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Fest Anča 2018: Selection Results Announced

20 April
The 11th Fest Anča Fest Anča Announces 2018 Selection, and focuses on political propaganda. 1626 short animated films and music videos from over 100 countries were submitted to...
Festivals

(EXCLUSIVE) Sunao Katabuchi Designs the 2018 BIAF Poster

17 April
The director of In This Corner of the World is the artist behind this year's Bucheon International Animation Festival visual identity. The poster of the 20th Bucheon...
News

My Dog Tulip by Paul and Sandra Fierlinger Is Now Online

15 April
Paul and Sandra Fierlinger decided to release the 2009 animation feature film, available for all to watch. My Dog Tulip is a 2009 film, directed by US animation director Paul...
Festivals

Marta Pajek Goes to Cannes With III

12 April
The Polish animation director will compete for the Short Film Palme D'Or of the celebrated French film festival. Warsaw-based (and a graduate of the Krakow Academy of Fine Arts)...
Pitching

(EXCLUSIVE) 6 Feature Projects for Visegrad Animation Forum 2018

10 April
The pitching forum for Central Eastern European Animation extends its mandate to feature animation in 2018. With its recent successes of the Czech feature Alois Nebel (2011, dir....

News

Mamoru Hosoda's Mirai to Premiere at Cannes

April 18
The new film by the director of Summer Wars will screen at the French festival, with a fall 2018...

My Dog Tulip by Paul and Sandra Fierlinger Is...

April 15
Paul and Sandra Fierlinger decided to release the 2009 animation feature film, available for all...

Animation Sans Frontières 2018-19: Call for...

April 13
Open call to young animation Artists, Producers, Writers and Technical Directors from the European...

Decorado, Ana and Bruno, JP Zaramella Win at...

April 08
All the winners of the first Ibero-American Animation Quirino Awards. Twenty four productions,...

Cinzia Angelini Talks On Cultural Diversity...

April 06
The Dreamworks/Disney animation veteran talks at the recent TEDxVail. Originally from Italy,...

Production: The Horn Quartet TV Special

April 04
The French/Belgian TV special premieres in France, and screens in competition at Annecy Festival....

April Fools: Pixar To Remake Persepolis as A...

April 01
The new film will be kids-friendly and will feature a bear family in its adventures in mythical...

NY Tribute to Czech Animation: Jiří Trnka and...

March 24
An homage to both Jiří Trnka and Jiří Brdecka - two of the pioneers and innovators of Czech...

Revolting Rhymes, Will Anderson, Gumballl Win...

March 16
More wins for independent short Neck and Neck and The Day After Party. All the winners of the...

Festivals

Fest Anča 2018: Selection Results Announced

April 20
The 11th Fest Anča Fest Anča Announces 2018 Selection, and focuses on political propaganda. 1626...

Cannes' Directors Fortnight Welcomes 3 Short &...

April 17
Emma De Swaef and Marc James Roels, Patrick Bouchard and Gabriel Heral participate with their new...

(EXCLUSIVE) Sunao Katabuchi Designs the 2018...

April 17
The director of In This Corner of the World is the artist behind this year's Bucheon International...

Chris the Swiss by Anja Kofmel Premieres at...

April 16
The hybrid animation and live-action Swiss/German/Croatian/Finnish doc about the 1990s Yugoslav...

3 Animated Shorts at 2018 Cinefondation Cannes

April 13
Films from Poland, France and UK in this year's Cannes Cinefondation selection Each year, the...

Marta Pajek Goes to Cannes With III

April 12
The Polish animation director will compete for the Short Film Palme D'Or of the celebrated French...

Anima 2018: Meet the Talents, Watch the Interviews

April 09
Peter Lord, Olga and Priit Pärn, Michel Ocelot and Janet Perlman are interviewed for the Anima...

9th Anibar Festival Showcases Edvin Susuri

April 02
The 9th edition of the Kosovo festival highlights the work of artist Edvin Susuri, and eyes the 30...

StopMo Lovers Annual Meeting: 13-15/4/18, Buenos...

March 31
The Facebook community of StopMo Lovers celebrates the technique of stop-motion in its inaugural...

Academic CFP

25
Apr
Animation and Philosophy SAS Symposium 2018: Call for Proposals
Stuttgart, Germany
The one-day academic symposium takes place during the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film and the FMX 2018 (25 April 2018).
27
Apr
CFP: CONFIA Conference on Illustration and Animation, 13-15/7/18
Esposende, Portugal
The 6th edition of CONFIA, after previous editions in Ofir, Porto, Braga, Barcelos and Guimarães, calls for papers.
30
Apr
CFP: MPCA/ACA Conference, Animation and Anime, 4-7/10/18
Hyatt Regency Indianapolis
The Midwest Popular Culture Association/Midwest American Culture Association seeks proposals for papers and panels both on Western animation and on anime.
07
May
Animation Educators Forum Student Scholarship, 7/5/18
Global
ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum Student Scholarship opens for submissions on March 5, 2018.
18
May
3rd Ecstatic Truth Symposium, 27/6/18
Lisboa, Portugal
Ecstatic Truth is a one-day symposium (27/6/18) that will explore provocative approaches to the factual in Lisbon.
27
Jun
3rd Ecstatic Truth Symposium, 27/6/18
Lisboa, Portugal
Ecstatic Truth is a one-day symposium (27/6/18) that will explore provocative approaches to the factual in Lisbon.

REVIEWS

Pixar – Ιmagination Κidnapped

March 27
Mr. Kropka delves critically into Pixar’s narrative and aesthetic strategies. Animation is quite commonly seen as nothing more than mere entertainment. On top of that, the idea that animation is...

The Oddsockeaters Review: We Need to Have A Gang Talk

March 17
Film review for the Czech animation feature The Oddsockeaters by Galina Miklínová. Based on the Czech writer Pavel Srut ’s bestselling book, Oddsockeaters (Lichožrouti), the book's illustrator and...

Apocalypsis by Eric Leiser: Revelation Is More Serene Than It Sounds

March 04
Review for the new experimental animation feature Apocalypsis by US director Eric Leiser. The new independent experimental feature film by CalArts graduate filmmaker Eric Leiser (Glitch in the Grid)...

Farewell to the Rooster: Chinese Animation in the 2017 Season

February 17
Olga Bobrowska reviews the most recent achievements of the Chinese animation independent and industry scene. The year 2017 (a year of the Rooster) was symbolic for the Chinese animation. Exactly 50...

Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Psiconautas) Review: Beware of Children in Distress

December 14
When Kronenberg met The Fantastic Planet. Film review for the Spanish animation feature Birdboy:The Forgotten Children . It would be easy to categorize Alberto Vázquez and Pedro Rivero 's...

Ethel and Ernest Review: A Love Shelter Below The Rooftops of London

November 29
Ethel and Ernest feels unashamedly nostalgic, carefully researched and with a heart. The whole project started as an idea from The Snowman and When the Wind Blows producer John Coates (1927-2012),...

Training - Pitching

Animation Sans Frontières 2018-19: Call for...

April 13
Open call to young animation Artists, Producers, Writers and Technical Directors from the European...

Animated In Poland Pitching Call: 2018 Krakow...

April 10
For all Polish produced or co-produced animated film projects, Krakow Film Festival offers a...

(EXCLUSIVE) 6 Feature Projects for Visegrad...

April 10
The pitching forum for Central Eastern European Animation extends its mandate to feature animation...

Scholarships for CARTOON 360: Transmedia Projects

March 27
CARTOON encourages applications for scholarships to its Cartoon Masters. CARTOON 360 is a new...

170 Participants for Animation Production Day 2018

March 22
Animation Production Day 2018 – Conference Programme with top-class experts. The Conference...

Visegrad Animation Forum 2018: Selected Projects

March 20
Rastko Ciric, Chintis Lundgren, Péter Vácz and their projects are among the Visegrad Animation...

Animarket Job Fair Trebon: Open For Registration

March 13
Deadline 25 March to be part of the new Animarket section, the Anifilm Trebon (Czech Republic) job...

48 Selected Projects for Animation Production...

March 09
Discover the list of animation projects to be pitched during the 2018 Animation Production Day in...

Breadwinner, Vincent, Zombillenium in Cartoon...

February 27
Big Bad Fox and Other Tales, Platige Image, A Film, also selected for the European pitching forum...

Production

Production: The Horn Quartet TV Special

April 04
The French/Belgian TV special premieres in France, and screens in competition at Annecy Festival....

Un Homme Est Mort: Trailer For the French...

February 26
Another political feature comes from Les Armateurs in 2018. Coming from the adaptation from the...

Gordon & Paddy: Swedish Animation Feature at the...

February 06
The 2D animation feature competes at the Generation section of this year's Berlin Film Festival....

Michel Ocelot Travels to Belle Epoque Paris:...

January 05
Michel Ocelot's next feature film, Dilili à Paris will move to Paris and a signature period for...

Michel Hazanavicius Scripts Animated Little...

December 29
The Oscar-awarded director of The Artist brings to life 3D computer animation Little Jules Verne...

The Ljubljana Accord: Central and Eastern...

December 18
Lithuanian animation producer Agnė Adomėnė talks to Zippy Frames about the new initiative....

A Single Market for Central Eastern European...

November 27
Slovakian director and producer, and organizer of the upcoming CEE Animation Workshop in Ljubljana...

Projects We Love: Marie Paccou Flipbooks, Kim...

October 23
Two distinct, but highly creative projects from the independent world of animation in social...

Production News 20/10/17: Rory Byrne, Paulo...

October 20
Latest production news from the short independent sector. This issue: Rory Byrne, Paulo Patricio,...

INTERVIEWS

Each Family Is a Planet: Interview with Alberto Vázquez

December 15
Spanish animation director and artist Alberto Vázquez talks about his feature film Birdboy:The Forgotten Children (Psiconautas), and his artistic style and mandate at Zippy Frames. He seems to be...

Building a new Jordan animation from University of Petra: Interview with Tariq Rimawi

October 14
Peter Schavemaker interviews Jordan animator and filmmaker Tariq Rimawi. On October 15, the second year of the four year bachelor’s degree program Animation and Multimedia Design - held within the...

The animation in Norway is made in the attic: Interview with Ove Heiborg

October 09
Mr. Kropka, an animation afficionado, interviews Ove Heiborg, film producer at Qvisten Animation Studios, Norway. This story might have begun on Monday 4th September at 10 in the morning. It was at...

Women rule at Norwegian Animation Volda Festival

September 13
The Norwegian animation festival Animation Volda is being held between September 14-17. This year's theme is Women in Animation. Zippy Frames interviewed Karoline Sundet , one of the four women...

I Love Creating Worlds: Interview with Eva Cvijanović

June 25
A very daring hedgehog is waiting for your attention. Interview with Eva Cvijanović , director of the awarded stop-motion short, Hedgehog's Home . The film premiered at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival...

What About the Oscars? Panagiotis Rappas talks to Zippy Frames

January 22
Academy Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences voting member Panagiotis Rappas talks to Zippy Frames. When this time of the season arrives, there are always trials and tribulations. Academy Awards are...

70 Years of Malaysian Animation: Interview with Hassan Abd. Muthalib

January 11
It's been 70 years of Malaysian animation and Hassan Abd. Muthalib was the man to write a book about. Peter Schavemaker interviewed the animation professional pioneer on his recent book, "From Mouse...

Under Your Fingers (Sous tes doigts): Interview with Marie-Christine Courtès

January 04
Oscar-shortlisted French animation short Under your fingers is a poignant and powerful film about a little-known story of a French camp. Director Marie-Christine Courtès talks about history,...

Creating Your Own Boundaries: Interview with Veljko Popović

December 16
An indie animation talent to watch: interview with Croatian animation filmmaker Veljko Popović. The original interview with Croatian independent animation artist Veljko Popović was recorded during...

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