iPad users can now discover the genius of animation pioneer Norman McLaren via McLaren’s Workshop, the new free iPad app developed by the National Film Board of Canada.

European directors win majority of SIGGRAPH 2013 Computer Animation Festival honors.

Visual effects company Framestore wins the 2013 London Design Week award for Best Broadcast Design for its work on the main title sequence for James Bond feature, Skyfall.

In anticipation of the short film’s debut at Annecy next week, Disney Animation releases poster art for the never-before-seen Get A Horse!

Bicoastal post house NO6 and London and NY-based Peepshow Post Productions join forces, uniting two complementary talent rosters behind the deep resources of the combined studios.

Italian animation studio Gruppo Alcuni has concluded a new Free and Pay TV deal with the Polish Telewizja Puls for two series, Leonardo and Pet Pals.

Platige Image debuts the first trailer for its forthcoming animated feature, Another Day of Life, to be officially unveiled at the upcoming 2013 Annecy International Animated Film Festival.

eOne signs a licensing and broadcast deal with Mexico’s Televisa for Peppa Pig.

The COLLIDER Digital Production Conference and NYU announce a survey to gauge current attitudes and perceptions among visual effects industry artists and professionals, with the results to be revealed at the June 10 VFX Town Hall meeting.

The Vancouver Film School announces the addition of an Animation & Visual Effects campus located in a 106,000 square foot city-owned space in Gastown.

UK-based Platinum Films appoints Carl England as the company’s new managing director.

European co-production forum for animated TV series Cartoon Forum unveils 69 projects selected for the 2013 edition of the annual event.

Framestore's LA operation announces the opening of its new permanent home: a specially designed and ultra-spacious studio in Culver City, heartland of the moving image.

The International Animation Film Festival in Annecy , France, unveils highlights of the 2013 edition of the festival, including screenings of Monsters University, Despicable Me 2, Oggy and the Cockroaches, the Movie, Legends of Oz: Dorothy’s Return, Aya de Yopougon.

TAC, The Ottawa International Film Festival’s industry event, announces the return of its Pitch THIS! program, presented by 9 Story Entertainment.

m4e AG gives the Dutch company Brand New Leisure b.v. the rights to integrate Mia and me into its innovative entertainment park concept in Roermond, The Netherlands.

The American Cinematheque presents a tribute to legendary visual effects artist Ray Harryhausen at the Aero Theatre.

SIGGRAPH 2013 announces the initial list of sessions for the 2013 Business Symposium.

Milk founders behind VFX on Doctor Who and Mirror Man in Snow White and the Huntsman.

Our pilot stopped short, my hotel has crazy circus performers resting on the walls above my head, and then there was this awesome french driving film that makes Bullit look like a training wheel exercise. All this at the Vienna International Shorts Festival!