Sometimes visual deficiencies become a challenges for animators. Read the info about and watch the  Astigmatismofilm, now Annecy-selected.

Blik by  Bastiaan Schravendeel from Polderanimation, Netherlands presents a moving love-story between a young boy and his older girl next door. Watch the film.

The Tumo Center for Creative Technologies in Armenia seeks 4 specialists.

The Slovakian film The Last Bus and the Spanish feature film Wrinkles crowned the awards of the 19th International Animation Festival in Stuttgart. See all the winners.

Watch the philosophical-ethical tale about bird life and death by Michael Piazza: Under a big tree.

Stephen Irwin's black-and-white existential satire Moxie, and the lovable (but sad) A letter to Momo (Hiroyuki Okiuru) were among the winners of the 11th AniFest (Teplice, Czech Republich). See all the winners.

Le Tableau (The Painting) by the French master Jean-François Laguionie can at the same time enchant the eye and capture the mind of the spectator.

A Letter to Momo by the  Japanese director Hiroyuki Okiuru offers a compelling portrait of a young child in distress.

Daring, relentless and most of the times beautiful. Read the review of the 2h 39min opus of the Hungarian Marcell Jankovics, The Tragedy of Man.

The 11th AniFest festival in Teplice, Czech Republic, offers a wealth of all things animated from 26th April - 1 May 2012.

A French graduation film, Let the sun come in by Charles Lemor attains drama and beauty.

A very short haunting film from the Paris and London-based studio, Domestic Infelicity. Watch Into the Dark Trees.

What happens when the inner conflict in you becomes a version of the Evil Queen mirror? Watch the relentless Réflexion by Yoshimichi Tamura & Planktoon.

 Review of the French animated feature film, Zarafa.

A touching story between two unlikely friends from Pavel Soukup. Watch the black-and-white film.

 The multiply-acclaimed short by the Polish director Damian Nenow, Paths of Hate, is now online. Watch the film.

The multi-awarded pixilation short by the Argentinian Juan Pablo Zaramella, Luminaris, is now available online.

Alex Orrelle, animator at Pixar's The Incredibles and Finding Nemo, and animation director at Warner Bros' Yogi Bear, talks to Zippyframes.com about animation, during his presence at Be there! Corfu Animation Festival.

 Read about and watch the Annecy-selected film by Julia Gromskaya, Fiumana.

The sophomore Be there! Corfu Animation Festival presents its full programme (29 March-1 April 2012), and includes a Jean-François Laguionie retrospective.