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A new feature in production details the story of troubled times in Cambodia, and finds French distribution. Director Denis Do talks to Zippyframes.com about Funan.
A documentary on the ill-fated feature project of Academy Award-winning animator Richard Williams illuminated aspects of the animation business that are usually left untold.
The premiere convention for animation, Aka-con, takes place in Dublin.
The Oscar-awarded British animator Daniel Greaves prepares the stop-motion drama Mr. Plastimime.
The filmmaker Gemma Atkinson narrates her adventure when filming British Police officers. Watch Act of Terror.
The Suicide Shop (Le magasin des sucides) by Patrice Leconte is an anomaly: a film that is so warm that belies its subject-matter, but also contrived and stereotyped.
Ari Folman's The Congress, his first animated work after the critically acclaimed Waltz with Bashir, opens the Directors' Fortnight (Quinzaine des Realisateurs) at Cannes Film Festival. Watch the first trailer of the film, and an animated excerpt.
The International Film Festival of Annecy, France is giving a Special Cristal Award to Jerzy Kucia, a master of Polish animation.
An exhibition devoted to German Drawn Animation Film, 1930-1950, takes place in Dresden, Germany, from April 21 to September 29, 2013.
The New York International Children's Film Festival announces its winners. See the awards for animated films.

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