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The 9th edition of Animateka Festival in Ljubljana & Maribor, Slovenia accepts film submissions.
The race for the best European animated film has started. The European association Cartoon unveiled its 5 nominated films for the coveted Cartoon D' Or.
Be there! Corfu Animation Festival (Greece) welcomes submissions for its 3rd edition.

Anu Laura Tuttelberg presents a stop-motion film about flies and birds, which is as eerie as it sounds. Watch Fly Mill.
The Japanese director and animator Keiichi Sato presents a rather dark new anime, Asura. Watch the trailer.
Damian Anca's documentary animation Crulic: The Path to Beyond is the sole animated film to compete for the European Parliament LUX Prize.
UK animators could benefit from the Paintings in Hospitals scheme. Deadline approaching soon.
Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival (Bristol, UK) is now accepting applications for a new professional development training course aimed at producers and animators in September.
The 2012 Hiroshima International Animation Festival announced its selection results for the August 23-27 festival.
Tram by the Czech auteur Michaela Pavlatova and the Roman-Polish film Crulic won the major awards at the 2012 Annecy Film Festival.
A new Mexican film depicts historical events through the eyes of a child.
The independent US distributor GKids is ready to release the English-dubbed version of the Studio Ghibli film, From Up on Poppy Hill, in March 2013.

Bastiaan Schravendeel and Polder Animation present a film where narrative inventiveness matches visual charm: Now you know it anyway.
Graphic artist and screenwriter for the Goya-awarded Wrinkles Paco Roca is set to direct an animated feature: Memoirs of a Man in Pyjamas.