Festivals & Events

Awards announcements, festival film selections and event programming updates from around the world.

Brainstorm Prod. Presents 1st Animation Celebration for Autism Acceptance Month

Brainstorm Productions announces its upcoming 1st Annual Celebration of Animated Film & Art on April 9, beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the AMC Rolling...

Mercedes Milligan - 6 days ago

ASIFA-Hollywood Holds 31st Afternoon of Remembrance Saturday

ASIFA-Hollywood will hold its 31st Afternoon of Remembrance, commemorating the members of our animation community who passed away in 2024. The event will be held...

Animation Magazine - March 7, 2025

Cartoon Movie Wrap: Highlights, Top Projects & Award Winners

The 2025 edition of Cartoon Movie has come to a close in Bordeaux, presenting a diverse lineup of 55 animated feature projects from 16 European countries. This...

Mercedes Milligan - March 6, 2025

Sweet As! Wellington Animation Film Festival Returns for 2nd Year

Following the success of its inaugural event in 2024, the Wellington Animation Film Festival will return this month, to celebrate the animation world and the...

Mercedes Milligan - March 6, 2025

Animation Production Days Selects 50 Projects for 2025

Fifty newly developed animation projects from 17 countries have been selected for the 19th edition of Animation Production Days (APD). From May 6–8, producers...

Mercedes Milligan - March 5, 2025

Titmouse Celebrates 25 Years of Bold Animation with ‘5 Second Day…Night!!!’ Screenings

As part of its 25th anniversary celebration, Titmouse, the Emmy Award-winning animation studio behind Big Mouth, The Legend of Vox Machina, The Venture Bros. and...

Mercedes Milligan - March 3, 2025

Euro Visions: This Year’s Cartoon Movie Co-Pro Event Spotlights 55 Animated Feature Projects

Tales of heroic women, our vulnerable planet and sweeping historical epics take center stage at this year’s Cartoon Movie, the popular co-production and pitching...

Ramin Zahed - February 27, 2025

Rare Early Disney Photos Go to Auction at Van Eaton Galleries

Rare and never-before-seen original photographs of Walt Disney have been unearthed and will head to the auction block at Van Eaton Galleries & Auctions,...

Mercedes Milligan - February 26, 2025

OIAF Takes Award-Winning Animation on Tour

The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) announces its Best of Ottawa program, including 10 animated short films from the 2024 Festival, including the Festival’s signal film animated...

Mercedes Milligan - February 25, 2025

New “Animate” Destination in Preston Christened with Feathers McGraw Statue

The nefarious avian adversary of Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl has been memorialized with a four-foot-tall bronze statue in the form of Feathers McGraw....

Animation Magazine - February 24, 2025

First-Ever ‘Mickey Mouse Clubhouse’ Museum Exhibit Opens in Indianapolis

The Children’s Museum of Indianapolis has brought the characters and stories from Disney Jr.’s animated preschool favorite Mickey Mouse Clubhouse to life at the...

Mercedes Milligan - February 24, 2025

Berlinale Awards Crystal Bear to ‘Maya, Give Me a Title,’ Teddy Award to ‘Lesbian Space Princess’

The 75th Berlin International Film Festival came to a close with the Berlinale Publikumstag (Audience Day) on February 23. The Award Ceremony was held...

Mercedes Milligan - February 24, 2025