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176 animation shorts were selected for the celebrated Anima Festival (20 February - 1 March 2026). The list: www.zippyframes.com/festivals/an...
Anima Festival 2025: Selection Results
Discover the official selection of the 2025 Anima Festival in Flagey, Brussels.
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December 6, 2025 at 8:52 AM
176 animation shorts were selected for the celebrated Anima Festival (20 February - 1 March 2026). The list: www.zippyframes.com/festivals/an...
"This is an animadoc, based on 4 hours of interviews with Kirill and Dasha. Almost everything was like that in real life". Natalia Mirzoyan, the director of the Oscar-qualifying 'Winter in March' puppet animation film, talks to Zippy Frames www.zippyframes.com/shorts/fligh...
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 Mikhail Gurevich.
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November 29, 2025 at 8:53 AM
"This is an animadoc, based on 4 hours of interviews with Kirill and Dasha. Almost everything was like that in real life". Natalia Mirzoyan, the director of the Oscar-qualifying 'Winter in March' puppet animation film, talks to Zippy Frames www.zippyframes.com/shorts/fligh...
5 animation features in the European Film Awards nominations www.zippyframes.com/news/awards/...
European Film Awards 2026: Animation Nominations
Check out the animation nominations for the 2026 European Animated Feature Films, as part of the 2026 European Film Awards.
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November 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM
5 animation features in the European Film Awards nominations www.zippyframes.com/news/awards/...
3 European Animation Awards for Gintz Zilbalodis, 'Flow'. All the winners of the 2025 European Animation Awards ceremony (Tallinn, 16 November 2025). www.zippyframes.com/news/awards/...
European Animation Awards 2025: All Winners
Check the animation winners of the 4th edition of the European Animation Awards (Emile Awards).
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November 17, 2025 at 10:28 AM
3 European Animation Awards for Gintz Zilbalodis, 'Flow'. All the winners of the 2025 European Animation Awards ceremony (Tallinn, 16 November 2025). www.zippyframes.com/news/awards/...
Inspired by the seminal 1972 work of Heino Pars 'Nail, the 2025 European Animation Awards will give their respective 'Nail' trophies to 10 animation categories -including a lifetime during the PÖFF Shorts festival (16 November 2025). All info www.zippyframes.com/festivals/ne...
European Animation Awards 2025
Professionals / educators / students within the European Community are invited to join the European Animation Association, vote on the 16 different achievement and production categories, and attend th...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Inspired by the seminal 1972 work of Heino Pars 'Nail, the 2025 European Animation Awards will give their respective 'Nail' trophies to 10 animation categories -including a lifetime during the PÖFF Shorts festival (16 November 2025). All info www.zippyframes.com/festivals/ne...
ASIFA, the international association for animation, has elected its new executive board for the 2025-2028 period. Story: www.zippyframes.com/news/asifa-e...
ASIFA Elects New International Executive Board (2025-2028)
ASIFA Elects New International Executive Board to Lead Global Animation Community.
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October 31, 2025 at 8:58 AM
ASIFA, the international association for animation, has elected its new executive board for the 2025-2028 period. Story: www.zippyframes.com/news/asifa-e...
'Little Amelie or the character of the rain' and the 16-minute animation thriller 'God is shy' by Jocelyn Charles won at the Bucheon International Animation Festival. All festival winners www.zippyframes.com/festivals/bi...
BIAF 2025 Winners: "Little Amelie', 'God Is Shy'
Find all the animation awards of the 27th Bucheon International Animation Festival.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:02 AM
'Little Amelie or the character of the rain' and the 16-minute animation thriller 'God is shy' by Jocelyn Charles won at the Bucheon International Animation Festival. All festival winners www.zippyframes.com/festivals/bi...
The 32nd Etiuda & Anima Festival (Krakow, 14-19 November 2025) handed out its animation prizes, with stories about immigrants and family relationships gone wrong. Here are all the awards www.zippyframes.com/festivals/et...
Etiuda & Anima 2025: Animation Winners
The animation winners of the 32nd Etiuda & Anima Festival. The 32nd Etiuda & Anima Festival (Krakow, 14-19 November 2025) handed out its ...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The 32nd Etiuda & Anima Festival (Krakow, 14-19 November 2025) handed out its animation prizes, with stories about immigrants and family relationships gone wrong. Here are all the awards www.zippyframes.com/festivals/et...
Online premiere of the restored queer animation film 'Portrait of D.' (2003/2025) by María Lorenzo Hernández, which combines literary stories with an impressive painting mix. www.zippyframes.com/shorts/portr...
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 'Portrait of D.' by María Lorenzo Hernández in its restored ve
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October 10, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Online premiere of the restored queer animation film 'Portrait of D.' (2003/2025) by María Lorenzo Hernández, which combines literary stories with an impressive painting mix. www.zippyframes.com/shorts/portr...
Oscar-nominated animation director Michaela Pavlátová talks about her career, indie animation in the Czech Republic and her new animation feature film in development, 'Night Tram' www.zippyframes.com/festivals/mi...
Michaela Pavlátová: Making the Mind of the Characters Alive (VIDEO / GoCritic! Review)
Watch the video interview by the Czech Oscar-nominated animation director, Michaela Pavlátová, during the June Animafest Zagreb 2025 edition.
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October 1, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Oscar-nominated animation director Michaela Pavlátová talks about her career, indie animation in the Czech Republic and her new animation feature film in development, 'Night Tram' www.zippyframes.com/festivals/mi...
Olivia Popp reviews (from San Sebastian Film Festival) the animation feature 'Little Amelie or the Character of the Rain'. Our full review www.zippyframes.com/feature-anim...
‘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 International Film Festival. As a first coll...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Olivia Popp reviews (from San Sebastian Film Festival) the animation feature 'Little Amelie or the Character of the Rain'. Our full review www.zippyframes.com/feature-anim...
Check all the animation winners of the 23rd Fantoche International Animation Film Festival (2-7 September 2025) www.zippyframes.com/festivals/fa...
Fantoche Festival Awards 2025: All Animation Winners
Find the animation winners of the 2025 Fantoche Festival.
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September 8, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Check all the animation winners of the 23rd Fantoche International Animation Film Festival (2-7 September 2025) www.zippyframes.com/festivals/fa...
A small but persistently growing animation festival in the heart of the Balkans. Our report from the Anibar Animation Festival (14-20 July 2025) #zippyframes www.zippyframes.com/festivals/th...
The Past is the Present is the Future: Notes on Anibar Animation Festival 2025
Zippy Frames explores the role of temporality at one of the Balkans’ most unique and place-specific animation festivals
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August 29, 2025 at 7:12 AM
A small but persistently growing animation festival in the heart of the Balkans. Our report from the Anibar Animation Festival (14-20 July 2025) #zippyframes www.zippyframes.com/festivals/th...
Animation newcomer Matea Radic premieres her 2D hand-drawn animation short 'Paradaïz’ at Fantoche festival, a film that revisits traumatic memories of a war-torn childhood. Interview with the filmmaker www.zippyframes.com/interviews/m...
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 at Fantoche Festival.
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August 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Animation newcomer Matea Radic premieres her 2D hand-drawn animation short 'Paradaïz’ at Fantoche festival, a film that revisits traumatic memories of a war-torn childhood. Interview with the filmmaker www.zippyframes.com/interviews/m...
The full lineup of Etiuda&Anima (its Animation selection) has now been revealed. 55 animation films from both newcomers and seasoned directors are there. www.zippyframes.com/festivals/et...
Etiuda & Anima 2025: 55 Selected Animation Films
Find the results and all animation films selected for the 2025 Etiuda&Anima festival.
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August 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
The full lineup of Etiuda&Anima (its Animation selection) has now been revealed. 55 animation films from both newcomers and seasoned directors are there. www.zippyframes.com/festivals/et...
'We Have to Do In Animation What Europe Is Strong In’: Adriatic Animation producer Draško Ivezić (Family Portrait, Life with Herman H. Rott, Manivald) talks to Zippy Frames during the 2025 edition of Anibar Festival www.zippyframes.com/interviews/i...
'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 perspectives on meaningful animated stories, mov...
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August 4, 2025 at 7:18 AM
'We Have to Do In Animation What Europe Is Strong In’: Adriatic Animation producer Draško Ivezić (Family Portrait, Life with Herman H. Rott, Manivald) talks to Zippy Frames during the 2025 edition of Anibar Festival www.zippyframes.com/interviews/i...
71 stop-motion animation films were selected for the 15th edition of StopTrik Festival, the only European festival exclusively for stop-motion films. Find them all. www.zippyframes.com/festivals/st...
StopTrik International Film Festival: 2025 Animation Selections
The full animation selection of the stop-motion festival StopTrik IFF, now in its 15th edition.
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July 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
71 stop-motion animation films were selected for the 15th edition of StopTrik Festival, the only European festival exclusively for stop-motion films. Find them all. www.zippyframes.com/festivals/st...
Extremely short animation films on board. We report on the shortest films in competition from the Fest Anča festival. www.zippyframes.com/festivals/to...
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. We have all heard ...
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July 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Extremely short animation films on board. We report on the shortest films in competition from the Fest Anča festival. www.zippyframes.com/festivals/to...
The full list of selected animation shorts for the Fantoche festival (Baden, Switzerland, 2-7 Sep 2025), which celebrates Estonia this year as the focus country
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89 Animation Shorts for the 2025 Fantoche Festival
The selection results and the full list of animated films for the 23rd edition of Fantoche Festival (Baden, Switzerland).
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July 18, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The full list of selected animation shorts for the Fantoche festival (Baden, Switzerland, 2-7 Sep 2025), which celebrates Estonia this year as the focus country
www.zippyframes.com/festivals/89...
www.zippyframes.com/festivals/89...
A small tribute to UK animation iconoclast Phil Mulloy (1948-2025): Film review for the 2010 animation feature 'Goodbye Mr. Christie' www.zippyframes.com/feature-anim...
'Goodbye Mr. Christie' (2010) by Phil Mulloy: Film Review
Film review for the UK animation feature 'Goodbye, Mister Christie' (2010) by Phil Mulloy.
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July 14, 2025 at 1:07 PM
A small tribute to UK animation iconoclast Phil Mulloy (1948-2025): Film review for the 2010 animation feature 'Goodbye Mr. Christie' www.zippyframes.com/feature-anim...
An animation documentary about Iraq, originally composed from tweets. Check our film review for 'Flavors of Iraq' in our GoCritic! review series www.zippyframes.com/feature-anim...
'Flavous of Iraq' (2025): Film Review (Go Critic! Reviews)
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.
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July 2, 2025 at 7:56 AM
An animation documentary about Iraq, originally composed from tweets. Check our film review for 'Flavors of Iraq' in our GoCritic! review series www.zippyframes.com/feature-anim...
A closer look at the Children and Youth Competition at this year’s Animafest Zagreb. We report from the Croatian festival (in our GoCritic! series) www.zippyframes.com/festivals/ch...
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 w
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June 30, 2025 at 8:04 AM
A closer look at the Children and Youth Competition at this year’s Animafest Zagreb. We report from the Croatian festival (in our GoCritic! series) www.zippyframes.com/festivals/ch...
Small-looking, made in pinscreen and empathetic. Our review for the Annecy Festival Cristal Winner 'The Night Boots' by Pierre-Luc Granjon @annecyfestival.bsky.social www.zippyframes.com/shorts/the-n...
'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 French animation director Pierre-Luc Granjon.
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June 19, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Small-looking, made in pinscreen and empathetic. Our review for the Annecy Festival Cristal Winner 'The Night Boots' by Pierre-Luc Granjon @annecyfestival.bsky.social www.zippyframes.com/shorts/the-n...
Two French films won over the short and feature animation categories in the 2025 Annecy Festival., 'Arco' and The Night Boots'. The full list: www.zippyframes.com/festivals/an...
Annecy Winners 2025: 'Arco', 'The Night Boots'
Discover the animation winners of the 2025 Annecy Festival.
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June 15, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Two French films won over the short and feature animation categories in the 2025 Annecy Festival., 'Arco' and The Night Boots'. The full list: www.zippyframes.com/festivals/an...
Black sulaimani tea can help negotiate identities. Our film review for the French animation short, 'Sulaimani' by Vinnie Ann Bose (in competition at #annecyfestival) www.zippyframes.com/shorts/sulai...
'Sulaimani' by Vinnie Ann Bose (2025): Film Review - Annecy Festival
Read our film review for the French 2D/stop-motion animation short 'Sulaimani' by Vinnie Ann Bose, in competition at the 2025 Annecy Festival.
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June 14, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Black sulaimani tea can help negotiate identities. Our film review for the French animation short, 'Sulaimani' by Vinnie Ann Bose (in competition at #annecyfestival) www.zippyframes.com/shorts/sulai...