Ignacio Ferreras' Wrinkles is a disarmingly humane, 2D elegy of old people in need.

Tomáš Luňák presents a shameful episode in recent Czech history in rotoscope with his Alois Nebel, and gives a depressingly moody yet almost too hard to infer reality

A Jiri Barta workshop, a premiere of Chico and Rita and competitive sections for both shorts and feature films are the strong highlights of the 35th Cinanima festival in Espinho.

The spring animation festival in Corfu (Greece), Be there! has announced a new feature competitive section and set its 29 March-1 April dates

Michel Ocelot prepares an enchanting panel of animated silhouettes in his Tales of the Night.

 Steven Spielberg has just made an entertaining (even if less suspenseful) Indiana Jones.

An almost gravity-free hand-drawn film proves to be a suspenseful police thriller.

The French animator Jean-François Laguionie returns with his fourth feature film, Le Tableau. Watch the trailer.

Ireland will be at the spotlight of the 52nd Annecy Animation Festival.

The Estonian short Body Memory (Ülo Pikkov) was the winner of the 6th Anim'est (Bucharest,Romania), while  Ugly Duckling (Garri Bardin, Russia) took the top prize in feature films.

Watch what happens when your home is fully plugged, and you need to clean. A modernist tale by Tom King.

The troubled story of a goat, its milking lady and the well that causes the final ending. Ben Cady from Newport University (UK) directs this festival-awarded comic short.

The animation festivals' darling, the musical story of Chico & Rita gets a  US release. At the same time, itenters the race for the best animated feature at the 2012 Oscars.

The Hungarian Emil Goodman presents his mesmerizing concept trailer for the upcoming feature film, Henry Waltz.

The Espinho-based festival in Portugal celebrates its 35th edition by screening 4 feature films in its official competitive section.

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.