Emma de Swaef, Marc James Roels, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Paloma Baeza in The...

Emma de Swaef, Marc James Roels, Niki Lindroth von Bahr, Paloma Baeza in The House Netflix comedy. 4 stop-motion animation directors will be involved in the new Netflix dark comedy. Produced by...

Shorts

My Galactic Twin Galaction by Sasha Svirsky at Berlinale Shorts 2020

The world premiere of Sasha Svirky's new animation short, My Galactic Twin Galaction, will take place at Berlin Film Festival 2020 (Berlinale Shorts). One of the three animation shorts competing (...

Production

Signe Baumane Works On My Love Affair with Marriage

The US independent artist moves from the pitch-perfect black comedy of depression in Rocks in My Pockets to a new feature animated project. There are many indie voices in US animation, and Signe...

Awards & Prizes

Oscar Nomination Reactions for Daughter, New Partnership with MIYU Distribution

The Czech animation short Daughter by Daria Kashcheeva now gets an Oscar nomination, and partners with French distribution company MIYU. The working title of Daughter was The Bird -the author...

Interviews

Nuria González Blanco and Her New Cartoon Saloon Animation Project Silly Sundays

Eliane Gordeeff talks to Nuria González Blanco about her latest animation project at Cartoon Saloon, Silly Sundays. In the latest edition of 3D Wire / Wired , I met Nuria González Blanco ,...

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Animation Shorts

Nigel by Natasza Cetner

January 16

Natasza Cetner presents her animation short Nigel at Zippy Frames. A short film based on the true...

My Galactic Twin Galaction by Sasha Svirsky at...

January 15

The world premiere of Sasha Svirky's new animation short, My Galactic Twin Galaction, will take...

I'm Going Out for Cigarettes (Je sors acheter...

January 08

Osman Cerfon, director of the C é sar-shortlisted short I'm Going Out for Cigarettes (Je sors...

Sent Away by Rosa Fisher

January 01

UK director Rosa Fisher presents her 2D animation short Sent Away at Zippy Frames. Sent Away talks...

My Juke-Box by Florentine Grelier

December 25

Florentine Grelier presents her animation short My Juke-Box at Zippy Frames. Father and daughter...

DONT KNOW WHAT by Thomas Renoldner

December 24

Thomas Renoldner presents and talks about his widely acclaimed experimental animation short DONT...

It Starts With by Laura Nasir-Tamara

December 24

Laura Nasir Tamara presents her animation short It Starts With. It Starts Wit h is a mixed media...

Madder Isle by Laura Spark

December 16

Find the ecological horror Madder Isle by UK artist Laura Spark. In a poisoned sea, on a forsaken...

My Father's Room by Nari Yang

December 15

A story of abuse in 2D animation in My Father's Room by Nari Yang. She was abused by her father...

Animation Festivals News

13 Animation Artists for Berlinale Talents 2020

January 17

Find the independent animation artists present at this year's Berlinale Talents. Berlinale Talents...

My Galactic Twin Galaction, Genius Loci,...

January 15

3 animation shorts compete in the Berlinale Shorts programme 2020, while Réka Bucsi is a jury...

Marona's Fantastic Tale to Open Anima Brussels...

January 09

Anca Damian's Marona's Fantastic Tale will open Anima, the Brussels International Animation Film...

Anca Damian Designs the 2020 BIAF Poster and...

January 09

The Romanian acclaimed director Anca Damian is the author of Bucheon International Animation...

Winter In The Rainforest, Life24, Heatwave Get...

December 16

Find all winners of Piccolo Animation Festival 2019. After five days of an intense program with...

Daughter, SH_T Happens in the 2020 Sundance...

December 11

Find all animated short films for Sundance Film Festival. 74 short films will screen at the...

Next Animation Deadlines

Jan

Rising of Lusitania - Animadoc Film Festival, 20-22/3/2020

Gdansk, Poland

Rising of Lusitania - AnimaDoc Film Festival is organized by Animation Across Borders.

Jan

MalatestaShort Film Festival, 8-12 May 2020

Cesena, Italy

MalatestaShort is an international short film festival, based in Cesena, 8 – 12 May 2020.

Jan

The League of Ibero-American Animation: Call for Projects

Tenerife, Spain

The League of Ibero-American animation announces call for Spanish, Portuguese and animation projects for Annecy Festival.

Jan

Animatricks Animation Festival, 22-26/4/2020

Helsinki, Finland

Animatricks Animation Festival is inviting filmmakers around the world to submit their animated short films.

Next Animation Festivals

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.

Jan

Void International Animation Film Festival, 30/1-8/2/2020

Copenhagen, Denmark

VOID is an animation festival based in the beautiful capital city of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Jan

VOID Festival, 30/1-8/2/2020

Copenhagen, Denmark

Denmark's freshly-launched film festival for adults is welcoming its third edition with a satisfying variety of global animation.

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REVIEWS

I Lost My Body Review: Handy Concerns

December 11

Film review for I Lost My Body (J'ai perdu mon corps) by Jérémy Clapin. Sometimes you just need to deviate from a normal course of action to achieve an individual single work of art Jérémy Clapin...

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...

INTERVIEWS

Nuria González Blanco and Her New Cartoon Saloon Animation Project Silly Sundays

January 10

Eliane Gordeeff talks to Nuria González Blanco about her latest animation project at Cartoon Saloon, Silly Sundays. In the latest edition of 3D Wire / Wired , I met Nuria González Blanco ,...

Interview with Natasha Sharpe

December 28

Julia Ritter talks with US animator Natasha Sharpe. Natasha Sharpe is an artist and filmmaker from the San Francisco Bay Area, currently based in New York. Julia Ritter caught up with her during the...

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...