Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival (Bristol, UK) is now accepting applications for a new professional development training course aimed at producers and animators in September.

Elpida Panourgia looks for the meaning of companion in her film, The Teammate. Watch the film.

The Cannes-awarded Bruno Collet presents his latest, rotoscope film, His Indochina.

The 2012 Hiroshima International Animation Festival announced its selection results for the August 23-27 festival.

Tram by the Czech auteur Michaela Pavlatova and the Roman-Polish film Crulic won the major awards at the 2012 Annecy Film Festival.

 A new Mexican film depicts historical events through the eyes of a child.

The independent US distributor GKids is ready to release the English-dubbed version of the Studio Ghibli film, From Up on Poppy Hill, in March 2013.

 Bastiaan Schravendeel and Polder Animation present a film where narrative inventiveness matches visual charm: Now you know it anyway.

Graphic artist and screenwriter for the Goya-awarded Wrinkles Paco Roca is set to direct an animated feature: Memoirs of a Man in Pyjamas.

Sometimes visual deficiencies become a challenges for animators. Read the info about and watch the  Astigmatismofilm, now Annecy-selected.

Fest Anča in Slovakia celebrates its 2012 edition with a national premiere of the Romanian-Polish docu-drama Crulic.

Oh, Willy by Emma De Swaef and Marc James won the Grand Prix at Animafest, Zagreb. See the full list of the awards.

 A European workshop, Cartoon Digital: transmedia in animation and interactive entertainment is organised from 19-22 June in Viborg, Denmark.

Blik by  Bastiaan Schravendeel from Polderanimation, Netherlands presents a moving love-story between a young boy and his older girl next door. Watch the film.

The 40th anniversary edition of the World Festival of Animated Film Animafest Zagreb has published its proramme (29 May-3 June).