International animation festival Fest Anča in Zilina, Slovakia has launched a call for entries for its 2013 edition.

The stop-motion feature film Selkirk, The Real Robinson Crusoe, by the Uruguayan director Walter Tournier is short of flashy adventures, but full of character motivation.

The Animation Program at Columbus College of Art and Design (CCAD) is seeking a full-time Assistant or Associate Professor for fall 2013.

Jim Batt and Molly Crabapple present a charming story of a good girl with a bad heart. Watch the film, and read a short Q&A session with Jim Batt.

3 stop-motion features, and a Disney-full list of features at the Academy Award nominees for best animated feature. Read all the nominees for both the best short and animated feature films in 2013.

The BAFTA nominations selected 3 animated features and short films for the British award, and there were a few surprises.

The gothic thriller The Apostle features in the Spanish Goya nominations, as well as the box-office hit Tadeo Jones. See all the nominations in the feature and short animated categories.

The 5th edition of  ReAnimania festival in Yerevan, Armenia. Discover the programme highlights.

12 feature films have been selected for the 2013 edition of Anima, Brussels. See the lineup and watch the festival trailer.

It's not the end of the world, just the end of the year! Watch the poignant and funny Man by Steve Cutts.

The Netherlands Institute for Animation (NIAF) has just published an announcement that is "on hold" as of 1 January 2013.

A group of students from the French Gobelins School of Image has made this sweet and psychologically relevant film about timidity.

The UK animators Joseph Wallace and Becca Rose present a rather awkward version of the Christmas star.

Don Hertzfeldt's It's Such A Beautiful Day is a heart-breaking and mesmerizing film on life and the passing of time. 

The Australian Isabel Peppard directs the stop-motion thriller Butterflies, and qualifies for an Oscar®.