Seoul International Cartoon and Animation Festival SICAFhttps://www.zippyframes.com/component/icagenda/seoul-international-cartoon-and-animation-festival-sicaf

10 July 2021 2021 Dates to be confirmed, Call for Entries to Follow 2020 Festival Coverage Award winners 2020 Call for Entries (Archive) Qualification for Entry Animated works of all genres are available for theaters, TV and the Internet. Only films completed after...

• Type: Event
• Event Author: ZF Team
• Event Category: ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS
• Event Date: 2021-07-10 00:00:00

CEE Animation Forum Report (Part I): Series/TV Animation Projectshttps://www.zippyframes.com/news/production/cee-animation-forum-2019-report-part-i-tv-animation-projects

20 May 2019 Vassilis Kroustallis reports from Trebon and CEE Animation Forum. First part: series/ TV animation projects. 9 series/ TV animation projects were pitched this year at the newly restructured Central and Eastern European (CEE) Animation Forum - open to...

• Type: Article
• Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
• Category: Production

Building a new Jordan animation from University of Petra: Interview with Tariq Rimawihttps://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/building-a-new-jordan-animation-from-the-university-of-petra-interview-with-tariq-rimawi

14 October 2017 Peter Schavemaker interviews Jordan animator and filmmaker Tariq Rimawi. On October 15, the second year of the four year bachelor’s degree program Animation and Multimedia Design - held within the Faculty of Architecture and Design- starts at the Amman...

• Type: Article
• Author: Peter Schavemaker
• Category: Interviews

Farewell to the Rooster: Chinese Animation in the 2017 Seasonhttps://www.zippyframes.com/news/production/farewell-to-the-rooster-chinese-animation-in-the-season-2017

16 February 2018 Olga Bobrowska reviews the most recent achievements of the Chinese animation independent and industry scene. The year 2017 (a year of the Rooster) was symbolic for the Chinese animation. Exactly 60 years earlier, this art has been officially endowed...

• Type: Article
• Author: Olga Bobrowska
• Category: Production

Emile Who? Before 1st European Animation Emile Awards Ceremonyhttps://www.zippyframes.com/news/awards/emile-who-before-1st-european-animation-emil-awards-ceremony

07 December 2017 Olga Bobrowska critically analyzes the new European Animation Awards nominations, and the status of the awards themselves in the contemporary animation scene production. The 2017 festival season comes to an end but there is still one more thrill...

• Type: Article
• Author: Olga Bobrowska
• Category: Awards & Prizes

Report: CEE Animation Forum 2020https://www.zippyframes.com/news/production/cee-animation-forum-report-2020

13 October 2020 Vassilis Kroustallis reports from the online edition of CEE Animation Forum 2020 and the pitching of its selected animation projects. CEE Animation Forum has positioned itself as an indispensable pitching forum and animation industry event. One of its...

• Type: Article
• Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
• Category: Production

Juries Announced for CEE Animation Forum 2021https://www.zippyframes.com/news/production/cee-animation-forum-2021-juries

12 April 2021 Meet the juries for the 2021 CEE Animation Forum pitching event to take place online. The pitching competition organized within the CEE Animation Forum will showcase 40 animated projects in development and be judged by 15 jury members. The 5 juries are...

• Type: Article
• Author: ZF Team
• Category: Production

Women rule at Norwegian Animation Volda Festivalhttps://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/women-rule-at-animation-volda

13 September 2017 The Norwegian animation festival Animation Volda is being held between September 14-17. This year's theme is Women in Animation. Zippy Frames interviewed Karoline Sundet, one of the four women leaders of the festival. 'Our goal is to highlight and...

• Type: Article
• Author: Peter Schavemaker
• Category: Interviews

Polish Animation Producers Association: It's not Mystique, is Networkinghttps://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/polish-animation-producers-association-its-not-mystique-is-networking

25 June 2016 Polish animation is quintessentially auteurish, but on the other hand, it may not have to be a solitary affair. Zofia Jaroszuk, representative for the Polish Animation Producers Association (SPPA), talks to Zippy Frames about the aims and projects of...

• Type: Article
• Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
• Category: Interviews

Acid Rain, Daughter, The Prince's Voyage Pick Up ITFS 2020 Awards; All Winnershttps://www.zippyframes.com/festivals/acid-rain-the-prince-s-voyage-pick-up-itfs-2020-awards-all-winners

11 May 2020 Acid Rain took the Grand Prix of Stutgart International Festival of Animated Film. Find all winners of the 2020 edition. One more grand prix for Tomek Popakul in Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film, and his Eastern European travelogue of...

• Type: Article
• Author: ZF Team
• Category: Festivals

CEE Animation Forum 2019: Tutors Talkhttps://www.zippyframes.com/news/production/cee-animation-forum-tutors-talk

28 April 2019 Anna Vášová and Phil Parker, two of the tutors of the leading pitching CEE Animation Forum (6-8 May 2019, Trebon) talk about the process of pitching short and series/TV specials. 32 animation projects from all over Europe (find them all here) are going...

• Type: Article
• Author: ZF Team
• Category: Production

Shooom's Odysssey by Julien Bisaro and Claire Paolettihttps://www.zippyframes.com/shorts/shooom-s-odysssey-by-julien-bisaro

26 February 2021 The creators of Shooom's Odyssey TV animation special, Julien Bisaro and Claire Paoletti talk to Zippy Frames about their 2021 César nominee animation short. Shooom, a baby owl, hatches just as a storm turns the bayou surrounding her tree upside down....

• Type: Article
• Author: ZF Team
• Category: Shorts

Swiss Animation Focus at Annecy Festival: A Comprehensive Guidehttps://www.zippyframes.com/festivals/annecy-festival-swiss-focus-comprehensive-guide

26 April 2022 We discovered the complete program of the Swiss Animation Focus at the 2022 Annecy Festival this year. During the Swiss Films press conference (26 April 2022, Geneva), the Swiss agency responsible for the promotion of Swiss Cinema, the whole Swiss...

• Type: Article
• Author: ZF Team
• Category: Festivals

Every Independent Animation Project Is Different: Nicolas Burlet Interview (Swiss Animation Portraits 2021)https://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/nicolas-burlet-interview

10 July 2021 Producer and Nadasdy Film studio administrator Nicolas Burlet talks to Zippy Frames, in our series of Swiss Animation Portraits 2021. Nadasdy Film, founded in 2001 by Nicolas Burlet (producer and studio administrator) and Zoltán Horváth (director and...

• Type: Article
• Author: ZF Team
• Category: Interviews

'The Breadwinner', 'Vincent', 'The Big Bad Fox' at the 45th Annieshttps://www.zippyframes.com/news/awards/the-breadwinner-loving-vincent-hedgehog-s-home-at-the-45th-annie-nominations

04 December 2017 Negative Space and Hedgehog's Home among the nominees in this year's Annie Awards nominations. I am particularly proud of the diversity of voices, techniques and artistic styles displayed in the feature films, television programming, independent...

• Type: Article
• Author: ZF Team
• Category: Awards & Prizes