At the BAFTA Awards held Sunday at the Royal Opera House in London, Rango won best animated film, beating The Adventures Of Tintin and Arthur Christmas. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 got the top prize for visual effects, and Hugo won two awards for sound and design.

Announcement of the winners at the 2012 Kidscreen Awards at the Kidscreen Summit in New York.

Little Airplane Productions and children’s music artist Laurie Berkner have joined together to develop the new animated preschool television series, "Sing It, Laurie!"

The Monster of Nix has been awarded the prize for Best Original Film Score at the International Short Film Festival in Clermont-Ferrand.

Pixomondo recently collaborated with TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles to create an abstract dance-infused spot promoting the 2012 Grammy awards show featuring electronic musician and Best New Artist nominee SKRILLEX.

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood announces the winners of the 39th Annual Annie Awards, with Rango taking top honors.

A new trailer for the Activision record-setting game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, has the look and feel of a blockbuster movie with spectacular action, an all-star cast and a big screen soundtrack created by two-time Academy Award-winner and Soundelux Supervising Sound Editor, Per Hallberg.

ANIM'EST 2012 Submission Deadline: June 15th, 2012Festival: October 5-14, 2012. Bucharest, Romania

 

Dear filmmakers, producers, distributors and friends of animated films, the 7th Anim'est International Animation Film Festival will be waiting for your shorts & features in the next few months. The deadline for submitting your films to the 7th edition of the festival is June 15th.

We are glad to announce the opening of the call for a brand new competitive section: Minimest - reserved for shorts appropriate for children aged 4-12 years old. An award will be presented to one of the shorts, based on a decision made by a jury of children.

Also, starting with 2011, the winner of the Anim'est Trophy is shortlisted for the annual Cartoon d'Or Award.

With a smart and nonconformist audience, Anim'est has become Bucharest's most loved film festival and a growing name on the animation scene of Europe, recognized as a member of the Cartoon European Association of Animation Film since the 5th edition. Our presentations, workshops, masterclasses and round tables provide a great opportunity to get in touch with the latest creations and make contacts

You are invited to submit films produced after January 1st, 2010, to one of the Anim'est competition categories awarded in prize money and animation software:

    * Feature Film
    * Short Film
    * Student Film
    * Music video / Advertising
    * Romanian Competition
    * Balkanimation
    * Minimest

Please note our entry deadline: June 15th, 2012, and check out our rules & regulations

FEST ANCA

JUNE 28TH-JULY1ST

BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA

This year Fest Anča will reveal its treasures by screening many animated films. Music videos, children´s cartoons, slightly piquant pictures for adults, short films, feature films, in a nutshell, at the venue, you will have a unique opportunity to see all sorts of things related to animation in many ways. Another exciting part of the event is the international contest Anča Award, in which 28 films from 17 countries will compete to win the favour of the international jury. An Anča Music Video Award will also be given in the international competition for animated music video.

MORE INFORMATION ON EVENT TO BE ANNOUNCED

CALL FOR ENTRIES!

5th Edition of Fest Anca - international animation festival in Slovakia launched their Call For Entry! There´s no entry fee and you can win a cash prize in both of two categories - Anca Award for best animated short and Anca Music Video Award for best animated music video. Final deadline for all entrants: 30. March 2012!

CRASH+SUES was tapped by mono to provide editing, color correction and graphics for SoundAffects, Parsons The New School for Design’s multi-platform exploration of the relationship between music, design and technology.