The Annie Awards will take place on Saturday, February 6, 2010, at UCLA's Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, California. General Admission tickets are $25. Award Ceremony starts at 7:00 p.m.

ASIFA-Hollywood member VIP tickets are $150, and non-member VIP tickets are $250. (VIP tickets include: Champagne Reception at 5:00 p.m., Ceremony at 7:00 p.m. and Post Award Party immediately following the ceremony)

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Presented by the International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, the 37th Annual Annie Awards will be held on Saturday, February 6, 2010, at UCLA's Royce Hall, in Los Angeles, California. The award ceremony will also be webcasted on www.annieawards.org at a later date.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archives, Library and Museum.

CARTOON, European Animation Film Association has chosen EXPOTOONS, the most representative international animation festival in Latin America, as a strategic partner in that region to organize CARTOON CONNECTION, the first meeting between European and Latin American animation professionals. The most representative animation event in Latin America. It hosts selected films, conferencists, trainers, production and distribution companies, buyers and more! This year more than ever it's becoming a bridge to Europe and Asia. And since 2008 it is allied with Annecy Animation Festival. Competitive categories are: Full-length film, Short, TV Series, Advertising and Graduation Short Film There's no entry fee. For further information info@expotoons.com and www.expotoons.com.

6th ?stanbul International Animation Festival is going to happen in 13th-22nd of November 2009. Who Can Apply? Everybody can apply. Only films completed after 1st of January 2008 will be accepted. Categories IAF Grand Prize: The best blended short film about story and animation technic. Feature Film: Animation film longer than 40 min. Turk Short Best short film made by Turk animator or animators. Student Film: Animation short film made by student. First Film: Animation short film made by a person's first experience. Music Video: Music video which includes one or more animation technic. Schedule Application deadline: 4th of September 2009 Friday until 18:00. Announce date of accepted films: 28nd of September Monday. Film which recieve us after deadline, aren't accepted by festival commitee. Application # There is no application fee. # Entry form is had to fill completely and sent with film copy. # One entry form is had to fill for every film. # Sending cost is paid by competitor. # Attendance can join with any number of product. Separate attendances should be made for each product. # Film copy have to be DVD, miniDV,16mm or 35mm. High resolution film will be preferred, because of screening in big screens. Rules # The product that takes place in the competition must belong to attended person or group. If it's proved that the product doesn't belong to attended person or group it will be disqualified automatically. # It is free to use film ma

Nokia Mobifest Toronto, Canada's premier made-for-mobile film festival, is now accepting submissions for its fourth annual event. Filmmakers -- from amateur to professional -- are invited to submit original films of 90 seconds or less for programming consideration. Entry is free and open to both local and International content creators, aged 18 or older. All genres are welcome and entrants may create and edit video using any equipment of their choice. Submissions will be accepted until 11:59pm EST on Monday, September 28th, 2009. Festival details and complete online submission instructions can be found at: www.mobifest.net. Set to culminate with a finalist screening in Toronto on November 3rd, all official selections will be eligible to win in one of three Nokia Mobifest Toronto award categories. The first award, Shot on Mobile, will go to the entry that best exemplifies compelling and creative content specifically shot using mobile technology. The festival's second award will be given out to the top Animation entry, and the final honour will be awarded to the winner of the prestigious Best of Festival category. An esteemed industry jury will select the award winners by screening each submission on a Nokia device.

International Festival of Animation FIA 09:
Universidad ORT Uruguay, organizer of FIA 09, is pleased to invite animators, producers and specially students and graduates of animation schools to present works to be selected for an exhibition and subsequent awarding between the 26th and the 27th of October of 2009 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

Objective:
Universidad ORT Uruguay aims to spread and to exhibit animations produced by students and graduates of animation, independent animators and international producers and also seeks to provide a space for artistic and technological reflection in this discipline.

Participation:
Any animated short movie, regardless its type or content may participate. The participation in the festival is open to students and graduates of animation schools, animation producers, advertising agencies and independent animators, in order to present works to be selected for an exhibition and subsequent awarding between the 26th and the 27th of October of 2009 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

The deadline for reception of all materials is going to be the 15th of September of 2009.
Sign up can be done through the web site of the festival, by post or personally.

CONTACT: katsuya Weller 703-862-4317 katsuyadanna@yahoo.com
Yu-Gi-Oh Tournament It’s time to DUEL!!!

DC Anime Club invites all Yu-Gi-Oh enthusiast to our Yu-Gi-Oh tournament on Saturday October 17,2009 Martin Luthur King,Jr

Memorial Library 901 G St NW Washington, DC 20001 in room A9 on the A level of the library at 2:15 pm. Sign up for The Yu-Gi-Oh tournament starts at 2:00pm.Age range for this tournament is 13 and Up.This event is free and open to the public. For more information please visit DC Anime Club website at http://dcanimeclub.org
or call 703-862-4317.

About DC Anime Club:
DCAC was established in 2003 to introduce and educate people in the Washington,DC area about East Asian culture, through viewing and discussion of Japanese animation (also known as anime) and Japanese comics (manga). DCAC is a 501(c)(3) not for profit organization, contributions to DC Anime Club are taxed deductible to the extent allowable under the law.

The club also works to provide a positive, alternative activity to the youth in the area by exposing them to foreign culture, encouraging artistic expression and creativity, and providing opportunities for participation in community activities and leadership.

In addition to our weekly meetings, the club holds an Annual Art Show, an Annual Costume fundraising event, and visits local schools to do presentations on anime. The club also works with the Smithsonian Fre

ANIMA'09 will take place in the city of Cordoba, Argentina, from October 8 through 10, 2009. The festival is organized by the Centro Experimental de Animacion and the Secretaria de Extension Universitaria, National University of Cordoba. This fifth edition of the ANIMA will be dedicated to exploring the concept of Identity Traits. Therefore, we open the following: -- Call for entries, for short and feature animation films of every genre and topic. Special interest is granted to those films where the filmmaker's expressive intention stands out from marketing requirements; and also to school productions. Participation is open for animation movies from all over the world - produced for theatrical screenings, television, video or the Internet - with special interest in those from Latin America. -- Call for papers and multimedia presentations on the concept "Identity Traits" No Entry Fee Call for entries has been extended until July 17, 2009 Deadlines: July 3, 2009 (Film, video and television animation entries) July 3, 2009 (Papers and Multimedia presentation entries) July 17, 2009 (Internet animation entries) Rules and Entry Form are available at the festival's website, http://www.animafestival.com.ar The festival will also hold a series of non-competitive screenings, seminars, workshops, specialized forums, retrospectives, and a meeting point.

Now for the first time in the history of animation ADA creates a professional league among animators, similar to those of NFL, NBA, and MLB. ADA divided the planet into four divisions and each division will consist of 30 professional teams. In order to select the best teams there will be held a 16-week Championship starting on October 7. The main prize is $100,000 but every week you will also have a chance to win $10,000. Absolutely anybody who created an animated clip and uploaded it to www.adasport.com can take part in the Championship. Animated clips can be in any animation genre and the duration should be from 15-60 seconds. The animated character in the clip should perform any dance to any kind of music. You will find more information on ADA’s official website: www.adasport.com.

Anim'est, the Bucharest International Animation Film Festival, is an international competition festival organized by Estenest, a non-profit cultural association seeking to promote cartoons and animated films from all over the world, especially Europe, and specifically Romania. Official categories in competition: -- Short film -- Less than 50 minutes: Short animated films made after January 1, 2007, that has not previously competed in any Anim'est Festival. -- Feature film -- More than 50 minutes: Animated feature films made after January 1, 2007, that has not previously competed in any Anim'est Festival. -- Video clip and advertising -- Short animated film made after January 1, 2007, primarily together with existing music covering minimally 80% of the footage or a short commercial film made upon a request to support the sale of a product or service or to promote a brand, program or event. -- Student film -- A short animated film made by a student or a film school after January 1, 2007 that has not previously competed in any Anim'est Festival. -- Romanian shorts -- Romanian animated films completed after January 1, 2007.

The Jamaica Digital Arts Festival was formed to create a new opportunity to unleash and showcase some of the nation's productive energy and to develop a critical mass across all social divides to push this creativity for societal benefit. This festival is intended to kick-start national interest in a cultural industry based on the creation of digital arts products. This year, the opportunities for learning will be even bigger and better than 2007. Seminars will be delivered by experts from Jamaica and the Caribbean in cutting edge areas such as: Jamaica and the animation industry -- what prospects; A close look at the RED Camera Technology and Fine Art; The Future of Digital Sound Reproduction; Your Digital Camera and you and much more. Categories will be as follows: * Short video/films - up to 15 minutes. May be narrative, dramatic or animation * Long video/films - 15 minutes & over. May be narrative, dramatic or animation * Web design * Digital art - 3D art, animation, VR, games, etc. * Photography * Music Entries must have a development related focus in one of the following areas: * Tourism / Hospitality / Entertainment & Music / Community Development / Agriculture / Education & Training Within the categories there will be two classes -- professionals and students/hobbyists. Admission Free, See You There!