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GoCritic! Articles

GoCritic! Articles

Welcome to the new page on Cineuropa, dedicated to emerging film journalists and critics through the training programme GoCritic!

In the right column you will find the information on the project, the list of tutors and partner festivals and organisations, and profiles of four participants selected for the KVIFF workshop.

The stories produced at the workshop will be published on Cineuropa's main page, and below is the list of all articles we ran so far.

For all queries, please contact gocritic@cineuropa.org

See also: About GoCritic!, GoCritic! Animateka 2024, GoCritic! Animest 2024, GoCritic! Fest Anča 2024, GoCritic! Animafest 2024, GoCritic! Anifilm 2024, GoCritic! Animateka 2023, GoCritic! Animest 2023, GoCritic! Fest Anča 2023, GoCritic! Animafest Zagreb 2023, GoCritic! Animest 2022, GoCritic! KVIFF 2019, GoCritic! Animafest Zagreb 2019, GoCritic! Trieste 2019, GoCritic! KVIFF 2018, GoCritic! Tutors, GoCritic! Team, GoCritic! Partners.


216 articles available in total starting from 04/05/2018. Last article published on 16/01/2025.

GoCritic! Interview: Zane Oborenko • Director of short film Kafka in Love

GoCritic! Interview: Zane Oborenko • Director of short film Kafka in Love

“All of this is about translation”

The Latvian animator discusses adaptation and romantic truths in relation to her short film inspired by Franz Kafka’s love letters to writer and journalist Milena Jesenská  

16/01 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2024

GoCritic! Interview: Jelena Oroz • Director of short film No Room

GoCritic! Interview: Jelena Oroz • Director of short film No Room

“I wanted to step outside of 2D digital animation – it’s my safe place, and I wanted to try something different”

The Croatian animator talks fast cars, cramped spaces and cinematic revenge during Ljubljana's 21st Animateka International Animated Film Festival  

13/12/2024 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2024

GoCritic! Review: Hurikán

GoCritic! Review: Hurikán

Jan Saska’s black-and-white short follows a half-man, half-pig who is sent in pursuit of a fresh keg of beer, leading to a fast-paced chase all around the streets of Prague  

13/12/2024 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2024

GoCritic! Review: Keep Out

GoCritic! Review: Keep Out

The animated short film by Tan-Lui Chan tackles a "we live in a society" zeitgeist, inspired by coping mechanisms manifested during the Hong Kong protests and global pandemic of the last years  

13/12/2024 | GoCritic! | Animateka 2024

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

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