ASIFA-Hollywood, the Los Angeles area-based branch of the International Animated Film Society, has announced the nominations for the 28th Annual Annie Awards. This year’s competition is a much more difficult field than last year’s feature sweeping run by IRON GIANT. In the best feature category, FANTASIA/2000, TOY STORY 2, THE ROAD TO EL DORADO, CHICKEN RUN and TITAN A.E. will be battling it out for the top prize.

* Tuesday, October 17 - Sunday, October 22, 2000. Leipzig, Germany.

* Friday, October 13 – Sunday, October 15, 2000. Lakewood, Colorado, U.S.A.

* Saturday, October 14, 2000. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.





Teen Comic Age 2000 is a festival highlighting teen comic and animation artists. Presented by the Los Angeles Public Library, the event will feature portfolio reviews, comic and animation workshops, panel discussions, celebrity signings and student, computer and anime animation screenings. The festival takes place from 10 am – 5:30 pm and admission is free. For more information contact the library at: Tel.: (213) 228-7510; or Web: www.lapl.org.

* Friday, October 13 – Friday, October 20, 2000, Burbank, California, U.S.A.

* Thursday, October 12 – Sunday, October 22, 2000. Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

* Wednesday, October 11 – Friday, October 13, 2000. La Quinta, California, U.S.A.

* Thursday, October 12, 2000. Westwood, California, U.S.A.





Jeffrey Scott will be guest speaker at the Women In Animation Writers' Group Seminar Series at Saban Entertainment, 10960 Wilshire Blvd., at 7:30 pm. Jeffrey has written over 500 animation scripts, including the recent PBS DRAGON TALES. For more information and/or to RSVP contact Jean Ann Wright at: Tel.: (818) 360-8321; or E-mail: jjwright@gte.net.

* Tuesday, October 3, 2000. Cannes, France.


Entry Deadline: September 15, 2000.

* Tuesday, October 10 – Wednesday, October 11, 2000. London, U.K.

* Saturday, October 14 – Saturday, November 18, 2000. Manitou Springs, Colorado, U.S.A.


Entry Deadline: September 15, 2000.

* Friday, October 6 – Sunday, October 8, 2000. Saint Gely, France.





Objectif Image Saint Gely presents the 15th annual Saint Gely Short Film

Festival. The festival’s categories are documentary, fictional-dramatic, animation and experimental. Past festival chairmen have been Jean Pierre Mocky in 1998 and Claude Pinoteau in 1999. For more information contact Jean Pierre Mas at: Tel.: ++33 4 67 66 69 69; or Web: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/herve.lebrouster.

* Wednesday, October 4 – Sunday, October 8, 2000. Genzano, Italy.

The 8th International Hiroshima Animation Festival has awarded its top three prizes to National Film Board of Canada films. The Grand Prize was awarded to Annecy winner and Oscar nominee WHEN THE DAY BREAKS from Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis. In addition, Torril Cove's MY GRANDMOTHER IRONED THE KING'S SHIRTS took home the special jury prize and Eugene Federinko and Rose Newlove's VILLAGE OF IDIOTS was awarded the Renzo Kinoshita Prize. The festival opened on Thursday, August 24 and concluded Monday, August 28, 2000.

* Saturday, September 23 – Tuesday, October 17, 2000. Mt. Kisco, New York, U.S.A.

* Wednesday, September 27, 2000. Hollywood, California, U.S.A.

On August 26, 2000, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences held its creative awards ceremony, which featured many of this year’s animated prizes. The big winner this year was the BBC/Discovery special WALKING WITH DINOSAURS. With special effects by the Framestore, DINOSAURS walked away with the awards for outstanding animated program more than one hour, outstanding special effects in a miniseries, movie or special and outstanding sound editing. To no one’s surprise THE SIMPSONS won for outstanding animated program for one hour or less for the "Behind The Laughter" episode.

Serving as the major animation festival in South America, Anima Mundi has rolled out its list of winners for the 2000 competition in both Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The festival’s goal of highlighting different styles and points of view was achieved with a list of winners from around the world. From Portuguese director José Miguel Ribeiro, A SUSPEITA took home the top prize in both Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo. The five-day event drew 16,000 people.

* Tuesday, September 12, 2000. San Francisco, California, U.S.A.





Robin Allen will discuss his book EUROPEAN INFLUENCES ON WALT DISNEY and the images that influenced Disney artists. Dr. Allen’s research is based on interviews with the artists who created the features and short films made by Disney. The event gives a rare chance to discuss the influences on Disney films from SNOW WHITE to THE JUNGLE BOOK. For more information contact Karl Cohen at: (415) 386-1044.

* Tuesday, September 12 – Thursday, September 14, 2000. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.





Digital Coast 2000 will explore the digital transformation of entertainment and Southern California’s ever expanding Internet economy. Presented in association with the Directors Guild of America and NATPE, the event will bring together Southern Californian senior executives, artists and technologists to discuss the evolution of entertainment in the digital age. For more information: Tel.: (800) 628-7346; or Web: www.natpe.org.