Countries

Norway by Anders Narverud Moen: Building An Animation Industry

Anders Narverud Moen, director of Fredrikstad Animation Festival, portraits contemporary Norwegian animation. The modern era of Norwegian animation arguably started in the mid-90’s with the...

Production

First Clip: The Prince's Voyage by Jean-François Laguionie

Here's the first clip from the French auteur's Jean-François Laguionie new feature film The Prince's Voyage (Le voyage du prince). The follow-up to the much acclaimed ( but not equally rewarded...

Festivals

Annecy 2019: Animation Feature Selection

16 animated features were selected for the 2019 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. If it was NOT selected, it would have been a scandal. The clout surrounding Buñuel in the Labyrinth of...

News

Anna Eijsbouts Prepares Voting In the EU Film: Kickstarter Campaign

Dutch animation director Anna Eijsbouts and Constitutional European Law & History Professor, Tom Eijsbouts try to make EU rules more accessible -and need help. Known for her Tired of Swimming (2012)...

News

2019 International Animation Day Poster by Giannis Koutsouris

Greek animation artist Giannis Koutsouris creates the poster for the 2019 International Animation Day celebration. International Animation Day (IAD) celebrations started in 1982 by ASIFA, the...

Shorts

Heatwave by Fokion Xenos: Trailer Premiere

April 08

Stop-motion animation and clay summer from Greece. Here's trailer for the Annecy-selected Heatwave...

Eddie & Frankie by Katherine Hearst

April 06

Social realism in animation. Learn more about the upcoming Eddie and Frankie animation short from...

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...

Festival News

EXCLUSIVE: Denis Do Designs the 2019 BIAF Poster

April 18

The Funan director Denis Do creates the 2019 Bucheon International Animation Festival poster and...

Annecy 2019: Animation Feature Selection

April 16

16 animated features were selected for the 2019 Annecy International Animated Film Festival. If it...

Video Report: Animocje Festival 2019

April 14

Have a look on our daily report from the 9th Animocje International Animated Film Festival. The...

The Burden, Sounds Good Get Animocje 2019 Awards

April 13

All the winners of the 9th Animocje International Animated Film Festival. Jury Members: Igor...

Video: Animocje Festival Day 5

April 13

Our Zippy Frames contributor Mr. Kropka reports from the fifth day of the 9th Animocje...

36 Animation Films for Children for Animafest...

April 09

Discover the line-up of the 29th World Festival of Animated Film - Animafest Zagreb. The central...

Next Deadlines

Apr

West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival, 26-27/4/2019

Morgantown - West Virginia, USA

Established in 2010, The West Virginia Mountaineer Short Film Festival celebrates exceptional, compelling, original and innovative works in film, video, and animation.

Apr

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.

Apr

Raindance Film Festival, 18-29/9/2019

London, UK

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

Apr

Cine Animal Bogota, 4/10-1/11/19

Bogotá, Colombia

The FESTIVAL CINE ANIMAL Bogotá is an event dedicated to demonstrate the injustice of our behavior towards other animals, and show the solutions that we can generate from our daily habits.

Next Festivals

Apr

Festival national du film d'animation, 24-28/4/19

Rennes, France

The annual AFCA festival for French animation films takes place 24-28 April 2019 in Rennes, France.

May

CEE Animation Forum, 6-8/5/2019

Trebon, Czech Republic

Central Eastern European (former Visegrad) Animation Forum pitching competition will take place in May 2019.

May

Anifilm International Festival of Animated Films Trebon, 7-12/5/19

Trebon, Czech Republic

Anifilm, International Festival of Animated Films is taking place in Třeboň (Czech Rep.), 7-12 May 2019.

May

Golden Kuker International Animation Film Festival, 7-12/5/19

Sofia, Bulgaria

The International Animation Film Festival „Golden Kuker – Sofia takes place 7-12 May 2019.

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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...

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...

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