The 10 animated shorts that will advance in the voting process for the 82nd Academy Awards were announced by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

When this year's Golden Globe Awards nominations are announced on Dec. 15 the selections will comprise an enlarged pool of five in the Best Animated Feature category, DEADLINE.COM reports.

The Nickelodeon Animation Festival, the first and only multiplatform festival in North America, has received entries from around the globe, and the votes are in!

Evian 'Skating Babies' wins Gold Award at the London International Awards 2009 for Best Visual Effects. The multi-national campaign directed by Michael Gracey brings together choreographed roller-skating babies and the re-mixed street sound of The Sugar Hill Gang's Rapper's Delight.

The Visual Effects Society, the entertainment industry's only official organization representing the extended community of visual effects professionals, has named motion picture director and producer James Cameron as the recipient of the VES Lifetime Achievement Award to be presented at the 8th Annual VES Awards which will be held at the Century Plaza Hotel in Century City on Sunday, February 28, 2010.

WGA West’s Animation Writers Caucus has awarded Emmy-winning writer Stan Berkowitz with its 12th annual Animation Writing Award, reports VARIETY.

Twenty features have been submitted for consideration in the Animated Feature Film category for the 82nd Academy Awards.

The Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has awarded $450,000 to 24 U.S. film festivals for the 2010 calendar year, Festival Grants Committee Chair Buffy Shutt announced today.

From November 6 to November 8, 2009, China’s Sichuan TV Festival is honouring the National Film Board of Canada on its 70th anniversary with an array of activities for the public, industry and students alike.

Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin will serve as co-hosts of the 82nd Academy Awards, Oscar telecast producers Bill Mechanic and Adam Shankman announced today.

Six writers have been selected as winners of the 24th annual Don and Gee Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Films that hope to compete for the animated feature Oscar must submit at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences by 5 p.m. Monday, VARIETY reports.

In recognition of the exciting developments in European animated feature films in recent years, the British Animation Awards (BAA) 2010 will feature a special category for Best European Animated Feature.

he Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and mtvU, MTV’s 24-hour college network, today announced their second annual “Oscar Correspondent Contest,” giving college journalists nationwide the chance to win a trip to Los Angeles to cover red carpet festivities and backstage activities at the 82nd Academy Awards.

VES is pleased to announce that it is now accepting submissions for its annual Student Award, exclusively sponsored by Autodesk, Inc., a world leader in entertainment software.

Ricky Gervais has been tapped to host the 67th Annual Golden Globes on Jan. 17, PEOPLE reports.

VES is now accepting online submissions for the 8th Annual VES Awards Show on February 28, 2010 at the Hyatt Regency Century Plaza Hotel in Beverly Hills.

Three Kodak technologists will be honored this week for significant imaging innovations that have helped to advance the entertainment industry.

The Producers Guild of America is set to give its 2010 David O. Selznick Achievement Award in Motion Pictures to John Lasseter, according to the LA TIMES.

This year’s Mip Junior at the Carlton Hotel in Cannes was as busy as ever, attracting more than 600 companies from 59 countries around the world.