* Saturday, December 18, 1999. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.



John Canemaker, animator/author/director of the animation program at NYU
Tisch School of the Arts, will be in Los Angeles this month to sign copies
of his latest book on animation history: "Paper Dreams: The Art And Artists
Of Disney Storyboards." Canemaker will be available at 2 pm at the Howard
Lowery Gallery, 3812 W. Magnolia Blvd. in Burbank, where he will sign
"Paper Dreams" and copies of any and all of his many books on animation.

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

Boston-based Olive Jar Studios, Inc., an animation, special effects and
theme park attraction production house, has opened a branch in Los Angeles,
California, U.S.A. The new west coast facility will house both stage and
production space. Olive Jar specializes in film techniques that include
mixed-media, stop-motion, CGI, cel, drawn, and live-action/special effects.
Executive producer Matthew Charde said, "Our presence in Los Angeles will
be a tremendous asset to the business since we will be more fully able to

Monday, December 13, 1999, AtomFilms, a leader in next-generation
entertainment, announced that it has inked a deal with investors totaling
US$20 million in financing. This signing marks the end of a second round of
strategic financing led by Chase Capital Entertainment Partners LLC and
Chase Capital Partners, and joined by Arts Alliance, Frank J. Biondi Jr.,
general partner at WaterView Partners and former chairman and CEO of
Universal Studios, Intel Corp., and Trans Cosmos USA Inc. "This round of

Vivid Animation, a new high-end CGI animation studio specializing in
sophisticated digital characters and animated effects for commercials and
interactive media, has been formed by Jeff Lotman, CEO. "Vivid Animation
opens its doors with a trio of world-class digital animators as its
creative nucleus," said Lotman, CEO. This nucleus, all of whom come from
senior positions at Digital Domain, includes Animation Supervisor, Stephane
Couture, Digital Effects Supervisor, Gonzalo Garramuno and Vivid

* Monday, January 10, 2000 - Saturday 29, 2000. New York, New York, USA.



After the crimson dust clears from the apocolyptic Armegedeon of Y2K, go
enjoy some animation at the School of Visual Arts' "Animation Dreams:
Millenium Nightmares" exhibit. Films presented at the screening center
around the theme of the students' most horrific nightmares. The exhibition
will also feature 3D character models, storyboards, animation cels,
background drawings, murals, video tests of films, and a reel of

To introduce KELLOGG's new Cereal & Milk Bars for Leo Burnett
International-London, England, TOPIX/MAD DOG completed the 3D animated
product demo and box sequences, and integrated them within 2D animation for
a vibrant :30 spot. The commercial began its global run in the UK, France,
and Ireland in October. The spot will make its debut in Germany, Mexico,
Iceland, Belgium, and possibly Canada in the new year.

The Harvey Entertainment Company has announced an agreement with Canada's
Mainframe Entertainment, Inc. to produce the first all-CGI direct-to-video
film based on Harvey's Casper, the Friendly Ghost franchise. Production,
which has already started, will be funded by Harvey Entertainment, with a
release to the home video market scheduled for Christmas 2000. A previous
live-action/CGI Casper direct-to-video feature, CASPER, A SPIRITED
BEGINNING, sold over 3 million copies worldwide. Alisha Serold, Executive

As we reported previously [AF 11/16], U.S. District Court Judge Terry J.
Hatter Jr. had ordered Disney to stop using its Go Network logo until after
a trial on the matter next year, agreeing with the plaintiff GoTo.com that
Disney's logo was confusingly similar to its own. Now however, it looks as
if the green and yellow traffic light logo of Disney's Go.com has gotten a
stay of sentence at least until December 19, 1999. Soon after the initial
ruling, a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the

At Licensing Expo 2008, 4Kids will capitalize on its role as a global leader and look to develop extensive licensing programs for both its all-new, unique multi-platform properties as well as for its well-received favorites. 4Kids highlights will include:

A focused licensing and merchandising program for the Chaotic Trading Card Game, the first multi-platform, collectible trading card game that is quickly become a major sensation both at retail and online;