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Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival 2014 is launching call for submissions.

A powerful animation documentary by Jonas Odell on a case of terrorism in West Germany of the 70s. Watch Tussilago.

Jacques-Remy Girerd, director of the upcoming ecological French feature Aunt Hilda! talks about animation and ecology -and admits that drawing Aunt Hilda gave him a headache.
3 US features, one European and a Japanese entry in the Oscar nominations for Best Animated Feature. Mickey Mouse goes for an Academy Award in the short animation category.
The Academy is now accepting applications for its 2014 Student Academy Awards competition.
The Program in Experimental Animation in the School of Film/Video at CalArts seeks applicants for a full time stop motion faculty position.
The BAFTA nominated 3 animated films in the respective categories of feature animation and British Short Animation Films respectively.
Encounters Short Film Festival, Bristol is now accepting applications for a second training course aimed at animation producers,
Russian animator Yuri Norstein, puppet animation and the future of animation studies is some of the topics covered in the Animafest Scanner professional symposium during the Animafest festival in Zagreb.
Russian animator Yuri Norstein and Annecy festival director Marcel Jean will be awarded at the 2014 Zagreb Animafest.

2014 promises an exciting animated adventure into the world of feature films. See our European & independent US choices in the spotlight.
A new animated feature project: discover The Yark.