The 14th Edition of Cartoon Movie ended on Friday with special honors given to Spanish production company Perro Verde as European Producer of the Year for “Wrinkles.” French directors Remi Bezancon and Jean-Christophe Lie won the European Director Honor for their 2D-animated movie, “Zarafa.”

Gretel has just completed a rebrand of Nick Jr., coinciding with the retirement of animated hosts Moose and Zee.

The Digital Domain Institute (DDI) and the Florida State University College of Motion Picture Arts (FSU), opened its doors to its inaugural class of students in West Palm Beach.

Manic and jumP editorial teamed up to create “How Cool” for Mercedes-Benz.

Production company Digital Frontier used thinkingParticles, one of the flagship VFX products developed by cebas Visual Technology, to create the visual effects for Japan’s 3D computer-animated CG film, “TEKKEN Blood Vengeance 3D.”

New York and Melbourne-based studio XYZ announced that it has added Mat Landour to its artist roster.

Part of the Shop Talk Masterclass Series sponsored by Studio Technique, a masterclass with legendary Disney animator Andreas Deja will be held in Montréal on June 2 & 3, 2012.

Fred Seibert sits down with animation journalist Joe Strike for the latest in Joe’s “Interview with an Animator” conversation series at MoCCA on Thursday, March 15.

Dimension Films confirmed that it has removed “Halloween 3D” from the release calendar.

Hollywood-based VFX company Dilated Pixels created over 60 VFX shots for a special, recently-aired episode of FOX TV’s hit series “Fringe.”