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.

Polish victory at the 5th edition of Fest Anča, in Žilina Slovakia.

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.

The French feature film A Monster in Paris is in reality a paean to Paris, but not to its citizens.

Benjamin Renner presents his César-nominated, La queue de la souris (A Mouse Tale). Watch the film.

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.

Elpida Panourgia looks for the meaning of companion in her film, The Teammate. Watch the film.

The Cannes-awarded Bruno Collet presents his latest, rotoscope film, His Indochina.

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.