A Liar's Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python's Graham Chapman portrays Graham Chapman as a person who defied etiquette.

Politically inspired, the documentary Imaginary Chile (Chile Imaginario) tells the story of a turbulent period in Chile.

An international conference on Illustration, Comics, and Animation is organized at Dartmouth College, 19-21 April, and invites call for paper proposals.

The Oscar-hopeful French animated feature film, Le Tableau (The Painting) by Jean-François Laguionie, won the Best Music Award at the Tübingen-Stuttgart International Festival.

The Irish animator Eamonn O'Neill presents an intriguing portrait of a person in distress. Watch I'm Fine Thanks.

The UK animator Adam Wells describes his vision of a geometrically shaped world of uninteresting individuals with gusto. Watch Brave Old New.

The 2013 Annual Society for Animation Studies (SAS) conference attempts to redefine animation.

The first stereoscopic, stop-motion Spanish thriller O Apostolo is released in Spain, and gets a US version.

The longlist of short animated films qualifying for an Oscar has been made public. See the qualifying films.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced the long list of feature animated films submitted for an Oscar.

Irish animation company Brown Bag Films prepares its first animated feature, Nightglider.

When animation can be creative in the most unexpected, instant way. Watch the adult-themed Instant Excitations by Adrien Weber.

SAM (Orti) is a Spanish stop-motion animator, who takes inspiration from Almodovar to present his adult, comedy horror situations. Watch the trailer & a second clip (The People's Princess) from his upcoming feature film, POS ESO.

A group of students at Supinfocom Arles school, France, have directed a short about a calm but strange funeral. Watch Le Taxidermiste.

A Roman soldier is asked to deliver a message through the forest, but has to pass through a bear guarding its own space. Watch Dum Spiro.