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11/11/2025

The international animation festival Fest Anča is again open for entries for its 2026 edition, accepting short animated films and music videos under 30 minutes – completed after January 1, 2024.

Check for all details (deadline: 31 Jan 2026) 👇

Fest Anča International Animation Festival is unique in being the only Slovak multimedia festival focused on animated film targeted mainly at a mature audience.

10/11/2025

A few days ago, CRAFT International Animaiton Festival, published its list of winners. The biennial festival that takes place in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, showcases both international and Southeast Asian competition, revealing an eclectic number of winning films not otherwise discoverable.

Check out the full winners' list and the jury statements

Discover the animation winners of the 5th CRAFT International Animation Festival.

07/11/2025

Animation projects about death and rebirth dominated the awards of the always solid CEE Animation Forum.

Find the full list of its 2025 winners and the jury statements of the 3-day Pilsen event.

Check out the animation winners of the CEE Animation Forum 2025.

06/11/2025

"When you look at an interior, you can tell exactly who it belongs to, who lives there -this is fascinating. It is a mirror of a character, or an extension of one. Objects, furniture, and the space as a whole tell a story, even without the character being there, which is so powerful"

Lea Vidakovic, director of 'The Family Portrait' talks to Zippy Frames about puppets, animation and installation, characters, sets and lighting, and the need to integrate them all in a creative work of art.

Find her interview below: 👇

Indie animation director and artist Lea Vidakovic talks to Zippy Frames.

04/11/2025

Νew call for entries for Flipbook Film Festival (Skopje, North Macedonia) for all European animated films -less than 20 minutes.

✔️ Short and student films, animation documentaries, music videos and flipbooks welcome.

✔️ Check the categories, details and apply

Flipbook Film Festival (Festival of European Animated Film) is an annual cultural event devoted specifically for animated films made by European authors taking place in Skopje, North Macedonia.

03/11/2025

Animafest Zagreb has officially opened its call for the 2026 edition. Short films, student films, children and youth films, and feature animation films (from 40 minutes) may participate

Full details below: 👇

The World Festival of Animated Film in Zagreb is the second oldest festival in the world dedicated entirely to the art of animation.

01/11/2025

'Little Amelie or the Character of the Rain' comes to the US theaters on 7th November.

New US trailer and read our review (from Olivia Popp) at the previous San Sebastian Film Festival for this uniquely styled animation feature

Olivia Popp reviews ‘Little Amélie or the Character of Rain’, playing most recently at San Sebastián International Film Festival. As a first coll...

31/10/2025

ASIFA elects its new executive board for the 2025-28 period. Congrats to all elected!

ASIFA Elects New International Executive Board to Lead Global Animation Community.

28/10/2025

French winners in the Korean Bucheon International Animation Festival.

'Little Amelie or the character of the rain' wins the Grand Prize for a feature film; the 16-minute animation thriller 'God is shy' by Jocelyn Charles wins the Short Film Grand Prix.

All animation winners 👇

Find all the animation awards of the 27th Bucheon International Animation Festival.

24/10/2025

“When I arrived in Madagascar, I only had a laptop, 10 kilos of paint, and a camera”, said French animator Bastien Dubois about his first independent film. His talk was part of the twentieth edition of the Animest International Animation Film Festival in Bucharest, Romania.

To celebrate this milestone, this year’s festival was constructed around the theme of traveling, a common subject in Dubois’ oeuvre. During his presentation, he took the audience through the places around the world that marked his career. He also charted the evolution of his artistic process and reflected on how the passing of time helped to recontextualize his early work.

Find our whole GoCritic! report (by Sergiu Inizian) at Zippy Frames

Sergiu Inizian reports from Animest 2025 and the Bastien Dubois masterclass.

21/10/2025

A few days before the deadline for the animation training programme CEE Animation Workhsop, we had a deep dive into its activities (the animation industry workshop has already completed 7 editions).

✴️ Saša Bach, Managing Director of CEE Animation Workshop talks to Zippy Frames about all issues of interest to those applying to this yearly training module.

✴️ Tutors and previous participants share their views on the programme, and highlight the intense but group-minded effort it entails.

👇 Check everything in our essential guide below:

The essential guide for one of the most interesting European animation training workshops, CEE Animation Workshop.

20/10/2025

'Autokar', 'Dog Ear', 'A Boat in the Garden' win the animation awards of the 32nd Etiuda&Anim Festival

Find all animation winners of the Krakow festival:

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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We started in 2011 with the aim to promote European and independent animation worldwide, a severely under-represented area in animation reporting and criticism. 6 years later and 3,000 articles in our Zippy Frames slate, we still feel there is the need to talk about animation; to review films; to cover in depth animation festivals; to host and hear the voice of people who do animation shorts ; to inform on professional opportunities and act as a liaison between providers and artists. We have certainly grown up a lot since our early start, but our mission remains the same.

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