The New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival lineup includes six animated French films, including ZARAFA, the North American premieres of APPROVED FOR ADOPTION and KIRIKOU AND THE MEN AND THE WOMEN, the U.S. premiere of ERNEST & CELESTINE, the East Coast premiere of THE DAY OF THE CROWS, and the world premiere of the English-language version of THE PAINTING.

Visual effects company MPC delivers over 350 shots in native 3D for director Bryan Singer’s “Jack the Giant Slayer.”

th1ng Group welcomes Hayley Morris to its Film Club Productions division for international commercial representation.

RHCSE and Komixx option the comedic comic series “Monkey Nuts.”

eOne announces expansion of “Peppa Pig” into Russia with a major licensing program slated for 2013.

Holomatix releases SprayTrace 1.5 for Autodesk Maya on Windows and Mac OS X.

The “Mia and me” publishing program continues with the first edition of a monthly fan magazine and two other print products rolling out this March.

DHX Media appoints Peter Byrne as CEO of its licensing company, Copyright Promotions Licensing Group.

Child-friendly Silkworm and faithful pet Woofy are set to charm kids with new series to be distributed by Neptuno Films.

Production company Glassworks Amsterdam collaborates with the G-Star in-house creative team to realize the “Art of RAW” campaign film.

Aardman announces new global deals for Walker Productions and JAM Media’s “Tilly and Friends.”

The deadline for Early Bird accreditation for The Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film is Friday, March 1, 2013.

FMX, Europe's most influential Conference on Animation, Effects, Games and Transmedia, announces highlights of the 2013 FMX Conference program.

“Miffy the Movie” reaches the status of Golden Film, an award given on behalf of the Dutch Film Festival and the Dutch Film Fund.

HIT Entertainment announces sales of their pre-school properties “Mike the Knight,” “Thomas & Friends,” and “Fireman Sam” in Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.

Visual effects studio Pixomondo closes its London and Detroit facilities.

The Stuttgart Festival of Animated Film announces the highlights of the 2013 edition of the festival, which runs this year from April 23 to April 28, 2013.

Britain's first Oscar-winning animator Bob Godfrey dies at 91.

Mars revives Audrey Hepburn as the face of its new advertising campaign for chocolate brand GALAXY.

The 16th edition of the Holland Animation Film Festival closes on March 24th with the Dutch premiere of the 3D animated feature from DreamWorks, “The Croods.”