'The Interior Is the Mirror of a Character': Stop-Motion Animation Director Lea Vidakovic Interview
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'I'm Not Nearly Cool Yet', 'Ergot': Sharing The Experience (In Focus: CEE Animation 2025)
Anastazja Naumenko and Damjan Lazin are the latest winners of the 2025 CEE Animation Forum. They...
Animation Documentaries at Animateka 2025: Truthful Storytelling through the Lens of Animation (GoCritic! Review)
Animation documentaries at Animateka Festival 2025 get their treatment in our GoCritic! Review...
'Until Death Unites Us': A Dark Animation Comedy from Poland (In Focus: CEE Animation 2025)
A deeper animation dive into the winners of the recent 2025 CEE Animation Forum and its winners,...
Being the Stone of Destiny: A Conversation with Czech Director Julie Černá (GoCritic! Review)
The animated musical 'Stone of Destiny' by Julie Černá, screened during the 2025 Animest Festival,...
Flight of Escape in Stop-Motion: 'Winter in March' Animation Short by Natalia Mirzoyan
Natalia Mirzoyan talks about her Oscar-qualifying stop-motion animation short 'Winter in March' to...
Queer Animation: 'Portrait of D' (2003/2025) by María Lorenzo Hernández Now Restored
An animation short about a troubled painter and his model is being remastered. Watch the restored...
'The Looking Game' Animation Short by Ann Upton
Acclaimed indie animation director Ann Upton talks to Zippy Frames and releases online her film...
Little Dan by Yingdan Lai: Animated Memories
Online release for the animation short 'Little Dan' by CalArts graduate and indie animation artist...
'The Night Boots' by Pierre-Luc Granjon (2024): Film Review - Annecy Festival
Our film review for the Cristal Annecy Winner (Best Animation Short), The Night Boots by the...
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Essential Interviews
'The Interior Is the Mirror of a Character': Stop-Motion Animation Director Lea Vidakovic Interview
Indie animation director and artist Lea Vidakovic talks to Zippy Frames....
Matea's Travels: Interview with the 'Paradaïz' Animation Short Director, Matea Radic
Olga Bobrowska interviews Matea Radic ahead of the world premiere of her animation short Paradaïz...
'We Have to Do In Animation What Europe Is Strong In’: An interview with Draško Ivezić of Adriatic Animation
Olivia Popp talks to Draško Ivezić, head of the Croatia-based studio Adriatic Animation, about his...
50 Years of Making and Teaching Animation in Brazil: Núcleo de Cinema de Animação de Campinas
Eliane Gordeeff talks to the creators of Brazilian children's animation hub, Núcleo de Cinema de...
Queerness is Blurring the Norms: Interview with Swiss Animation Director Milva Stutz (Swiss Focus @ ITFS 2025)
Swiss animation director and artist Milva Stutz talks to Zippy Frames....
"Shaping the Film Through Mutual Trust": Interview with BAFTA-Awarded Antonin Niclass (Swiss Focus @ ITFS 2025)
We talk with BAFTA-winner Swiss animation artist and director Antonin Niclass ('Do Not Feed the...
“They Wanted the World to Know What They Were Going Through”: Interview With Palestinians Haneen Koraz and Nour A-Jawad (Stop-Motion Animation Workshops)
Zippy Frames speaks to animators and educators Haneen Koraz and Nour A-Jawad about the trajectory...
‘We Searched for a Kind of Harmony’: Interview with Leon Vidmar and Jean-Claude Rozec (‘Tales from the Magic Garden’)
At the 75th Berlinale, Zippy Frames spoke with two directors of 'Tales from the Magic Garden', a...
'T-Zero', A Critique On the Housing Issue: Interview with Portuguese Animation Director Vicente Nirō
Eliane Gordeeff talks to Vincente Nirō, director of the animation short T-zero, a film about the...
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‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’ by Maïlys Vallade and Liane-Cho Han: Film Review
Olivia Popp reviews ‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’, playing most recently at San Sebastián...
'Goodbye Mr. Christie' (2010) by Phil Mulloy: Film Review
Film review for the UK animation feature 'Goodbye Mr. Christie' (2010) by Phil Mulloy.
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'Flavors of Iraq': Film Review (Go Critic! Reviews)
A new animation feature about Iraq and the Middle East. Read the 'Flavours of Iraq' film review by A...
'Lesbian Space Princess' (2025): Annecy Film Review
A queer animation princess needs to reunite with her space partner. Our film review for the 2D anima...
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Perspectives – Reports
Cinanima Festival 2025 Report: A Festival That Reinvented Itself
Eliane Gordeeff reports from the 2025 Cinanima Festival and presents her top picks from the festival...
StopTrik Festival 2025 Report: A Carnivalesque, Stop-Motion Animation Call to Awareness
Vassilis Kroustallis reports from the 15th StopTrik International Film Festival on stop-motion anima...
Animation Darkish Spots in Hauntological Tones: (Thematic) Notes on the Margins of Animafest Zagreb 2025
Mikhail Gurevich reports from the latest edition of Animafest Zagreb.
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The Past is the Present is the Future: Notes on Anibar Animation Festival 2025
Zippy Frames explores the role of temporality at festivals, one of the Balkans’ most unique and plac...
