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Sawako Kabuki Animation Masterclass at Fest Anča 2025 : Shame? I Don’t Know Her (GoCritic! Review)

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

The Girl who Cried Pearls stop-motion animation film still

StopTrik International Film Festival: 2025 Animation Selections

The full animation selection of the stop-motion festival StopTrik IFF, now in its 15th edition.

Cows by Alina Sivets at Fest Anca 2025: animation film still

To Be Surprised in Sixty Seconds: Extremely Short Films at Fest Anča 2025 (GoCritic! Review)

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

Moral Support by Croatian Vuk Jevremovic animation film stil

No Talk, All Action: Representing Emotions through Body and Sound in Animafest Zagreb’s 2025 Croatian Competition 2 (GoCritic! Review)

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

It Shouldn't Rain Tomorrow by Maria Trixeira animation film still

Countryside Animafest Cyprus 2025: Selection Results

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Discover the animation lineup of the Countryside Animafest Cyprus festival for its 2025 edition.

Ordinary Life dir. Yoriko Mizushiri animation film still

89 Animation Shorts for the 2025 Fantoche Festival

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The selection results and the full list of animated films for the 23rd edition of Fantoche Festival (Baden, Switzerland).

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Marta Margetić, 'Spine'

Croatian Competition 1 at Animafest Zagreb: Capturing the Inexplicable (GoCritic! Review)

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

Breed by Yiyang Sun animation film still, part of Abstract Animation Competition at Anifilm 2025

Abstract and Non-Narrative Animation at Anifilm 2025 (GoCritic! Review)

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

Snow Bear / Stone of Destiny / S The Wolf animation collage stills

Welcoming a New Generation: Children and Youth Competition at Animafest Zagreb (GoCritic! Review)

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.

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