Nikola Majdak and Ana Nedeljkovic: Need to Find A Way To Make Digital Frienships Work (Indie Online 2020 Project)https://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/majdak-nedeljkovic-indie-online-interview

23 February 2021 Serbian animation directors Nikola Majdak and Ana Nedeljkovic talk to Zippy Frames within the framework of the Indie Online 2020 research project. Ana Nedeljkovic and Nikola Majdak have made themselves a stellar career on stop-motion animation,...

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

The Feathers That Smell of the Sea by Zoel Kastelichttps://www.zippyframes.com/shorts/the-feathers-that-smell-of-the-sea

15 December 2021 Krooka talks to Slovenian animation director Zoel Kastelic, who premieres her short animation The Features That Smell of the Sea, to Zippy Frames. The story of the animation short by Slovenian animation director Zoel Kastelic revolves around a...

• Type: Article
• Author: Kropka
• Category: Shorts

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

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

Joanna Quinn and Les Mills Interview on Affairs of the Art: Beryl Is Still The Complex Anti-Heroinehttps://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/joanna-quinn-les-mills-interview

27 January 2021 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. World premiering at Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival this February, the new animation...

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

Anca Damian Interview: Art Is Thinking Why We Are Alive (Indie Online 2020 Project)https://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/indie-online-research-anca-damian

02 December 2020 Romanian acclaimed director Anca Damian talks to Zippy Frames about her animation work and online content during the framework of the IndieOnline 2020 research project. How do you navigate a world of altogether digital content as an animation...

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

Flóra Anna Buda: Curation of Short Animation Film Really Matters Online (Indie Online 2020 Project)https://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/flora-anna-buda-interview

08 February 2021 Flóra Anna Buda talks to Zippy Frames within the framework of the Indie Online 2020 research project. Hungarian animation director Flóra Anna Buda first entered the international animation film circuit with her graduation film, 'Entropia', which...

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

Animation Darkish Spots in Hauntological Tones: (Thematic) Notes on the Margins of Animafest Zagreb 2025https://www.zippyframes.com/festivals/notes-animafest-zagreb-2025

30 August 2025 Mikhail Gurevich reports from the latest edition of Animafest Zagreb. Again, obliged to say, I haven’t had a chance to observe this edition of Animafest Zagreb (June 2-7) in person and, again, obliviously, missing the ‘life dynamics’, atmosphere and...

• Type: Article
• Author: Mikhail Gurevich
• Category: Festivals

Simon Rouby: Even If Festivals Cannot Screen, They Can Still Curate Films (Indie Online 2020 Project)https://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/simon-rouby-interview

17 February 2021 Simon Rouby talks to Zippy Frames within the framework of the Indie Online 2020 research project. French animation director and artist Simon Rouby made his own international splash when he directed the feature animation film Adama (2015). The film...

• 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

'When The Idea is The Most Important”: Interview with Maja Gehrig (Swiss Animation Portraits 2022)https://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/i-don-t-think-okay-what-is-my-concept-interview-with-maja-gehrig-swiss-animation-portraits-2022

12 May 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. Maja...

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

'Aikane' Short Animation by Dan Sousa, Dean Hamer & Joe Wilson: Queer Indigenous Feelinghttps://www.zippyframes.com/shorts/aikane-short-film

11 October 2023 A new queer animation film from the Hawaiian creators of 'Kapaemahu' is now Oscar-qualified. Learn more about 'Aikane'. The creative quartet of Dean Hamer, Joe Wilson, Dan Sousa, and Hinaleimoana Wong-Kalu creates films that consistently tell an...

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

Report: CEE Animation Forum 2020https://www.zippyframes.com/news/production/cee-animation-forum-report-2020

13 October 2020 Vassilis Kroustallis reports from the online edition of CEE Animation Forum 2020 and the pitching of its selected animation projects. CEE Animation Forum has positioned itself as an indispensable pitching forum and animation industry event. One of its...

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

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

Building Small But Distinctive Worlds: Interview with Sam and Fred Guillaume (Swiss Animation Portraits 2022)https://www.zippyframes.com/interviews/sam-fred-guillaume-interview

02 June 2022 Julia Lewicka talks to Swiss animation artists Sam and Fred Guillaume (CIne3D) in our Swiss Animation Portrait Series 2022. Sam and Fred Guillaume have worked together as a duo in the animation industry since 1998, creating many works that encompass a...

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• Category: Interviews