Indie Animation News

The 2012 Hiroshima International Animation Festival announced its selection results for the August 23-27 festival.

The independent US distributor GKIDS is set to release the English-dubbed version of Studio Ghibli's film From Up on Poppy Hill in March 2013.

Sometimes visual deficiencies become a challenge for animators. Read the info about and watch the  Astigmatismo film, now Annecy-selected.

Tram by the Czech auteur Michaela Pavlatova and the Roman-Polish film Crulic won the major awards at the 2012 Annecy Film Festival.

 Bastiaan Schravendeel and Polder Animation present a film where narrative inventiveness matches visual charm: Now you know it anyway.

Fest Anča in Slovakia celebrates its 2012 edition with a national premiere of the Romanian-Polish docu-drama Crulic.

 A new Mexican film depicts historical events through the eyes of a child.

Graphic artist and screenwriter for the Goya-awarded Wrinkles, Paco Roca, is set to direct an animated feature: Memoirs of a Man in Pyjamas.

Oh, Willy by Emma De Swaef and Marc James won the Grand Prix at Animafest, Zagreb. See the full list of the awards.