Zippy Frames — Online Journal for European & Independent Animation
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The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead and Roundhead: Q&A with Elliot Cowan
An independent, existential feature film in preparation. Director Elliot Cowan talks to Zippy Frames about The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead and Roundhead.
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10 Shortlisted Animation Shorts for Oscars 2019
Only two films from Europe, 4 non-US films overall in the shortlist for the 91st Academy Awards.
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Urban Sphinx (Esfinge Urbana) by María Lorenzo Hernández
A street art project that turned into an animation short. Here's the presentation of Urban Sphinx, directed by María Lorenzo Hernández and produced by Enrique Millán.
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'I Enjoy Getting Characters Back On the Stage: Interview with Marjolaine Perreten (Swiss Animation Portraits 2022)
Vassilis Kroustallis talks to the Swiss animation artist Marjolaine Perreten, co-creator of this year's Annecy Festival trailer, part of our Swiss Animation Portraits 2022 series.
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CEE Animation Forum 2022: 49 Animation Projects Selected
Discover all the selected animation projects (features, short films, series and specials) to be pitched during the CEE Animation Forum 2022.
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Stuttgart 2014: 4 Works in Progress
4 animated features in progress will be presented during the 21st Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film.
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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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Symphony no. 42: Interview with Réka Bucsi
A Hungarian experimental short that was among the 10 Oscar-shortlisted films in 2015 is now online. Read our interview with film director Réka Bucsi.
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Birdboy: The Forgotten Children (Psiconautas) Review: Beware of Children in Distress
When Kronenberg met The Fantastic Planet. Film review for the Spanish animation feature Birdboy:The Forgotten Children.
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Jerzy Kucia, Emma De Swaef, Steven Woloshen, Andreas Hykade in the Academy Members' List 2019
Another surge of new members invited to The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in order to enrich diversity and representation.
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Animation Projects at 2019 CINEKID Junior Co-Production Market
Check the animation projects selected at this year's CINEKID Junior Co-Production Market, 21-23 October 2019.
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A Strange Anomaly In the System: Interview with Primanima Team
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.
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The Feathers That Smell of the Sea by Zoel Kastelic
Krooka talks to Slovenian animation director Zoel Kastelic, who premieres her short animation The Features That Smell of the Sea, to Zippy Frames.
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Emile Who? Before 1st European Animation Emile Awards Ceremony
Olga Bobrowska critically analyzes the new European Animation Awards nominations and the status of the awards themselves in the contemporary animation scene.
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Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood (2022) Film Review: Space for the Past
Vassilis Kroustallis reviews the rotoscope animation feature 'Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood' (2022) by Richard Linklater.

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