The 3rd annual Week With The Masters Animation Festival is a unique conference that serves as a creative meeting place for some of the world's most talented and renowned animators, artists and writers in the business. For the 2nd year, there will be an Animation Competition which last year attracted widespread interest from Singapore, The Philippines, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia and India. Entries include films by student and independent filmmakers and its goal is to increase the visibility of Asian animation filmmakers. Past Masters have included: Will Vinton, Jeff Hale, Bill Matthews, Bill Plympton, Joanna Priestly, David Fine, Derek Lamb, Maurice Noble and Rob Coleman.

Co-creator of BOB & MARGARET David Fine was a Master at the 2000 Week with the Masters Festival. You can read all about it (and see pictures too) in Animation World Magazine at http://www.awn.com/mag/issue5.09/5.09pages/fineindia.php3.