Zippy Frames — Online Journal for European & Independent Animation
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Garbage Man, The Memories of a Family: Interview with Laura Gonçalves
Eliane Gordeeff talked to Portuguese animation director Laura Gonçalves, from the BAP Animation Studio, for Zippy Frames, about 'The Garbage Man'.
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Phidias the Animator: Movement Analysis in the Parthenon’s Frieze
Animation scholar and professor Georges Sifianos writes about Phidias and animation in the classical Greek Parthenon.
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Conversations With A Whale by Anna Samo
US-based animation director Anna Samo talks to Zippy Frames about her 2D animation short ‘Conversations With A Whale’. Watch the film.
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'I Walk My Own Paths': Interview with Mariusz Wilczyński
Mikhail Gurevich interviews the acclaimed Polish animation filmmaker Mariusz Wilczyński.
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Pushing Everyone To Find their Own Voice: Michelle Kranot Talks About Anidox: Lab Training Programme
Michelle Kranot, leading (along with Uri Kranot) the Anidox: Lab training course, talks exclusively to Zippy Frames about all you want to know about the essential animation documentary training programme in Viborg, Denmark.
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Cinanima Festival 2025 Report: A Festival That Reinvented Itself
Eliane Gordeeff reports from the 2025 Cinanima Festival and presents her top picks from the festival.
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Interview: Steven Woloshen and His Cameraless Film Memory
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.
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StopTrik Festival Report 2022: Between Past and Future
Vassilis Kroustallis reports from this year's StopTrik Festival in Maribor, Slovenia.
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Our Lost Civilization: Marta Pajek On 'Impossible Figures and Other Stories I'
Marta Pajek talks to Zippy Frames on her new animation short, Impossible Figures and Other Stories I, which premieres at the 2021 Ottawa International Animation Festival.
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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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Palestinian Animation at StopTrik: An Interview with Ahmad Saleh
Olivia Popp examines StopTrik’s focus on Palestinian animation in a conversation with filmmaker Ahmad Saleh.
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Julie Baltzer: There's A Balance Between Practicality and Catering Too Much to Online Users (Indie Online 2020 Project)
Copenhagen based animation director Julie Baltzer talks to Zippy Frames within the framework of the Indie Online 2020 research project.
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Cartoon Movie 2021: Our Top Picks
We picked up the top animation feature projects pitched at the 2021 CARTOON Movie pitching event.
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CARTOON Forum 2019: Our Top Picks
Vassilis Kroustallis selects ten TV animation projects pitched at CARTOON Forum (16-19 Sep, Toulouse).
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My Mommy is in America, and She Met Buffalo Bill Review: Past Absence, Present Fantasies
Marc Boréal et Thibaut Chatel direct a French retro drama that animates with a restrained technique the intimate worries of a 6-year-old child.

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