45 qualified short animated films were screened yesterday in a special screening to choose the eventual nominees for the Academy Award 2012.

The creepy film The Renter won the grand prize at the 35th Cinanima Festival. See the full award list.

A Jiri Barta workshop, a premiere of Chico and Rita and competitive sections for both shorts and feature films are the strong highlights of the 35th Cinanima festival in Espinho.

The spring animation festival in Corfu (Greece), Be there! has announced a new feature competitive section and set its 29 March-1 April dates

The French animator Jean-François Laguionie returns with his fourth feature film, Le Tableau. Watch the trailer.

Ireland will be at the spotlight of the 52nd Annecy Animation Festival.

The Estonian short Body Memory (Ülo Pikkov) was the winner of the 6th Anim'est (Bucharest,Romania), while  Ugly Duckling (Garri Bardin, Russia) took the top prize in feature films.

Watch what happens when your home is fully plugged, and you need to clean. A modernist tale by Tom King.

The troubled story of a goat, its milking lady and the well that causes the final ending. Ben Cady from Newport University (UK) directs this festival-awarded comic short.