Each year I look forward to Anima Brussels because it is my first festival of the year and an opportunity to see a large number of new Belgian animated films. Over the ten days of ANIMA there are also many noted guests and old friends.

Ticket sales open for the Los Angeles Children's Film Festival, which runs from Friday, April 26, through Sunday, May 5, 2013.

Check out this little piece of awesomeness from UK animator, Lizzie Oxby. I think she went to RCA once. Might have shown on her films in ottawa. That's not important right now

Italian animator Bruno Bozzetto will be officially awarded the prestigious ASIFA Prize 2012 at this year’s Annecy Festival for outstanding achievements in the art of animation.

Hey..it's a new month. Must mean that Theodore Ushev has completed a new short animation film. He has.

Check out this snazzy student film out of Montreal's unheralded (least in animation) Concordia University. Enjoy it. Let it envelope you.

Check out Tibor Banoczki's short Milkteeth which soaked up a few festival awards a while back.

Animation studio Titmouse announces the public release onto iTunes of its first original animated theatrical short film, “The Hidden Life of the Burrowing Owl.”

UCA student Marina Koleva wins an international competition set by the BBC.

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.”

Dimension 3 Festival launches a call for entries and announces that they will now accept productions in 4K.

“365” is an improvised film from BAFTA-winning The Brothers McLeod made up of a second a day of animation, which will continue through 2013, culminating in a film that will chart the comings and goings of the year, real and imagined.

Marcel, King of Tervuren is the best animation short of 2013. Fact.

Red Giant unveils BulletProof, a new software application for on-set footage handling, at NAB 2013 next week in Las Vegas, NV.

The preview of this year's FMX program is now online!

Dr. Toon discusses why Disney’s award-winning short Paperman is more than it seems.

Oscar winning animator Daniels Greaves is looking to kickstart a new short film.

Toon Boom Animation sent a donation check to Perry S. Chen to help fund his new and most personal animation film “Changyou’s Journey,” about his father's fight against cancer.

The world’s longest-running and largest animation festival, Annecy, announces short film and TV selections for its 2013 edition, taking place this year June 10-15.