CGTEXPO organized by CGTantra is India's Largest Expo on Animation, VFX & Gaming Industry & has been a tremendous success witnessing footfalls as good as 4500 people turning up for the 2 day exhibition in 2008 & 2009 each.

The line-up of activities included a Job Fair for Placement Agencies, Studios and Production Houses as well as an Education Fair for all institutes and Animation Schools, Technical Exhibition, Master classes, Showcases, Seminars, Student Competitions, Art Galleries, and Entertainment Zone covering all possible activities in Art and Technology.

FAME LA and Animation Ink announce the Los Angeles Rock'n Comic-Con 2010 at the Pasadena Convention Center which supports the Arts, in Animation, Music & the Film Industries and their creative talents.

Animation Ink, in cooperation with Vanguard Productions and Desert Wind Comics, announces featured Guest of Honor, legendary Marvel Comics Creator Stan "The Man" Lee. Stan is the creator and/or co-creator of many of the greatest comic book characters ever including Spider-Man, Iron Man, Fantastic Four, Avengers, X-Men, Thor, Captain America, The Incredible Hulk, and many more.

Stan will launch our new convention with a ribbon-cutting ceremony, VIP Gold Room Meet and Greet, walk through, autograph signings, photos, and much more are scheduled for a total of eight hours on Friday and Saturday.  Stan Lee, Jim Steranko and moderator J. David Spurlock, Vanguard Press, will host a special guest panel for the 70th Anniversary of Captain America and Marvel Comics.

An ever-growing list of talents from the worlds of animation, film, comics, and music will be in attendence. Such favorites as J. Scott Campbell, Eisner-winning, Emmy-nominated Bill Sienkiewicz, Bernie Wrightson, Dean Yeagle, Jim Smith co-creator of Ren & Stimpy theme song will be performed live.

The world's leading late night talk show host and UFO expert George Noory from Coast to Coast radio,  Rodd Roddenberry and Marc and Elaine Zicree for Sci-Fi panels.  Animation panels, Musicians panel, Voice-Over Artists, Writers, FX and many more.

International television personality Sabrina A. Parisi, best selling author, columnist, fashion model will sign autographs, Meet-and-Greet and photo ops.

Fans can listen to DJ Shy, the first and only female mixer at the No. 1 top 40 radio station in America, 102.7 KIIS-FM. will spin albums, sign autographs, Meet-and-Greet.

The Main Exhibit and Artists Exhibit Hall will be filled with comics, art, books, merchandise, collectibles, artists and celebrities for autograph signings, photo ops, event exclusive Variant Comic Book, etc.

Industry Professionals will have lectures, panel discussions, demos by Animators, film screenings, portfolio reviews by Disney and others.

Horror Movie Panels, some moderated by Don Glut will include many special guests such as William Stout, "The Alien" Bill Blair, horror band Williow Wisp will make a special appearance and perform. Top Special FX Artists will display their Monsters original FX Props and Reproductions, and Famous Monsters of Filmland will also be exhibitors.

A Special Femme Fatales panel and celeb autograph signings, Cosmic Play Girls in Superheroine costumes and Star Wars re-enactment Saber Guild members will be judges int our Masquerade Costume Contest.

Our Entertainment Pavilion will feature Pirates of the Caribbean Cast Members from the Black Pearl, FX artists and merchandise, swords, amor, costumes, The Hollywood Film & Acting Academy and One-on-One Music Mentoring Sessions with Rock Stars.

Live music all day long from LA local bands in the Plaza Stage Area, while enjoying the Memorial Day BBQ with tri-tip steak and shaved ice.

6th Animation Short Festival

As part of the 6th. annual Convention of Comics, Animation and Games named "Montevideo Comics" Animation Campus is calling for entries to animators from all over the World to submit their works to be screened at the big size screen of Cine Plaza Theater in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay.

This is a unique opportunity to show realizer's work to over 3.000 people, according to last Convention's assistants. During two days people from all over the regios assist to this Convention, the biggest of his kind in this area, merging people highly interested in Animation, Games and Comics Art.

Animation Campus is the main sponsor for this Convention, joining artists from Uruguay, Argentina, Spain, Portugal and United States.

CONDITIONS:

1. The submitions are opened to either individual artists or studios of animation who work in this art, no matter what kind of art or concept they develop. All kind of techinques and stories are welcome.

2. Selected works are going to be screened next May 15th., 2010 during the Convention of "Montevideo Comics" at the Plaza Cinema Theater in the city of Montevideo, Uruguay (big screen).

3. Techinque and stories are free. According to the audience's profile, it is recommended to submit stories related to either the world of Comics, action & adventures or Sci Fi. Non traditional artistic animation and/or hilarious stories are welcome too by this audience.

4. Animation Campus will publish in both its official website (www.animecampus.edu.uy) and the official magazine of the Convention the names and data of the selected animations and their respective authors.

5. Works must be submitted in either digital format (CD -AVI or MOV for PC- or DVD) or VHS plus all data referred to the author to: Animation Campus - Bulevar Artigas 1085, CP 11.200 Montevideo, Uruguay. All costs related to the delivery are under author responsability exclusively.

6. Optionally, author can submit his work electronically using some service of file exchanging of his preference. In this case, please contact us at: talleres@animecampus.edu.uy

7. Submission deadline is: Friday, May 7th. of 2010 at 10 pm.

8. Author authorize Animation Campus to screen this animationv just one time, exclusively during the Convention, in the date and place previously indicated. This material cannot be used for any other purpose that the Festival screening during the convention.

9. Selected animations will be announced by Animation Campus and opportunitely communicated to the authors via email.

10. Animation Campus will not return any material submitted for this festival.

11. The solely submition of a work implies the completely acceptation of these conditions.

12. For questions and answers please contact us at: talleres@animecampus.edu.uy

Good Luck!

PLASTIC PAPER is an international festival of animated, illustrated and puppet film that takes place May 5-8, 2010 at the Park Theatre in Winnipeg, Canada. The festival is one component of the year-round organizational activities of the Big Smash! Film Collective. PLASTIC PAPER's programming is a mix of premieres, retrospective screenings, short films and features with special guests, workshops, multi-media presentations, installations and exhibits, artist talks, and gatherings where the artists and the audience can interact more informally.

Convergence is upon us. Multi-disciplined thinking draws cinema, television, computer, console and mobile screens even closer, reinventing them to remain competitive.  

FMX is part of this process and introduces for the 15th time the world’s leading experts in the creation, production and distribution of digital entertainment and interactive visualization.

Connect with artists, specialists, scientists, producers, recruiters, trainers and new talents on the 2010 hot topics 3D Stereo, Hybrid Imagery and 360° Media.

Check out the program, purchase your tickets, subscribe to the newsletter and find out what else will be going on at www.fmx.de.

FMX 2010 is an event by Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg in cooperation with VES Visual Effects Society, AIAS Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, 5D: The Future of Immersive Design and ACM Siggraph.

As the primary European event for international experts, FMX 2010 is perfectly complemented by the 17th Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart (ITFS). The Festival starts simultaneously with FMX on May 04 and ends on May 09 with a prestigious Award Ceremony. ITFS 2010 screens the best animation films from all over the world to an enthusiastic audience and countless international guests, having a permanent spot on the international animation map and being one of Germany's outstanding cultural events.

FMX is an event in cooperation with VES Visual Effects Society, AIAS Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences, ACM Siggraph and 5D Conference. It is hosting the Animation Production Day 2010 (APD), a joint venture with the Festival of Animated Film Stuttgart (ITFS). FMX is funded by the Ministry of State and the Ministry of Economics Baden-Wuerttemberg, MFG Baden-Wuerttemberg Public Film Fund & Public Innovation Agency for Information Technology and Media, and the FFA German Federal Film Board. It is an event by Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, organized by the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction.

CHS Otaku Fest is a one day anime convention held at Centennial High School (4300 Centennial Lane) in Ellicott City, Maryland. Its designed to be a gathering ,celebration and promotion (for fans, by fans) of all thing related to Japanese animation, manga, and East Asian culture. The event will go from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on April 24, 2010. Activities will include a dealer's room, discussion panels, anime screenings, artist's alley, video game tournament, an AMV contest, a masquerade and much more. For more information visit chs-otakufest.com.

Reed Exhibitions has announced the launch of Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo (C2E2), which will take place April 16-18, 2010 at McCormick Place in downtown Chicago.

As for C2E2, show organizers are planning a major launch. "We are aiming big," said Lance Fensterman, who is VP and Show Manager for NYCC and who will also be overseeing C2E2. "We plan to apply everything we have learned in launching and building New York Comic Con to our Chicago event and we intend for it to be a major attraction right out the gate. Of course, this not only means providing a customer friendly atmosphere but also providing dynamic programming that boasts top talent from across the pop culture spectrum, including artists, creators and celebrities from Hollywood, TV, comics, books, video games, toys, anime, manga and all other applicable aspects of the popular arts. But, most importantly, we will also seek to make adjustments so that our show reflects the essence of Chicago. This will be critically important. The city itself will form an important part of our identity."

Cartoons on the Bay and the Pulcinella Awards will take place in Rapallo, Santa Margherita Ligure and Portofino from April 15-18, 2010.

New aspects of the festival include a new cross-media and interactive animation categories and a free branded new business area to strengthen meetings among all the delegates.

Project 243 presents "Science Faire:" Studies from the skewed side of science. Join us in celebrating the days of adolescent science as interpreted by some right-brained folks working in the animation, illustration, and toy design industries (Disney, Simpsons, Family Guy, Mattel and Hallmark).

Project 243 is a collective oozed from the petri dish of the SJSU Animation/Illustration program. Come join us for some pseudo brainy fun! Snacks + beverages. Original art + prints for sale.

Pehrspace Gallery
325 Glendale. Los Angeles, CA 90026
Saturday, April 10 2010
7pm-12am
free admission

Featuring Artists:
Lauren Andrews

David Coffman
Lawrence Gong

Kendelle Hoyer

Megan Kelly

D.B. Mahan
Phil Mamuyac
Theary Meng

Cameron Moore

Scott Watanabe

Nat Zigal

The Oklahoma Electronic Game Expo and Multimedia Conference (OEGE) is a one day conference that seeks to bring together students, educators, professionals and enthusiasts in all areas of Computer-Aided Technology and highlight Oklahoma as a creative outlet for these industries.

Computer-Aided Technology encompasses all creative industries that use computers for the development of their designs, such as video game, multimedia, graphic design, web design, CAD, GIS, video editing, animation, and digital art.

By offering an educated workforce, we strive to make Oklahoma a prime location for game development, multimedia, animation, etc., thus expanding this growing creative industry.