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It has established itself as the place for quirky and edgy film. Yet this year's Ottawa animation feature selection reveals a realist undertone as well.
It's that time of the year. The 43rd Annual Annie Awards kick off with their call for entries starting September, 1.
6 short animated films compete for what has been labeled the best European short competition.

She's talented, European and fights hard for her puppet world. The Slovenian stop-motion director Špela Čadež talks to Zippy Frames.
A French-Swiss philosophical animated tale wins 2 awards at the prestigious Locarno festival.

Academic conference on Subversion and Deformation in Animated Film in Poland. Open call for papers under way.
ANIBIZ 2015 is a conference focusing on the usability of animation for purposes other than entertainment, such as marketing and communication in Viborg, Denmark.
It was a French animation studio, now it becomes a cultural centre and residency. Ciclic Animation opens its doors in September 2015.
Once more, the JAPIC programme helps animators in the early stages of their career to have a Tokyo residency and complete an animation project.

Seems ready to accept visitors. Enjoy the video for the 28th Annual Society for Animation Studies Conference.

A neo-noir animation feature from Colombia mixes live-action atrocities with animated personal settings.

A new, ambitious award and association for European animation is under way. French producer Olivier Catherin talks to Zippy Frames about the European Animation Awards.
A retrospective of the acclaimed Polish director, political themes and Špela Čadež join the programme of the 2015 Country Animafest in Cyprus.