Switzerland

Some insights and interviews with Swiss animation projects to watch in the Swiss Focus tribute during the 2025 Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film.

We talk with BAFTA-winner Swiss animation artist and director Antonin Niclass ('Do Not Feed the Pigeons').

Vassilis Kroustallis reviews the stop-motion animation feature 'Pinocchio' by Guillermo Del Toro and Mark Gustafson.

Miha Veingerl reports on the acclaimed Israeli animation director Tal Kantor's masterclass at Animateka Festival 2022 (part of our GoCritic! review series).

The Polish film director Paulina Ziolkowska and the ACUA band talk to Julia Lewicka about her music video ‘What Will They Think About You’.

Kropka reviews the psychological sci-fi Romanian animation feature by Calin Cazan, Mircea Toia, which has now been restored.

Swiss veteran artist Georges Schwizgebel makes The Battle of San Romano animation short. Watch the film.

Emotional and animated letting go in the short animation Lah Gah by Swiss director Cécile Brun. Watch the film.