Pixar scored  a victory with the Scottish-themed Brave, and the Disney animator John Kahrs won the best animated short for the retro-looking Paperman in the 2013 award ceremony.

 The charming feature film Ernest and Celestine by Benjamin Renner, Vincent Patar and Stéphane Aubier won the French César for the best animated film.

A Serbian allegorical animated film wins the Crystal Bear at the Berlin Film Festival (Generation 14Plus).

Pixar's Brave and the documentary animation The Making of Longbird (Will Anderson, Ainslie Henderson) won the BAFTA award at the feature and short animated film respectively.

3 stop-motion features, and a Disney-full list features at the Academy Award nominees for best animated feature.Read all the nominees for both best short and animated feature films in 2013.

The BAFTA nominations selected 3 animated feature and short films for the British award, and they were a few surprises.

The gothic thriller The Apostle features in the Spanish Goya nominatiosn, as well as the box-office hit Tadeo Jones. See all the nominations in the feature and short animated categories.

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominations today for its 40th Annual Annie Awards.

Wreck-It Ralph won 5 Annie awards (including  best animated feature) at the 40th Annie Awards bestowed by The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood. See the major winners.