Each year I look forward to Anima Brussels because it is my first festival of the year and an opportunity to see a large number of new Belgian animated films. Over the ten days of ANIMA there are also many noted guests and old friends.

The Producers Guild of America honors nine Innovators, Visionaries and Producers (V.I.P.) who have made significant contributions to the advancement of digital entertainment and storytelling in the past year.

Nominees for the Animated Com Award -- in the fields of advertising, spatial communication and technology -- at the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film (ITFS) are announced.

Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto will be officially awarded the prestigious ASIFA Prize 2012 at this year’s Annecy Festival for outstanding achievements in the art of animation.

UCA student Marina Koleva wins an international competition set by the BBC.

LIMA announces the nominees for the 2013 LIMA International Licensing Excellence Awards.

Isabel Peppard’s “Butterflies” wins the Jury Prize for Best Short Animated Film at Cinequest International Film Festival.

Hisko Hulsing receives the first Grand Prix prize in Dutch animation for his film, “Junkyard,” at the 2013 competition for the Holland Animation Film Festival.

The largest animation film festival of the Netherlands announces finalists for the Grand Prize for Dutch Animation award along with winners of the VNAP Trade Award for Dutch Animation.

Animated feature “Ernest & Celestine” wins the Grand Prize at the 2013 New York International Children’s Film Festival.