Finding Your Look and Content: Report from 2019 CARTOON Forum

Vassilis Kroustallis reports from the 30th edition of CARTOON Forum in Toulouse, 16-19 September 2019. Is this a time to celebrate? 30 years of CARTOON Forum, the pan-European initiative of building...

News

Irish Animation Professionals Support Youth Strikers on the Environment

An array of Irish animation professionals and animation student support the global climate strikes and address the Irish environment minister. Irish animation artists join their voices with youth...

Festivals

Rick and Morty Creator Dan Harmon Comes to Fredrikstad Animation Festival

Dan Harmon will be among the guests of the 2019 Fredrikstad Animation Festival in Norway. One of the most spectacular creators in comedy, Emmy-award winning writer, creator and producer Dan Harmon...

Awards & Prizes

12 Animation Shorts for Césars 2020

Memorable by Bruno Collet, This Magnificent Cake among the contestants. The French film awards, handed out by Académie des Arts et Techniques du Cinéma and its animation committee have selected the...

Pitching

3D Wire Selection: 153 Animation Projects and 41 Short Films

3D Wire selects 153 projects that represent the vanguard of animation end video games. The 3D Wire Market announces the 153 projects that will be part of the catalog of its 11th edition. The...

Animation Shorts

The School of Life by Daniel Stankler

September 23

Alain de Botton and The School of Life gets a playful and intimate animated treatment by Daniel...

Purpleboy by Alexandre Siqueira

September 09

Being trans doesn't mean being typecast. Here's the exquisitely dramatic Purpleboy by Alexandre...

Sheep, Wolf and A Cup Of Tea... by Marion Lacourt

August 26

French director Marion Lacourt premieres her Sheep, Wolf and A Cup Of Tea... at Locarno Film...

Body Echo by Ali Aschman

August 22

It pains to be doubly in pain. UK-based artist Ali Aschman premieres her stop-motion film Body...

So I Danced Again... by Lottie Kingslake

August 20

Finding and losing yourself in a sketchbook dance. Watch So I Danced Again by Lottie Kingslake....

Are You Kidding Me? by Shadab Shayegan

August 13

Shadab Shayegan presents a case of escalating violence sturdily directed in Are You Kidding Me?...

The Stained Club

August 08

Some stains are hard to come off. Watch The Stained Club by Supinfocom Rubika students. The...

The Procession by Pascal Blanchet and Rodolphe...

August 08

Olga Bobrowska reviews the 2D film The Procession by Pascal Blanchet and animator Rodolphe...

The Stories of A Failed Generation: Theodore...

August 03

The new film by the Oscar-nominated director Theodore Ushev The Physics of Sorrow, will be part of...

Animation Festivals News

Rick and Morty Creator Dan Harmon Comes to...

September 18

Dan Harmon will be among the guests of the 2019 Fredrikstad Animation Festival in Norway. One of...

8 Animation Features for 2019 BIAF

September 03

Find the complete lineup for feature animation for the 2019 Bucheon International Animation...

Six New Designs for ITFS Stuttgart International...

September 02

The Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film presents new designs for 2020. Six naked...

Meet the BIAF 2019 Juries

August 29

All juries have been announced for the 21st edition of Bucheon International Animation Festival...

Migration, Svizzera Italiana Animata in the 2019...

August 27

Some of the highlights of the Swiss Fantoche Festival. With a total of 188 events at 11 locations...

Phil Tippett Headlines 2019 Festival Stop Motion...

August 27

Phil Tippett, Philippe Tardif,Johan Oettinger among the Festival Stop Motion Montreal guests. The...

Next Animation Deadlines

Sep

Photometria Screenings Open Call 2019

Ioannina, Greece

12th Photometria International Photography Festival is now open for animated shorts.

Sep

IndieJúnior Allianz, 28/1-2/2/20

Porto, Portugal

IndieJúnior Allianz’s is an International Children’s and Youth Film Festival in Porto.

Oct

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.

Oct

Glas Animation Festival, 19-22/3/2020

Berkeley, California

The 5th annual GLAS Animation Festival takes place 19-22 March 2020 in the historic city of Berkeley, California.

Next Animation Festivals

Sep

Raindance Film Festival, 18-29/9/2019

London, UK

The 27th Raindance Film Festival takes place 18-29 September 2019.

Sep

Interfilm Festival, 19-24/11/19

Berlin, Germany

Interfilm has established itself as one of the most important short film festivals in Europe. Its 35th edition takes place 19-24 Nov 2019.

Sep

KROK International Animated Films Festival

(Varies), Russia

The International Animated Film Festival KROK-2019 takes place September 22nd to 30th 2019.

Sep

Ars Independent Festival, 24-29/9/19

Katowice, Poland

Ars Independent 2018 (Katowice, Poland) searches for the most freshest, most interesting catches in four international competitions, and will take place between September 25th and 30th.

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REVIEWS

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...

Love, Death and Robots Review

May 21

Our Zippy Frames contributor Kropka reviews and takes a critical stance on the Love, Death and Robots Netflix series. The Netflix’s series carried out by the directors Tim Miller (Deadpool) and...

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...

INTERVIEWS

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...

A Demonstration of Brilliance in Four Acts: Interview With Lucija Mrzljak and Morten Tšinakov (VIDEO)

July 18

Two talented independent animators from Croatia/ Estonia, Lucija Mrzljak and Morten Tšinakov, talk to our Zippy Frames contributor Kropka during Annecy Festival. 2D animation can be as narratively...

Helping Others to Speak Up: A Conversation with Zero Impunity team

July 16

Olga Bobrowska talks to Stephane Hueber-Blies, Nicolas Blies, Marion Guth and Denis Lambert ( Zero Impunity team) during the 2019 Annecy Festival. Zero Impunity is an artistic animated documentary...

A Lot of Energy, But It's Totally Worth It: Interview with Edwina Liard

July 15

Edwina Liard is one of the creative duo of IKKI Films, responsible for bringing Negative Space to life. She talks to Zippy Frames. She's responsible (along with her partner Nidia Santiago) for...

Traitors of the Eyes: Interview with Abdelrahman Dnewar and Saad Dnewar

July 12

Tsvika Oren interviews Abdelrahman Dnewar and Saad Dnewar, the winners of the ITFS Arab Animation Forum, for their project Traitors of the Eyes. At the Arab Animation Forum during the 26th...

Mother Didn't Know: Interview With Marita Mayer (VIDEO)

July 10

Trollfilm producer Marita Mayer gives an interview to our Zippy Frames contributor Kropka during Annecy Festival. A new Anita Killi (Angry Man) project is coming in, and wee wanted to learn more...

Promising Beginnings: A Conversation with Chris Lavis

July 04

Olga Bobrowska talks to Madame Tutli-Putli director Chris Lavis. Sometimes there are teams of creative personalities who seem inseparable, let's say: imagine animated film history without Fleischer...

Integrating Universes: A Conversation with Regina Pessoa and Abi Feijó

July 02

Olga Bobrowska talks to Portuguese animation filmmakers Regina Pessoa and Abi Feijó during the 2019 Annecy Festival. On a humid afternoon, a day before winning Annecy 2019 Jury Award for the film...

Reaching Out to the Outside: A Conversation with Julie Roy

July 01

Olga Bobrowska talks to Julie Roy, executive producer (French animation studio) at National Film Board of Canada during the 2019 Annecy Festival. With over forty films in her NFB portfolio, Julie...

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