To celebrate the US premiere of Studio Ghibli's PRINCESS MONONOKE, directed
by Hayao Miyazaki, Studio Ghibli retrospectives are being held throughout
the United States. Most of the retrospectives will be showing all of Studio
Ghibli's films: NAUSICAÄ OF THE VALLEY OF THE WIND (1984), LAPUTA, CASTLE
IN THE SKY (1986), GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES (1988), MY NEIGHBOR TOTORO
(1988), KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE (1989), ONLY YESTERDAY (1991), PORCO ROSSO
(1992), POM POKO (1994), WHISPER OF THE HEART (1995), and PRINCESS MONONOKE

*Thursday, December 9, 1999. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.


The Association of Northern Animators will present "The Peg Bar" featuring
screenings of new animation produced in the region, with music
by DJs 'Salad Butty'. The event will be held at the Bridge Hotel, Castle
Garth at 8pm. For more information, or to contribute material to be
screened contact Alys at ++0191 232 8413, or E-mail: alyspalace@hotmail.com.

* Tuesday, December 14, 1999. New York, New York.


MR. WONDERBIRD, the 1953 animated feature directed by Paul Grimault,
will have a rare screening as part of the weekly Light+Screen Film
Festival. MR. WONDERBIRD is a surreal adventure following a lively bird who
rallies a group of imprisoned lions and a lamenting polar bear in the
defense of two young lovers who are pursued by a mad king, a giant robot
and a battalion of flying policemen. The film features an English-language

*Saturday, December 4, 1999. North Hollywood, California, USA.


Glenn Vilppu will be presenting a free slide show at 4:15pm at the
Animation Union, 4729 Lankershim, North Hollywood. Glenn will be discussing
his sketching tour to Scandinavia in July, 2000. For more information call
(818) 994 2402.

*Saturday, December 11, 1999. Tampa, Florida, USA.
The International Academy of Design will host animator/educator Larry
Lauria in an all day animation workshop. The workshops will initiate the
Academy's Animation Institute and are geared toward high school, college
and young professionals. The workshop takes place from 8:30am to 5:30pm at
5225 Memorial Highway, Tampa Florida. This exclusive event has a per person
fee. Reservations are required, limited seating available. R.S.V.P. with
Kristine Fescina at (800) ACADEMY.

* Cartoon Noir Screening. New York, New York, USA. December 3, 1999.


This feature-length compilation of animated short films features works from the American and European artists. Featured in CARTOON
NOIR is: APE, Julie Zammarchi's darkly comic critique of monogamy, meat
eating, and the daily pattern of human brutality; ALTAIR, Lewis Klahr's
collagist elegy on New York nightlife; CLUB OF THE DISCARDED, Jiri Barta's
tale of a family of discarded mannequins who enjoy a quiet life in an

The International Cartoons &
Animation Center's SALAM AND THE GOLDEN QUEEN has won the Hollywood Film
Advisory Board's "Award of Excellence" and the Dove Foundation's "Dove Seal
of Approval." In the film, Salam and the Knights of Virtue are shrunk to
the size of bees. Through their adventures in a beehive, they must learn
the value of cooperation and communication in order to return to the human
world. The film is produced in six languages including English, French,
Arabic, Turkish, Malay, and Urdu. Directed by Ammed Jamal Abdelhafiz, the

The Moondance International Film Festival has announced the finalists for its first competition, Moondance
2000. The festival takes place in Boulder, Colorado, January 14-16, 2000 as
part of the Sundance Film Festival. Entries from female screenwriters and
film-makers from any country were welcomed to the competition. For more
information e-mail: mermaid7cs@aol.com; or write: Moondance International
Film Festival, 970 Ninth Street, Boulder, CO 80302, USA.


The following films are finalists in the animation film category:

The 42nd International Leipzig
Festival for Documentary & Animated Films took place in Leipzig, Germany
from October 26 - October 31, 1999. 49 films from 13 counties were shown in
competition this year. The jury was comprised of Jayne Pilling (Great
Britain), Silke Parzich (Germany), and Andrei Zolotouchin (Russia). The
following awards were presented:


Goldene Taube, WHEN THE DAYS BREAKS by Wendy Tilby and Amanda Frobis,
Canada, 1999.


Silberne Taube, PINOCCHIO by Gianluci Toccafondo, Italy, 1999 and NIGHT OF

* "The Art of Disney Storybooks" Exhibit, New York, New York, USA. November
13 - December 23, 1999.


The Gifted Images Gallery, located in Rockville Centre, will host the exhibit. "The Art of Disney Storybooks," is a collaboration between Walt Disney Art Classics and Disney Publishing. The exhibit features reproduced
artwork from various storybook adaptations of Disney's most beloved films.
Included in the exhibition is "An enchanting dress," from CINDERELLA and
"Magic mirror on the wall" from SNOW WHITE. Appearing at the premiere event

Imagina 2000 with FIFI (Festival International du Film de l'Internet) have opened their competition for animation created specifically for the Internet. The FIFI is the first festival dedicated to films made for the Web. As the major European meeting point for digital image professionals, Imagina 2000 will provide a solid forum for launching this joint competition. The deadline for submissions is December 15, 1999 and all entries must be accessible through a URL only. The award will be presented during the Imagina 2000 ceremony in Monaco (January 31 to February 2, 2000).

* Tuesday, November 16 - Thursday, November 18. London, England.

*Sunday, November 14, 1999, 5pm. West Los Angeles, California, USA.

* November 8-10, 1999. New York, New York, USA.

* Wednesday, November 24- Saturday, November 27, 1999. Valenciennes, France.


European Gathering of Young Digital Creation highlights the technologies of the future and purposes a realistic look at the jobs of tomorrow. The four day gathering will feature conferences, round table discussions, and screenings of the best digital work and three-dimensional films. The event is sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Valenciennes in association with Supinfocom.

Nearly 900 members of the animation industry and the general public
attended the 27th Annual Annie Awards, Saturday, November 6 at the Alex
Theatre in Glendale, California, USA. The awards ceremony, presented by
ASIFA-Hollywood, The International Animated Film Society, honors animation
achievement within film, television, commercials, home videos and
interactive productions. Rob Paulsen and Maurice LaMarche, the voices of
Pinky and the Brain from the Warner Bros. hit show, were co-hosts of a

The Tampere 30th International Short Film Festival takes place in Tampere,
Finland from March 8 - 12, 2000. Entry deadline is December 7, 1999. As the
biggest short film event in Northern Europe, the Tampere Festival features
80 screenings, a film market, and seminars. For more information contact:
Tampere International Short Film Festival, Box 305, FIN-33101, Tampere,
Finland; Tel. + 358-3-213 003; Fax: + 358-3-223 0121; or E-mail:
film.festival@tt.tampere.fi. Also visit www.tampere.fi/festival/film.

Charles Schulz, the 77-year-old creator of the PEANUTS comic strip, has
secured final go-ahead to build a museum as a permanent home for Charlie
Brown, Lucy, Linus and the rest of the gang. Plans for the
17,000-square-foot Peanuts museum in Santa Rosa, California, a town 50
miles north of San Francisco, where Schulz continues to work in a studio he
built twenty-five years ago, were unanimously approved at a city council
meeting October 26, 1999. Schulz and his wife first suggested the idea of a

Four hundred guests crowded the second floor theatre at the Chicago
Cultural Center, Sunday, October 24, for the 1999 Gala Awards Ceremony and
Closing Night Party of the 16th annual Chicago International Children's
Film Festival. The following awards for animated films were given out:


Children's Jury Prizes - Feature Films and Videos - Animation


1st Prize, KIRIKOU AND THE SORCERESS by Michel Ocelot (France)


2nd Prize, ANNE FRANK'S DIARY by Julian Wolff (France, Ireland, UK,
Netherlands)

The 10th International Trickfilm Festival takes place in Stuttgart, Germany
from March 16 - 21, 2000. The entry deadline is December 1, 1999. The
International Competition will present the best animated productions from
the past two years. More than 500 films will be screened at the festival.
The Best of Animation includes a selection of the most interesting films in
the history of artistic, animated film. Young Animation is a competition
featuring animated films from schools and colleges. The festival will also