Highlights of the 22nd edition of Animac Lleida festival (22-25 Feb 2018), which is devoted to music and animation.

The Dutch festival has a new artistic head.

The NFTS school film Poles Apart and Brown Bag's Octonauts also won at the 2018 Annies.

 A detailed guide to talks and masterclasses during the 37th Anima Festival in Brussels, 9-18 February 2018.

 The 2D animation feature competes at the Generation section of this year's Berlin Film Festival. Director Linda Hambäck talked to ZIppy Frames.

The inaugural OFFline Animation Residency is open for applications.

Observing yourself singing. Thomas Renoldner signs his experimental animation film, Sunny Afternoon.

Ülo Pikkov to deliver the keynote address of the ITFS / SAS/ FMX academic symposium.

A highly potent story of outcasts ordered to be happy. Watch the brilliant short How Are You Today? by Sophie Markatatos.