We met Berat Ilk, successful Turkish animation director and producer, and president of ASIFA-Turkey, during Animasyros 9.0, and had a fine chat about Turkish animation, festivals and education.

The Kosovo fest has transcended its local constraints and has been established as a fine new player in the animation festival list.  Interview with the new Anibar festival director, Petrit Gora.

A new festival in town!  Between August 25 and 28 in Turku, west of the Finnish capital Helsinki, the first edition of the Turku Animated Festival TAFF will be held.

Zippy Frames animation journalist Peter Schavemaker interviewed festival director Kimmo Sillanmikko.

 The 2016 Annecy winner, French director Franck Dion, talks to Zippy Frames.

The 2014 Annecy winner Dahee Jeong (Man on the Chair) has a new short film produced. We met her at this year's French festival to talk about The Empty.

Polish animation is quintessentially auteurish, but on the other hand, it may not have to be a solitary affair.  Zofia Jaroszuk, representative for the Polish Animation Producers Association (SPPA), talks to Zippy Frames about the aims and projects of SPPA.

The artistic director of World festival of animated film Animafest Zagreb talks to Zippy Frames about the latest edition of Croatian festival -and more.

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.

 The Estonian puppet animator Ülo Pikkov has a new documentary animation short, Empty Space. Read his interview for Zippy Frames.