When animation can be creative in the most unexpected, instant way. Watch the adult-themed Instant Excitations by Adrien Weber.

SAM (Orti) is a Spanish stop-motion animator, who takes inspiration from Almodovar to present his adult, comedy horror situations. Watch the trailer & a second clip (The People's Princess) from his upcoming feature film, POS ESO.

A group of students at Supinfocom Arles school, France, have directed a short about a calm but strange funeral. Watch Le Taxidermiste.

A Roman soldier is asked to deliver a message through the forest, but has to pass through a bear guarding its own space. Watch Dum Spiro.

Vegetarian robbery. Bloody trip by Domestic Infelicity. Watch the short.

41 international short films, 27 student films, and 3 feature films were selected for the 2012 Cinanima festival (Espinho, Portugal). 

Medical, autobiographical, and funny. Watch Foxy by Stephanie Thandi Johnstone.

In a recent Guardian article, David Cox suggests that the current stop-motion animation production (culminating so far in Tim Burton's Frankenweenie) should not be overestimated.

The Anim'est trophies were given on Saturday, October 13, at Patria Cinema, Bucharest. Have a look at the winners.