The Labyrinth will be holding The Animation Road Show featuring a huge selection of discount books. Categories include animation books, illustrated kids books, artist sketchbooks, art instruction books, manga, comics, anime art books, toys, wall scrolls, artist reference and fine art books. The Labyrinth is run by Jessica and Dan Merisanu. Dan works as a character animator in downtown Toronto. A graduate of Sheridan's classical and computer animation -- he helps pick out the titles. His wife Jessica manages the traveling book sale. The sale will be located at 477 Richmond Street from 9:00 am

"The Biggest Little Film Festival in Cananda" takes place annually 2nd week of November in Canada's Alpine City. What started out as an extreme sport film festival has now matured into an independent film celebration. The famed after parties sell out each year. Live music and multiple venues give this festival an irresistable party atmosphere. Calls for entries go out each August. No charge to enter films to the Festival. Grand Prize each year is $1000 cash to the film receiving the most audience votes. Other prizes for categories including best slide show, best independent film and best action film. For more information check the site www.rosslandfilmfestival.com

WowGao will host Wireless & Mobile WorldExpo, July 21 & 22, 2004, Toronto, Canada (www.WMWorldExpo.WowGao.com; E-mail: WorldExpos@WowGao.com). This event will be the best & biggest global event on wireless & mobile technologies & applications. Tracks of the international conference will include
WiFi, Emerging Wireless Technologies & Applications, WMAN, Web Services & Security, Wireless/Mobile Enterprise, and Management & Business Issues.

Telephone: (416) 292-0038, ext. 823, 819, or 811
WebSite: www.WMWorldExpo.WowGao.com
E-mail: WorldExpos@WowGao.com

Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for children presents the best of international and Canadian films for children and youth aged 4-18 including shorts, features, documentaries, live-action and animation. Sprockets is a competitive festival and is pleased to host a number of guests including filmmakers, programmers and buyers each year. Sprockets promotes contacts between industry professionals to assist in the development of the role cinema plays in the education and enrichment of young people. Sprockets Awards include two audience awards: one for favorite feature and one for favorite animation, and three young people's jury awards, two for feature films and one for short films. There is no fee to submit work. The festival also screens work created by students grades 3 through 12. Submissionsare viewed by a panel of experts and finalists have their films screened during Sprockets. For more information, visit http://www.bell.ca/sprockets.

The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF 04) is North America's oldest and largest animation festival. The festival is broken up into four umbrella categories. The first is for animated feature films. The New Media Competition covers Animation Short Made for the Internet, Internet series, interactive animation and "Machinima," films made with video game software. Commissioned Films Competition covers educational, scientific or industrial film, advertising film, station-program identification, music video, television special, television pilot, television series for adults and television series for children. Independent Short Films Competition covers narrative short film under 35 minutes, non-narrative short film under 35 minutes, first film and films made for children. The changes for 2004 include an expanded range of new media categories -- growing from one generic to four sub-categories -- and additional TV categories. Traditionally shown out of competition as a program enhancement, the feature film category was first introduced at the last OIAF held in 2002, and is expected to draw even more entries this time around. Overall, a record 1,700 entries were received for OIAF 02, the most entries ever received by any international animation festival. Approximately 100 more films, selected from an anticipated 1,500+ entries, will be shown during the festival's showcase programs. The International Short Showcase, the International TV Showcase, the Canadian Short Showcase, the Canadian TV Showcase and the first-ever Kids Animation Showcase will comprise this out-of-competition series. Founded in 1976, and held biennially ever since, the OIAF attracts international animators, producers, broadcasters, and enthusiasts to Ottawa to view films entered in and out of competition, and attend special screenings and workshops that ponder the current state and future of animation. For more information, visit www.animationfestival.ca or www.awn.com/ottawa, e-mail info@animationfestival.ca or call (613) 232-8769.

Max the Mutt Animation School invites everyone to attend our first open house at our new location: 952 Queen Street West at Shaw.

Come and view the wide variety of student work on display: life drawing, painting, cartooning, character design, animation: classical, 2D and 3D and much more!

Saturday May 1st and Sunday May 2nd
From 10:00 am TO 4:00 pm.
952 Queen Street West
Toronto, Ontario M6J 1G8 Canada

Call (416) 703-6877 for more details or visit the Website at www.maxthemutt.com.

Vancouver International Digital Festival (June 25-June 26 2004)is for the creators and producers of digital content. It's a chance to meet with peers from all over the world, see their work, develop new partnerships, and engage your mind by listening and talking to people like you who explore and push the boundaries of creativity in digital media. There will be many International Delegates speaking at our event such as Academy Award winning, Glenn Entis and Terry Thoren, who produced the 1998 hit "Rugrats

The 23rd annual Vancouver International Film Festival encourages the understanding of other nations through the art of cinema, to foster the art of cinema, to facilitate the meeting in British Columbia of cinema professionals from around the world, and to stimulate the motion picture industry in British Columbia and Canada. More than 150,000 people attended 500 screenings of more than 300 films from more than 50 countries. In 2003 there were a record 261 feature and mid-length films, plus 85 shorts.

The broad spectrum of fiction and nonfiction films from around the world is divided into the following sections:

* Cinema of Our Time

The Banff Television Festival is Canada's premier international event for program makers and content creators in television and new media. Hundreds of television professionals from around the world will take part in this annual event, which celebrates excellence in international television programming and explores the issues, challenges, creative and business opportunities in the industry. The conference agenda will celebrate this anniversary with a special Salute to Canada as well as strands including the celebrated Banff Masters series, prize winning pitching competitions, plenary sessions, a multitude of networking opportunities as well as the traditional host of industry meetings surrounding the Festival. For more information, visit www.banff2004.com.

The World of Comedy International Film Festival has put out a call for feature film and shorts entries for its third annual event in Toronto Feb. 9-13, 2005. In addition to the film competition, the 2004 festival will host a series of workshops and panels to foster the further development of those interested in comedy filmmaking.

The festival is looking for submissions for both features and shorts in the following categories: narrative, animation, mockumentary, experimental and documentaries about comedy and/or personalities involved in comedic filmmaking. The early deadline for submissions is September 30, 2004 and the final deadline is October 29, 2004. For further information go to www.worldcomedyfilmfest.com.

The World of Comedy International Film Festival is a non-profit organization created to celebrate the artistry and power of comedy films.