December 19-20, 1999, ASIFA Italia, with the help of the Ministry of
Cultural Affairs, the Regione Piemonte and the Comune di Torino, together
with the support of Young Artists Circle and the British Council and
Pro-Helvetia, is organizing a meeting and a series of films on the subject
of "Art & Animation" in Turin, Italy. The meeting aims to heighten
awareness of animation as an art form with a particular stress on
independent research, experimental and artistic short films. The event is

As part of the International Children's Film Festival in Hyderabad, India
on November 17 - 18, 1999, 45 children ages 5 - 15 years old came together
to create a wildly imaginative, 5 minute animated short titled TOONED IN 2
DAYS. The feat was done at a 2 day workshop on animation conducted by Dr.
Neeraj's Animation Studios, the digital animation production facility of
Sriven Multi-Tech Limited. Twenty of the studio's top animators, led by
Dhimant Vyas and Rajsekhar took on the responsibility of guiding the

The Imagina computer conference and festival is often referred to as the
European equivalent to SIGGRAPH. For its 19th edition, in keeping with
tradition, the event will start in Monaco, January 31-February 2, 2000, but
will then continue in Paris February 2-4, 2000 with the exhibition of new
industrial developments and technologies. The events in Monaco include the
"Prix Pixel-INA" awards competition, the Innovation Space, and various
conferences and panel discussions such as "2D/3D Animation," a discussion

These limited edition autographed prints from Yuri Norstein's "Tales of
Tales" and "Hedgehog in the Fog," made in Russia from the drawings Norstein
used to develop his characters, are hand signed by Norstein. Most of the
proceeds from sales will go to help finance the ongoing production of
"Overcoat," Yuri Norstein's famous work in progress, which he began after
completing "Tale of Tales" in 1978, and is based on a famous story by
Nikolai Gogol. This is a very limited offer, with the print value at

With the tremendous response of new schools, the publication of AWN's
Animation School Directory Winter 2000 edition has been extended to January
20, 2000. Educators and School Administrators, don't miss out! If you
haven't responded yet, you've got a few extra weeks to act. Every school
gets a free basic listing, plus a profile in AWN's on-line Animation School
Database, where students and future students can search through the most
comprehensively indexed and categorized list of animation schools on the

For the first time on video!! The best of Zagreb Film, plus Rembrandt
Films' greatest hits, the Best of Bulgaria, and a second volume of Trnka
Shorts.



THE BEST OF ZAGREB FILM IN FIVE ONE-HOUR VOLUMES: In four decades Zagreb
Film produced 600 animated films that won more than 400 international
awards. The studio quickly became famous for a unique animation style that
became known as the Zagreb school. One of the studio's pioneering
distinctions was that its filmmakers wrote, designed, and directed their

The Monte-Carlo Television Festival has announced the members of their
international jury for the 2nd European Television Producer Award. Guy
Fournier, the Canadian writer/producer, will preside over the seven member
jury. Guy Fournier has written some 2000 hours of television drama for
French and Canadian productions, over 150 hours of films and series for
television, plays for the theater, feature length films (FANTASTICA, UNE
AMIE D'ENFANCE) and has also published a number of books. Other jury

The 24th International Festival of animated film will be held in Annecy,
France, June 5-10, 2000. The festival is now accepting entries for animated
short films, television series, commissioned films and student films. The
deadline to register your film for competition is January 15, 2000. Entry
forms are now available on the festival web site. The three selection
committees will gather in Annecy March 2-12, 2000 in order to choose the 5
features and 10 programs of shorts which will compose the official

A year ago, French and other European animation professionals gathered at
the third "Crossroads of the Image of the Indian Ocean" to discuss European
cartoons. At this event, financing is always a hot topic of discussion.
France is the third largest producer of animation worldwide, after the U.S.
and Japan. Production itself has greatly developed in recent years with the
proliferation of television channels. In 1988 there weren't any 26
half-hour episode series being done in Europe, now there are dozens every

The 7th World Animation Celebration (WAC) arrives in L.A. on Tuesday, May
30, 2000 - Sunday, June 4, 2000 for its festival and international
competition. WAC will showcase more than 800 films, including the best in
both classic and contemporary animation. As the main attraction, WAC will
present awards to the best new animated works from around the world. The
World Animation Celebration will present a trade show, an international
business conferenece, world and American film premieres, seminars,