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"The Story of Artistic Vision Through Animation": Interview with Tina Ohnmacht, MA in Animation HSLU Coordinator The Swiss Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts has long been a hub for indie animation. Prof. Tina Ohnmacht, co-ordinator of the MA in Animation at H

An international hub for indie animation, the Swiss Lucerne School of Design, Film and Art is now open for its MA in Animation. Programme coordinator Tina Ohnmacht explains all the particulars (deadline to apply: 5 March) www.zippyframes.com/news/academi...

EDITORIAL: We Can Live Without Animation Pranks: Bronzit's 'The Three Sisters' Case The story behind the Oscar-nominated film 'The Three Sisters' by the Russian director Konstantin Bronzit and its repercussions in the independent animation comm

The Oscar-nominated animation short 'The Three Sisters' by the Russian Konstantin Bronzit appropriated a different country (Cyprus) and won an award in an exclusively Greek/Cypriot film competition. www.zippyframes.com/news/we-can-...

Oscar Animation Nominations 2026: "Arco', 'Pearls', 'Little Amelie' The full animation nominations for the 2026 Academy Awards. Τwo French films and three US animation features compete for the 2026 Academy Awards,...

The Oscar animation nominations for 2026 are here in both short and feature categories www.zippyframes.com/news/awards/...

Three Short Animation Films at Berlinale Shorts 2026 Discover the three animation shorts selected (world premiere) at the 2026 Berlinale Shorts programme.

Three animation films (out of the final 21 short films) will compete for the Golden Bear for a Short Film (and other prizes) at the 2026 Berlinale Shorts www.zippyframes.com/festivals/an...

'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.

The Annecy Cristal winner and Oscar-shortlisted animation short 'The Night Boots' is now online. Discover the adventures of a child and his encounters with creatures. Our review and the film www.zippyframes.com/shorts/the-n...

'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.

The 2D/stop-motion animation short 'Sulaimani' by Vinnie Ann Bose has been Cesar-shortlisted for Best French animation short. Our film review www.zippyframes.com/shorts/sulai...

Inside, The Valley Sings (2024) Animation Documentary: Film Review Our film review for the animation documentary (now released online), 'Inside, the Valley Sings' by Nathan Fagan (animation director: Natasza Cetner).

'Inside, The Valley Sings' works as a powerful testament of humanity gone haywire. Our review for the animation documentary 'Inside, the Valley Sings' by Nathan Fagan (animation director: Natasza Cetner), now online. www.zippyframes.com/shorts/insid...

Check all the animation festivals with upcoming deadlines to submit your films www.zippyframes.com/festivals/ne...

'I Died in Irpin', 'Butterfly', The Night Boots' in the 2026 Oscar Animation Shortlist Discover the 15 animation short films that are included in the Oscar shortlist for the 98th Academy Awards.

The full list of 15 animation shorts shortlisted for an Academy Award. www.zippyframes.com/news/awards/...

'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, starting with the winning pitch of the Polish feature animation

A new dark comedy Polish animation feature project is in the making. Learn more about 'Until Death Unites Us' CEE-awarded project www.zippyframes.com/shorts/until...

Anima Festival 2025: Selection Results Discover the official selection of the 2025 Anima Festival in Flagey, Brussels.

176 animation shorts were selected for the celebrated Anima Festival (20 February - 1 March 2026). The list: www.zippyframes.com/festivals/an...

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.

"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...

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.

5 animation features in the European Film Awards nominations 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).

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 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...

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 Elects New International Executive Board (2025-2028) ASIFA Elects New International Executive Board to Lead Global Animation Community.

ASIFA, the international association for animation, has elected its new executive board for the 2025-2028 period. Story: www.zippyframes.com/news/asifa-e...

BIAF 2025 Winners: "Little Amelie', 'God Is Shy' Find all the animation awards of the 27th Bucheon International Animation Festival.

'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...

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 ...

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...

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

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...

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.

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...

‘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...

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...

Fantoche Festival Awards 2025: All Animation Winners Find the animation winners of the 2025 Fantoche Festival.

Check all the animation winners of the 23rd Fantoche International Animation Film Festival (2-7 September 2025) www.zippyframes.com/festivals/fa...

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

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...

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.

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...

Etiuda & Anima 2025: 55 Selected Animation Films Find the results and all animation films selected for the 2025 Etiuda&Anima festival.

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’: 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...

'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...

StopTrik International Film Festival: 2025 Animation Selections The full animation selection of the stop-motion festival StopTrik IFF, now in its 15th edition.

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...

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 ...

Extremely short animation films on board. We report on the shortest films in competition from the Fest Anča festival. www.zippyframes.com/festivals/to...

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).

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...

'Goodbye Mr. Christie' (2010) by Phil Mulloy: Film Review Film review for the UK animation feature 'Goodbye, Mister Christie' (2010) by Phil Mulloy.

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...