Whoever wants to know how the cliffhanger ending of the October 15, 1999 episode of SPACE GHOST:
COAST TO COAST is resolved will have to win the auction that the Cartoon
Network is holding Friday, October 15 to Monday, October 18. Cartoon
Network is auctioning off the last page of that episode's script, which
will not be part of the broadcast episode, to benefit Clowns Without
Borders. The auction will be held at www.ebay.com. At the end of Friday's
episode, which guest stars comedian Steve Wright, Space Ghost and cast find

The fourth edition of The Animated Castles film festival took place September 29 - October 3 in Rome,
Italy. Here are this year's winners:


Grand Prize "I Castelli Animati":

AU BOUT DU MONDE by Konstantin Bronzit, Russia.


Special Jury Prize:

EUROPE & ITALY by Bruno Bozzetto, Italy.


Prize For The Best Debut Short Film:

MIGRATIONS by Constantin Chamski, France.


Prize For The Best European Short Film:

3 MISSES by Paul Driessen, Netherlands.


Special Audience Prize:

Raoul Servais' book & video, in honor of his gallery opening on AWN.


- Book: "Raoul Servais, A Painter-Filmmaker's Journey." Written by Philippe
Moins, this first monograph of Raoul Servais describes the making of his
films, his first activities as a painter and illustrator, his co-operation
with Magritte, his teaching years and his various artistic collaborations,
but it mainly presents a critical analysis of his work. It ends with a text
written by Jan Temmerman on the relationship between Servais and the city

This week's update to the Calendar of Events features 11 new events,
including the Tampere Short Film Festival in Finland, and a call for
entries for the Milia 2000 New Talent Competition (competition of
interactive projects) in France. The Calendar of Upcoming Events is a
constantly changing reference source for what's happening around the World
of Animation. Use it to stay abreast of animation related activities across
the globe. If you know of animation related events that we don't have

The 2nd Matita International Animation Film Festival was held September 23
- 26 in Guardiagrele, Italy. The jury consisted of Jury President Giulio
Cingoli (producer and director), Milan, Italy; Piotr Dumala (director,
animator, and teacher at the Film School of Lodz), Warsaw, Poland; Ruth
Lingford (director, animator, and teacher at the Royal College of Arts and
National Film & Television School of London), London, UK; Laura Ruggeri
(student at the International Academy of Image, Lanterna Magica), L'Aquila,

The "Cartoon d'Or" 1999 was announced at the Cartoon Forum this past
Sunday. The winning film is "Migrations" by Constantin Chamski (France), a
4-minute CGI film. The director received 25,000 ECU (approximately U.S.
$25,000) to spend on a new animation project. This year the forum welcomed
a record attendance of 620 participants, which included producers,
distributors and broadcasters. Sixty-nine projects seeking partners were
offered to potential investors and producers. Since its start ten years

The Cinanima International Animated Film Festival (held November 8-14,
1999, in Espinho, Portugal), announced their '99 nominees. The selection
jury consisted of Menno De Nooijer (Netherlands), Manuel Matos Barbosa
(Portugal), Antonio Melo (Portugal), Rodolfo Pastor (Spain) and Pedro
Serrazina (Portugal). Discover this year's official competition program, as
well as the retrospectives, exhibitions, and more. All is included on the
Festival's official web site!

This year's SITGES Festival Internacional de Cinema de Catalunya features
several animation related events including a short film competition, the
presentation of Hayao Miyasaki's PRINCESS MONONOKE, and tributes to Osamu
Tezuka and Will Vinton. The festival takes place Wednesday, October 6 -
Saturday, October 16 in Barcelona, Spain. For more information Tel. 34 93
419 3635, or visit www.sitges.com/cinema.

Euro Disney has announced plans to open THE DISNEY STUDIOS, a second theme
park in 2002 near the existing Disneyland Paris theme park in
Marne-La-Vallee, east of Paris. The park will include attractions based on
cinema, animation and television, similar to the Disney-MGM Studios at Walt
Disney World in Orlando, Florida. Visitors to the park will be able to
observe animators working, special effects demonstrations and the filming
of TV programs. "The goal is that visitors pass through the movie screen

MIPCOM: International Film and Programme Market for TV, Video, Cable, and
Satellite. Starting next week, thousands of producers, programmers and
broadcasters will converge on Cannes, France for the MIPCOM and MIP Junior
markets. From Reed-Midem, the organizers of MIP-TV, MIP Asia and MILIA,
MIPCOM is known as the place where international television deals happen.
Among the properties being offered are Sony Wonder's LION OF OZ AND THE
BADGE OF COURAGE, an animated musical prequel to THE WIZARD OF OZ;