Shorts
Acid Rain by Tomek Popakul
Review for the new film by Polish animation director Tomek Popakul, Acid Rain, which premiered at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival 2019. Somewhere in the Eastern Europe. Young runs away from her...
Reviews
Breathless Animals Review: What You Can Reconstruct Won't Kill You
Film review for experimental feature Breathless Animals by US/Chinese artist Lei Lei, which premiered at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival. In animation, it usually helps to have animals (instead of...
Shorts
Nocturne by Anne Breymann
A hypnotic game of dice with forest puppets. Watch and read about Nocturne by Anne Breymann. Nocturne is a phantasmagoric stop motion animated short film about masquerade, identity and the...
Pitching
14 Cartoon Movie Animation Projects for Adults
From Holocaust to Buñuel. Discover the 14 projects targeted at adults to be pitched at the 2019 CARTOON Movie in Bordeaux. Even though labels can be confusing, 14 (out of 66) European feature...
Production
CICLIC Animation Production Support, Spring 2019
International applications to be received till 15 February. Fund Description: The Centre-Val de Loire Region and the French government entrusted Ciclic (the Agence Régionale du Centre pour le livre,...
Latest News
José Miguel Ribeiro Talks about Nayola
February 18
Zippy Frames Correspondent Eliane Gordeeff meets Portuguese animation director José Miguel Ribeiro...
A Day of Animation Documentaries at DOCfeed...
February 09
Paul Bush, Alexandra Ramires, Laura Gonçalves among the directors participating in the festival...
14 Cartoon Movie Animation Projects for Adults
February 08
From Holocaust to Buñuel. Discover the 14 projects targeted at adults to be pitched at the 2019...
CICLIC Animation Production Support, Spring 2019
February 04
International applications to be received till 15 February. Fund Description: The Centre-Val de...
The Driver Is Red, Egg, Life of Death Take Home...
February 04
All the winners of the first Liverpool animation documentary festival. Out of 35 films from 22...
Mirai, Weekends, Best Friend Win at the 2019...
February 03
A French student film among the winners of the 46th Annie Awards. Sony's Spider-Man: Into The...
Master In Animation Documentary, Volda...
February 01
Applications are sought for the 2-year Master course at Vold University College, Norway. For the...
Anima Festival 2019: Focus on France
January 29
The Brussels festival pays tribute to both standards and more auteurish specimens of French...
Two Hungarian Animated Shorts at Berlinale...
January 28
Hungarian directors Flóra Anna Buda and Luca Tóth talk to Zippy Frames. At the 2019 edition of...
Shorts
Acid Rain by Tomek Popakul
February 17
Review for the new film by Polish animation director Tomek Popakul, Acid Rain, which premiered at...
Nocturne by Anne Breymann
February 10
A hypnotic game of dice with forest puppets. Watch and read about Nocturne by Anne Breymann....
In A Nutshell by Fabio Friedli
February 01
Swiss animation director Fabio Friedli makes the world go round -in 5 minutes. As his director...
Attraction by Emily Scaife
January 24
It seems OK to be tiny. Emily Scaife talks to Zippy Frames about her acclaimed experimental...
Quicksand by Jennifer Bianchi
January 21
Strange desires and missed opportunities in the comedy Quickand by Jennifer Bianchi. Our creepy...
Catherine by Britt Raes
January 10
Having a pet is not the easiest thing in the world. But Britt Raes makes it easy-going and humane...
Projection On Sofa by Violette Delvoye
January 07
An intimate stop-motion film on travel, exotic places, identity and its affect on relationships....
Nighthawk by Špela Čadež
December 29
One of the standout films of the last 5 years now online. Watch Nighthawk by Slovenian animation...
Smashing Holidays and A Happy New Year by Nadja...
December 25
Here's how a little girl gets her Xmas present by Dutch animator Nanda van Dijk. A girl is a bit...
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REVIEWS
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...
Breathless Animals Review: What You Can Reconstruct Won't Kill You
January 23
Film review for experimental feature Breathless Animals by US/Chinese artist Lei Lei, which premiered at the 2019 Berlin Film Festival. In animation, it usually helps to have animals (instead of...
Tito and The Birds Review: Joining Hands, Fly Over Walls
January 20
A welcome entry into the string of recent Brazilian animation successes. Film review for Gustavo Steinberg's Tito and The Birds. What if the inmate of Dr. Caligari suddenly met the Woman who feeds...
A Man is Dead (Un Homme Est Mort) Review: Cinematic Solidarity
August 21
The 1950 Brest bloodied strike gets a cinematic, animated treatment by Oliiver Cossu and Les Armateurs. Post-war French history and geography are boned up in the refreshingly solid and inviting A...
On Happiness Road Review: Decisions Are Not Forever
August 11
An engrossing autobiographical family drama, with an eye towards adults, even though it details a young girl's story in Taiwan. Review for Hsin-Yin Sung' film, On Happiness Road. It is quite a...
Mirai by Mamoru Hosoda: Lessons To Be Learned
June 15
The latest feature film by Summer Wars director Mamoru Hosoda is a gentle family comedy of manners, which really takes off at the film's final reels. This may not be one of Hosoda's more...
Production
CICLIC Animation Production Support, Spring 2019
February 04
International applications to be received till 15 February. Fund Description: The Centre-Val de...
Away by Gints Zilbalodis
October 31
A one-man feature animation project. Details about the upcoming feature Away by Gints Zilbalodis....
Animation Film Funding at Lodz: Facts and...
October 25
A short guideline to animation filmmaking in Lodz, Poland. Let's start from the very beginning....
Nimuendaju by Tania Anaya
September 27
Eliane Gordeeff interviews Tania Anaya for her new feature animation in production, Nimuendaju....
Where is Anne Frank? by Ari Folman
August 10
Production has now begun on the 2D animation feature by Waltz with Bashir director Ari Folman,...
4 Animation Projects Funded by Polish Film...
July 28
New Marta Pajek project, and projects from Paulina Ziółkowska, Robert Jaszczurowski, and Michalina...
5 Animation Projects Supported by Film Fund...
July 20
The Summit of the Gods (Le sommet des dieux), Allah is Not Obliged among the feature film projects...
Steven Woloshen Premieres The Dead Sea Scrolls...
July 17
Woloshen: I am incorporating every aspect of handmade manipulation into one film. For experimental...
Ruben Brandt, Collector: Ηungarian Feature on...
July 13
A new Hungarian animated feature from the awarded animator Milorad Krstic premieres at the 2018...
INTERVIEWS
José Miguel Ribeiro Talks about Nayola
February 18
Zippy Frames Correspondent Eliane Gordeeff meets Portuguese animation director José Miguel Ribeiro at 3DWire to talk about his first animated feature film. Nayola was written by Virgílio Almeida and...
Davide Freitas Talks About The 7 Boxes: Critical And Playful
January 17
Zippy Frames Correspondent Eliane Gordeeff talks to Davide Freitas (Animais AVPL) about the highly interesting upcoming TV series The 7 Boxes . In the last 3D Wire edition, I attended the...
Change In Hungary Starts From Women In Animation: Interview with Anna Ida Orosz
December 21
Kropka talks to the co-founder and program director of Primanima festival. The change in Hungary starts from women in animation In our days, Hungary has become the leader of the Eastern countries...
The Development Doesn't Move on Its Own: It Is Pushed by People
December 11
Olga Bobrowska interviews Mr. Zhang Chi 张驰 from ASIFA China. In Xiamen, Fujian province, the city famous for pearls, seafood and nature sites, we talked to Mr. Zhang Chi from ASIFA-China, attempting...
Beyond The Animation And The Real Image: An Interview with Raúl De La Fuente
December 04
Eliane Gordeeff talks to Raúl De La Fuente, co-director of Another Day of Life. Now that History seems to repeat itself, it is interesting to observe the story of the war correspondent Ryszard...
Retain A Clear Ambition and Motivation: Interview with Koji Yamamura
August 05
Oscar-nominated animation director Koji Yamamura talks to Zippy Frames. Japanese animation filmmaker Koji Yamamura has already become a source of inspiration to independent animation students and...
A Glimpse of Colombian Animation: Interview with HIERROanimación
July 31
Sofia Papatsimpa talks to Carlos Smith and Hierro Animation Production team about their new feature film project, The Other Shape . A visit in HIERRO animation productions in Bogota where we found...
4 States of Matter: Interview with Miguel Pires de Matos
July 27
Our Zippy Frames Correspondent Eliane Gordeeff meets Portuguese architect and animation director Miguel Pires de Matos; they talk about the experimental short 4 States of Matter . Magnets, metal-cut...
Need to Take People Out of Their Comfort Zones: Interview with Guy Charnaux
July 20
The director of The Poet of Horrible Things talks to Zippy Frames about common taste, poetry and blood. Brazilian Guy Charnaux first came to the international attention with his graduation film A...
Training - Pitching
14 Cartoon Movie Animation Projects for Adults
February 08
From Holocaust to Buñuel. Discover the 14 projects targeted at adults to be pitched at the 2019...
1st Bauhaus and 3rd Boddinale Stop Motion...
January 16
A series of informative stop-motion training seminars with professionals from Poland, UK and The...
12 Animation Projects To Participate in CEE...
November 29
The first edition of CEE Animation Workshop kicks off with the content development module in...
CEE Animation Forum 2019: Open for Projects
November 12
See all the details about the 2019 Central Eastern European Forum (former Visegrad Animation Forum)
Joshua Hogan Gets Boulder Media Internship at...
November 09
Plus all the winners of the 2018 Dublin Animation Film Festival. The winner of the Boulder Media...
Animarkt 2018 Stop Motion Forum Part I: Pitching...
October 14
Polish director Michał Łubiński and his project Astra won the main prize of the ANIMARKT PITCHING,...
Péter Lichter & Bori Máté Primanima Workshop:...
September 29
An experimental film workshop during the Hungarian Primanima festival (22-24 Oct 2018). The aim of...
Animarkt Talks 2018: Oettinger, Randall,...
September 27
A highly selective case of key speakers during the one-day conference of Animarkt Stop-Motion...
CEE Animation Workshop, Dec18-May19
September 27
Find all the details of the upcoming Central Eastern European Animation Workshop (December 2018 -...
