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222 articles available in total starting from 04/05/2018. Last article published on 13/06/2025.

GoCritic! Interview: José Luis Ágreda  • Art director, Robot Dreams

GoCritic! Interview: José Luis Ágreda • Art director, Robot Dreams

"Sometimes you think fewer features make animation easier, but it's the opposite – you have fewer tools to express emotion"

The Spanish illustrator, cartoonist and art director shares his perspective on animation, adaptation and emotion through drawing  

02/12/2024 | GoCritic! | Animest 2024

GoCritic! Interview: Peter Dodd  • Animation director, Kensuke's Kingdom

GoCritic! Interview: Peter Dodd • Animation director, Kensuke's Kingdom

"The whole film is actually about a guy that really needs a hug... and I think that hug is the best part of the film"

The UK-based animation director sat down with GoCritic! to talk about the subtle artistry behind the film’s emotional impact  

02/12/2024 | GoCritic! | Animest 2024

GoCritic! Interview: Pierre-Luc Granjon  • Director

GoCritic! Interview: Pierre-Luc Granjon • Director

"What I like about my techniques is working with my hands, rather than spending life in front of a computer"

The French director discussed his approach to different animation techniques, elaborating on a masterclass conducted at Animest  

02/12/2024 | GoCritic! | Animest 2024

GoCritic! Feature: Fest Anča’s Animated Documentary section – A female perspective on patriarchal society

GoCritic! Feature: Fest Anča’s Animated Documentary section – A female perspective on patriarchal society

In Fest Anča’s animated documentary section, women-directed films tackled issues of emotional exploitation, state repression and trans experience  

14/11/2024 | GoCritic! | Fest Anča 2024

GoCritic! launches call for participants for workshops at five animation festivals

GoCritic! launches call for participants for workshops at five animation festivals

Ten participants will be selected for workshops of film journalism and criticism, which now also include a video component, at five member festivals of the Animation Festival Network  

23/09/2024 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2024/Anifilm Liberec 2025/Animafest Zagreb 2025/Fest Anča 2025/Animest 2025

GoCritic! launches call for video journalism workshop at Animest Bucharest

GoCritic! launches call for video journalism workshop at Animest Bucharest

The training programme is expanding its activities to the field of video journalism and criticism with a workshop at the festival, taking place from 8-13 October  

06/09/2024 | GoCritic! | Animest 2024

GoCritic! Feature: Animation Festival Network’s “That’s What She Said” Programme

GoCritic! Feature: Animation Festival Network’s “That’s What She Said” Programme

The programme consisted of recent animated shorts by female and female-identifying artists from Central and Eastern Europe, put together by the AFN curators  

27/08/2024 | GoCritic! | Fest Anča 2024

GoCritic! Review: Aurora’s Sunrise

GoCritic! Review: Aurora’s Sunrise

Inna Sahakyan’s heartfelt animated documentary is a testament to the human spirit set against the backdrop of the Armenian genocide  

31/07/2024 | GoCritic! | Fest Anča 2024

GoCritic! Review: Fest Anča’s International Competition of Shorts 2

GoCritic! Review: Fest Anča’s International Competition of Shorts 2

The second shorts block of the Slovak festival’s competition programme offered a kaleidoscopic range of films that probe the tension between communal connection and isolation  

29/07/2024 | GoCritic! | Fest Anča 2024

GoCritic! Review: Wereawolf

GoCritic! Review: Wereawolf

Niko Mlynarčík’s ambitious winning film of the Slovak shorts competition at Fest Anča candidly explores online bullying but overwhelms its topic by overstraining the narrative  

19/07/2024 | GoCritic! | Fest Anča 2024

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