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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · 5d

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · 15d

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · 25d

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · 27d

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · Sep 8

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · Aug 29

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · Aug 27

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · Aug 25

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · Aug 4

'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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · Jul 29

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · Jul 24

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · Jul 18

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · Jul 14

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · Jul 2

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · Jun 30

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · Jun 19

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · Jun 15

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · Jun 14

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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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · Jun 7

Based on Albert Camus' 'The Guest', an Iranian animation short on moral responsibility and duty amidst persecution. Our film review for 'Like Friend, Like Deer' presented at Animafest Zagreb www.zippyframes.com/shorts/like-...

'Like Friend, Like Deer' by Malek Eghbali (2025): Film Review - Animafest Zagreb

Our film review for the 2D animation short 'Like Friend, Like Deer' by the Iranian director Malek Eghbali, presented at the 2025 Animafest Zagreb.

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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · Jun 2

Pride month: animated queer desires in the vivid and dazzling 20-minute short 'Christopher at Sea' by Tom CJ Brown, now available online www.zippyframes.com/shorts/chris...

Christopher at Sea by Tom CJ Brown (Film Review)

Queer desire in animation. Watch the 2D animation short 'Christopher at Sea' by Tom CJ Brown.

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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · May 21

Part of the Cannes Short Film competition, 'Hypersensitive' by Martine Frossard tells the troubled experiences of a sensitive young woman, who finds herself at a key crossroads in her life. We talked with the director #indieanimation #zippyframes www.zippyframes.com/shorts/hyper...

'Hypersensitive' NFB Animation Short at Cannes 2025 : Interview with Martine Frossard

Discover the indie animation short 'Hypersensitive' by Martine Frossard, in competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival.

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MOFP Studio | Director Jee In-kyu @jeeinkyu.bsky.social · May 21

📝 We just released the teaser for *Against the Fangs*, a dialogue-free animated short about a mother rabbit protecting her child.

Made by MOFP Studio (South Korea)
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@zippyframes.bsky.social — We’d love to share it with your readers!

Against the Fangs – Official Trailer

Official Teaser – MOFP Studio Original Animated Short "Against the Fangs" is a cinematic 3D animated short that portrays the raw instincts of motherhood,…

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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · May 16

20 years of animation festivals. We review the book 'On the Animation Trail' by Nancy Denney-Phelps, and travel along this animation festival road trip #zippyframes #indieanimation www.zippyframes.com/festivals/on...

'On the Animation Trail - 20 Years of Animation Festival History' by Nancy-Denney Phelps (Book Review)

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

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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · May 12

The Quay Brothers win at Anifilm Festival with their 'Sanatorium', and 'The Voice of the Sirens' gets best animation short. All the winners of the Czech festival and the jury statements: buff.ly/QvZXfcJhttps...

Anifilm Festival 2025 Winners: Quay Brothers, 'The Voice of the Sirenes', 'Bunnyhood'

Discover the award-winning animation films from the 2025 Anifilm Festival

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Zippy Frames @zippyframes.bsky.social · May 6

Cutout animation and music; Marcus Grysczok presents a story of creator and creation in his 'Perfect Sense' by The Autumn Sighs #animation #cutoutanimation #zippyframes www.zippyframes.com/shorts/perfe...

'Perfect Sense' by Marcus Grysczok

Animation short 'Perfect Sense' by Marcus Grysczok is both a music video and a story to unfold. Watch the film.

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