ASIFA Egypt organizes a workshop for African animators during the second edition of the Luxor African Film Festival, to be held March 15-24, 2013.

Pixar unveils footage for its newest short film, “The Blue Umbrella,” set to hit theaters in June, ahead of CG animated feature “Monsters University.”

The tenth annual Animation Block Party is now open for festival submissions.

AniMazSpot 2013/14 announces its Call for Entries beginning on January 1, 2013, along with the appointment of Festival Director Jim Keeshen.

The deadline for submissions to the Holland Animation Film Festival is January 1, 2013.

Acme Filmworks releases a third set of award-winning animated shorts as part of its “Animation Show of Shows” DVD collection.

The Sundance Institute announces eight animated shorts as part of the program of short films selected to screen at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, January 17-27 in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden and Sundance, Utah.

The iheed Institute announces a new winter animation competition, “The Signs of Meningitis,” for its online animation platform, iheedCrowd.

The final deadline for submissions to AniFest 2013 is extended to December 31st, 2012.

Walt Disney Records releases the original song by Christophe Beck for the animated short film, “Paperman,” as a single available for digital download.

The short film "Combustible," by Otomo Katsuhiro, wins the Grand Prize for animation at the 16th Japan Media Arts Festival.

Tim Burton and Mercury Records team up with th2ng to produce the video for “Here With Me” by The Killers.

Aardman Animations unveils a quirky, gothic new online film featuring the classic TV character, Morph.

DreamWorks Animation gives a sneak peek at its accelerated 2013 slate with new distribution partner Fox, including a new “Rocky & Bullwinkle” short to be voiced by June Foray.

Pixar’s latest animated feature is nominated in eight categories at the 40th Annual Annie Awards, including three separate nominations in Character Animation in a Feature Production.

Axis creates CGI episodic content for “Halo 4 Spartan Ops: Season One.”

Genndy Tartakovksy’s “Hotel Transylvania” leads with eight Annie nods including Feature Film, Director; animated short “Goodnight Mr Foot” and Imageworks’ Visual Effects on “The Amazing Spider-Man” also recognized.

Pulse Films director David Lewandowski directs Elijah Wood in “Tiny Tortures,” a VFX-laden music video for Flying Lotus.

August Trollbäck, son of Trollbäck + Company (T+Co) Executive Creative Director Jakob Trollbäck, wows TEDYouth attendees with his :30 animated opening.

Rushes announces it will be discontinuing its annual Rushes Soho Shorts Festival.