The annual Best Of Banff Television Festival is a traveling showcase
featuring highlights of the 20th Banff Television Festival, which took
place June 13 - 19 in Banff, Canada. The program will make its Ottawa,
Canada stop at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Hull on November 17,
1999. S4C/BBC's GOGS: GOGWANA, winner of this year's Banff's Best Animation
Program Award, and NFB of Canada/Channel Four's SNOW CAT, a nominee for
Best Animation Program at Banff, will be the featured animated programs.

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,

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;

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

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

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.

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

FableVision Studios and The Film Studies Program at Boston College are
co-hosting the ASIFA-East Animation Festival for a one-night showing.
FableVision's award-winning animated shorts THE BLUE SHOE and LIVING
FOREVER will be part of a line-up, which also includes the Academy
Award-winner BUNNY and films by Karen Aqua. Admission is free. The event
takes place Wednesday, October 20, at 7:30 pm at Boston College, Devlin
Hall Room 08, 140 Commonwealth Avenue, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA.
For more information visit www.fablevision.com/asifa.