If you're planning to kick back with the Rockettes this holiday season at

New York City's Radio City Music Hall look forward to a more interactive

show. To be featured in the Christmas Spectacular, Black Logic, a visual

effects, 2D/3D animation and live-action production house, has created a 3D

animated sequence to interact with the Rockettes. A happy "Man in the Moon"

character, based on Georges Melies' A TRIP TO THE MOON, smiles, winks and

* 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

A strike by union employees at Disneyland Paris may stop the park's rocking

New Year's Eve celebration. Disney played down the chance of a strike,

however local union leader Elena Stanciu warned, "The party'll be ruined,"

citing staff frustration over slow-moving pay talks and dissatisfaction

with a $115 New Year's Eve bonus as the main reasons for the latest threat

of a walk out. Stanciu said seasonal staff were being offered almost four

* 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.

Cinanima '99 finished its week-long run on November 14, 1999. The Espinho,
Portugal festival highlights the best in animation from around the globe.
This year, the International Jury gave their Grand Prize to Alexander
Petrov's film THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA. The Canadian and Japanese produced
film also won the RTP Prize, an award given by the Portuguese State
Channel's special jury, and the Best Soundtrack Prize. The
Canadian-produced film by Eugene Fedorenko and Rose Newlove entitled

Linda Simensky, Cartoon Network's VP of original animation, received one of
Girls Inc.'s four 1999 honors. With over 50 years of service, Girls Inc.
has been dedicated to helping American girls become strong, smart and bold
through educational programs. Each year the organization honors industry
execs who have helped challenge and inspire young girls across America.
Along with CBS pres. Nancy Tellem, Lifetime VP Kelly Goode Abugov, and
Entertainment VP at WB Jordan Levin, Simensky was recognized for her work

On November 18, 1999, LEAF, the London Effects & Animation Festival,
bestowed their award for best effects in a feature film on STAR WARS:
PHANTOM MENACE. Over 700 industry personalities watched LEAF's finale, an
hour long visual effects smorgasbord from around the world. Rob Coleman was
on hand to except the award for Industrial Light & Magic's work on the
PHANTOM MENACE. Other winners included: AKA Pizazz's "Megalomaniac" for
best commercial animation; Jason Shulman's HOLLOW for best student film;

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

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

The 2nd Annual Worldfest-Flagstaff International Film Festival announced
their 1999 winners on Sunday, November 14. The festival's focus is on
independent works that have not yet been picked up for distribution. The
animation winners were MUSIC FOR AN OWL directed by Hans Van Westerlaak at
Cinema Avant, BILLY'S BALLOON directed by Don Hertzfeldt for Bitter Films,
THE MONKEYMAN RULES directed by James Dean Conklin for Greenhead Media, and
THE INDESCRIBABLE NTH by Oscar Moore at Character Builders.

* 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 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,

Liquid Light Studios of Los Angeles helped give birth to Valencia,
California's theme park Six Flags Magic Mountain's new roller coaster --
"The Goliath." Liquid Light created a 3D simulation of the ride, so execs
could take in the thrills before tracks were even laid. Last year, the
animation studio completed a similar 3D simulation for the park's
"Riddler's Revenge." Built around an "Indiana Jones," jungle theme, the
main highlights of this new coaster is that it travels up to speeds of 85

EuropaCinema & TV, held in Viareggio, Italy, announced their two animation
short winners. FOREVER AND EVER, by Michaela Pavlatova and Pavel Koutecky
(Czech Republic) and SUBURBANITES by Stefan Vermeulen (Belgium) took home
the prize. The international jury of Enzo D'Alo, Georges Wolinski, Marjut
Rimminen, Rastko Ciric and Sergio Staino said FOREVER AND EVER is "a film
that gives us an unconventional interpretation of love, dramatic and at the
same time ironically surrealistic. A film that also reveals a remarkable

After 6 years, the organizers of the Oslo Animation Festival have moved
operations to Fredrikstad, Norway. Complete with a new name, the Nordic and
Baltic Animation Festival invites both animators and spectators on May 3-5,
2000 to take part in an event dedicated to promoting the screening and
better understanding of animation. This year's festival presents: Nordic
and Baltic films in competition, Nordic and Baltic Panorama, International
highlights, a Focus on British animation, Animation as Music, a Celebration

April 6-9, 2000, The Brisbane International Animation Festival will
represent Australia in the international animation festival alliance with
Ottawa, Holland, Fantoche and Anima Mundi animation festivals. It is
Australia's only festival dedicated exclusively to animation in all of its
forms. Playing host to national and international guests who will gather in
Brisbane, Australia, to experience the best of world class animation, the
festival provides a local, national and international forum for the

The Center for Digital Imaging and Sound has launched Imagine 2000 -- the
first Western Canadian high school media arts competition. The event will
offer 11th and 12th graders from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba the
chance to win CA$200,000 in media scholarships. Categories include
animation, game development, Web site design, video and film production,
sound and music composition, graphic design, and fine art. This festival
gives any creative student the rare chance to get his or her work out to

* Saturday, December 11, 1999 - Sunday, April 2, 2000. Valence, France.



Folimage, the creators of the 1995 Cartoon D'Or winner LE MOINE ET LE
POISSON (THE MONK AND THE FISH), will feature an exhibition of their
world-famous work. The event will take place from 2 pm - 6 pm every Monday,
Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. An additional screening at 9 am - 12 pm will
be held on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. For more information contact
4, Place des Ormeaux, 26000 Valence, France; or Tel.: ++ 33 4 75 79 20 80.

* Sunday, December 19 - Monday, December 20, 1999. Turin, Italy.



ASIFA Italia, with the help of the Ministry of Cultural Affairs, the
Regione Piemonte and the Comune di Torino, together with the support of
Young Artists Circle and the British Council and Pro-Helvetia, is
organizing a meeting with a series of films on the subject of "Art &
Animation". The meeting aims to heighten awareness of animation as an art
form with a particular stress on independent short films of research,

* 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