The 19th International Film Festival Etiuda&Anima 2012 in Krakow, Poland, has opened its call for entries to the ANIMA COMPETITION.

Amazon.com announced that Amazon Studios is expanding its development efforts into comedy and children’s series.

Tool Factory announced the launch of the High Seas Animation Contest at the NSBA Annual Conference in Boston to celebrate the release of “The Pirates: Band of Misfits,” which hits U.S. theatres on April 27.

Laguna College of Art and Design (LCAD) and The Creative Talent Network (CTN) have partnered to offer one complimentary registration in the Animation Master Class taught by one of the world's most talented and revered legendary animators, Eric Goldberg.

CVMP 2012, the 9th annual industry-academic conference series on media production for film, broadcast and games, announced a call for papers on all areas of visual media production.

AniMazSpot announces a “Studio Reel” to introduce some of the AniMazSpot entries to the major animation studios in the Los Angeles area.

The Phyllis Craig Scholarship Award Committee of Women in Animation International is still taking applications for the 2012 Scholarship Award.

The Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival is now calling for entries for the Festival’s fourth edition!

SIGGRAPH 2012 is introducing SIGGRAPH Mobile, a first-time SIGGRAPH program developed to showcase the incredible advancements in mobile development.

List of important deadlines for submissions to SIGGRAPH Asia 2012.

The extended deadline for the submission to the Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film Animated Fashion Award is Friday, March 23, 2012.

The deadline for submissions to Animayo Festival 2012 is March 23.

The deadline for submission to the Rushes Soho Shorts film festival is Thursday, April 5, 2012.

The Tasman Theory Pty Limited is now accepting submissions for the 2012 CG Student Awards.

Nickelodeon will implement a new animated shorts program designed to develop comedy-driven content.

Michael Cawood and Michaela Copikova have been named as the second quarter winners for AniMazSpot 2012.

Project 48 Machinima is looking for filmmakers from around the world to make a 3-5 minute short film from scratch -- write, shoot and edit in only 48 hours.

Submissions are now open for the Encounters 18th Short Film and Animation Festival in Bristol UK.

SIGGRAPH 2012 seeks cutting-edge Real-Time Live! content to be presented as part of this year’s prestigious Computer Animation Festival.

The deadline for submissions to Hiroshima 2012, the 14th International Animation Festival in Japan, is April 1, 2012.