The Academy makes a final call to submit entries for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences' 2013 Student Academy Awards competition.

New domestic and international trailers for DreamWorks Animation’s “Turbo” arrive online.

The largest animation film festival of the Netherlands announces finalists for the Grand Prize for Dutch Animation award along with winners of the VNAP Trade Award for Dutch Animation.

Less than five weeks before Europe's most influential conference on digital entertainment opens, FMX 2013 reveals a first preview of its daily program including illustrious names, high-quality presentations and workshops.

Digital Domain names Terry Clotiaux VP of Feature Film, as well as elevating Joanna Capitano to Executive Producer and Lisa Beroud as a member of the company’s senior management team.

South Korean entertainment and media company JS Communications withdraws its bid to acquire the El Segundo-based visual effects company Rhythm & Hues.

Thomas Newman, the composer of the musical scores for “Finding Nemo” and “WALL-E,” reveals that he will be collaborating on the upcoming Pixar feature, “The Good Dinosaur.”

Universal Pictures releases a new trailer for Illumination Entertainment’s “Despicable Me 2,” in theaters July 3, 2013.

Animated feature “Ernest & Celestine” wins the Grand Prize at the 2013 New York International Children’s Film Festival.

Two weeks after reports that troubled VFX studio Rhythm & Hues would be establishing operations in Taiwan, the company courts new employees for its facility in the city of Kaohsiung.

Vision Globale provides postproduction for Juan Diego Solanas’ “Upside Down.”

16th Holland Animation Film Festival, taking place from the 20 to 24 of March 2013 in Utrecht, announces guest programmer René Windig to present “Felix the Cat.”

Psyop collaborates with Fathom Films and Jam3 to create a first person interactive documentary experience in Ann Shin’s “The Defector: Escape from North Korea.”

Brad Anderson turns to ArsenalFX to deliver a pulse-quickening pursuit of an evasive kidnapper in “The Call.”

The Cartoon Art Museum announces the premiere screening of Peter S. Beagle's nationwide theatrical re-release tour for “The Last Unicorn.”

Fox releases the third trailer from Blue Sky’s “Epic,” which arrives in theaters in the U.S. on May 24, 2013.

Goro Miyazaki’s acclaimed 2D animated feature “From Up on Poppy Hill” begins its New York and Los Angeles theatrical run on Friday, courtesy of independent studio GKIDS.

A trailer is unleashed onto the web for the DreamWorks “Monsters vs Aliens” animated series, which premieres on Nickelodeon on Saturday, April 6.

The launch of the new Disney “Infinity” gaming platform is delayed until August 18 in order to capitalize on the critical fall retail season.

Custom music and sound design company The Hit House scores big with its “Basalt” track chosen for the “Iron Man 3” theatrical trailer.