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Animation Darkish Spots in Hauntological Tones: (Thematic) Notes on the Margins of Animafest Zagreb 2025
Mikhail Gurevich reports from the latest edition of Animafest Zagreb.
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In Sync with the Sun by Emily Downe
UK-based animator Emily Downe crafts an animation short about our precious time in nature, 'In Sync with the Sun'. She talks to Zippy Frames.
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Grotesque Metamorphosis and Creative Practices in Jan Svankmajer by Irida Zhonga
Stop motion filmmaker Irida Zhonga discusses Jan Svankmajer in the context of Mikhail Bakhtin's concept of 'the grotesque body'.
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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.
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On (The) Line: Notes on Ottawa International Animation Festival 2020
Mikhail Gurevich reports on the 2020 online edition of Ottawa International Animation Festival.
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'When The Idea is The Most Important”: Interview with Maja Gehrig (Swiss Animation Portraits 2022)
Eliane Gordeeff talks to Maja Gehrig, a Swiss animation artist, and creator-director of 'Average Happiness', the short highlighted at Ars Eletronica 2020, and at many other festivals. This talk is part of our Swiss Animation Portraits 2022 series.
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The Best Animation Shorts of 2023
Our best animation shorts of 2023 are here. Find out all 16 animation films selected by our contributors.
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Telling Stories Is Like Breathing: A Conversation with Signe Baumane
Olga Bobrowska talks to Signe Baumane on Signe Baumane on the occasion of 'My Love Affair with Marriage' animation feature coming out at the festival circuit.
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Graphic Stories Cyprus
About Graphic Stories: Graphic Stories Cyprus is a Non-Profit Organization that has established the annual conference on Graphic Design and Visual Communication in Cyprus, under the same name, since 2015. Graphic Stories is the only established,...
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Change In Hungary Starts With Women In Animation: Interview with Anna Ida Orosz
Kropka talks to the co-founder and program director of Primanima festival.
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"Shaping the Film Through Mutual Trust": Interview with BAFTA-Awarded Antonin Niclass (Swiss Focus @ ITFS 2025)
We talk with BAFTA-winner Swiss animation artist and director Antonin Niclass ('Do Not Feed the Pigeons').
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Cafard Animation Feature on WWI: Interview with Jan Bultheel
A WWI animation feature comes from Belgium. Learn more about Cafard, and read the interview by film director Jan Bultheel.
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Morality, Satire and Cynicism: Interview with Noah Erni (Swiss Animation Portraits 2022)
Zippy Frames talks to the Zürich-based animator Noah Erni, in our series of Swiss Animation Portraits 2022.
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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.
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My Grandfather's Demons: Interview with Nuno Beato
Zippy Frames Correspondent Eliane Gordeeff talked to Nuno Beato about the new Portuguese animation feature in production.
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