Body Echo by Ali Aschman

It pains to be doubly in pain. UK-based artist Ali Aschman premieres her stop-motion film Body Echo at Zippy Frames. A woman discovers her own fractured self in the room next door. South African/US...

Awards & Prizes

European Animation Awards: Michaël Dudok De Wit on Ask me Anything

Oscar and Emile Award winner animation director Michaël Dudok de Wit will answer to questions on Facebook, 30 August. Michaël Dudok De Wit, Oscar and Emile Award winner, director of The Red Turtle,...

Festivals

Duke Johnson and Dino Stamatopoulos at 2019 Fredrikstad Animation Festival

Duke Johnson and Dino Stamatopoulos of award-winning Starburns Industries coming to Fredrikstad Animation Festival. With their profound, Oscar®-nominated stop motion feature Anomalisa, Starburns...

News

Six Moments of Richard Williams

Explore six video interviews with the inimitable animation artist RIchard Williams. The inimitable, 3-time Oscar-winner, Canadian/British animation artist and educator Richard Williams (born 1933)...

Awards & Prizes

Reactions Pour In for Daughter at Student Academy Awards

The Czech stop-motion film Daughter by Daria Kashcheeva competes for a Student Academy Award. Just shortly after the world premiere of the film Daughter at the Annecy International Animation Film...

Animation Shorts

Body Echo by Ali Aschman

August 22

It pains to be doubly in pain. UK-based artist Ali Aschman premieres her stop-motion film Body...

So I Danced Again... by Lottie Kingslake

August 20

Finding and losing yourself in a sketchbook dance. Watch So I Danced Again by Lottie Kingslake....

Are You Kidding Me? by Shadab Shayegan

August 13

Shadab Shayegan presents a case of escalating violence sturdily directed in Are You Kidding Me?...

The Stained Club

August 08

Some stains are hard to come off. Watch The Stained Club by Supinfocom Rubika students. The...

The Procession by Pascal Blanchet and Rodolphe...

August 08

Olga Bobrowska reviews the 2D film The Procession by Pascal Blanchet and animator Rodolphe...

The Stories of A Failed Generation: Theodore...

August 03

The new film by the Oscar-nominated director Theodore Ushev The Physics of Sorrow, will be part of...

SH_T Happens by David Štumpf and Michaela Mihályi

July 29

An animated short in Venice: Zippy Frames talks to David Štumpf and Michaela Mihályi about the new...

Riot by Frank Ternier

July 23

Frank Ternier presents Riot. A young black man is killed in an altercation with a vigilant...

Uncle Thomas: Accounting For the Days by Regina...

July 22

Olga Bobrowska reviews the new film by Regina Pessoa, Uncle Thomas: Accounting For the Days. Jury...

Animation Festivals News

Duke Johnson and Dino Stamatopoulos at 2019...

August 19

Duke Johnson and Dino Stamatopoulos of award-winning Starburns Industries coming to Fredrikstad...

13 VR Films for Bucheon International Animation...

August 16

Age of Sail, Nothing Happens in the Korean Bucheon International Animation Festival selection. 13...

Animateka Festival 2019 Goes Baltic

August 05

View the trailer for this year's Animateka festival, which includes a Baltic animation tribute....

114 Animation Films for BIAF 2019

August 01

Konstantin Bronzit, Agnès Patron, Theodore Ushev, Luca Tóth and Jeong Dahee in the 2019 lineup of...

Animanima 2019: Selection Results and Programme...

July 28

View Our Comprehensive Coverage of Animanima Festival

And Then The Bear, The Tower In the 2019 Anibar...

July 24

View al winners of the 10th Anibar Festival in Peja, Kosovo. A French and a Norwegian film won the...

Next Animation Deadlines

Aug

Cartoon Forum, 16-19/9/2019

Toulouse, France

The next edition of CARTOON Forum takes place 16-19 September 2019 in Toulouse, France.

Aug

Imaginaria Film Festival, 19-24/8/19

Conversano, Italy

Imaginaria is a festival of international level and fits into a groove of deep cultural innovation.

Aug

Spark Animation Festival, 24-27/10/2019

Vancouver, Canada

From October 24 to 27, Spark CG will host the 11th annual SPARK ANIMATION Festival, Festival + Business Symposium + Conference + Career Fair /Celebrating Inspiration & Innovation in the World of Animation.

Aug

Chaniartoon Animation Festival, 13-22/9/2019

Chania, Crete, Greece

Chaniartoon Festival (Crete, Greece) invites animation filmmakers to send their films for its 3rd edition, 13-22 Sep 2019.

Next Animation Festivals

Aug

Turku Animated Film Festival, 21-25/8/19

Turku, Finland

Turku Animated Film Festival takes place 21-25/8/19

Sep

Fantoche Festival, 3-8/9/19

Baden, Switzerland

The 17th Fantoche International Animation Film Festival takes place 3-8 Sep 2019 in Baden, Switzerland.

Sep

Carton International Animated Short Films Festival, 3-9/9/2019

Buenos Aires, Argentina

The 9th International Festival of Animation Shorts Carton takes place 3-9 September 2019.

Sep

Animanima Festival, 4-7/9/2019

Čačak, Serbia

ANIMANIMA (Čačak, Serbia) presents the contemporary European and global production in this field, with an aim to affirm the art of film animation.

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REVIEWS

More Than A Film: Zero Impunity Review by Blies Brothers and Denis Lambert

July 21

Olga Bobrowska reviews Zero Impunity by Blies Brothers and Denis Lambert. To choose what's most striking and powerful about Zero Impunity , a sincere documentary about sexual violence happening in...

Ville Neuve Review: Like A Fish Out of Water

July 02

Vassilis Kroustallis reviews the poetic and intimate Canadian animation feature Ville Neuve by Félix Dufour-Laperrière. How can you recast a broken bell? Félix Dufour-Laperrière 's sober, poetic and...

Away by Gints Zilbalodis Review: Your Eden Is Just Around the Harbour

June 19

Away is a prime 3D immersive experience without the use of sex, drugs or rock'n'roll. Read our review for the Latvian animation feature Away by Gints Zilbalodis. It will be definitely be compared...

Love, Death and Robots Review

May 21

Our Zippy Frames contributor Kropka reviews and takes a critical stance on the Love, Death and Robots Netflix series. The Netflix’s series carried out by the directors Tim Miller (Deadpool) and...

Ruben Brandt, Collector Review: Artistic Obsession in Action

March 09

It's a post-modern heist film, full of references and short of surprises. Our review for Ruben Brandt, Collector by Milorad Krstic. Premiered at the71st Locarno Film Festival, a fit place for a...

Funan Review: Patience Makes Heroes

February 02

Denis Do portrays a piece in Cambodian history through the eyes of a mother looking for her child. Starting as early as 2013, the Funan project by French/Cambodian filmmaker Denis Do , it has always...

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