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.

IBM says it has made the tiniest stop-motion movie ever — a one-minute video of individual atoms repeatedly rearranged to show a boy dancing, throwing a ball and bouncing on a trampoline.

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.

Do you remember the moment of inspiration when you first decided to work in animation?

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.

Academy Award-winning animator Daniel Greaves announces a Kickstarter fund for his newest short film project, “Mr. Plastimime.”

Bent Image Lab produces a stop-motion commercial, “Recycling Is A Beautiful Thing,” for Arrowhead Mountain Spring Water.

Hornet’s Peter Sluszka creates a new stop-motion commercial campaign for Ireland's Permanent TSB.

th1ng Group welcomes Hayley Morris to its Film Club Productions division for international commercial representation.

Bent Image Lab resurrects Fred, Carrie and John Rat for season three of “Portlandia.”

Unique hand-crafted props from Academy Award-nominated animated feature “ParaNorman” are to be auctioned beginning Friday, February 22, with the proceeds to benefit Variety – The Children’s Charity of Southern California.

Aardman Animations’ “Shaun the Sheep” makes his highly anticipated return to the UK small screen this month with 20 brand-new episodes and five new digital games.

Telegael launches a new stop motion studio, Beochan, to create the second season of prehistoric preschool series, “Igam Ogam.”