The latest batch of bachelor films is approaching one million views on YouTube and Vimeo and out in the real world, demand for the student films is felt as well. The prestigious Cannes festival has nominated Slug Invasion for "best student film". And Annecy, Europe's largest animation festival, added three Animation Workshop productions to their "sélection officielle", bachelor film Space Stallions, commercial project film The Right Choice and Open Workshop production Seven Minutes in the Warsaw Ghetto.

The Animation Workshop's partner Shareplay recently launched their Shareplay Fund, where companies can apply for funding to transmedia projects. Read more here.

The workshops in Thailand are designed for advanced animation students, graduates and professionals. They will give all their participants the unique opportunity to learn more about Maurice Noble’s approach to film design from start to finish, about using design as a storytelling element in animation, and about the design and storyboarding techniques of Robert Lence ("Toy Story", "Beauty and the Beast" etc.). The Noble Approach, Storyboard and Design. Also: Facebook.