Each Family Is a Planet: Interview with Alberto Vázquezhttps://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/each-family-is-a-planet-interview-with-alberto-vazquez

05 December 2017 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

Sexuality Is About Communicating With Other People: Interview with 'My Year of Dicks' Director Sara Gunnarsdóttirhttps://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/sara-gunnarsdottir-interview

03 April 2023 Kropka interviews the Oscar-nominated animation director Sara Gunnarsdóttir on 'My Year of Dicks'. Based on the memories by Pamela Ribon, 'Notes to Boys: And Other Things I Shouldn't Share in Public' and produced by FX, a subsidiary of Disney...

• Type: Article
• Author: Kropka
• Category: Interviews

Creating Your Own Boundaries: Interview with Veljko Popovićhttps://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/creating-your-own-boundaries-interview-with-veljko-popovi

16 December 2016 An indie animation talent to watch: interview with Croatian animation filmmaker Veljko Popović. The original interview with Croatian independent animation artist Veljko Popović was recorded during the 2016 Annecy festival, where his latest 3D film,...

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

"If You Add One More Word, You'll End up in Hell": Interview with Andreas Hykadehttps://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/andreas-hykade-interview

09 June 2020 Andreas Hykade talks to Zippy Frames about his new film, Altötting. German animation artist /filmmaker Andreas Hykade is a well-known name in the festival world, and his influence among emerging filmmakers seems to grow as the years go by. As his CV...

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

A Lot of Energy, But It's Totally Worth It: Interview with Edwina Liardhttps://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/edwina-liard-interview

05 November 2018 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 bringing to life the juggernaut that was the stop-motion...

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

Transgender Anti-Heroes: Interview With Anais Caura https://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/interview-transgender-anti-heroes-with-anais-caura

14 May 2019 Amanda Barbour (aka Rogue Kangaroo) talks to Anais Caura about her medium-length film debut, The Man Woman Case (2017). After making its rounds on the European, Latin American, and North American film festival circuit, The Man Woman Case (2017) has...

• Type: Article
• Author: Amanda Barbour
• Category: Interviews

Our Top Animation Short Picks from Encounters Film Festivalhttps://www.zippyframes.com/festivals/encounter-festival-2020-pickups

20 October 2020 Joseph Norman reports for Zippy Frames from the Encounters Film Festival, Bristol, UK 2020. This year';s (entirely online) Encounters Film Festival included a breadth of animation, with many films exploring unusual, adult oriented themes and deploying...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joseph Norman
• Category: Festivals

Hedgehog's Home /I Love Creating Worlds: Interview with Eva Cvijanovićhttps://www.zippyframes.com/shorts/i-love-creating-worlds-interview-with-eva-cvijanovi

25 June 2017 A very daring hedgehog is waiting for your attention. Interview with Eva Cvijanović, director of the awarded stop-motion short, Hedgehog's Home. The film premiered at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival, and soon Montreal-based animation director Eva...

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

Morality, Satire and Cynicism: Interview with Noah Erni (Swiss Animation Portraits 2022)https://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/noah-erni-interview

13 May 2022 Zippy Frames talks to the Zürich-based animator Noah Erni, in our series of Swiss Animation Portraits 2022. Noah Erni is an emerging Swiss animation director who plays with our perceived opinions. A graduate of HSLU (but also a sociology graduate from...

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

Interview: Steven Woloshen and His Cameraless Film Memoryhttps://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/steven-woloshen-interview

10 March 2016 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. Scratch, scrape, hand-paint, glue: a world of things you can do with the film...

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

Tricky Women/Tricky Realities 2021: Festival Reporthttps://www.zippyframes.com/festivals/festival-review-tricky-women-tricky-realities-2021

23 March 2021 Zippy Frames and Joseph Norman recently attended the Tricky Women/Tricky Realities 2021 animation festival. Here's the report and top picks. The Austrian festival was held online and provided a unique and fresh insight into the art of animation made by...

• Type: Article
• Author: Joseph Norman
• Category: Festivals

Interview with Natasha Sharpehttps://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/interview-natasha-sharpe

28 December 2019 Julia Ritter talks with US animator Natasha Sharpe. Natasha Sharpe is an artist and filmmaker from the San Francisco Bay Area, currently based in New York. Julia Ritter caught up with her during the Austrian Youki International Youth Media Festival...

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

From The Singing Revolution to the Animated Revolution of My Favorite War: Interview with Ilze Burkowska-Jacobsenhttps://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/from-the-singing-revolution-to-the-animated-revolution-interview-with-ilze-burkowska-jacobsen

28 June 2020 Kropka talks to the director of My Favorite War, Ilze Burkowska-Jacobsen, who won the Contrechamp competition at Annecy Festival. Director Ilze Burkowska-Jacobsen answered by email a few questions about her film My Favorite War, winner of the...

• Type: Article
• Author: Kropka
• Category: Interviews

There's a Tiny Border Between Utopia and Dystopia: Interview with Ana Nedelković and Nikola Majdak Jr.https://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/there-s-a-tiny-border-between-utopia-and-dystopia-interview-with-ana-nedelkovic-and-nikola-majdak-jr

10 July 2018 Two talented people talk about their politically conscious animation work. Our interview with Serbian animation directors Ana Nedeljković and Nikola Majdak Jr. They were first heard internationally when they won the Cristal Bear at the 2013 Berlin Film...

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

Animation is Imperfection: Interview with Theodore Ushevhttps://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/animation-is-imperfection-interview-with-theodore-ushev

19 June 2015 He is both daring and innovative, but also easily at home when experimenting with what he knows best: visual forms that move. Bulgarian-Canadian artist Theodore Ushev talked to Zippy Frames during the 2015 Annecy festival. Being initially a poster...

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