Dr. Toon continues his advice about becoming a competent animation critic.

Everyone’s favorite animated cat and mouse are back in Tom and Jerry: Fur Flying Adventures, a new DVD collection from Warner Home Video (WHV) that features 14 rip-roaring cartoon shorts that will entertain both kids and adults.

The International Animation Film Festival and YouTube are launching the second edition of the Annecy/YouTube competition.

ASIFA-Hollywood handed out its annual Annie Awards at UCLA's Royce Hall on Feb. 5, 2011.

The Visual Effects Society announced the winners of the 9th Annual VES Awards tonight at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California.

Vicon House of Moves (HOM), a leading motion capture and animation service company, was contracted by Guardian Media Entertainment (GME), a joint venture between the National Hockey League (NHL) and SLG Entertainment led by Stan Lee of POW! Entertainment, to develop a short film as part of their launch efforts for new superhero franchise titled The Guardian Project.

CALL FOR ENTRY
Participate in the 17th edition of the BARCELONA INTERNATIONAL AUDIOVISUAL FESTIVAL in November 2013.

We invite directors, screenwriters, producers, and students to submit their audiovisuals for all ages. Any type of audiovisual will be entered into pre-selection with photochemical or electronic media support. The audiovisuals competing for the Humanitarian prize should contain certain humanitarian values which favor democratic coexistence and growth of social citizenry, especially directed toward children or about childhood.

THEME: Children and youth – values that favor coexistence – all genres
-Productions for children and youth, productions about children and/or those that deal with childhood issues
-Productions made by children or teens in a framework of media literacy
-Productions made by students in audiovisual schools or universities
-Productions of general subject matter, for all audiences, that contain values and favor coexistence.

As in previous years, we are particularly interested in audiovisuals and that not only entertain but also educate and teach. The prestigious HUMANITARIAN and CREATIVE prize categories will be awarded.

Included this year:
-Professional Area, organized by the Association of Audiovisual Professionals of Catalunya (CPAC)
-Visit to the CaixaForum Mediatheque and CaixaForum exhibits
- Workshop and feature films in the afternoon

REGISTRATION DEADLINE: May 31, 2013
To register online and obtain more information about the rules and regulations of the Festival visit our website: www.oeti.org
Please submit audiovisuals to the following address so that they arrive no later than June 30, 2013 for the pre-selection:

Doina Bird – Barcelona International Audiovisual Festival
Aragon, 290-292, 5O B
08009 Barcelona SPAIN
And if you would like to program a visit to the Festival with a group of students:
• call 34 93 488 1914
• email: fiab@oeti.org

The Walt Disney Studios is proud to announce its 2010 films have earned 12 Oscar nominations.

In the second excerpt from chapter one of The Advanced Art of Stop-Motion Animation, Ken A. Priebe extends his history of stop-motion features to international releases.

On Tuesday, the Sundance Film Festival handed out its honors to short films, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

AWN would like to congratulate all the animation and visual effects Oscar nominees. This is the place for exclusive coverage of AWN Oscar Tour, where the nominees for Best Animated Short tour studios in Los Angeles and the Bay area. Hear from the filmmakers about their Oscar-nominated work right here. For now find out the facts about all the animated nominees at the AWN Oscar Showcase.

The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the nominees for this year’s Academy Awards.

Cartoon Network is continuing its support of local Australian original content with the acquisition of a package of 10 new children’s short-form series from Australian Children’s Television Foundation (ACTF).

Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures will release The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011 in over 150 theatres across the United States and Canada from February 11th, 2011.

Warner Premiere today announced development of a live-action digital series based on the best-selling "Mortal Kombat" videogame franchise.

UFO has just finished work on two ident packages for VIVA Germany. The director team started work developing ideas for the two concepts in early October 2010.

83rd Annual Academy Awards – February 27, 2011

Each January, the entertainment community and film fans around the world turn their attention to the Academy Awards. Interest and anticipation builds to a fevered pitch leading up to the Oscar telecast in February, when hundreds of millions of movie lovers tune in to watch the glamorous ceremony and learn who will receive the highest honors in filmmaking.

The Oscars reward the previous year’s greatest cinema achievements as determined by some of the world’s most accomplished motion picture artists and professionals. The Academy’s roughly 6,000 members vote for the Oscars using secret ballots, which are tabulated by the international auditing firm of PricewaterhouseCoopers. The auditors maintain absolute secrecy until the moment the show’s presenters open the envelopes and reveal the winners on live television.

And the Oscar Goes To...

Awards are presented for outstanding individual or collective efforts in up to 25 categories. Members select winners from as many as five nominees in each category, which are determined by members of the relevant Academy branch. (For instance, only film editors may nominate for the Achievement in Film Editing award.) The only exceptions are the Best Picture category, for which nominees are selected by the entire membership, and the Best Foreign Language films, which are nominated by a committee of members drawn from all branches.

In addition to the regular annual awards conferred by the membership, the Board of Governors is empowered to bestow Scientific and Technical Awards, Honorary Awards, Special Achievement Awards and other honors. Learn more about all the awards here.

Broadcast rights to the annual Oscar telecast provide the majority of the revenue for the organization’s rich and varied year-round activities.

The full list of nominees for the 2011 Orange British Academy Film Awards were announced today at BAFTA's headquarters in Piccadilly.

Anima Mundi is the International Animation Festival of Brazil.

A festival that aims to inform, train, educate and entertain by using the infinite possibilities of the language of animation.

In 2010 Anima Mundi celebrates its 18th anniversary by promoting, beyond the annual festival in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, a series of activities that are reflected in this website.

Participate in Anima Mundi by entering your film, joining our virtual community and glancing through our windows the universe of International Animation.

The 19th edition of the International Animation Festival of Brazil, Anima Mundi 2011 takes place from July 27 to 31 in Sao Paulo.

Please go to our website for an online entry-form, entry rules and transportation label: www.animamundi.com.br.

The deadline for entries and for sending the promotional material is March 23rd.

If you need additional information on the pre-selection process please send email to: entry@animamundi.com.br.

The categories in competition are:
Short Films
Feature Films
Shorts for Children
Brazilian Animation
Student Film

There will also be awards for:
Best Animation
Best Script
Best Soundtrack
Best Art-Direction
Best Commissioned Film

Anima Mundi is the International Animation Festival of Brazil.

A festival that aims to inform, train, educate and entertain by using the infinite possibilities of the language of animation.

In 2010 Anima Mundi celebrates its 18th anniversary by promoting, beyond the annual festival in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, a series of activities that are reflected in this website.

Participate in Anima Mundi by entering your film, joining our virtual community and glancing through our windows the universe of International Animation.

The 19th edition of the International Animation Festival of Brazil, Anima Mundi 2011 takes place from July 15 to 24 in Rio de Janeiro and from July 27 to 31 in Sao Paulo.

Please go to our website for an online entry-form, entry rules and transportation label: www.animamundi.com.br.

The deadline for entries and for sending the promotional material is March 23rd.

If you need additional information on the pre-selection process please send email to: entry@animamundi.com.br.

The categories in competition are:
Short Films
Feature Films
Shorts for Children
Brazilian Animation
Student Film

There will also be awards for:
Best Animation
Best Script
Best Soundtrack
Best Art-Direction
Best Commissioned Film