For a second time in a row, Phil Mulloy wins (this time with his feature film Dead but not buried), and Stephen Irwin  gets the short independent grand prize with his Moxie.

Joann Sfar's The Rabbi's Cat, A Cat in Paris and the Cuban romance Chico and Rita are the 3 contenders for the European Film Award in the category of Best Animation.

A Greek film, drawing on paper, won the Grand Prize at Animasyros festival in Greece.

 Cassidy Curtis (supervising animator, How to train your dragon) and Jim Capobianco (writer, Ratatouille) raised the bar of the 4th Animasyros festival in Greece.

The film by Johannes Weiland and Uwe Heidschötter won Cartoon d’Or 2011, the award for the best European short film of the year.

 The Czech director Tomáš Luňák adapts a graphic novel, and brings the intricacies of the Cold War era into animated focus.

Forget Miyazaki! (if you can) Here comes the first 3D, CGI feature film from Japan, directed by Takashi Yamazaki.

The acclaimed and Oscar-nominated Barry Purves gives us a glimpse of his forthcoming stop-motion work on Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Watch a 'majestic' excerpt with the director at work.

The Animasyros festival has revealed its full program for the September festival.