Nickelodeon hosts a screening of new animated student films made at the
University of Southern California. The screening takes place on Wednesday,
October 13, 6:30 pm at the Directors Guild of America at 7920 Sunset Blvd.
in . Los Angeles, California, USA. For more information Tel. (213)
740-2804.

Philip Weiss Auctions, in conjunction with The Big Apple Comic Art
Convention, is overseeing a large animation art auction that will take
place on Friday, November 12, 1999 at 7 pm in New York City at the
Metropolitan Pavilion. Thousands of pieces of animation art are being
auctioned to benefit The American Foundation for the Visual Arts. Previews
of the auction items will begin at 1 pm on November 12. The auction is part
of The National Comic Book, Art, Toy, and Fantasy Convention. For more
information Tel. (516) 594-0731.

John Canemaker, animation historian and author, will lecture on Disney
Studio storyboards and their creators at the Museum of Modern Art in the
Titus II Theatre. The presentation will include slides of storyboard
drawings and clips from famous Disney films, such as SNOW WHITE and 101
DALMATIANS. At 5:30 pm, preceding the lecture, Canemaker will sign copies
of his new book, PAPER DREAMS: THE ART AND ARTISTS OF DISNEY STORYBOARDS,
which will be available for purchase at the theatre and the MOMA bookshop.

Mary Kocol's MY FATHER'S STORY will be shown at several places in
Massachussetts during the next few weeks. October 22, 7 pm: Gallery NAGA at
67 Newbury Street, Boston. For more information Tel. (617) 267-9060.
November 7, 2 pm and November 10, 2 pm: Boston Jewish Film Festival at the
Coolidge Corner Theatre which is located at 90 Harvard Street, Brookline.
For more information Tel. (617) 734-2500. November 6, 5 pm: Northampton
Film Festival at the Academy of Music on Main Street, Northampton. For more

Gil Zimmerman speaks about Digital and Traditional Animation in TARZAN.
Zimmerman, currently Model Development Supervisor on TREASURE PLANET, was
hired by Disney to be the liaison between traditional animators and digital
artists on TARZAN. Cost: $10. To make reservations Tel. (323) 466-6663. The
event takes place at Gnomon School of Visual Effects, 1015 N. Cahuenga Blvd
on Thursday, October 14, 7 pm in Hollywood, California, USA.

TIM BURTON'S NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS (its official title) plays at
Disney's El Capitan theater. El Capitan is located west of Highland on
Hollywood Blvd. The event takes place Friday, October 29 - Sunday, October
31 in Hollywood, California, USA. For more information Tel. (323) 467-7674.

Hayao Miyazaki's PRINCESS MONONOKE's official West Coast premiere takes
place at the El Capitan theater as part of the 13th Annual AFI Los Angeles
International Film Festival. The event takes place Monday, October 25, 7 pm
in Hollywood, California, USA. For advance tickets Tel. (323) 520-2000. For
more information visit www.afionline.org.

THE MAN BEHIND THE MOUSE: THE UB IWERKS STORY plays for one week at
Disney's El Capitan theater. Directed by Ub's granddaughter, Leslie Iwerks,
this is a documentary about the man who helped Walt Disney create the first
Mickey Mouse films, animating some of them nearly single-handedly, as well
as the Silly Symphony series, and helming his own animation studio. It
features never-before-seen archival footage, photos, previously censored
cartoon clips, and interviews with Roy Disney, Chuck Jones, John Lasseter,

The Toronto Animated Image Society presents "Recent Films by Toronto
Animators," including Arnie Lipsey, Eugene Fedorenko, Rose Newlove, Willy
Ashworth, Gerry Lagendyk and Patrick Jenkins. This event will be held at
Cinecycle, 129 (Rear Laneway) Spadina Avenue. Admission is free for TAIS
members, and CN$4 for everyone else. Memberships will be available at the
door. The event takes place Thursday, October 7, 7:30 pm in Toronto, Canada.

As part of ASIFA-Hollywood and Glendale Community College's Fourth Annual
Lecture Series on Careers in Animation, Sari Gennis will speak about
Special Effects on Tuesday, October 12 at 7 pm. Sari designed and animated
effects for the first STAR TREK movie and went on to form her own company,
ANIMATRIX, where she has produced and directed commercials, television
graphics, and theme park special effects. Since 1987 Sari has specialized
in effects animation for feature films, including ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN and