The Women In Animation Shorts Fest 2 is a showcase for short animated
films made by WIA members and other filmmakers from around the world. This
evening's program includes LIFE, the hilarious new animated jam session
from Mo Willems and 32 other animators from New York, including Tissa
David, George Griffin, Yvette Kaplan, Candy Kugel and Bill Plympton.
Admission is FREE and open to the public. The event takes place Friday,
November 12, 1999 at 7:00 pm at Santa Monica College, Academy of

The 1999 ASIFA-East animation art fund raiser auction takes place on
Friday, November 12, 1999. Films will be shown from Cartoon Network, Karen
Aqua, Nickelodeon's BLUE'S CLUES, Bill Plympton, J.J. Sedelmaier
Productions, Academy Award Winning Blue Sky Studios (BUNNY), and many
others. After the films are shown, artwork or items relating to the films
will be auctioned and all the money will go to benefit ASIFA-East, the East
Coast chapter of the international animation society. The auction takes

The Savannah College of Art and Design will host animators Bill Plympton
and Larry Lauria during the week of November 8, 1999 at the Savannah Film
Festival in Savannah, Georgia. On Monday, November 8, Bill Plympton will
talk about "Life as an Independent Animator and Filmmaker" at 11:00 am in
the City Lights Theater. Plympton will discuss his work and show footage
from past and recent works. On Friday, November 12, Larry Lauria will give
a "Character Design Workshop" at 9:00 am in SCAD's Trustee Theater. Lauria,

Women In Animation sponsors the Third Annual Career Day Event. Panel
discussions include "Animation: The Reality of the Business" and "Your
Marketing Tools: Resumes, Portfolios and Demo Reels." There will also be a
portfolio/demo reel review, and small group workshops for both computer and
traditional animation. The events takes place Saturday, November 6, 9 am -
3 pm in Burbank, California, USA. Space is limited, so RSVP is required.
Fees are $15 for WIA members, and $20 for non-members. Checks must be

The Goethe-Institut is presenting a program featuring nine new animated
short films from Germany. In conjunction with this screening Academy
Award-winning visual effects specialist, Volker Engel, will be speaking.
The German-born animator will comment on the film selections and discuss
animation and special effects in general. Engel's credits include visual
effects work on GODZILLA and INDEPENDENCE DAY, for which he won the Oscar.
Films from Thomas Meyer-Hermann, Heinrich Sabl, Thomas Stellmach, Tyron

An exhibition of New Animation from Germany consisting of models,
paintings, sketches and production shots from the works of eight young
German animators will be on display at Chapman University. The event takes
place Monday, November 1 - Wednesday, December 15, 1999 in Orange,
California, USA. For more information including a screening schedule call:
(714) 997-6729.

Toonz Animation India, a new animation production studio and full-service
facility, will host "A Week with the Masters," which will bring the top
names in international animation pre-production together to discuss the
importance of story boarding, character design, and story development.
Among the guests will be keynote speaker Rob Coleman, Industrial Light &
Magic's Animation Supervisor on STAR WARS EPISODE I: THE PHANTOM MENACE;
producer-director-writer Derek Lamb; Ian Diamond of Cartoon Network;

MORE, the stop-motion animated short film in IMAX format that is nominated
for an ANNIE, is being shown for free as part of the BIG SHORTS FILM
FESTIVAL Tuesday night, October 26, at 8 pm. The event is presented by The
Splinter Group, and highlights include: MORE (Mark Osborne's Academy
Award-nominated stop-motion short, CASTRATE BOAR PIGS FOR BETTER SALES,
PRIMITI TOO TAA (an animated sound poem), FIRE, and more. Admission is
free, and the program will last about one hour. The event takes place at

Saturday, November 6, 9 am - 3 pm. Burbank, California, USA.


Women In Animation sponsors the Third Annual Career Day Event. Panel
discussions include "Animation: The Reality of the Business" and "Your
Marketing Tools: Resumes, Portfolios and Demo Reels." There will also be a
portfolio/demo reel review, and small group workshops for both computer and
traditional animation. Space is limited, so RSVP is required. Fees are $15
for WIA members, and $20 for non-members. Checks must be received no later

Thursday, October 28 - Sunday, October 31. New York, New York, USA.


The Museum of Modern Art presents The National Film Board of Canada: 60th
Anniversary Program, a Retrospective. The Museum is located at 11 West 53
Street. For further information Tel. (212) 708-9500.