After months of intense head-to-head regional tournaments, The Pokemon Company International, the worldwide leader in video games and trading card games, today announced details for its 2009 Pokemon Video Game and Trading Card Game (TCG) National Championships. This weekend -- June 27th & 28th -- Pokemon Video Game and TCG competitors from across the nation will converge at the America's Center in St. Louis, MO, in hopes of surviving the two-day storm of battles. Those that rise victorious will then test their skills against the best players from across the globe at the 2009 Pokemon World Championships in August. After using their remarkable talents and strategy for battles in Seattle, San Francisco, Phoenix, Dallas, Philadelphia, and Nashville, 48 master Pokemon Trainers have emerged from over fifteen hundred other players to guarantee their place in the Pokemon Video Game National Championships. Divided equally into two divisions -- Juniors (born in 1997 or later) and Seniors (born in 1996 or earlier) -- these competitors competed on the recently released video game Pokemon Platinum Version with their sights set on the World's Championships in San Diego. However, it is not necessary to win a Regional Championship Event to attend and compete at the Pokemon Video Game National Championships. The event will open its doors to the public for entry via random selection and hopeful contenders can show up for check-in at the America's Center with a copy of Pokemon Platinum Version for the Nintendo DS. Senior Division registration takes place on Saturday, June 27th from 8:30 - 9:30 A.M.; Juniors registration is from 11:30 A.M. - 12:30 P.M. First and second place finishers will be awarded travel for two (invitee and a guest) and the opportunity to play in the Pokemon Video Game World Championships, trophies, and a Pokemon prize package including a Nintendo Wii console (first place only), a Nintendo DSi game system, and other cool Pokemon items. Competitors in each division placing 3rd-16th will also receive travel for two to play in the World Championships. For details on Pokemon Video Game National Championships including prizes and times as well as Pokemon restrictions and rules, please visit www.pokemonvgc.com.

The Burbank International Film Festival would like to call to your attention our Official Call for Entries. If you could please spread the word regarding the festival it would be much appreciated. The link for submissions on withoutabox is http://www.withoutabox.com/login/7137 

Submission Dates 
December 31st, 2010 Earlybird Deadline 
June 15, 2011 Regular Deadline 
July 15th, 2011 Late Deadline 
July 25th, 2011 WAB Extended Deadline

London, UK (March 5th, 2012) – The Tasman Theory Pty Limited is now accepting submissions for the 2012 CG Student Awards. The event is split into three categories: Student of the Year, Studio Internships, People’s Choice. There is a prize pool of over $100,000USD and ten (10) Studio Internships. The deadline for submissions is 20th May, 2012. Winners announced 1st June, 2012.   

The rules and online submission form are available at: http://www.cgstudentawards.com.

The CG Student Awards has an extensive list of high profile companies sponsoring the event.  Our five platinum sponsors include Autodesk, Ballistic, Conceptshare, Digital-tutors, and Next Limit Technologies. Other notable industry sponsors include: Pixologic, NVIDIA, Adobe, The Foundry, Stash Media, Side Effects Software, Smith Micro, and 3D Artist Magazine.

Leading production studios Double Negative, MPC, Framestore, Prime Focus, The Mill, and BlueBolt are also offering 10 professional internships throughout Europe, Canada, USA, and India. Each studio offers slightly different internships, but an internship winner can expect to receive 2-4 month professional experience, support and guidance from industry leading experts, standard intern salary, and an amazing opportunity to network and prove your skills.

“We've been amazed by the quality of our interns we picked up from the CG Student Awards. During their time with us, the interns gained the respect of our senior crew members and made a tremendous contribution to the lighting, fx, rigging, modelling and texturing of all our current movies” said Karl Wickens, Co Head of 3D Double Negative.

"I never really thought I would win the title of Student of the Year. It opened the door for me into the visual effects industry. After the Internship at Framestore, they hired me straight away" said Maximilian - Gordon Vogt.

"This opportunity changed my life and I now find myself rigging on major blockbuster movies, a dream come true" said Elliot Stammers.

About CG Student Awards

Formerly hosted at CGCoach.com, the CG Student Awards is an annual event which showcases and rewards excellence in computer graphics from students and recent graduates. To date, the event has already helped kick-start the careers of countless digital artists and given away over $100,000 in prizes. Qualified students at schools from all over the world are encouraged to submit their demo reel and artwork to our judging panel and compete for prizes and internships at the world's leading production studios.

Full details can be found here: http://www.cgstudentawards.com

Official event logos can be downloaded here: http://www.cgstudentawards.com/media-kit

Heavenly Choice, the world's largest Betty Boop store, is sponsoring the 20th Annual Betty Boop Festival will be held, sponsored by Heavenly Choice. Festival director Denise Hagopian has programmed two full days of events which include a Betty Boop look-alike contest, a Boop swap meet, a collectors club meeting and a Betty Boop tattoo show n' tell. For more information, contact Heavenly Choice at (323) 728-2728.

interfilm Berlin presents the 22nd International Short Film Festival. More than 4,000 films and videos from 94 different countries were submitted to the festival office this year. Interfilm has selected 500 of these productions, encompassing a wide spectrum of genres including feature film, animation, documentary, children's film and music clip, for competition or special programs. Besides the national and international competition and a focus on Brazil and the Czech Republic , this year's festival will include a special program dedicated to short films from Australia, in cooperation with the Australian Embassy in Germany. For additional information, visit www.interfilm.de.

The 23rd International ShortFilmFestival and the 9th Mo & Friese Children's ShortFilmFestival are going to present the best international short films, chosen from more than 3,800 submissions. About 220 productions are going to compete for a total of 30,000 Euros worth in price money. These prizes will be awarded by both the jury and the audience in the International and No Budget-Competition, the German, Hamburg and the Mo & Friese Children's ShortFilmCompetition. In the Three Minute Quickie section there will be an audience award. Last but not least, the TV stations Arte, ZDFdokukanal and the GEMA Foundation will award prizes cross-sectionally. In this year's festival, an additional 200 films are going to constitute the special programs. The country-focus will take a look at Lebanon and true gems will be unearthed in What are the Others up to?, Work in Progress, Remixed Footage and Trac(k)ing Sound. The legendary Open Air nocturnal walkabout A Wall is a Screen and other framing events will make time fly all day and all of the night. The Festival Caf

From June 4 to 9 2008, the 24th International ShortFilmFestival and the 10th Mo & Friese Children's ShortFilmFestival are going to present the best international short films, chosen from more than 4,000 submissions. The best among these productions are going to compete for a total of 30,000 Euros in prize money. These prizes will be awarded by both the jury and the audience in the International and No Budget-Competition, the German, Hamburg and the Mo & Friese Children's ShortFilmCompetition. In the Three-Minute Quickie section, there will be an audience award. TV stations Arte, ZDFdokukanal and the GEMA Foundation will also award prizes. For further details, visit www.shortfilm.com/festival.

The Oporto International Film Festival, now going to its 26th edition, specializes in fantasy and science-fiction films. The festival runs now in 4 theatres (2,600 seats altogether ) and screens nearly 200 feature films each year. This festival also includes the 16th New Directors Week with an Official Competition and a Retrospective section. The Festival

The IFP Market is the only place in the U.S. to introduce new work to an industry-only audience of sales companies, distributors, festival programmers, television buyers, producers, and agents from the U.S. and abroad. An essential networking opportunity, IFP Market programs connect you directly with the industry reps you need to know to get your work financed, completed and distributed. If you seek financing or sales for your script or work-in-progress, this is the place to start. $150,000 in cash and prizes includes a $100,000 completion package for a narrative work-in-progress; two $10,000 cash awards for African-American filmmakers and other awards. Rolling deadlines run from May 2-16, 2005. For more information, visit www.ifp.org.

The 28th Starz Denver International Film Festival (SDIFF) presents approximately 200 films over 10 days and plays host to more than 100 film artists. New international feature releases, independently produced fiction films and documentaries, animation, experimental works, children's programs and short subjects are included in the festival. In addition, a number of acclaimed international film artists are honored with tributes and special "Evenings With..." The festival presents the following awards: John Cassavetes Award; Krzysztof Kieslowski Award For Best Feature Film; Lifetime Achievement Award; Stan Brakhage Vision Award; Maysles Brothers Award for Best Documentary; the Emerging Filmmaker Award; Starz People