Olivia Popp dives into highlights of the 44th Anima’s national competition, which included absurdist Flemish shorts, animated documentaries, films tackling colonialism, works inspired by Belgian comic strips, and more.

Discover the new animation shorts in development from the Black Sea region, as presented in the premiere Black Sea Animation pitching (26-30 November 2024).

Arsène Rosenmann reports on the Estonian animation director Chintis Lundgren and her Animateka 2024 masterclass, in the latest of our GoCritic! reviews.

Emel-Elizabeth Tuulik reports from Andrea Martignoni's Animateka Festival 2024 masterclass, in our series of GoCritic! reviews.

Eliane Gordeeff shares her impressions of the 2024 Cinanima Festival.

Olivia Popp reports from the 14th edition of the StopTrik International Film Festival in Maribor, Slovenia

Mikhail Gurevich reports from the recent (June 2024) edition of Animafest Zagreb.  

Erika Roša reports from the Animafest Zagreb Croatian Film Competition 2 programme, in our GoCritic! Review series.

The Slovakian Biennial of Animation Bratislava had to rearrange its edition after the dismissal of its festival director. We talk with the former programming team members of the event.

Mikhail Gurevich reports from the 2024 edition of Anima Festival Brussels.

Eliane Gordeeff writes about her Monstra Festival 2024 Lisbon animated experience.

Piotr Kardas showcases the best animation short documentaries of 2023.

Our best animation shorts of 2023 are here. Find out all 16 animation films selected by our contributors.

Kropka reports from the 2023 Piccolo Festival dell’Animazione and its winning films.

Mikhail Gurevich reviews Olga Bobrowska's book on Chinese puppet animation, Chinese Animated Film and Ideology, 1940s-1970s: Fighting Puppets.