Sergiu Inizian reports from Animest 2025 and the Bastien Dubois masterclass.

Watch the video interview by the Czech Oscar-nominated animation director, Michaela Pavlátová, during the June Animafest Zagreb 2025 edition.

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.

Erika Roša reports from the Croatian Competition (second programme) of this year's Animafest Zagreb festival, in our GoCritic! review series.

Emel-Elizabeth Tuulik reports on the Croatian animation competition (Part 1) at this year's Animafest Zagreb.

Anifilm Festival has a tradition of showcasing abstract and non-narrative independent animation. Arsalan Awais writes about the 2025 selection.

A new animation feature about Iraq and the Middle East. Read the 'Flavours of Iraq' film review by Arsalan Awais, in our GoCritic! review series.

Children and youth animation competition at this year's Animafest Zagreb proved to be a diverse narrative and style story. Sergiu Inizian and Arsène Rosenmann write about in our GoCritic! Review.

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

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

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

An interesting talk with Animest festival co-founder Ligia Soare, as part of our GoCritic! review coverage.

Watch the video interview of Máté Horesnyi, the storyboard artist behind the acclaimed Hungarian animation feature 'Pelikan Blue', part of our GoCritic! reviews.

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