* Thursday, June 21, 2001. Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.

* Thursday, August 16, 2001. Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.

* Monday, October 22 – Wednesday, October 24, 2001. Montreal, Canada.


Submission Deadline: August 15, 2001

Los Angeles’ Click 3X provided design, 3D animation, visual effects and integration services for BRAVE NEW WORLD, a new series of television commercials for EMC networked data storage systems. The campaign was conceived by Boston agency Arnold Worldwide and directed by Morton Jankel Zander's Marcus Nispel. Each of the three 60-second commercials uses a vision of an apocalyptic future world as a metaphor for businesses searching for reinforcement in a world being bombarded by information.

The 2001 Leo Awards, a celebration of excellence in film and television held May 11-12, 2001 in Vancouver, Canada, has announced its winners. AAAGH! IT'S THE MR. HELL SHOW, directed by Christopher Brough and Jay Falconer, took home the Best Animation Series Award. Produced for the BBC by London, U.K.’s Peafur Productions, AAAGH! IT'S THE MR. HELL SHOW recently won the Best Comedy Series Award at the Houston World Fest 2001. GREY AREAS - EPISODE 3 by Steve Sacks won the Leo Award for Best Direction/Storyboarding Of An Animation Program.

LBA, Latin Business Association, the largest Latino entrepreneurs
community, has contracted the services of Colombian animator Edwing
Solórzano and Animateam, his 2D/3D animation company, for a 2 and a
half minute promotional animated presentation for the 5th annual
Business Expo (November 14-15, 2001, Los Angeles, California,
U.S.A.). Discover Edwing Solórzano's work through his new gallery in
the Animation Showcase.

The 13th Society of Animation Studies (SAS) conference will take
place in Montreal, Canada. This year, the theme of the conference is
Animation, Economics and Politics. Abstracts for papers on this or
other subjects may be submitted digitally to sas@niaf.nl by August
15, 2001. Papers should be no longer than 500 words. The paper
selection committee includes: Peter Rist, Concordia University,
Montreal, Canada; Mark Langer, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada;
and Michael Frierson, University of North Carolina, USA. The

This week's updates to the Calendar of Events includes: CalArts
Character Animation Student Screenings, Valencia, California USA,
April 27 - May 12, 2001; Cartoon Network A Racket In Mexico, Mexico
City, Mexico, April 28 - May 13, 2001; Direct Animation Workshops And
Screenings, Seattle, Washington USA, May 04 - 12, 2001; American
Cinematheque Presents: 2001 Skyy Vodka Short Film Award Winners &
Finalists Marathon, Los Angeles California USA, May 16, 2001; RMCAD
and ASIFA-Colorado Present Edward Bakst, Denver Colorado, USA, May

* Wednesday, May 30, 2001. Burbank, California, U.S.A.



The Webisode Academy is presenting a panel on animation production management, featuring a discussion about management training and resources, incorporating Catherine Winder & Zahra Dowlatabadi’s new book, PRODUCING ANIMATION. The event is sponsored by Women in Animation. The director of the Webisode Academy, Kellie-Bea Cooper, will serve as moderator. For more information: Tel.: (818) 508-TOON; E-mail: info@webisode-academy.com.

* Sunday, August 19 – Tuesday, August 21, 2001, Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.