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6 short animated films compete for what has been labeled the best European short competition.

She's talented, European and fights hard for her puppet world. The Slovenian stop-motion director Špela Čadež talks to Zippy Frames.
A French-Swiss philosophical animated tale wins 2 awards at the prestigious Locarno festival.

Academic conference on Subversion and Deformation in Animated Film in Poland. Open call for papers under way.
ANIBIZ 2015 is a conference focusing on the usability of animation for purposes other than entertainment, such as marketing and communication in Viborg, Denmark.
It was a French animation studio, now it becomes a cultural centre and residency. Ciclic Animation opens its doors in September 2015.
Once more, the JAPIC programme helps animators in the early stages of their career to have a Tokyo residency and complete an animation project.

Seems ready to accept visitors. Enjoy the video for the 28th Annual Society for Animation Studies Conference.

A neo-noir animation feature from Colombia mixes live-action atrocities with animated personal settings.

A new, ambitious award and association for European animation is under way. French producer Olivier Catherin talks to Zippy Frames about the European Animation Awards.
A retrospective of the acclaimed Polish director, political themes and Špela Čadež join the programme of the 2015 Country Animafest in Cyprus.
25 animation professionals were invited to AMPAS as voting members.