Art In Motion focuses on innovative content and diversity. The criteria for
entry is time rather than medium based, and therefore video, film and
digital projects, animations, Websites, CD-Roms etc. are all eligible.
Hybrids are particularly welcome. The festival will take place on January
28, 2000 at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. The
deadline for entries is November 1, 1999. There will be a $1000 "Best of
Show" award and "first place" allocations in each exhibition category. For
more information visit www.usc.edu/go/aim.

NPAR 2000 is the first international
symposium dedicated to non-photorealistic animation and rendering,
including cartoon animation systems and techniques. It takes place at the
International Animated Film Festival of Annecy, France, July 5-9, 2000 in
conjunction with ACM/SIGGRAPH and Eurographics. The symposium will bring
together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry, showcase
cutting-edge research in non-photorealistic animation and rendering systems
and techniques, and present examples of these techniques in original

The East Coast's largest film festival for young people seeks works for
ages 3-16. The festival takes place February 4-13, 2000 in New York City.
It accepts shorts, features, animation, documentary, narrative and
experimental film and video. To qualify, works must be completed no earlier
than July 1, 1997. Foreign language films must be dubbed or subtitled in
English. The festival is looking for passionate, creative, intelligent,
entertaining film and video for ages 3-16. The entry deadline is October 1,

The 31st Annual Nashville Independent Film Festival 2000 takes place in
Nashville, Tennessee from June 7-11, 2000. The competition will include new
two categories, Television Pilot/Episodic Television and Family and
Children's Films, in addition to the already existing features, animation,
documentary, short films, and young filmmakers categories. The early
deadline is December 17, 1999, and the final deadline is February 1, 2000.
For more information call (615) 742-2500; or visit
www.nashvillefilmfestival.org.

Cinequest San Jose Film Festival is accepting submissions of features and
short films (16mm & 35mm all genres) of artistic, social, or stylistic
merit. The festival is celebrating Maverick Films, Filmmakers and
Technologies. The festival takes place in San Jose, California from
February 24 to March 5, 2000. The entry deadline is October 29, 1999. For
more information contact Cinequest 2000, P.O Box 720040, San Jose, CA
95172-0040, USA; Tel: (408) 995-5033; Fax: (408) 995-5713; E-mail:
cineqst@wenet.net; or visit www.cinequest.org.

The Rotterdam International Film Festival includes a shorts and animated
film section. The categories are Fiction, Documentary, and Experimental.
The entry deadline is October 1, 1999. The festival takes place in
Rotterdam, The Netherlands from January 26 to February 6, 2000. For more
info contact Rotterdam International Film Festival, P.O. Box 21696, 3001 AR
Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Tel: + 31 10-8909090; Fax: + 31 10-8909091;
E-mail: tiger@iffrotterdam.nl; or visit www.iffrotterdam.nl.

The Action Young Independent Talent Award is an annual contest organized by
Films Action Inc., in partnership with Ina-Imagina. This 3D contest's goal
is to promote new 3D computer artists talents. Prizes include hardware and
software packages. The best animation will be transferred to 35 mm. Entry
deadline is October 10, 1999. The festival takes place in Paris, France
January 28-February 3, 2000. For more information contact Films Action,
Laurent Rodon, 25 rue Le Peletier, 75009 Paris, France; Tel: +33 1 47 70 45

The International EMMA Awards are prestigious European-based interactive
media awards. In 1999, there will again be an online announcement of
nominations and winners. In the months following the announcement, another
series of winners' celebration events will be organized to coincide with a
number of new media related events such as Invision in San Francisco and
Milia in Cannes. Categories include: Business, Entertainment, General
Interest, Technology, Education, Games, Interactive, and Digital City.

DEPTH is a project of Village Arts (Animha Productions). DEPTH is looking
for challenging contemporary Puppet or 3D Model animation of any genre.
DEPTH accepts films from around the world in any of the following
categories: Experimental, Professional, and Student & Non-Professional. All
films submitted will be considered equally for screening. Provisional entry
deadline is July 30, 1999. For more information contact DEPTH, Village
Arts, Stable House, Water Lane, Loftus, Saltburn, TS13 4JT, England; Tel:

The San Francisco Independent Film Festival (aka SF IndieFest) seeks
feature length film and video and short animation films for its second
annual festival to take place December 9-12, 1999. All films in the
festival will compete for the Audience Awards for best feature and best
animated short and for a prize (new this year) which will be awarded to the
IndieFest Staff Favorite. Early deadline with no entry fee is September 1.
Late deadline with $20 entry fee is September 17. For an entry form contact