Melanie Wickham joins Absolute Post New York as Executive Producer

Submissions are now open for the AVANCA 2012 – International Meeting of Cinema, TV, Video and Multimedia international and world premiere competitions.

The Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF) returns for its third annual event with new screenings of animated feature films and shorts from around the world, exclusive panels, and parties celebrating the animation community.

Zoic Studios received seven nominations for the 10th Annual Visual Effects Society (VES) Awards.

The CEO of Europe’s biggest broadcaster RTL Group is leaving the company to be succeeded by Guillaume de Posch and Anke Schäferkordt as co-CEOs.

New York production company Charlex created a new spot, “Notes,” for Verizon via agency McCann Erickson.

Framestore provided visual effects for the new Tom Kuntz-directed Cadbury “Joyville.”

Visual effects house MPC provided visual effects for Hyundai “Cheetah” for Super Bowl XLVI.

Four students from The DAVE School (Digital Animation and Visual Effects) have been selected by the prestigious Visual Effects Society as nominees in the student category for the 10th Annual VES Awards Gala, a ceremony recognizing outstanding visual effects artistry in film, animation, television, commercials, special venues and video games.

PorchLight Entertainment announced the acquisition for worldwide distribution of two animated feature films currently in production by animation and film production studio Media Factory.