News
European Animation Features Get 2019 US Release via GKIDS
This Magnificent Cake!, Funan, Buñuel and the Labyrinth of The Turtle s are all released theatrically spring-summer 2019. The summer-spring slate of GKIDS distribution company (which got its 11th...
Reviews
Ruben Brandt, Collector Review: Artistic Obsession in Action
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...
Festivals
Animocje 2019: Festival Highlights
All the schedule, competition films and details of the 9th Animocje International Animated FIlm Festival.
Interviews
My Grandfather Used To Say He Saw Demons by Nuno Beato
Zippy Frames Correspondent Eliane Gordeeff talked to Nuno Beato about the new Portuguese animation feature in production. During the 2018 edition of 3DWire , the director of My Grandfather Used To...
Festivals
80 Short Films For Annecy Festival 2019
The complete line-up (short films excluding student films) of the 2019 Annecy Festival. There seem to be some familiar names at the 2019 Annecy Festival edition, which seems to want to build a...
Latest News
European Animation Features Get 2019 US Release...
March 23
This Magnificent Cake!, Funan, Buñuel and the Labyrinth of The Turtle s are all released...
Animocje 2019: Festival Highlights
March 21
All the schedule, competition films and details of the 9th Animocje International Animated FIlm...
33 Animated Projects for CEE Animation Forum 2019
March 18
The seventh edition of the CEE Animation Forum (formerly known as Visegrad Animation Forum) will...
80 Short Films For Annecy Festival 2019
March 14
The complete line-up (short films excluding student films) of the 2019 Annecy Festival. There seem...
My Grandfather Used To Say He Saw Demons by Nuno...
March 14
Zippy Frames Correspondent Eliane Gordeeff talked to Nuno Beato about the new Portuguese animation...
Animafest Zagreb 2019: Selection Results
March 11
New Phil Mulloy, Regina Pessoa, Franck Dion films in the selection. The complete line-up of...
Rosto Reruns, Bloem, Funan Win 2019 Anima...
March 11
The late Rosto won the Grand Prix of the 2019 Anima Festival. All winners. Anima Festival...
The Animation Community Reacts to Rosto's Death
March 09
Friends, professional partners and independent animators share their grief and comments on the...
Of Unwanted Things And People Wins Eurimages...
March 07
The stop-motion, co-production feature from four Central Eastern European countries won the award...
Shorts
Contact by Alessandro Novelli
March 22
A voice out of dreams to get in contact with the reality. Here's Contact 2D/3D animation short by...
Man Wanted by Irida Zhonga
March 21
A new Greek stop-motion film in the making. Here's info and trailer for Man Wanted by Irida...
Monachopsis by Kim Strandli
March 05
Mr. Kropka reviews Monachopsis by Kim Strandli. Inspired by John Koenig’s The Dictionary of...
Transparency by Daniel Šuljić
March 03
A day in a life pencil tale. Watch Transparency by Daniel Šuljić. Moving through a world filled...
Animals by Tue Sanggaard
February 27
Mr. Kropka reviews graduation short film Animals by Tue Sanggaard. Produced by The Animation...
Sog by Jonatan Schwenk
February 26
One of the student revelations of 2018 is now online. Watch and read our film review of Sog by...
Deepness of the Fry by August “Poul” Niclasen
February 21
Our Zippy Frames contributor Mr. Kropka reviews The Animation Workshop animation student short on...
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....
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REVIEWS
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...
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...
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...
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INTERVIEWS
My Grandfather Used To Say He Saw Demons by Nuno Beato
March 14
Zippy Frames Correspondent Eliane Gordeeff talked to Nuno Beato about the new Portuguese animation feature in production. During the 2018 edition of 3DWire , the director of My Grandfather Used To...
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...
Training - Pitching
33 Animated Projects for CEE Animation Forum 2019
March 18
The seventh edition of the CEE Animation Forum (formerly known as Visegrad Animation Forum) will...
Of Unwanted Things And People Wins Eurimages...
March 07
The stop-motion, co-production feature from four Central Eastern European countries won the award...
Submarine, Salvador Simó, Sola Media Win 2019...
March 05
All the winners for the European animation tributes during CARTOON Movie 2019. European animation...
50 Projects Selected For Animation Production...
March 01
The projects will be pitched during the 13th edition of Animation Production Days (APD) in...
Anca Damian, Funan, Buñuel in the CARTOON...
February 27
All the nominees for the European animation tributes. The Cartoon Movie animated features 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)
