Animocje Festival 2026: All Highlights Discover the animation highlights of the always relevant 2026 Animocje Festival.

Starts 21 April: Check the animation highlights (Nienke Deutz masterclass, 98 animation shorts) of the Animocje Festival (21-26 April, Bydgoszcz, Poland)

Queer Animation: 'Carrotica' by Daniel Sterlin-Altman Time for a carrot cake. Watch the queer stop-motion animation film 'Carrotica' by Daniel Sterlin-Altman and read his interview at Zippy Frames.

A queer kid, a Botany researcher and mother, and a carrot. Watch the textually explicit, stop-motion animation 'Carrotica' by Daniel Sterlin-Altman and read his interview at Zippy Frames www.zippyframes.com/shorts/queer...

Joanna Quinn Gets Animafest Zagreb 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award The two-time Oscar nominee and BAFTA-winning animation artist Joanna Quinn gets the Animafest Zagreb 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award.

Oscar-nominated, EMMY & BAFTA-winning animation artist Joanna Quinn gets the Animafest Zagreb 2026 Lifetime Achievement Award www.zippyframes.com/festivals/jo...

Ukraine Opens Up for Co-Productions in Animation The Ukrainian government has launched a new initiative that allows for co-production in the animation field as well.

A new funding competition for co-producing animation films (shorts, series, feature films) with Ukraine has now been launched (deadline: 28 May)
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'Perfect Blue' by Satoshi Kon Comes in Limited Edition Steelbook 4K UHD Satoshi Kon's first animation feature 'Perfect Bokk' will come ready as a 3-Disc set 4K HUD for home cinema in June 2026. Before 'Papriika' and '...

The debut animation feature 'Perfect Blue' by Satoshi Kon will be available in 4K UHD (Limited Edition Steelbook) in June.

Animation Report from Bergamo Film Meeting 2026: Pinscreen Animation and More Reporting on the Bergamo Film Meeting 2026 and all the key animation figures of the festival.

'Τales from the Magic Garden', a two-artists coverage of pinscreen animation, and some dear short animation films in the animation programme of the 2026 Bergamo Film Festival. Our report: www.zippyframes.com/festivals/an...

Annecy Festival Short Animation Film Selections 2026: The Full List Check the animation selections for the 2026 Annecy International Animation Film Festival.  34 animation shorts were selected for the 'shorts film...

The full list of Annecy Festival-selected short films (short official selection, graduation films, TV & Commissioned films) is here. www.zippyframes.com/festivals/an...

Bozzetto's 'Allegro non Troppo' Restored, Gets US Premiere The restored version of the Bruno Bozzetto animation classic, 'Allegro non Troppo' gets its US premiere on 27th March.

The Italian animated feature classic 'Allegro non Troppo' gets its restored (2K) US premiere this week in New York (27 March). www.zippyframes.com/news/bozzett...

The Oscar-winning 'The Girl Who Cried Pearls' Now Available Online The Oscar-winning stop-motion animation short 'The Girl Who Cried Pearls' is now available online.

The stop-motion animation film ' The Girl Who Cried Pearls', which won the Oscar for Best Animation Short, is now available in its entirety to watch via the NFB site (some European territories excluded). www.zippyframes.com/news/awards/...

'The Girl Who Cried Pearls', 'KPop Demon Hunters' Animated Film Win at Oscars 2026 Check the animation winners in the 98th Academy Award ceremony.

'The Girl Who Cried Pearls', 'K-Pop Demon Hunters' win in the animation categories at the 98th Academy Awards
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CEE Animation Forum 2026 CEE Animation Forum is a co-production pitching, B2B and networking event with the intention to boost the projects´ international circulation potential, visibility and their access to a wider European...

CEE Animation Forum is now open for international animation projects in development/production to benefit from its pitching processes (shorts, series, features). Check the details and apply till 10 May www.zippyframes.com/festivals/ne...

The Lithuanian Graphic Novel Siberian Haiku Becomes A Lithuanian/French/Belgian Animation Feature The Lithuanian multi-awarded graphic novel 'Siberian Haiku' will be adapted as an animated feature by a Lithuanian-French-Belgian team. The Lithu...

New animation feature in the making from the producers of 'No Dogs or Italians Allowed', here based on a Lithuanian graphic novel 'Siberian Haiku' www.zippyframes.com/news/lithuan...

'The Angst And The Bliss' Animation Short by Lucia Malerba and Niccolò Manzolini Lucia Malerba and Niccolò Manzolini present their animation short, 'The Angst And The Bliss', to Zippy Frames. Lucia Malerba and Niccolò Manzoli...

Surrealism-inspired animation. Discover the world of Raymond Roussel in The Angst and the Bliss 2D animation short by the Mangoosta team. Watch the full film premiering online www.zippyframes.com/shorts/anima...

From Education to Infrastructure: Collective Animation Practices in Central Asia (Guest Article) Dante Rustav presents a collective animation practice developed among young authors in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kyrgyzstan. Guest Author: Dant...

How collective animation practices shape production and distribution in the hugely underrepresented area of Central Asia (Guest Article) www.zippyframes.com/news/product...

"Different Shades of the Same Person": Leo Černic on the Berlin-Premiering Animation Short 'Cosmonauts' Leo Černic in an interview with Zippy Frames on his Berlinale Shorts 2026 premiere - 'Cosmonauts'.

Premiering in a few days at Berlinale Shorts: The new queer animation film 'Cosmonauts' by Leo Černic, with three characters in a transgalactic trip. He talks to Zippy Frames. www.zippyframes.com/interviews/l...

"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...

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'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...