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A WWI animation feature comes from Belgium. Learn more about Cafard, and read the interview by film director Jan Bultheel.

Through the Hawthorn..., Home, The Shirley Temple shorts get the coveted prizes of the Stuttgart Festival for Animated Film.

My mommy is in America, and She Met Buffalo Bill animation feature still

Marc Boréal et Thibaut Chatel direct a French retro drama that animates with a restrained technique the intimate worries of a 6-year-old child.

Prizes in the field of applied animation were awarded during the 21st Stuttgart Festival of International Film.

Discover the official feature film selection of the 2014 Annecy festival.

16 animated works to be screened at the MSU facade during the 2014 Animafest, Zagreb.

Moomins on the Riviera animation feature still

Τhe roundish, hippopotamus-like characters of Tove Jansson now become a feature animated film by Hanna Hemila and Xavier Picard. Watch the trailer.

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The 24th World Festival of Animated Film (short edition) relocates from Russia to China, featuring a tribute to puppet animation. Discover more about the celebrated festival and its 2014 edition.

Dinner for Few by Nassos Vakalis animation film still

The award-winning film by Nassos Vakalis, Dinner for Few, is now available to watch online. Read our interview with the Emmy-awarded US/Greek animator.

The hybrid film of live-action and animation by Daisy Jacbos won the third prize at  Cinéfondation Selection of 2014 Cannes fest.

And Studio Ghibli co-founder Isao Takahata will receive a Special festival prize for his work.

The Robin by Tom Sanders & William Long animation film still

Desire and sacrifice: The existential need for a seed ball, as caricatured in the warm Robin short. Watch the film.

Writer's Block by Tom Gran and Martin Wooley animation film still

When the writer's block becomes imprisoned. Watch the inventive Writer's Block by Tom Gran and Martin Wooley.

Family films are not the exclusive territory of US studios. Watch the teaser for the new Dutch film, Trippel Trappel.

Paul Wells will give a keynote lecture in the one-day academic symposium held at the Stuttgart International Festival of Animated Film 2014 (24 April). See the complete programme.

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