America explores its own past. Wolf Dog Tales is a new short, which uses sand animation technique to talk about universal things.

Watch the new short film by Theodore Ushev, Nightingales in December.

The UK graduate Julia Pott presents a  tender (but with thick strokes) short film about ageing and leaving things behind. Watch Belly.

The Croatian animated film Why Elephants by Marko Mestrovic screens at the celebrated Locarno Film Festival.

The Animated Encounters (part of the Encounters Short Festival, Bristol) announces an impressive array of talents for its 2012 edition.

Beakus Studio in London creates a short, torch relay film about the London Olympics - but the main player here is a vermin.

The renowned Swiss animator Georges Schwizgebel premieres his newest short film, Chemin Faisant, at the prestigious Locarno Film Festival.

The stereoscopic version of Monsters, Inc has now been released.

The UK director Dave Prosser attended Seoul's International Animation Festival and made a short film called Mountain. Watch the film.