Indie Animation Shorts

Read our film review for the French 2D/stop-motion animation short 'Sulaimani' by Vinnie Ann Bose, in competition at the 2025 Annecy Festival.

Our film review for the 2D animation short 'Like Friend, Like Deer' by the Iranian director Malek Eghbali, presented at the 2025 Animafest Zagreb.

Watch the 2D painted animation short 'Friendly Fire' by Tom Koryto Blumen.

Film review for the Polish animation film 'The Pool or Death of a Goldfish' by Daria Kopiec, in competition at Annecy Film Festival.

Our film review for the 2D animation short Dog Alone (Cão Sozinho) by Marta Reis Andrade, premiered at Animafest Zagreb 2025.

Discover the indie animation short 'Hypersensitive' by Martine Frossard, in competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival. Martine Frossard talks to Joseph Norman for Zippy Frames.

Our film review for 'How' animation short by Croatian animation filmmaker Marko Mestrovic.

Queer desire in animation. Watch the 2D animation short 'Christopher at Sea' by Tom CJ Brown.

The animation short 'Perfect Sense' by Marcus Grysczok is a music video and a story to unfold. Watch the film.