Oscar-winning filmmaker Nick Park, the magic behind “Wallace & Gromit” and “Chicken Run,” helps kick off a new UN initiative, “Forests for People: UN International Short Film Contest.”

The race for Oscar gold is on as the 2013 nominations are announced.

Shout! Factory releases “A Monster in Paris” on DVD and Blu-ray 3D combo pack on April 16, 2013.

Gus Van Sant enlists MPC colorist Mark Gethin to define the broad panoramas, barrooms and homesteads of the country landscape in his new film “Promised Land.”

MPC delivers Virgin Atlantic's new campaign, “Flying in the Face of Ordinary,” featuring CG planes, a hologram chair and cast of exceptional Virgin staff.

“The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” surpasses the $500 million benchmark at the worldwide box office, with the film earning $179.7 million domestically.

Acme Filmworks releases a third set of award-winning animated shorts as part of its “Animation Show of Shows” DVD collection.

DHX Media signs a considerable number of VOD and SVOD deals globally, underscoring its aim of exploiting digital opportunities for its library of programming on emerging platforms.

The iheed Institute announces a new winter animation competition, “The Signs of Meningitis,” for its online animation platform, iheedCrowd.

Publisher Mirye Software and e frontier announce the immediate availability of the free 3D content modeler and animator tool for Windows.