Festivals

Puppet Regime: Dogs and Snails in Stop-Motion at Berlinale Talents 2020

Jay Clarke, Niki Lindroth von Bahr and Andrew Amondson will present a stop-motio event to guide...

Awards & Prizes

Fritzi: A Revolutionary Tale Gets German Critics Award, Cartoon Tributes...

The animation feature Fritzi: A Revolutionary Story gets the German Film Critics Award and a...

Shorts

Urban Sphinx (Esfinge Urbana) by María Lorenzo Hernández

A street art project that turned into an animation short. Here's the presentation of Urban Sphinx...

Pitching

15 Adult Animation Projects for Cartoon Movie 2020

Discover selected adult animation projects to be pitched at the 2020 Cartoon Movie. As part of our...

TOP ANIMATION SHORTS 2019

Our best animation shorts of 2019, as voted by animation professionals

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20 Independent Animation Features to define the 2010s

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Animation Shorts

Urban Sphinx (Esfinge Urbana) by María Lorenzo...

February 24

A street art project that turned into an animation short. Here's the presentation of Urban Sphinx...

Wade by Upamanyu Bhattacharyya & Kalp Sanghvi

February 19

In a version of Kolkata, India, rendered unlivable by sea level rise, things take a dark turn when...

The Orchestra by Mikey Hill

February 14

Sometimes love is all around music. Here's the animation short The Orchestra by Australian...

A Handmade Reality: Interview with Carla...

January 30

Joseph Norman talks with Carla Mackinnon about her film O, Hunter Heart. Having watched Carla...

Οrbit by Tess Martin

January 27

Tess Martin presents her experimental animated film Orbit at Zippy Frames. Orbit is a phonotrope...

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...

Animation Festivals News

Puppet Regime: Dogs and Snails in Stop-Motion at...

February 26

Jay Clarke, Niki Lindroth von Bahr and Andrew Amondson will present a stop-motio event to guide...

Animac Festival 2020 Celebrates Time Capsule:...

February 21

Find all highlights of the Catalonian Animac Lleida festival 2020. Animac 2020, the International...

Wes Anderson Comes to Annecy Festival

February 20

The director of Fantastic Fox and the Isle of Dogs Wes Anderson will be at the French Annecy...

Animation For Adults in Anima Festival 2020

February 17

Away, The Swallows of Kabul, four Japanese features are in the lineup of this year's Anima...

Monstra Festival: For 20 Years Loose In Portugal...

February 16

Eliane Gordeeff reports from the Monstra Festival press conference and the Tim Burton exhibition...

118 Animation Shorts for Cardiff Animation...

February 09

Cardiff Animation Festival announces its official selection with 118 animation shorts. Cardiff...

Next Animation Deadlines

Feb

Countryside Animafest Cyprus, 9-12/8/2020

Salamiou Village, Cyprus

The next Animafest Cyprus Views of the World will take place in July 2020 (dates TBC).

Feb

Fest Anča International Animation Festival, 2-5 July 2020

Žilina, Slovakia

The 13th Fest Anča International Animation Festival takes place 2-5 July 2020.

Mar

UNDER_the_RADAR_Vienna, April 2020

Vienna, Austria

The next UNDER_the_RADAR_Vienna, the 10th Austrian interdisciplinary film/media festival/conference, intersecting animation, art, experimental media, exploratory filmmaking, and digital culture, will take place 26-30 April 2020.

Mar

Supertoon International Animation Festival, 27-31 July 2020

Šibenik, Croatia

The next International Animation Festival – Supertoon will take place 27-31 July 2020.

Next Animation Festivals

Feb

Berlin Film Festival, 20/2-1/3/20

Berlin, Germany

The 70th Berlin Film Festival takes place 20 Feb - 1 March 2020

Feb

Boddinale Stop Motion Academy, 20/2 - 1/3/2020

Berlin, Germany

Call for entries for the 8th edition of Boddinale Academy, Berlin.

Feb

Anima: The Brussels Animation Film Festival, 21/2-1/3/2020

Brussels, Belgium

The Oscar-qualified Anima festival in Brussels celebrates its 2020 edition, 21 Feb - 1 March 2020.

Feb

New York International Childrens Film Festival, 21/2-15/3/2020

New York, NY

The 23rd New York International Children's Film Festival seeks entries for animated short and feature films.

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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...