The Japanese Oscar-nominated animator is the latest in a series of indie artists to design the poster of the ASIFA-established International Animation Day.

Japan Image Council is launching the International Invitation Program for Animation Artists for 2015, "Animation Artist in Residence".

The US independent distributor GKIDS has acquired North American rights for the documentary.

US independent feature in the making. Learn about Patrick Cheh's Glow, and support the film's Kickstarter campaign.

Τhe roundish, hippopotamus-like characters of Tove Jansson now become a feature animated film by Hanna Hemila and Xavier Picard. Watch the trailer.

Family films are not the exclusive territory of US studios. Watch the teaser for the new Dutch film, Trippel Trappel.

 English clips from the Oscar-nominated Hayao Miyazaki film.

Giovanni Maccelli and Zampanò Productions prepare Juan and the cloud. Read more about the stop-motion project, and a mystery short.

Jacques-Remy Girerd, director of the upcoming ecological French feature Aunt Hilda! talks about animation and ecology -and admits that drawing Aunt Hilda gave him a headache.

  It is more than Antz. It is Miniscule, the new animation feature that mixes animation with film shooting. Watch the trailer.

Animatricks Festival has launched a new portal for Finnish short animation.

Sara Koppel and Naked Love film kick off their Kickstarter campaign for the erotic animated short, We Got Lost On The Other Side of Wilderness.