Zippy Frames — Online Journal for European & Independent Animation

Go Short Festival 2027

Festival Description: Go Short is the main short film festival in the Netherlands. During the five festival days Europe’s best recent short films will be screened and the Go Short Awards will be presented. Aside from the competitions Go Short offers an...

Nikola Majdak and Ana Nedeljkovic: Need to Find A Way To Make Digital Frienships Work (Indie Online 2020 Project)

Serbian animation directors Nikola Majdak and Ana Nedeljkovic talk to Zippy Frames within the framework of the Indie Online 2020 research project.

Joanna Quinn and Les Mills Interview on Affairs of the Art: Beryl Is Still The Complex Anti-Heroine

Oscar-nominated UK animation director Joanna Quinn and Les Mills talk to Zippy Frames about their new addition in the Beryl canon, Affairs of the Art.

Lah Gah (Letting Go) by Cécile Brun

Emotionally animated, letting go in the short animation Lah Gah by Swiss director Cécile Brun. Watch the film.

“They Wanted the World to Know What They Were Going Through”: Interview With Palestinians Haneen Koraz and Nour A-Jawad (Stop-Motion Animation Workshops)

Zippy Frames speaks to animators and educators Haneen Koraz and Nour A-Jawad about the trajectory and impact of their stop-motion animation workshops in Gaza.

Building Small But Distinctive Worlds: Interview with Sam and Fred Guillaume (Swiss Animation Portraits 2022)

Julia Lewicka talks to Swiss animation artists Sam and Fred Guillaume (CIne3D) in our Swiss Animation Portrait Series 2022.

Cartoon Movie 2020: Our Top Picks

Here's our report of the major European pitching event for animation features, CARTOON Movie, and the projects that we highlighted during the event.

3 Animation Shorts Go to 2017 Cannes Film Festival

Pépé le Morse, Camouflage, A perdre haleine are included in the 2017 Cannes nominees.

Go Critic! @Animateka 2022

GoCritic!@AFN is a training programme for emerging European film journalists and critics.

Go Critic! @Anifilm Festival

GoCritic!@AFN is a training programme for emerging European film journalists and critics.

'Flavors of Iraq': Film Review (Go Critic! Reviews)

A new animation feature about Iraq and the Middle East. Read the 'Flavours of Iraq' film review by Arsalan Awais, in our GoCritic! review series.

Go Nakanishi

Interview: Steven Woloshen and His Cameraless Film Memory

You don't always need the camera to make a fine film, and preserve cinematic memories at the same time. Zippy Frames talks to the pioneer Canadian filmmaker, Steven Woloshen.

"If You Add One More Word, You'll End up in Hell": Interview with Andreas Hykade

Andreas Hykade talks to Zippy Frames about his new film, Altötting.

The Olive Bunch by Pixel Giants: Interview with Maria Pavlou and Katerina Pantela

A team of talented animators is developing a coming of age animated TV series about the adventures of three best friends growing up in the beautiful Mediterranean island of Cyprus. Maria Pavlou and Katerina Pantela talk to Zippy Frames.