Animation Perspectives & Reports
Vassilis Kroustallis reports from the 15th StopTrik International Film Festival on stop-motion animation.
Mikhail Gurevich reports from the latest edition of Animafest Zagreb.
Zippy Frames explores the role of temporality at festivals, one of the Balkans’ most unique and place-specific animation events.
Anifilm Festival has a tradition of showcasing abstract and non-narrative independent animation. Arsalan Awais writes about the 2025 selection.
Eliane Gordeeff reviews the book 'On the Animation Trail - 20 Years of Animation Festival History' by animation journalist and author Nancy Denney-Phelps.
Olivia Popp dives into highlights of the 44th Anima’s national competition, which included absurdist Flemish shorts, animated documentaries, films tackling colonialism, works inspired by Belgian comic strips, and more.
Discover the new animation shorts in development from the Black Sea region, as presented in the premiere Black Sea Animation pitching (26-30 November 2024).
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.
Olivia Popp reports from the 14th edition of the StopTrik International Film Festival in Maribor, Slovenia.
Erika Roša reports from the Animafest Zagreb Croatian Film Competition 2 programme, in our GoCritic! Review series.
The Slovakian Biennial of Animation Bratislava had to rearrange its edition after the dismissal of its festival director. We talk with the former programming team members of the event.



