* Thursday, June 1 - Monday, June 26, 2000. New York, New York, U.S.A.

* Friday, June 23 - Thursday, June 29, 2000. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

* Wednesday, June 21 - Sunday, June 25, 2000. Nantucket, New York, U.S.A.

* Thursday, June 29 - Saturday, July 1, 2000. Singapore, Singapore.

* Wednesday, June 28 - Sunday, July 1, 2000. Jakarta, Indonesia.

* Friday, May 19 - Sunday, October 1, 2000. Burbank, California, U.S.A.

* Thursday, June 1 - Monday, June 26, 2000. New York, New York, U.S.A.

* Wednesday, May 31 - Saturday, June 3, 2000. Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A.

On Friday, May 19, 2000, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences bestowed the honor of outstanding children’s animated program on STEVEN SPIELBERG PRESENTS: PINKY, ELMYRA AND THE BRAIN. The toons left in their wake were ARTHUR, DISNEY’S DOUG, MAURICE SENDAK’S LITTLE BEAR and THE NEW BATMAN/SUPERMAN ADVENTURES. SESAME STREET beat out BLUE’S CLUES in the category of outstanding pre-school series. Other animated winners were given out on Saturday, May 13 at the technical achievement ceremony. ROLIE POLIE OLIE won the award for outstanding special class animated program.

* Friday, April 7 – Thursday, May 25, 2000. Montpelier, Maryland, U.S.A.

Anima Mundi Web is Brazil's international animation Web competition. The event is open to all countries and work must be in Flash and gif formats. The festival will pre-select 20 animations and an international jury will vote for the winners. The international jury will consist of the people that have registered on the Anima Mundi Festival Web site. The winners will be announced on the closing night of the Anima Mundi Festival in Rio de Janeiro on July 23. The deadline for entries is June 1, 2000. For judging go to www.animamundiweb.com.br.

* Wednesday, June 21 – Sunday, June 25, 2000. Zagreb, Croatia.

* Tuesday, May 16 – Saturday, June 17, 2000. New York, New York, U.S.A.

The Second Annual Ajijic Festival de Cine is inviting both students as well as professionals to submit their entries in the categories of animation, documentaries, independent and studio produced feature films, short subjects and screenplays. The event will be held in Ajijic, Mexico from Wednesday, November 8 to Sunday, November 12, 2000. "The emphasis of this festival as it was with our inaugural effort last year, will be the celebration, discovery and recognition of talent from around the world," said James E. Lloyd, Chairman of the Festival's Board of Directors.

* Friday, May 19 – Sunday, May 21, 2000. Bristol, U.K.

On Saturday May 13, 2000, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences handed out their Daytime Emmy Awards for technical achievement. Many of the awards handed out featured animated series like big winner ROLIE POLIE OLIE for best special class animated program. The 3D animation series beat out ANGELA ANACONDA, BATMAN BEYOND, DISNEY’S MICKEY MOUSEWORKS and THE SYLVESTER & TWEETY MYSTERIES for the honor. BLUE’S CLUES lost to BILL NYE THE SCIENCE GUY in the children’s series writing category and lost to BEAR IN THE BIG BLUE HOUSE in the children’s series directing category.

On May 11, 2000, The Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences (AIAS) held the 3rd Annual Interactive Achievement Awards. The event was hosted by comedian Martin Short and saw other celebrity presenters like Harry Shearer (THE SIMPSONS), Ahmet Zappa (MTV’S WEB RIOT) and Delroy Lindo (CIDER HOUSE RULES). Rapping up the first day of the E3 Conference, the 2000 Interactive Achievement Awards were presented with the support of Intel, Alias/Wavefront, GameWeek, Sonic Foundry and Webster Interactive.

On May 11, 2000 in San Francisco, California, the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences handed out their Web honors. AtomFilms walked away from the night with two awards winning the people’s voice award in the broadband category and winning the film category. Each category ranging from arts to personal to news to weird where awarded two awards – one winner and one people’s voice award. Web surfers placed over 130,000 votes for their favorite Web site in the 27 different divisions.

On Sunday, May 7, 2000 the 31st annual ASIFA-East animation festival was held in New York City. The event packed the auditorium with animators and animation buffs. The overflow of the audience was sent to a second theater to watch a simulcast of the winning films. The event holds four categories for students, commercials, sponsored films and independent films. The big winners were Nickelodeon, taking home three awards in the sponsored category, and Acme Filmworks, which won three awards in the commercial category.

On Sunday, May 7, 2000 in Fredrikstad, Norway, the Nordic and Baltic Animation Festival Fredrikstad called to an end its five-day festival. The Oscar award nominated MY GRANDMOTHER IRONED THE KING'S SHIRTS took home two awards at the festival. The jury consisted of Marjut Rimminen (Finland/U.K.), Konstantin Bronzit (Russia), Sven Påhlsson (Norway), Richard R. Reeves (Canada) and Cory Wynne (U.S.A.). The festival’s focus is to promote the screening and better understanding of animation.