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Black Sea Animation Workshop 2024 winners collage

Black Sea Animation Workshop 2024: Winners

The 8 winning animation projects from the premiere edition of the Black Sea Animation Workshop have been revealed.

Carrotica stop motion film still

Animation Is Life: European Young Talents at the 21st Animateka Festival (GoCritic! Review)

Blake Simons reports from the last edition of the Animateka Festival and its European Young Talents programme, in our GoCritic! review series.

'Flow' creatives at the Golden Globes 2025

'Flow' Gets the Golden Globe for Best Animation Feature

One more win for the animation feature 'Flow' by Gints Zilbalodis at the 2025 Golden Globe awards.

Wind Whisperer animation film still by Ferri Caicedo

'Wind Whisperer' by Ferri Caicedo

Ecuador-born Ferri Caicado premieres her poignant, nature-driven animation short 'Wind Whisperer' to Zippy Frames.

 Black Sea Animation Workshop 2024 participants

The Personal Is the Universal: Report from the Black Sea Animation Workshop 2024

Discover the new animation shorts in development from the Black Sea region, as presented in the premiere Black Sea Animation pitching (26-30 November 2024).

Oscar shortlisted Animation Shorts 2025 (& 'Flow film still)

Oscar shortlisted Animation Shorts 2025 (& 'Flow' enters the International Feature Film List)

Discover the 15 animation shorts advancing for the 97th Academy Awards (Best Short Animation Category).

Chintis Lundgren at Animateka Festival 2024

“It Started With Stealing Paper and Now We’re Trying to Make a Feature”: Chintis Lundgren’s Masterclass at Animateka (GoCritic! Review)

Arsène Rosenmann reports on the Estonian animation director Chintis Lundgren and her Animateka 2024 masterclass, in the latest of our GoCritic! reviews.

Andrea Martignoni still from Animateka Festival 2024

Sound as a Story: Andrea Martignoni’s Masterclass at Animateka 2024 (GoCritic! Review)

Emel-Elizabeth Tuulik reports from Andrea Martignoni's Animateka Festival 2024 masterclass, in our series of GoCritic! reviews.

'Memoir of A Snail' to Open Anima Festival 2025

'Memoir of A Snail' to Open Anima Festival 2025

The stop-motion animation feature 'Memoir of a Snail' will be the opening film of the 2025 Anima Festival (Brussels).

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