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Everyone’s favourite animated screenings night, Shorts on Walls, returns again this March as part of Flatpack Festival 2010, and animators are once more being invited to submit their short films.

A number of video podcasts from March 2009’s AFWM event, When Animation Goes Mobile! have now gone live on Birmingham City University’s new iTunes U site.

Birmingham-based animator and AFWM member Steven Spencer has picked up the prestigious Royal Television Society Student Television Award for his dark short film My Brown Friend.

Stoke your Fires Festival of Animation, back for its third year in late February 2010, has put a call out for submissions.

Animators, developers, designers and programmers from the region’s games industry are spoilt for choice this December as Gamer Camp and Game Central join forces to present a series of free-to-attend evening events across the Midlands.

As many will know first hand, last weekend was the 6th Flip Animation Festival, and this year featured an ambitious array of workshops and fringe events to accompany the usual screenings and talks.

‘Can the Midlands’ Creative Industries Revolutionise the UK Economy?’ is the question Midlands‘ creative types will be discussing at The Big Debate on Monday 2nd November in Birmingham’s International Convention Centre.

The University of Wolverhampton’s Institute of Digital Entertainment are inviting representatives from animation and games companies to a workshop on ‘Digital Media Opportunities’ on 25th March at Wolverhampton Science Park.

Come celebrate the launch of Flip Festival ’09 with a look at the current state of the West Midlands’ animation industry, drinks and screenings.