* Monday, September 28. New York City, New York, U.S.A.

* Thursday, September 24 - Saturday, September 26. Palma de Mallorca, Spain.


The University of the Balearic Islands presents ANI.MAR ‘98, short for the Amateur Animators Focused International Festival. This competitive festival has three categories: 3D animation short films, traditional animation films less than 15 minutes and traditional animation films more than 15 minutes. The event will also offer workshops, retrospectives and exhibitions. For information contact info@studio1.uib.es.

Glendale, California-based animation and development studio, Creative Capers Entertainment has partnered with Dallas, Texas-based content delivery system company, Rapture Technologies, to form a new company. The 50/50 joint venture, called Digital Doorway, will be based in Glendale and focus on production and marketing of interactive gaming, entertainment and educational titles for the PC, console, hand-held and online markets.

* Tuesday, September 29 - October 4. Ottawa, Canada.

* Friday, September 25. Utrecht, Netherlands.


The Utrecht School of the Arts faculty of Art, Media & Technology holds their annual presentation of the European Media Master of Arts, including Computer Animation. The event will take place at “Baby” in Amsterdam. Admission for Baby members is free, All others are admitted by invitation only. Contact hans.mertens@kmt.hku.nl for more details.

PAUL WAXMAN, a former marketing executive at Irwin Toy, has branched off and formed his own company, D.E.E.P. ENTERTAINMENT. Based in Toronto and Halifax, Canada, the company will focus on development of animation properties such as “NuKeD” and “The Lugs,” for which financing partners are currently being sought.

* Friday, September 25 - Sunday, September 27. Bethesda, Maryland, U.S.A.

CAMBRIDGE ANIMATION SYSTEMS (CAS), creators of Animo 2D animation software, has hired Mark Watt as director of research and development. Watt co-founded Second Nature Industries, a company in Los Angeles. He was previously a senior programmer with Xaos, Thomson Digital Image and Digital Pictures. Watt will be based at CAS’ U.K. office. TOM CARRIGAN, recently hired by CAS as director of international sales, will be based at the company’s Glendale office, not in U.K. office as was stated in last week’s news.

* Saturday, September 26. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.


From 5 - 8 p.m., Los Angeles art gallery and book store Every Picture Tells A Story hosts a reception with Michael Bedard, illustrator of the new children’s book “Sitting Ducks.” Bedard’s work is currently being adapted for an animated TV series and feature film by Polygram. The exhibition of Bedard’s illustrations will run through October 18. To pre-order signed books or to RSVP for the reception, call (310) 932-6070.

* Wednesday, September 23 - Sunday, September 27. Syros, Greece.