The UK’s NFTS launches three-month training certificate in Character Animation to be taught at Aardman by industry professionals.

Winners are announced for the 2013 edition of the New York School of Visual Art’s Dusty Film & Animation Festival and Awards.

Belgian film “Oh Willy...” is awarded the Grand Prix prize at this year’s AniFest, the Czech Republic’s largest international festival specializing in animated films.

Athena Studios creates the stop-motion animated short film, “Peanut Butter.”

Director Nico Casavecchia, 1stAveMachine, Ogilvy and the big brains at IBM Research create the world’s smallest stop-motion film, “A Boy and His Atom.”

The Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival issues a call for entries for the fifth edition of the festival, which will take place in October.

StudioCanal and Aardman Animations team up for a “Shaun the Sheep” stop-motion feature.

Geneva Film’s stop-motion animated short “Foxed!” will premiere in 3D at Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film on April 25.

VisitEngland teams up with Wallace & Gromit to launch "Great Adventure" – a nationwide campaign to boost tourism in the UK in 2013.

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