festival BIAF, 18-22/10/19

Bucheon, South Korea

The 21st Bucheon International Animation Festival takes place 18-22 October 2019.

Oct

CINEKID Junior Co-Production Market, 19-25/10/2019

Amsterdam, The Netherlands

The Cinekid Junior Co-production Market is an integrated two-day co-production market that enables financiers, broadcasters and producers to assess new and innovative children's projects across the film and television sectors.

Oct

Overcome Film Festival, 23-29/10/2019

Anaheim, California

The Overcome Film Festival is the international event for all storytellers, filmmakers, and artists to tell the world their stories of survival and triumph over adversity.

Oct

Spark Animation Festival, 24-27/10/2019

Vancouver, Canada

From October 24 to 27, Spark CG will host the 11th annual SPARK ANIMATION Festival, Festival + Business Symposium + Conference + Career Fair /Celebrating Inspiration & Innovation in the World of Animation.

Next Animation Festivals

Oct

Cine Animal Bogota, 4/10-1/11/19

Bogotá, Colombia

The FESTIVAL CINE ANIMAL Bogotá is an event dedicated to demonstrate the injustice of our behavior towards other animals, and show the solutions that we can generate from our daily habits.

Oct

Taichung International Animation Festival, 11-20/10/2019

Taichung, Taiwan

Taichung International Animation Festival (TIAF) 2019 takes place from October 11th to 20th in Taichung, Taiwan.

Oct

ANIMAGE International Animation Festival, 11-20/10/19

Recife-Brazil

The ANIMAGE - 9th International Animation Festival of Pernambuco will take place in Recife - Brazil, from 11 to 20 Oct 2019.

Oct

CANIMAF Festival, 17-19/10/2019

Yaounde /Douala, Cameroon

The 3nd edition of the CANIMAF African Animation Festival will take place 17-19 October 2019 in Yaounde and Douala, Cameroon.

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REVIEWS

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...

Ruben Brandt, Collector Review: Artistic Obsession in Action

March 09

It's a post-modern heist film, full of references and short of surprises. Our review for Ruben Brandt, Collector by Milorad Krstic. Premiered at the71st Locarno Film Festival, a fit place for a...

Funan Review: Patience Makes Heroes

February 02

Denis Do portrays a piece in Cambodian history through the eyes of a mother looking for her child. Starting as early as 2013, the Funan project by French/Cambodian filmmaker Denis Do , it has always...

INTERVIEWS

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...

A Lot of Energy, But It's Totally Worth It: Interview with Edwina Liard

July 15

Edwina Liard is one of the creative duo of IKKI Films, responsible for bringing Negative Space to life. She talks to Zippy Frames. She's responsible (along with her partner Nidia Santiago) for...

Traitors of the Eyes: Interview with Abdelrahman Dnewar and Saad Dnewar

July 12

Tsvika Oren interviews Abdelrahman Dnewar and Saad Dnewar, the winners of the ITFS Arab Animation Forum, for their project Traitors of the Eyes. At the Arab Animation Forum during the 26th...

Mother Didn't Know: Interview With Marita Mayer (VIDEO)

July 10

Trollfilm producer Marita Mayer gives an interview to our Zippy Frames contributor Kropka during Annecy Festival. A new Anita Killi (Angry Man) project is coming in, and wee wanted to learn more...

Promising Beginnings: A Conversation with Chris Lavis

July 04

Olga Bobrowska talks to Madame Tutli-Putli director Chris Lavis. Sometimes there are teams of creative personalities who seem inseparable, let's say: imagine animated film history without Fleischer...

Integrating Universes: A Conversation with Regina Pessoa and Abi Feijó