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Mikhail Gurevich reports from the latest edition of Animafest Zagreb. Again, obliged to say, I haven’t had a chance to observe this edition of Animafest Zagreb (June 2-7) in person and, again, obliviously, missing the ‘life dynamics’, atmosphere and...
- Type: Article
- Author: Mikhail Gurevich
- Category: Festivals
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Olga Bobrowska critically analyzes the new European Animation Awards nominations and the status of the awards themselves in the contemporary animation scene. The 2017 festival season comes to an end, but there is still one more thrill awaiting the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Olga Bobrowska
- Category: Awards & Prizes
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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 Deer to Mouse: 70 Years of Malaysian animation". 'The...
- Type: Article
- Author: ZF Team
- Category: Interviews
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Joseph Wallace talks to Zippy Frames within the framework of the Indie Online 2020 research project. Joseph Wallace, the BAFTA Cymru-nominated UK animation director, is no stranger to Zippy Frames, which has followed his latest work Salvation Has No...
- Type: Article
- Author: ZF Team
- Category: Interviews
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Stop motion filmmaker Irida Zhonga discusses Jan Svankmajer in the context of Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of 'the grotesque body'. [The article won the Honorable Mention in the Maureen Furniss Awards 2021 for the Best Student Papers on Animation Media,...
- Type: Article
- Author: ZF Team
- Category: Academic
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Romanian acclaimed director Anca Damian talks to Zippy Frames about her animation work and online content during the framework of the IndieOnline 2020 research project. How do you navigate a world of altogether digital content as an animation...
- Type: Article
- Author: ZF Team
- Category: Interviews
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Olga Bobrowska talks about the Contemporary Animated Production from Switzerland. Humble masters of past and present, societal rebels and poets of quotidian, experimental mavericks and representatives of audience-friendly industry, acknowledged art...
- Type: Article
- Author: Olga Bobrowska
- Category: Production
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Spanish animation director and artist Alberto Vázquez discusses his feature film Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Psiconautas) and his artistic style and mandate at Zippy Frames. He seems to be unstoppable. Spanish animation director, illustrator and...
- Type: Article
- Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
- Category: Interviews
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Serbian animation directors Nikola Majdak and Ana Nedeljkovic talk to Zippy Frames within the framework of the Indie Online 2020 research project. Ana Nedeljkovic and Nikola Majdak have made themselves a stellar career on stop-motion animation,...
- Type: Article
- Author: ZF Team
- Category: Interviews
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2026 Festival Coverage This February, join us for the ninth edition of Animation First, the biggest animation festival in the United States! This year’s festival will run from Tuesday, February 3 through Sunday, February 8, and will present six...
- Type: Event
- Event Category: ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS
- Event Date: 2027-02-03 00:00:00
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Julia Lewicka talks to Swiss animation artists Sam and Fred Guillaume (CIne3D) in our Swiss Animation Portrait Series 2022. Sam and Fred Guillaume have worked together as a duo in the animation industry since 1998, creating many works that encompass a...
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- Category: Interviews
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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. The Academy Awards are THE institution to be praised, angered about, or...
- Type: Article
- Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
- Category: Interviews
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The Best Animation Shorts of 2023https://www.zippyframes.com/news/awards/top-animation-shorts-2023
Our best animation shorts of 2023 are here. Find out all 16 animation films selected by our contributors. The top animation shorts of the year (here 2023) are a useful notion, both a celebratory one and a chance to highlight the year's most eloquent...
- Type: Article
- Author: ZF Team
- Category: Awards & Prizes
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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. World premiering at Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival this February, the new animation...
- Type: Article
- Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
- Category: Interviews
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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 Say He Saw Demons (production: Sardinha em Lata,...
- Type: Article
- Author: Eliane Gordeeff
- Category: Interviews



