The 2nd Be there! The Corfu Animation Festival (Greece) has announced the selection results for its competitive section, featuring notable names in the lineup.

The 2012 edition of Cartoon Movie, the European forum for pitching animated projects, has now revealed its line-up.

 The Italian satirist animator and director Bruno Bozzetto announces his first full-length picture in 36 years.

2 Canadian films, a Pixar short, an independent US film, and a chicken compete for the Academy Award for the best short animated film.

2 Canadian films, a Pixar short, an independent US film, and a chicken compete for the Academy Award for the best short animated film.

Surprises in the Academy Award nomination for the best animated feature film to compete at the 2012 Oscars®.

A stop-motion short film by the South Korean Kangmin Kin features at the Sundance Film Festival.

The Anima 2012 festival in Brussels presents its selection of feature-length animated films.

11 feature films figure in the official competition section. The Czech existential thriller Alois Nebel [review], the Spanish drama Wrinkles (Arrugas) [review],  but also the Singapore manga-themed Tatsumi figure in the programme.

• Aloïs Nebel, Tomas Lunak (CZ)
• Arrugas, Ignacio Ferreras (E)
• Emilie Jolie, Francis Nielsen, Philippe Chatel (F)
• La Colline aux coquelicots, (From up on Poppy Hill), Goro Miyasaki (J)
• Colorful, Keiichi Hara (J)
• George the Hedgehog, Wojtek Wawszczyk (PL)
• Green Days - Dinosaur and I, Jae-hoon An, Hye-jin Han (ROK)
• JIB / The House, Mi Sun Park, Eun Young Park, Joo Young Ban, Jae Ho Lee, Hyun Jin Lee (ROK)
• Orla de Kikkerslikker, Peter Dodd (DK)
• Tatsumi, Eric Khoo (SGP)
• The Tibetan Dog, Masayuki Kojima (Chine-PRR)

 In the light of the recent SOPA - PIPA incentives regarding illegal downloading, watch Nina Paley's Copying is not theft.