US independent animator Bill Plympton has his own, irreverent way to celebrate the Christmas period. Watch The Sad Village.

A free-falling 2D/hand-drawn music video by Lucinda Schreiber.

The 3th edition of the International Conference on Illustration and Animation in Braga, Portugal is now open for paper submissions, and an extended deadline.

Charming and gravity-free: watch My Mum is an Airplane.

A beautifully escapist video for Coldplay's Ink. Watch below.

View some preliminary highlights of the Anima (Brussels) fest.

A Hungarian experimental short  that was among the 10 Oscar-shortlisted films in 2015 is now online. Read our interview with film director Réka Bucsi.

The Portuguese film wins the Grand Prix of the Espinho festival. See all winners.

A tour de force of independent animation and autobiography triumph from Signe Baumane.

CINANIMA to present the first-ever animation retrospective from Brittany in an international festival.

Oscar-hopeful animation short Sausage by UK animator Robert Grieves goes online.

Animation dives into water. Watch the musical Waterwalls by Francesca Macciò & Francesca Quatraro.

Highly effective animated film on an animated species rarely seen. Watch Pinchaque, the Colombian Tapir by Caroline Attia.

Loneliness becomes better when animated and musically embedded.

Review the programme highlights of the 4th Be there! Corfu Animation Festival, 16-19 October 2014.