The 6 finalists for  the Cartoon D'Or award (Best European short animated film) have been announced.

A bird with a Fear of Flying tries to avoid heading South for the winter.  Watch the sweet short by Irish animator Conor Finnegan.

The first sexual experience described in this affective animated doc by Jonas Odell.

Brazilian animator Henrique Barone contemplates a life above the ocean bed in The Man Who Saw A Boat. Watch the film.

The Italian animator Simone Massi designs the poster of the 70th Venice Film Festival, which is  a tribute to the Greek auteur Theo Angelopoulos.

The CONFIA International Conference on Illustration and Animation publishes call for papers for its November conference in Portugal.

Benoît Delaunay, Albane Hertault Lacoste, Maïwenn le Borgne, and Alexia Provoost present a dramatic tale of three cats.

What is your wish? Griff and Scott Garrettinvestigate all possibilities -in animated form via their Wish List.

A current wave of animated features, especially in Europe, explores neglected sides of the political in animated form.