The London Effects & Animation Festival (LEAF) is part of Digital Media World, a creative technology event. LEAF, a leading European CGI event, will award the best work in the categories of Animated Commercials, Live Action Commercials, Short Film, Music Video, Feature Film, Student, Titles, Idents and Strings, Education and Simulation. The deadline for entries is September 17, 1999. For more information call 01244 393261; or visit www.digmedia.co.uk.

THOMAS AND THE MAGIC RAILROAD, a live-action/animated feature length film,
is scheduled to begin shooting this month in England and Canada. Based on
the TV series THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE, the film is a co-production between
Destination Film, Britt Allcroft Co. and Gullane Pictures. Icon Film
Distribution, the British releasing arm of Mel Gibson and Bruce Davey's
Icon Productions, will distribute the film in the UK. THOMAS THE TANK
ENGINE began as a series of children's books by the late Rev. Wilbert

Italian production company GREEN MOVIE is searching for ANIMATION,
LAYOUT and STORYBOARD ARTISTS for an upcoming feature cartoon production
written by Nobel award winner, Dario Fo. They are looking for freelancers
and/or teams and/or companies from Europe, preferably countries nearby or
neighbouring Italy. The production period is MAY 2000 - JUNE 2001, and will
take place all over Europe and Italy. The selection process must be over by
mid-July 1999, so please hurry. Any queries should be sent to

Nickelodeon's Worldwide Development Group, an international team of
Nickelodeon creative and development executives, is launching Nickelodeon's
first global animation storyboard competition. The competition is open to
animators around the world. Six winners will be given the opportunity to
produce a one to three minute animated short based on their winning
storyboard and have it air on Nickelodeon channels around the world.
Nickelodeon is looking for innovative animators with fresh,

Two weeks after winning for best short film at the Cannes Film Festival,
Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis' short film, WHEN THE DAY BREAKS (The
National Film Board of Canada), has won the Grand Prix for best animated
short film at Annecy '99, which concluded on Saturday, June 5. The film is
about a pig whose world shifts after a car accident kills a stranger (a
chicken) on her block. The complete list of award winners is as follows:
The special Jury Prize went to AU BOUT DU MONDE/AT THE END OF THE EARTH by

Thirty-seven never-before-seen CARTOONS FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS PSA's will be shown at the Annecy Film Festival in Annecy, France on Tuesday, June 1 at 6 pm. A global broadcast initiative organized by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), CARTOONS FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS informs people about children's rights, as set forth by the 1989 United Nations General Assembly Convention on the Rights of the Child. To help raise awareness of these rights, UNICEF has collected 66 CARTOONS FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS spots produced by animators from 32 countries.

In March, Cheung Kong (Holdings) Ltd said it was interested in participating in a proposed project to build a Disney theme park in Hong Kong, but it depended on the outcome of talks between the government and Walt Disney Co. . . In Orlando, Florida, Walt Disney World officials said they expected more people than ever to flock to its sprawling Orlando theme park complex, after a 1998 performance that many industry analysts described as mixed. Year in and year out, Disney World proves to be the most popular tourist attraction on the planet.

Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis' short film, WHEN THE DAY BREAKS (The
National Film Board of Canada), won the Palme d'Or at the recently
concluded 52nd Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France. It
took four years for Forbis and Tilby to finish the softly colored,
wordless, but musical, story of a pig whose world shifts after a car
accident kills a stranger (a chicken) on her block. Forbis and Tilby began
the production of "When the Day Breaks" by shooting High-8 video of the

The 40th Annual Clios, which are given in recognition of outstanding achievement in the advertising industry, have been announced for 1999. The following list includes only animation related awards. For a complete list of winners, visit www.clioawards.com.


ENTRY TYPE: TELEVISION/CINEMA

CATEGORY: ANIMATION–COMPUTER


BRONZE AWARDS:

Advertiser/Product/Service: Nature's Resource

Title: 'Echinacea'

Advertising Agency: Leo Burnett, Chicago

Production Company: Blue Sky/VIFX, Harrison