French students Brice Jolbit, Laurent Labeyrie, and Amandine Durand give us economic advice on how to survive the crisis. Watch their hilarious short.

The French company Je Suis Bien Content, responsible for Persepolis, brings forward a 2D/3D mystery feature, and now gets a 13 November French release.

 Signe Baumane's animated feature also won the Ecumenical Jury prize (special mention) at the Czech festival.

Piotr Dumała film Hipopotamy takes the Grand Prix of the Cypriot festival. See all winners of Animafest Cyprus.

The new Studio Ghibli feature by studio co-founder Isao Takahata will have a qualifying US theatrical run on October 17, 2014 to qualify for the 2015 Academy Awards.

The Japanese Oscar-nominated animator is the latest in a series of indie artists to design the poster of the ASIFA-established International Animation Day.

Society for Animation Studies asks for short papers on Gender & Animation. More details.

Collaborations with Se-Ma-For, Primanima festival and a tribute to Estonian animation are some the highlights of the 13th International Countryside Animafest Cyprus - Views of the World.

The 5 finalists for the Cartoon d'Or award (Best European short animated film) have been announced.