On May 15, 1999 the 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were presented in 43
categories during ceremonies held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, New York
City, and the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills. Outstanding Achievement
in Animation Emmy Awards were presented to William Joyce, Production
Designer for Nelvana's ROLIE POLIE OLIE, Dave Wasson, Production Designer
for "Max and His Special Problem," part of Nickelodeon's OH YEAH! CARTOONS
series, and Mark Zoeller, Storyboard Artist for DreamWorks' TOONSYLVANIA.

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

The 26th annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced on May 21st at New
York's Madison Square Garden Theatre. ARTHUR won Outstanding Children's
Animated Program; Rob Paulsen, the voice of "Pinky" on STEVEN SPIELBERG
PRESENTS: PINKY AND THE BRAIN, won for Outstanding Performer in an Animated
Series; PINKY AND THE BRAIN won for Outstanding Special Class/Animated
Program; VOLTRON won for Outstanding Sound Editing; THE NEW BATMAN/SUPERMAN
ADVENTURES won for Outstanding Sound Mixing - Special Class; STEVEN

On May 8th in San Antonio the National Cartoonists Society held its 51st
Annual Reuben Awards dinner, and two of their awards went to animation
cartoonists. This year Chen Yi Chiang, the character designer for Disney's
MULAN, won the Best Feature Animation award, and Danny Antonucci, of
Cartoon Network's ED, EDD N EDDY, won for Best Television Animation artist.
The NCS was formed by newspaper cartoonists in1946 and over the years have
branched out to encompass other forms of cartooning like editorial

The recently concluded Cartoons on the Bay festival in Poistano, Italy has announced its awards. The Golden Pulcinella for best character went to the Little Entertainment Co.'s BILLY, an animated British TV series for pre-schoolers about an infant daydreamer. The Golden Pulcinella for best program went to Folimage's CHARLIE'S CHRISTMAS, a French TV film about an abandoned child's friendship with a postman.

The California Sun Festival, which took place at California State
University Northridge on April 10 - 11, handed out the following awards:


The Golden Sun (Best of the Festival) went to Hannes Rall, Germany, for
"Der Rabe" (The Raven), an 8-minute film freely adapted from the poem "The
Raven" by Edgar Allen Poe.


The Silver Stars (Best in each Category) went
to:


Traditional Animation: Andrea Guaraldo, Italy, for "Soffioni"


Computer Animation: Heiko Lueg, Germany, for "Sandland"

ASIFA-EAST 1999 Awards ceremony was held Monday, April 12th. The following
awards were handed out:


STUDENT FILMS


Second Honorable Mention

BETWEEN THE LINES by Jamie Maxfield


First Honorable Mention.

HEADQUARTERS by Jason Donati


Third Place

SMILE by Alex Hart


Second Place

A LETTER FROM THE WESTERN FRONT by Daniel Kanemoto


First Place

STRANGE REALITY by Jusuf Santoso


COMMERCIALS AND PROMOTIONAL FILMS


Excellence in Design

In London on Sunday night, April 11, The British Academy of Film and Televsion Arts (BAFTA) presented THE CANTERBURY TALES with their 1999 award for Best Short Animated Film. The film is a 27 mininute long adaptation of Geoffrey Chaucer's classic poem about pilgrims telling tales while travelling to Canterbury. The film includes three of the travellers' tales, each one animated in a different style. The film was produced by Renat Zinnurov, Claire Jennings, and Les Mills. It was directed by Aida Zyablikova, Ashley Potter, Dave Antrobus, Mic Graves, Joanna Quinn, and Jonathan Myerson.

Hibbert Ralph Entertainment's half hour film "The First Snow of Winter" has
won the award for Best Children's Entertainment given by The Royal
Television Society. The film tells the story of a little Irish duck who
gets left behind when his friends and family fly south for the winter.
Director Graham Ralph accepted the award.

The nominations for the 26th annual Daytime Emmy Awards, airing live on CBS, May 21, from New York's Madison Square Garden Theatre, have been announced. Unsurprisingly, the nomination leaders in the animation field are Warner Bros. and Disney. Among the major cartoon categories are:


Children's Animated Program:

ARTHUR (PBS)

DISNEY'S 101 DALMATIONS (ABC)

DISNEY'S DOUG (ABC)

STEVEN SPIELBERG PRESENTS: ANIMANIACS (WB)

STEVEN SPIELBERG PRESENTS: PINKY & THE BRAIN (WB)


Special Class/Animated Program: