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. 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

70 Years of Malaysian Animation: Interview with Hassan Abd. Muthalib https://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/70-years-of-malaysian-animation-interview-with-hassan-abd-muthalib

11 January 2017 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

Graphic Stories Cyprus https://www.zippyframes.com/festivals/next-festivals/graphic-stories-cyprus

08 March 2026 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,...

• Type: Event
• Event Author: ZF Team
• Event Category: AWARDS/PRIZES
• Event Date: 2026-03-08 00:00:00

Animated Multiverse: Review of the Contemporary Swiss Animated Productionhttps://www.zippyframes.com/news/production/contemporary-swiss-animation-report

04 May 2022 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

Animation First Festivalhttps://www.zippyframes.com/festivals/next-festivals/animation-first-festival

03 February 2027 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 Author: Vassilis Kroustallis
• Event Category: ANIMATION & FILM FESTIVALS
• Event Date: 2027-02-03 00:00:00

What About the Oscars? Panagiotis Rappas talks to Zippy Frameshttps://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/what-about-the-oscars-panagiotis-rappas-talks-to-zippy-frames

22 January 2017 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

Memories from the 20th Anilogue IAFF: One Night at Urania Cinema; Inu-Oh; Steakhousehttps://www.zippyframes.com/festivals/anilogue-festival-2022-report

24 January 2023 Olga Bobrowska reports from the 2022 edition of the Hungarian Anilogue animation festival. In the very center of Budapest – just a few minute-walking distances between the Hungarian State Opera and St. Stephen's Basilica – one finds Toldi Cinema, a...

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

Animac Festival 2020 Celebrates Time Capsule: All Highlightshttps://www.zippyframes.com/festivals/animac-lleida-highlights-2020

21 February 2020 Find all highlights of the Catalonian Animac Lleida festival 2020. Animac 2020, the International Animation Film Festival of Catalonia, will bring together in the city of Lleida (Spain) from 27 February to 1 March the best national and international...

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

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...

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

My Grandfather's Demons: Interview with Nuno Beatohttps://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/my-grandfather-used-to-say-he-saw-demons-nuno-beato-s-film

09 March 2019 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

15 Adult Animation Projects for Cartoon Movie 2020https://www.zippyframes.com/news/production/cartoon-movie-2020-preview

08 February 2020 Discover selected adult animation projects to be pitched at the 2020 Cartoon Movie. As part of our CARTOON Movie 2020 coverage (3-6 March, Bordeaux, France) we present the 15 animation feature projects to be pitched during the European event. CARTOON...

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

3D Wire Selection: 153 Animation Projects and 41 Short Filmshttps://www.zippyframes.com/news/production/3d-wire-selection-153-animation-projects-and-41-short-films

13 September 2019 3D Wire selects 153 projects that represent the vanguard of animation end video games. The 3D Wire Market announces the 153 projects that will be part of the catalog of its 11th edition. The Segovian event will present the next works of the Goya Awards...

• Type: Article
• Author: Eliane Gordeeff
• Category: Production

Black Sea Animation Workshop 2025: Impressionshttps://www.zippyframes.com/news/pitching/black-sea-animation-workshop-nov25-impressions

06 January 2026 Our impressions from the second edition of the Black Sea Animation Workshop. Black Sea Animation 2025 Overview It was the second year for the Black Sea Animation Workshop (Sofia, 25-29 November 2025), and the whole team was there. Organized by Saqanima...

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

Brazil and The Iberian Peninsula Animation at Annecy Festival 2022https://www.zippyframes.com/festivals/the-iberian-peninsula-and-brazil-through-their-participation-in-annecy-2022

26 June 2022 Eliane Gordeeff brings an overview of Brazil, Portugal, and Spain's participation in the Annecy Festival 2022. Even over the years, Annecy Festival remains a reference event in this art, in a Latin country, despite the clear hegemony of Anglo-Saxon...

• Type: Article
• Author: Eliane Gordeeff
• Category: Festivals

Animation Feature Selection at Annecy Festival 2026: The Full Listhttps://www.zippyframes.com/festivals/animation-features-for-annecy-festival-2026

28 April 2026 Discover all the animation feature selections of the 2026 Annecy Festival. 22 animation features have been selected for this year's two competitive sections Annecy Festival (23-26 June 2026). As always, it's a mixed bag of indie films, films especially...

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