The National Film Board of Canada (http://nfb.ca/) and Warner Home Video (http://www.whvdvd-collections.com/) present a new live-action/animated adaptation of Higglety Pigglety Pop! or There Must Be More to Life based on the book by Maurice Sendak.

First you can see them on the big screen and then you can download the iPhone ebook.

Smoke & Mirrors New York (SMNY) (http://www.smoke-mirrors.com/) VFX/Flame Artist Sam Caine handled all post and effects for Director Joachim Back's Oscar nominated 'The New Tenants."

THE LADY AND THE REAPER won the Goya Award (Spain's equivalent to the Oscars) for Best Animated Short over the weekend.

Nick Park fills us in on the latest adventure of Wallace & Gromit, the plasticine heroes of Aardman.

TRICKY WOMEN 2010 – International Animation Film Festival
March, 4th – 8th


Tricky Women is the first and only festival of animated film in Europe that is dedicated exclusively to animation by women. With its international competition, retrospectives, presentations by renowned film schools, its special programmes and its forum Connecting Animation, Tricky Women offers a unique, up-to-date overview of animated filmmaking around the world.
Since 2007 it has been held annually in Vienna each March.

The festival offers an international competition of animated short films realised by female artists and produced in 2008 or 2009. Each filmmaker, producer or distributor may submit as many films as they like. Each film submitted must be accompanied by an entry form and sent on a separate tape or reel. No films entered in prior Tricky Women Festivals shall be admitted.

The deadline for applications for the preliminary selection is October 30, 2009!!

Awards are presented in the following nominations:
• Tricky Women Award of the City of Vienna worth 4,000 Euro.
• 3-month scholarship in the artist-in-residence programme of quartier21/MQ.
• Synchro Film & Video Material Prize worth 1,500 Euro.
• Hubert Sielecki Award worth 500 Euro (for an Austrian animation).
• Audience Award.

Turner Classic Movies has announced that it has added "Removed From Circulation: A Cartoon Collection" to its TCM Classic Film Festival.

Nicky Phelan tells us some of the secrets behind Granny O' Grimm's animated storytelling.

Independent Exposure 2010 is the 14th annual showcase for contemporary, progressive, artistic, and culturally relevant short films and videos by some of the most compelling artists and filmmakers from around the globe.

Dr. Toon fills us in on animated catch phrases related to the science of memetics.

For its anniversary, the Festival is teaming up with YouTube to organise an original competition.

On Feb. 6th, ASIFA-Hollywood handed out the prizes in the 37th annual Annie Awards.

KLIK! serves a purpose

Animation is growing! New courses and schools pop up everywhere, and that in turn causes an almost exponential growth in animation films. More and more people start to take notice of animation as an adult art form, instead of a cheap excuse for a babysitter. Even though Internet has made it easier to access and view animation from around the globe, not enough offbeat animated fare graces the big screens in our creative capital Amsterdam and the rest of the country.

We started the KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival to change that.

From September 16-19, 2010, Klik! Amsterdam will host the fourth edition of the KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival, a true multimedia festival that will screen animated shorts from all over the world, combined with interactive gaming fun, fascinating animated sidebar activities and the finest festivities.

No entry fee.

Open competition

Student competition

Mopti Competition

Best Design Award

Best Politically Engaged Film Award

For more information and submission of your film, visit http://www.klikamsterdam.nl

In the first of our special Oscar conversations with the animated shorts nominees, Fabrice O. Joubert tells us all about directing his first short, French Roast.

The National Film Board of Canada seeks submissions from emerging filmmakers (young and not-so-young), and artists intrigued by animation art, for the 6th edition of Hothouse, a 12-week paid apprenticeship in full-on, all-inclusive, real-world animation filmmaking.

Only the second time in Oscar history, an animated feature has been nominated for Best Picture.

During the Grammy Awards last night, viewers at home and in the Staples Center were treated to a tribute to Michael Jackson that mixed 3-D technology, an all-star chorus and an appearance by his two oldest children, the LOS ANGELES TIMES reports.

Shorts International and Magnolia Pictures are once again planning to bring the Oscar-nominated short film program (Live-Action and Animation) to theaters starting Feb. 19, COMINGSOON.NET reports.

AWN's Director of Content Rick DeMott puts together a rundown of the top ten web toons from AWNtv that you have to see.