Indie Animation News

 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.

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.

 A European workshop, Cartoon Digital: transmedia in animation and interactive entertainment, is organised from 19-22 June in Viborg, Denmark.

 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.

Blik by  Bastiaan Schravendeel from Polderanimation, Netherlands presents a moving love-story between a young boy and his older girl next door. Watch the film.