The first international trailer is released for director Ari Folman’s “The Congress.”

Aardman creates new look for kids fansite “The 99,” which launches this week on 2.4 billion screens around the world.

The Annecy International Animation Festival announces this year’s lineup of professional conference panels.

Imagineer Systems teams up with CoreMelt to release SliceX powered by mocha, a new Final Cut Pro X masking plug-in.

Chaos Group announces the open beta for V-Ray 1.6 for SketchUp with significant enhancements to rendering speed, workflow, visualization and lighting features.

Hornet releases a new trailer for “Caveirão,” a short film directed by Guilherme Marcondes utilizing live-action, 2D animation and 3D VFX.

The UK’s NFTS launches three-month training certificate in Character Animation to be taught at Aardman by industry professionals.

Bavaria Film purchases a company-wide site license for ASSIMILATE’s SCRATCH and SCRATCH Lab, its advanced production dailies and VFX tool.

London-based visual effects company uses pioneering VFX techniques to bring Audrey Hepburn back to the screen in a commercial campaign for AMV BBDO and Galaxy chocolate.

SCORE Concert Productions, the Malmo Symphony Orchestra and Bandai Namco Partners Sweden announce Jason Graves as the guest conductor for Joystick 5.0.

Stop-motion legend developed many of the techniques that have become today's industry standards.

Belgian film “Oh Willy...” is awarded the Grand Prix prize at this year’s AniFest, the Czech Republic’s largest international festival specializing in animated films.

In just eight weeks, Framestore deliveres 113 shots for Marvel’s “Iron Man 3,” including helping to set the look for one of the movie’s key effects – Extremis.

VFX house Cinesite completes over 100 shots for the Marvel Studio’s production “Iron Man 3.”

Spin VFX wins BAFTA award for best visual effects in the Television Craft category for its work in the TV mini-series “Titanic.”

Imira signs new global sales deals in the wake of MIPTV in Cannes.

The visual effects giant is reportedly looking at opening a facility in the U.K. to take advantage of foreign tax subsidies.

Visual effects house Pixomondo announces plans to close its Berlin offices on May 31.

The Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film announces the award recipients at the 2013 edition of the festival, with the International Competition Grand Prix 
going to Belguim/France/Netherlands co-production “Oh, Willy.”

Europe's most influential conference on digital entertainment concludes with more than 3,200 professionals, students and journalists in attendance.