German Animation

Syrian-born, German-based animation filmmaker Jalal Maghout reflects on war, people, and dogs in his animation short 'Have A Nice Dog!'. He premieres the film online and talks to Zippy Frames.

The Lebanese director Nicolas Fattouh talked to Zippy Frames about his acclaimed 2D animation film 'How My Grandmother Became A Chair'.

Check out the European animation industry awards and Cartoon Tribute winners at the recent Cartoon Movie (Bordeaux, 9th March 2023) event.

A familiar but also original tale of social commitment in the animation short The Big Heinrich by Lars Kreyssig and Kim Collmer.

Family ties and the way to get hold of them / unfold them. Here's the short animation film premiere of Ties by Russian director Dina Velikovskaya.

German animation director Jonatan Schwenk talks to Zippy Frames about his new short, 'Zoon', premiering at Sundance Film Festival 2022.

German animation director Franz Impler talks about video games and boundaries in his Out of Bounds animation short. Watch the film and read his interview at Zippy Frames.

Oscar-winner Thomas Stellmach prepare a variation of The Little Red Riding Hood, called "The Sausage Run".

A group of tired playground visitors meet at night for a last contest. Watch the animation short Rules of Play by Merlin Flügel.

German animation digital artist Lars Nagler talks to Zippy Frames about his experimental, 3D animation project, Shift Simmers Slips.

Nicole Aebersold presents her Student Academy Award-nominated animation / experimental film Rumours to Zippy Frames.

A new German TV animation series in the making, Frickin' Times by XKopp Creative. Learn about the project series.