Animation Perspectives & Reports

The Girl who Cried Pearls stop-motion animation film still

Vassilis Kroustallis reports from the 15th StopTrik International Film Festival on stop-motion animation.

Anibar's Lake Cinema (Photo: Ferdi Limani)

Zippy Frames explores the role of temporality at festivals, one of the Balkans’ most unique and place-specific animation events.

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

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

Nancy Denney Phelps

Eliane Gordeeff reviews the book 'On the Animation Trail - 20 Years of Animation Festival History' by animation journalist and author Nancy Denney-Phelps.

'Mealitancy' by Marie Royer and Zinia Scorier

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.

 Black Sea Animation Workshop 2024 participants

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).

Chintis Lundgren at Animateka Festival 2024

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

Andrea Martignoni still from Animateka Festival 2024

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

Still from 3.14 Portuguese animation film

Eliane Gordeeff shares her impressions of the 2024 Cinanima Festival.

'Playing God' by Matteo Burani

Olivia Popp reports from the 14th edition of the StopTrik International Film Festival in Maribor, Slovenia.

Families' Albums still. Part of the Animafest Zagreb 2024 Report

Mikhail Gurevich reports from the recent (June 2024) edition of Animafest Zagreb.  

Catlands animation short film by Ana Cigon still

Erika Roša reports from the Animafest Zagreb Croatian Film Competition 2 programme, in our GoCritic! Review series.

Biennial of Animation Bratislava team still and graphic

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.

Anima Festival 2024 collage stills

Mikhail Gurevich reports from the 2024 edition of Anima Festival Brussels.

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