Zippy Frames

02/07/2025

An animation documentary feature that was initially composed out of 1000 tweets, before becoming a series -and eventually an animation feature.

Our review for the Iraqi-themed 'Flavors of Iraq' by
Léonard Cohen, as presented during this year's Anifilm Festival (in our GoCritic! review series)

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.

01/07/2025

45 years of Anima Festival! Send your anmation shorts and features to the Brussels fest till 3 October 2025

The Oscar-qualified Anima festival in Brussels is the only festival of its kind in Belgium, and presents diverse films in length, technique and scope.

30/06/2025

"The Children and Youth Competition at this year’s Animafest featured an aspirational selection of short films that embolden young artists to dare and trust their imagination. Looking at the programmes for older children, specifically those aged 11-14 and 15+, audiences could see a focus on themes of overcoming self-doubt and loneliness, as well as the importance of unrestrained artistic creativity"
Sergiu Inizian and Arsène Rosenmann write (for our GoCritic review series) on the Children & Youth Competition at this year's Animafest Zagreb. See below:👇

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

26/06/2025

🔰A girl, a park, and a 2D animation film full of memories. CalArts graduate, US-based indie animator Yingdan Lai crafted 'Little Dan', a 2D animation short that has a girl reminiscing about the little pleasures when being of a young age

"I obtained my BFA in an art school in China, where animation training focused a lot on creating within set topics, even for our thesis films. It felt a bit like swimming in a small, safe pool, but also limiting. After graduating, I wanted to experiment more and tell personal stories. With 'Little Dan', I was finally drawing from my own memories and creating in a way that felt honest."

👇Find the full 'Little Dan' film and the interview at zippyframes.com:

https://www.zippyframes.com/shorts/little-dan-by-yingdan-lai

23/06/2025

Find the lineup of the 29 animation projects (features, shorts and TV series) selected for the 2025 CEE Animation Forum. Congrats to all!

29 animation projects from all over Europe will be pitched in the November edition of CEE Animation Forum.

21/06/2025

A few days left to submit to the 15th StopTrik International Film Festival (deadline: 7 July).

👇Check the link for our previous reports of the stop-motion festival as well.

StopTrik IFF is a Slovenian animation festival and community that celebrates the amazing film art of stop motion animation.

19/06/2025

A number of animation shorts we liked and reviewed from both Animafest Zagreb and Annecy Festivals this year. There's always fine indie animation to watch and discover

👉Find them here: https://www.zippyframes.com/shorts

17/06/2025

It took a small-looking, almost of children material, French animation short to win this year's Annecy Cristal for a Short Film. 'The Night Boots' (Les bottes de la nuit) by animation filmmaker Pierre-Luc Granjon (production: Am Stram Gram) tells the story of a child meeting a strange 'beast' in the woods -instead of a terrifying adventure, the curious but solitary beast leads Elliot to a world of nighttime wonder and wander.

Our film review for the pinscreen 'The Night Boots' below:

Our film review for the Cristal Annecy Winner (Best Animation Short), The Night Boots by the French animation director Pierre-Luc Granjon.

15/06/2025

Two French films won over the short and feature animation categories in the 2025 Annecy Festival. Congrats to all winners!

Discover the animation winners of the 2025 Annecy Festival.

14/06/2025

Black sulaimani tea can help negotiate identities. 'Sulaimani' by Vinnie Ann Bose (in competition at Annecy Festival) reveals what happens when you're a young Indian woman in France in charge of yourself and your household (in 2D and stop-motion). Our film review for the French animation short.

Read our film review for the French 2D/stop-motion animation short 'Sulaimani' by Vinnie Ann Bose, in competition at the 2025 Annecy Festival.

12/06/2025

It's not nice to be a goldfish; Maria knows that firsthand. Our film review for the Polish stop-motion animation short, 'The Pool or Death of a Goldfish' by Daria Kopiec, in competition at Annecy Festival

Film review for the Polish animation film 'The Pool or Death of a Goldfish' by Daria Kopiec, in competition at Annecy Film Festival.

11/06/2025

The selection for the 5th CRAFT International Animation Festival is here

Learn about the full selection of the 5th CRAFT International Animation Festival in Yogyakarta, Indonesia. The 5th CRAFT International Animation...