The 3rd Annual Digital Video (DV) Conference & Expo will highlight and
showcase the "Indie" film and video industries. The DV Expo merges the
worlds of broadcast video, Web video, 2D and 3D graphics, animation, sound,
and data. The event features a D. FILM DIGITAL FILM FESTIVAL. The event
takes place Monday, October 18 - Friday, October 22 in Long Beach,
California, USA. For more information visit the Miller Freeman and CMP
websites at www.mfi.com and www.cmp.com.

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.

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,

Meet Chuck Jones, guest of honor at the grand re-opening of Animazing
Gallery at the art gallery's new location. The gallery is featuring a
retrospective of Jones' work, THE ART OF CHUCK JONES, which includes
original, vintage animation cels and drawings of the characters he created
or helped define including: Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Marvin the Martian, and
Pepe Le Pew. The gallery is located at 474 Broome Street, between Greene
and Wooster. For more information contact Heidi Leigh at Tel. (212)

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.