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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. Signe Baumane’s ‘My Love Affair with Marriage’ had its European premiere at Annecy 2022; this...
- Type: Article
- Author: Olga Bobrowska
- Category: Interviews
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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
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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
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Leo Černic in an interview with Zippy Frames on his Berlinale Shorts 2026 premiere - 'Cosmonauts'. Slovenian/Italian animation filmmaker Leo Černic captured the festival world with his student film 'Pentola' (Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia...
- Type: Article
- Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
- Category: Interviews
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Queerer Than Thou by Kate Jessophttps://www.zippyframes.com/shorts/queerer-than-thou-kate-jessop
The newest episode of the digital series Tales from Pussy Willow, an animated sketch comedy by Kate Jessop, premieres on Friday, June 26th. The pandemic made it difficult to celebrate Pride Month. If you're missing the excitement and glamour of the...
- Type: Article
- Author: Olga Bobrowska
- Category: Shorts
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Olga Bobrowska talks to Portuguese animation filmmakers Regina Pessoa and Abi Feijó during the 2019 Annecy Festival. On a humid afternoon, a day before winning the Annecy 2019 Jury Award for the film Uncle Thomas: Accounting for the Days, Regina Pessoa...
- Type: Article
- Author: Olga Bobrowska
- Category: Interviews
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Interview with three members of the curator team of the 8th Primanima Festival: Anna Ida Orosz co-founder and artistic director, Dóra Bartal and Zsófi Herczeg curators. ZF: What are you proud of this year's Primanima programme, and I mean really proud....
- Type: Article
- Author: ZF Team
- Category: Interviews
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The Kite by Martin Smatana https://www.zippyframes.com/shorts/the-kite-by-martin-smatana
Slovakian director Martin Smatana talks about The Kite. Sometimes you can capture the hearts and minds of people with a single kite. The eponymous stop-motion film The Kite by Slovakian animation director Martin Smatana has certainly captured (even as...
- Type: Article
- Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
- Category: Shorts
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Bulgarian/Canadian Oscar-nominated auteur Theodore Ushev talks to Zippy Frames and Joseph Norman on the latest documentary 'Unseen Connections' by Borislav Kolev, this time being in front of the camera. This week, Joseph Norman interviews Theodore...
- Type: Article
- Author: Joseph Norman
- Category: Interviews
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The 18th International Animation Festival in Japan HIROSHIMA 2018 will be held from 20-24 August 2020, as a biennial festival. Festival Description: Hiroshima International Animation Festival is a biennial manifestation held in Hiroshima City in August,...
- Type: Event
- Event Category: ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS
- Event Date: 2020-08-20 00:00:00
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Animation and contemporary human rights abuses are showcased in the animation short 'Dear Mahsa' by Martin Pflanzer. Poetry meets animation meets political events in 'Dear Mahsa'. The animation documentary by Martin Pflanzer powerfully dramatizes the...
- Type: Article
- Author: ZF Team
- Category: Shorts
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Eliane Gordeeff writes about her Monstra Festival 2024 Lisbon animated experience. Monstra Festival 2024 took place earlier this year, between the 7th and 17th of March, with Ireland as the guest country, with several events involving the country's...
- Type: Article
- Author: Eliane Gordeeff
- Category: Festivals
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Our Zippy Frames contributor Kropka reviews and takes a critical stance on the Love, Death and Robots Netflix series. Netflix’s series, carried out by the directors Tim Miller (Deadpool) and David Fincher (Seven, The Fight Club, etc.), caused great...
- Type: Article
- Author: Kropka
- Category: Reviews
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Find the top animation shorts of 2019, as voted by animation professionals. We did it again. After the successful run of the 2016 top animation shorts at Zippy Frames (where Blind Vaysha by Theodore Ushev and Nighthawk by Spela Cadez shared the top...
- Type: Article
- Author: ZF Team
- Category: Awards & Prizes
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A new Hawaiian-themed animation short running for the 2025 Oscars. Read our interview with Daniel Sousa, animation director for 'The Queen's Flowers' (directed by Ciara Lacy). An EMMY-nominated filmmaker (Ciara Lacy) and Oscar-nominated filmmaker and...
- Type: Article
- Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
- Category: Interviews



