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.”

Telegael launches a new stop motion studio, Beochan, to create the second season of prehistoric preschool series, “Igam Ogam.”

Poeticgem announces plans to produce an adult apparel range based on the internet comedy “Annoying Orange.”

The 16th edition of the Holland Animation Film Festival opens with the premiere of the animated feature, “Monty Python: A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman.”

Creative studio Analog creates three new IDs for the SmashHits cable channel on the UK’s Box TV.

Following its premiere at the Berlin Film Festival, Pixar releases poster art from the festival for its newest animated short, The Blue Umbrella.

Mediatoon secures new international broadcasting deals for “Little Spirou.”

RHCSE and Komixx sign a distribution deal with CAKE for “Wanda and the Alien.”

European film and TV company Studiocanal teams up with French animation studio Les Armateurs to develop and produce the animated feature “French Riviera.”

Gameloft and Universal announce the release of a “Despicable Me” game for iOS and Android platforms.

Feature films and television shows captured with Codex receive honors at the BAFTAs and the ASC Awards.

Flickerpix wins the Irish Film and Television Academy award for Best Animation for its short film, “Macropolis.”

International children’s channel KidsCo partners with science fiction and fantasy-based channel Syfy to launch Syfy Kids, a new sci-fi genre programming block dedicated to kids.

An international trailer is released for Disney/Pixar prequel “Monsters University.”

Creative studio Analog teams with Studio Hansa to complete a rebrand of CBS’ portfolio of TV channels across EMEA.

Italy’s largest computer graphics conference is now accepting applications for entries in four contests: VIEW AWARD, VIEW SOCIAL CONTEST, VIEW AWARD GAME, and ITALIANMIX.

Wizart closes sales for its 3D-animated film, “The Snow Queen,” across multiple territories, including South Korea, Indonesia, Brazil, Israel, the Middle East, Baltic States and Ukraine.