* Friday, January 14 - Sunday, January 16, 2000. Boulder, Colorado, USA.

The Moondance International Film Festival's objective is to promote and

encourage women screenwriters and women who make independent films, in any

genre, including animation. There will be one winner in each category:

Filmmaker, Screenwriter, or Documentary Filmmaker. Awards: $2000 for best

original screenplay, $2000 for best independent film, and $1000 for best

documentary film. There will be 2 semi-finalists in each category. All

* Tuesday, January 25, 2000. Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.

Canadian Drawn, a screening of animation from the Canadian Film Board, will

be presented at 7:30 pm. The event highlighting the amazing work of the

Film Board will be held at Macquariam, 1800 Peachtree St. NW. This

screening is sponsored by ASIFA-Atlanta, a social organization for people

interested and professionally involved in animation. For information

contact Joni Strandquest at (770) 457-3455.

* Wednesday, January 26 - Sunday, February 6, 2000. Rotterdam, The

Netherlands.







The Rotterdam International Film Festival includes a short film section

with categories in animation that include Fiction, Documentary, and

Experimental. To highlight the fest's Japanese program, an exhibition

entitled "Manga Manga!" will showcase selections from manga productions

from 1945 to the present. The festival will again present its "Exploding

* Thursday, January 13, 2000. Westwood, California, U.S.A.

The Women In Animation Writers' Group begins a new series of seminars at

Saban Entertainment at 7:30 pm. Have you always wanted to write for

animation, but you don't where to start? What's the difference between

writing for animation and live-action? What are some of the techniques for

writing gags? Join us and find out! For more information please contact

Jean Ann Wright at (818) 360-8321. RSVP required.

As part of the International Children's Film Festival in Hyderabad, India
on November 17 - 18, 1999, 45 children ages 5 - 15 years old came together
to create a wildly imaginative, 5 minute animated short titled TOONED IN 2
DAYS. The feat was done at a 2 day workshop on animation conducted by Dr.
Neeraj's Animation Studios, the digital animation production facility of
Sriven Multi-Tech Limited. Twenty of the studio's top animators, led by
Dhimant Vyas and Rajsekhar took on the responsibility of guiding the

* Saturday, December 18, 1999. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.



John Canemaker, animator/author/director of the animation program at NYU
Tisch School of the Arts, will be in Los Angeles this month to sign copies
of his latest book on animation history: "Paper Dreams: The Art And Artists
Of Disney Storyboards." Canemaker will be available at 2 pm at the Howard
Lowery Gallery, 3812 W. Magnolia Blvd. in Burbank, where he will sign
"Paper Dreams" and copies of any and all of his many books on animation.

The Monte-Carlo Television Festival has announced the members of their
international jury for the 2nd European Television Producer Award. Guy
Fournier, the Canadian writer/producer, will preside over the seven member
jury. Guy Fournier has written some 2000 hours of television drama for
French and Canadian productions, over 150 hours of films and series for
television, plays for the theater, feature length films (FANTASTICA, UNE
AMIE D'ENFANCE) and has also published a number of books. Other jury

The 7th World Animation Celebration (WAC) arrives in L.A. on Tuesday, May
30, 2000 - Sunday, June 4, 2000 for its festival and international
competition. WAC will showcase more than 800 films, including the best in
both classic and contemporary animation. As the main attraction, WAC will
present awards to the best new animated works from around the world. The
World Animation Celebration will present a trade show, an international
business conferenece, world and American film premieres, seminars,

* Friday, December 12, 1999. London, England.



The Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College will be
highlighting the unique graduate work done in their film, video, and
animation department since 1995. One can share in the rare chance of seeing
the cream of the crop from the school's library of productions. The
reception starts at 6pm to be followed by themed screenings at 6:30 pm,
7:30 pm, 8:30 pm and 9:30 pm. Due to limited seating the college requests a

* Monday, January 10, 2000 - Saturday 29, 2000. New York, New York, USA.



After the crimson dust clears from the apocolyptic Armegedeon of Y2K, go
enjoy some animation at the School of Visual Arts' "Animation Dreams:
Millenium Nightmares" exhibit. Films presented at the screening center
around the theme of the students' most horrific nightmares. The exhibition
will also feature 3D character models, storyboards, animation cels,
background drawings, murals, video tests of films, and a reel of