The small alpine mountain town in the north of California is set to hold its 3rd annual international film festival. Friday night the event will have its traditional free Gala Party. The event features Q&As and a filmmakers symposium. The festival screens feature films and documentaries from around the world. For more information, visit www.shastafilmfest.com.
The San Francisco Film Society and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announce the first annual San Francisco International Animation Showcase (SFIAS) at SFMOMA
The San Francisco Film Society and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) announce the first annual San Francisco International Animation Showcase (SFIAS). It will sample the wide breadth of animation with four eclectic and international programs of films and videos, ranging from the latest FX-based art house films to family friendly cartoons. The showcase will screen on October 12, 14 & 15 at SFMOMA
MIPCOM: International Film and Programme Market for TV, Video, Cable and Satellite is one of the world
TARFEST Festival of Film, Music & ArtLos AngelesOctober 5
Stream your films full screen on the internet!
Call for submission Streaming Festival The Haguethe progressive online film festival
The 2nd edition of the Streaming Festival accepts features, documentaries, shorts, animation and experimental films.
- Deadline for submission : 15 January 2007- No entry fee for submission
About the Streaming FestivalFilms do not play in cinemas. They are streamed online full screen with high image quality.
An international film and video festival in its third year accepts film and video entries in all genres from any part of the world. The event is held from the end of September to the first week of October in the beautiful capital city of Abuja, Nigeria. There are no entry fees as the festival accepts 35MM, Super 16MM, 16MM, DVCAM, HDCAM, etc.
Deadline for entry is 30th June 2OO6.
DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival has a mission to "bring attention to the creative output from Asian Pacific American (APA) and Asian Diasporic communities and encourage the artistic development of APA films in the greater Washington D.C. metropolitan region." The screenings are held at the Smithsonian Institution, the American Film Institute, Landmark Theatres, the Canadian Embassy and other venues. The event screens feature, doc, short, experimental and animation films. For additional information, visit www.apafilm.org.
Indie Animators Rock the Block in Williamsburg!! On not one, not two, not three, but on four (count em') screens simultaneously!!!
at the one and only.. Monkeytown 58 N 3rd St (btw. Kent & Wythe) Williamsburg, Brooklyn 11211
Thursday, September 28 Admission: $7 Show-times: 7:30pm and 10pm reservations are recommended ( food and drinks served) http://monkeytownhq.com
Each month Dahlia Design Group presents a selection of Independent Animation from national, international, and very local animators. This month features a stellar cast of animations by:
Pat Smith
NYC ACM SIGGRAPH hosts MetroCAF 2006, the fourth Annual NYC Metropolitan Area College Computer Animation Festival. It gives local students an opportunity to gain international exposure for their computer-generated imagery and make contacts in the computer-graphics community. Students producing computer animation, visualization or visual effects in the course of their studies that attends a school within a 75-mile radius of Times Square in Manhattan is eligible.
Each year, Marceline, Missouri, Walt Disney's boyhood hometown, hosts internationally acclaimed cartoonists during Walt Disney's Hometown Toonfest.
Guest artists attending this year: Pete Doctor (Monsters, Inc.), Chris Browne (Hagar the Horrible), Lynn Johnston (For Better or For Worse), Mike Peters (Mother Goose and Grimm), Dan Piraro (Bizarro), Tom Wilson, Jr. (Ziggy).
These artists and their fans will gather in the small rail-stop town where Walt lived from 1906 until 1911.
The Valley Film Festival has a selection of 60 short films
Organizing a dedicated B2B Exhibition that brings together international musical Instruments
The 2nd Annual Casual Games Conference (CGC), September 6-8, 2006, in Austin, Texas, is a developer-focused event that provides insights to design considerations and business opportunities required for developers to succeed in this rapidly-expanding game industry segment. The CGC, sponsored by Microsoft Casual Games, focuses on information necessary to develop online and downloadable casual games for a variety of platforms and will run alongside the Austin Game Conference.
SIGGRAPH 2006, the 33rd International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, will be held July 30-Aug. 3 at the Boston Convention & Exposition Center in Boston, Massachusetts, announced sponsor ACM SIGGRAPH.
Film Life and HBO will host the American Black Film Festival (ABFF). HBO is the ABFF's founding and title sponsor and Wal-Mart Voices of Color is the presenting sponsor.
The 2006 ABFF program includes independent film screenings, network and studio premieres, panels, workshops and seminars led by accomplished industry professionals. Other highlights include live entertainment, exclusive networking events and the ABFF Awards presentation.
Annual Betty Boop Collectors Club Festival, annual meeting and swap meet of Betty vintage collectibles.. Display of original animation cells and novelties from the 30's and 40's. Identification and photography of unknown sketches and artwork. Celebrating the art of animation
The baby Betty Look-a-like contest brings families together in watching old cartoons and creating a costume for there little girl. We have kept Betty alive for over 20 years by introducing her to new generations not just on TV but in a fun, musical way.
Wizard Ent. has announced a new 3-day pop culture consumer show. The Atlanta show is Wizard's sixth, joining similar events in Chicago, Boston, Texas, Los Angeles, and Philadelphia. Wizard Ent.s Wizard World Chicago attracted an audience of more than 54,000 last year making it the second largest pop culture convention in the U.S., trailing only the San Diego Comic-Con. For more information, visit www.wizarduniverse.com/.
REEL REVOLUTIONThe Substation Guinness Theatre, 45 Armenian Street, Introductory Seminar on June 17: 10am to noon, Free, Tel: 6337 7535
Be a youth
The New York Asian Film Festival focuses on the best contemporary Asian movies. This year's festival will take place at the Anthology Film Archives and the ImaginAsian theater.
Already lined up is CROMARTIE HIGH SCHOOL (Japan, 2005) based on the best-selling manga. This high school movie follows the saga of filthy, lousy Cromartie High, a school so sucky that they even enroll gorillas, robots and Freddie Mercury. Only an invasion of space monkeys can bring this warring student body together.
The full line-up will be announced during the last week of April.
Portfolio Review Show
Featuring Graduates from:
*Media Art and Animation
*Game Art and Design
*Graphic Design
*Interactive Media Design
*Interior Design
Where:THE TURNIP ROSE1901 NEWPORT BLVD.COSTA MESA, CA 714-997-5871
When: June 14, 2006 from 5pm-7pm
LINK:You can view the site through this link:
http://www.herecomestheguide.com/sites/detail.htm?site_id=1388
Zagreb: 18th World Festival of Animated Films is an ASIFA sanctioned competitive festival. The festival was formed in 1969 to encouraging creativity, which eschews pre-set patterns and ideas/notions/conceptions, and finds new ways of exploring the possibilities of film animation. Awards with cash prizes will be given as follows: grand prize, best first production, best student film, plus five special prizes and three special distinctions.
As part of the Science Museum's celebration of the 'Pixar: 20 Years of Animation' exhibition being in residence, Talk Animation is a series of special talks will take place at the Science Museum from top industry insiders revealing the secrets behind creating memorable animation....
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