Blacklist director, Flying V, wins ADC Gold Award for Havas Worldwide’s new title sequence.

oston FIG announces Robin Hunicke, executive producer of the award-winning downloadable game Journey on Sony’s PlayStation Network, as the keynote speaker.

Digital Domain Co-Founder Scott Ross headlines panel of industry experts at live NYC event slated for June 10. Online viewers and onsite attendees can take part in real-time polling on key issues.

Thirteen students from nine U.S. colleges and universities, along with three students from foreign universities, are selected as winners in the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Student Academy Awards competition.

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

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announces its Key Dates for the upcoming awards season, with the 41st Annual Annie Awards ceremony set for Saturday, February 1, 2014.

Catherine Morrissey reports how economic uncertainty has forced content professionals to reassess which events they attend.

MPC creates “Fracture.io,” an art installation for The One Show’s lavish after party at NYC’s Bowery Hotel.

2nd Screen Global Con presents “Everything Small Screen,” a family-friendly expo and conference featuring kids’ entertainment, animation, second-screen, tech, and CGI.

The property -- three buildings on six acres -- is sold for $25 million to Rockwood Capital and Marshall Property & Development.

SIGGRAPH 2013 releases an early preview of its schedule of production sessions to be featured at this year’s conference and as part of the Computer Animation Festival.

VFX company LOOK Effects helps “The Grand Budapest Hotel” find financial support from Baden-Württemberg’s regional funding agency.

Coolabi announces new licensing deals in the UK, Ireland, and Finland for “Poppy Cat.”

The 2013 Asian Animation Summit will take place on the tropical island of Phuket in Thailand December 9-11, 2013.

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

Adobe delivers “sneak peeks” of ground-breaking creative innovation at MAX 2013, including spotlights on “Perspective Warp” in Photoshop and “Video Color Grading” in After Effects.

Nickelodeon announces the first ever “SpongeBob SquareShorts: Original Fan Tributes,” and invites fans and filmmakers of all ages from around the world to create and submit original, SpongeBob-inspired short films.

SCORE Concert Productions, the Malmo Symphony Orchestra and Bandai Namco Partners Sweden announce Jason Graves as the guest conductor for Joystick 5.0.

Mediatoon Distribution secures new sales of "The Garfield Show," "Contraptus," and "Asertix" in Ecuador and Brazil.

The tenth annual Animation Block Party, taking place in Brooklyn from July 25 to 28, issues a call for entries.