* Thursday, August 2 – Monday, August 6, 2001, Hollywood, California, U.S.A.



Extended Entry Deadline: May 30, 2001

* Thursday, September 27 – Sunday, September 30, 2001, San Diego, California, U.S.A.



Entry Deadline: July 15, 2001

* Friday, June 29 – Wednesday, July 4, 2001. Washington, DC, U.S.A.

* Friday, October 5 – Sunday, October 7, 2001, Hope, New Jersey, U.S.A.



Entry Deadline: June 30, 2001

* Wednesday, August 1 – Wednesday, August 8, 2001, 2001, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.



Entry Deadline: June 1, 2001

* Friday, September 14 – Monday, September 17, 2001, Pasadena, California, U.S.A.

This week's updates to the Calendar of Events includes:
ASIFA-Hollywood Presents: DePatie-Freleng - The Early Films,
Wednesday, May 23, 2001, Burbank, California, U.S.A.; ASIFA-Hollywood
Presents: Hollywood Cartoons In Technicolor!, Wednesday, May 30,
2001, Burbank, California, U.S.A.; ASIFA-Hollywood Presents: Sex Wars
In Animation, 1926 - 1950, Friday, June 1, 2001, Burbank, California,
U.S.A.; ChildArt And Creativity Festival, Friday, June 29 -
Wednesday, July 4, 2001, Washington, DC, U.S.A.; Sentiero Corto

The first Tough Eye Animated Film Festival, held in Turku, Finland, May 15 - 20, 2001, has announced its winners. The international jury for the Timeless Competition was composed of: Mette Peters, Netherlands; Jayne Pilling, UK; Edwin Carels, Belgium; and Stanislav Ulver, Czech Republic. This year's co-winners for the Grand Prize are: HEN, HIS WIFE, Igor Kovalyov, Russia 1990, and IN ABSENTIA, Quay Brothers, UK, 2000. Both films were awarded a FIM 15.000,00 cash prize.

DreamWorks Pictures' new CG animated feature "Shrek" will be projected digitally in eleven theatres in the U.S. and Canada. This marks the first time a DreamWorks film will be shown in the digital format. In making the announcement, DreamWorks head of distribution Jim Tharp stated, “SHREK represents the state-of-the-art in computer animation, so it is only fitting that it be the first DreamWorks film to be seen in this state-of-the-art format.

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


Submission Deadline: August 15, 2001