The just-concluded COLLIDER Digital Production Conference wraps up its inaugural three-day run in midtown Manhattan this week, including the VFX Town Hall event held on Monday, June 10.

France's 37th Annecy International Animation Film Festival hits the ground running with the largest market attendance in its history.

Mediatoon signs a worldwide distribution agreement with French production company 4.21 Productions for animated series The Crumpets.

David Silverman, director of The Simpsons animated series and film, is slated to provide the keynote address at the 2013 Toronto Animation Arts Festival International.

5D Institute announces a satellite symposium at the annual ASSC 17 meeting in San Diego this July.

Nickelodeon launches its first-ever global animated shorts program to identify and develop new animation creative talent from around the world, receiving over 100 submissions from artists, designers, writers, directors and comedians representing more than 20 countries across six continents at this year’s Annecy International Film Festival.

Videos highlighting each day’s content are posted on the Annecy Festival website.

Side Effects Software’s Mark Elendt participates in a Q&A about the SIGGRAPH 2013 Dailies program.

Stardust launches a new, global, creative collective and integrated talent arm, Falcon.

Kicking of AICP Week, winners of the 2013 AICP Next Awards are announced.