Reading Queerness from the Mainstream: Joke D’Heer on Conducting Queer Readings of Popular Films
ANIMA 2026: Through the work of this Gent-based media scholar, we explore the concept of and intention behind their live queer readings of films.
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‘The film is about being understood by others, but also making the effort to understand them’: Orian Barki and Meriem Bennani on ‘Bouchra’
INDIELISBOA 2026: The directors of this Toronto-premiered animated feature talk collaboration, combining documentary material with fictional story origins, and the imperative of specificity.
‘I thought it would be fun to find a cliché and turn it on its head’: Mickey Stepanskiy on ‘Knights on a Quest for Love’
ANIMA 2026: The US filmmaker explores how his light-hearted take on a topsy-turvy trope meaningfully turns a patriarchal fairytale upside down in his endearing comedic animated short.
‘In Brussels, animation and the queer community have been linked since the beginning’: Dominique Seutin, Anima co-director
ANIMA 2026: In our newest curator discussion, we learn about the interconnectedness of Brussels’ queer community and the animation scene, which come together at this beloved Belgian festival.
‘Our radical futures must be made of joy’: Yaya Xi-lin Wang on ‘Into the Next Tide’
QUEER MIGRATIONS 2025: The outlines of the artist’s seaborne
figures are in constant flux, as is the context in which the work is presented.
Horny, Frustrated, Joyous: Best of Queer Shorts at Anima 2025
ANIMA 2025: We take a look at three highlights from this Brussels festival for animated films, which have all been critically acclaimed to date—for good reason.
‘I wanted to make something gentle about queer people’: Géraldine Charpentier on ‘Messages personnels’
ANIMA 2025: The Brussels-based animator talks us through their newest short film, which brings to the screen “a little dyke story in [their] own city” inspired by the art style of cartoonists like Alison Bechdel.