Review of the animated film 'Bouchra' by Merriam Bennani and Orian Bakri.      

60 seconds for the extremely short films at the Fest Anča 2026. 

Japanese animator Sawako Kabuki gave a masterclass at Fest Anča in Žilina about her provocative, mesmeric work, which challenges bodily shame.

 Secrets to successful short-format storytelling could be found in Fest Anča’s Extremely Short line-up. Report by Andy Stoeva.

Kanako Fujita writes about animation music videos presented during the recent edition of the Fest Anča festival (Zilina, Slovakia), in our GoCritic! reviews.

Federica Giampaolo talks to the animation filmmaker Nikita Diakur, as part of our GoCritic! review series.

Sergiu Inizian reports on recent Slovak animation shorts from the Fest Anča’s Slovak Competition, in our GoCritic! review series.

Taras Tarnalitsky reports from Fest Anča and its animation documentary programme, in our GoCritic! review series.

Taking place in Žilina, Slovakia, the 17th Fest Anča International Animation Festival boasts a selection of nine feature films for adults and three for children within its 2024 programme. 

Anastasiya Stoeva reports from the national, Slovak competition programme of the Fest Anča 2023 Festival.

A not-so-short overview of the Extremely Short Section of Extremely Short Films, proving that brevity really is the soul of wit.

Pelin Çılgın and Nikola Wrzolek report back on three sections linking to Fest Anča's main festival theme of 'Utopias'.

12 indie animation events and festival stories from Zippy Frames during the calendar year 2021.

Kropka writes about the 2021 edition of Fest Anča festival, which took place both onsite (Zilina, Slovakia) and online.

The full list of Fest Anča 2021 winners.