MIP-TV is the world

The Cannes Film Festival is the world

The Mifa is the only event in the world that brings together filmmakers and professionals from television, cinema, video and cable and satellite industries. Producers, distributors, buyers, TV channels execs, service company reps, animation tool manufacturers and training establishments all attend and particiapte in the event.

MIP-TV is the world

MIPCOM: International Film and Programme Market for TV, Video, Cable and Satellite is one of the world

The 13th annual Rendez-Vous organized by TV France International will be held in Biarritz for the first time this year. The new venue for the Rendez-Vous, Le Bellevue Conference Center, will enable TV France International to double space for the exhibitors. Moreover, by choosing Biarritz, TV France International can continue to provide the same high-standards and friendly and warm atmosphere, in addition to keeping-up with marketplace growth. The number of participants increases continuously; more than 200 buyers and 54 French distributors and producers attended the event in 2006.

As in previous years, the marketplace will have two sections:

1) A digital library equipped with over 120 screening stations (program digitalization has tripled the number of programs screened by buyers -- more than 9,000 in 2006) so that buyers can view the best and latest French productions (more than two-thirds of the programs will be presented on the international market for the first time)

2) An area especially set aside and designed and for private meetings between buyers and French distributors and producers.

For additional information, visit www.tvfrance-intl.com.

The 31st Annecy International Festival of Animation is the premiere animation festival in the world. The festival features screenings, retrospectives, seminars, tributes and an international film competition. The MIFA expo held in conjunction is the international market for animated film. For more information, visit www.annecy.org.

MIPCOM: International Film and Programme Market for TV, Video, Cable and Satellite is one of the world

The International Forum for Animation Technologies (FITA) is held every year in Angouleme, France, which, after Paris, is the largest production center for animation of all kinds. The 9th FITA will focus on the illusion of life, emotionally compelling characters and the technologies that enable them.

Speakers include: Christophe Hery, Lead R&D engineer, ILM; Matt Aitken, SFX Supervisor, Weta Digital; Xavier Desdoigts, Director of Technical Operations, Animal Logic; Peter Plantec, head of Ordinary Magic.com; Parag Havaldar, Lead Software Engineer, Sony Pictures Imageworks; Henry LaBounta, Director of Art, Electronic Arts; Sebastien Racine, Associate Producer, Ubisoft Digital Arts; among others.

They will talk about topics ranging from Digital Cloning at ILM to Tools and Techniques for creating compelling digital performances at Weta Digital, from creating realistic facial performances on BEOWULF to new techniques for acquiring, rendering, and displaying human performance and more.

For more information, visit www.fita-magelis.org.

Annecy has been showcasing the very best in animation for more than 45 years, making it the industry's leading international competitive festival. The competition is open to the following five film categories, each using different animation techniques: -- Feature Films -- Short Films -- Commissioned and TV Films -- Graduation Films -- Official Selection The Festival also includes: film premieres, retrospectives, exhibitions, screenings from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., in nine theatres around the town and evening screenings by the lake on a giant screen. Mifa will be held June 10-12 with the conference June 9-13. Located close to the International Animation Film Festival, the Mifa is the global animation event for co-producing, buying, selling, financing and distributing animation content across all platforms.