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The Academy honored 16 students across 4 categories, with the animation prizes going to films from Gobelins, ESMA and Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.

ASIFA-Hollywood has opened its call for entries and added a Best International Anime Production for TV/Media category; entries close November 30.

Launched by the Manchester Animation Festival, the initiative will select 6 projects for a 7-month, BFI-backed program built to get UK animated features to market; submissions open through August 16.

Singapore’s Animation Nation has launched its latest awards call with submissions now open via FilmFreeway for animators from ASEAN member states.

The 7-minute film from Suraya AlShehry and Nabila Abuljadayel has been added to the Academy Collection, with its poster and additional creative materials contributed to the Margaret Herrick Library.

Spatial Storytelling, the Immersive Pavilion, the Art Gallery, Emerging Technologies and the in-person Hands-On Courses track spotlight boundary-pushing tools and interactive techniques; conference runs July 19-23.

Eloi Champagne will lead the July 22 Birds of a Feather session with Jimmy Fournier, covering Gaussian-based animation workflows, hybrid pipelines and production uses from acquisition through delivery, with examples from NFB works in progress and technical explorations involving the NVIDIA Spatial Intelligence Lab and the Dynamic Graphics Project lab at the University of Toronto.

The opening-day program, running July 19, brings studios and indies together for talks and networking on how games are made; sessions span accessibility, audio, VFX, performance capture, pipelines, and game development economics, with games programming continuing throughout the July 19-23 conference.

‘Bob’s Burgers,’ ‘Rick and Morty,’ ‘The Simpsons,’ ‘Smiling Friends,’ ‘South Park,’ and ‘Star Wars: Visions’ are nominated for Outstanding Animated Program; main awards will be broadcast live on Monday, September 14, on NBC and stream on Peacock – Craft Awards set for September 5-6.

The state’s expanded Film and Television Tax Credit Program closed its first year with 41 new films out of a total of 170; ‘Hexed,’ ‘Donkey,’ and untitled Pixar film among the animated projects in the mix.

New Spike Lee short takes top prize; ‘Beyond Words’ and ‘18 Months’ also awarded; Production Sessions lineup to feature Wētā FX, Lightstorm, NASA, Pixar, ILM, and Google DeepMind.

Programming includes four days of workshops, assemblies, and cross-border forums spanning funding, AI, sustainability, co-production export, sales, and regional pitching, with a new Annecy European Animation Summit anchoring the week as professionals look for shared answers to industry change.