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.

eDIT is the international conference for film, postproduction and visual effects in Frankfurt, Germany.
eDIT 2001 takes place November 11 - 13, featuring Ray Harryhausen, Volker Engel, Roland Emmerich, Spencer Cook, Mike Belzer and many more.
eDIT: Kinowoche is a small festival for film with digital support, from Hollywood to Dogma.

Launched in 1994, Digital Media World (DMW) has established itself firmly on the calendar of Europe

This tribute to the Japanese animated feature film will examine the origins, history, and influences of this prolific art and industry. Clips from such seminal films as AKIRA, GHOST IN THE SHELL, PRINCESS MONONOKE, PERFECT BLUE, LAPUTA: CASTLE IN THE SKY and PON POKO, plus some special surprises, will receive rare U.S. big screen presentation. The evening will illustrate the diversity of genres displayed in Anime, the specific Japanese approach to animation, the effect Anime is having on world culture, and highlight the work of several of Anime's most respected artists, writers, and animators. Event Date and Time: November 14, 2001, 8:00 p.m. (One night only) Event Fee: $5 for general public, $3 for students (limit 2)

The RICA (Rencontres Internationales du Cinema d'Animation) is a competitive festival promoting animated film and filmmakers. For its 4th edition the festival will present 250 short and feature films. The official competition will include several feature films and about forty shorts. Five prizes will be awarded, including: the International Jury Prize, Children's Jury Prize and Best Feature Film Prize. Film formats for submissions are: 35 mm (preferably), 16 mm and BetaSP (No Digital Beta). There is no entry fee. The festival will feature animation from all over the world, with a focus on German animation, a retrospective of African animated films and a special tribute to the Char Studio and Andre

What Do Women Want will help marketers to understand the target consumer in terms of intangibles such as needs, attitudes and emotions, as well as tangibles such as demographic variables. The conference will reveal what some of Canada's leading companies have to say about their strategic success and what they have learned about marketing to women.

The field of animation is now a vital part of both film and television production. These industries are increasingly utilising 2D and 3D models to enhance animated and virtual images. A variety of new techniques and technologies are constantly emerging in the animation market providing a constant need for evaluating these trends.

Following last year

The animation community is invited to Local 839's Open House Holiday Party, Friday, December 7 from 6 pm to midnight. Beverly Garland Holiday Inn Grand Ballroom, 4222 Vineland in North Hollywood (just south of the 101). Free hors d'oeuvres and no-host bar; open to the entire animation community. No RSVP necessary; call Local 839 at (818) 766-7151 for details.

The meeting aims at stimulating attention on animation as an art form with a particular stress on independant short films of research, experimentation and artistic expression.
The event is made of round-tables, discussion, reports and conferences with film projections and meetings with Italian and International artists. Barry Purves, Bruno Bozzetto, Maurizio Forestieri, Ernesto Paganoni, will present their works. Conferences with projections will be held by: Gerben Schermer (Holland Animation Film Festival), Alfio Bastiancich, Michel Fuzellier, Maria Grazia Mattei, Bruno di Marino (Universit

The Advertising Effectiveness conference looks at how to develop not just good advertising but Great advertising, that spikes sales fast. Participants will hone the skills needed to create advertising that's on strategy, maximize research in this age of accountability, measure ad effectiveness across all media and create truely memorable advertising that connects to the brand.