Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children, presented by the Toronto International Film Festival Group, is considered one of the most important children's film festivals in the world. Sprockets, programmed for children and youth, 3-18, offers the best in contemporary Canadian and international children's cinema. In addition to two public weekends of programming, Sprockets also includes the hugely popular behind-the-scenes film workshops, and a week-long school program with support materials for teachers. Numerous awards are presented at the end of the festival. Further information and submission forms can be found on the official Website at www.bell.ca/sprockets.

The Toronto Animated Image Society is hosting its annual holiday party. This year's party will also include our first-ever silent auction. Start your holiday season up right at the only party in town where you can get cool holiday gifts and drink eggnog at the same time. The party will take place at the National Film Board from 7:00 to 11:00 pm. For more information, call (416) 533-7889, visit e-mail: Tais@bellnet.ca or visit www.awn.com/tais.

The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF 05) 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 videogame 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. 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.

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The Canadian chapter of Women in Animation (WIA - Canada) will host its first annual animation & games career fair. Potential applicants will gather for a unique opportunity to hear from and meet leading studios from around Vancouver. Recruiting teams will include top Vancouver companies such as aka Cartoon, Atomic Cartoons, Bardel Ent., Electronic Arts, Mainframe Ent., National Film Board of Canada (NFB), Nerd Corps, Radical Ent. and Studio B Prods.

Studios will have up to 10 minutes each to present their companies and describe what they are looking for in potential applicants. Once each studio has finished their presentations students/applicants will break out into pre-assigned groups and begin a group interview rotation among the studios. Each studio will see six groups through the course of the evening; each group will consist of six students/applicants. The group interview rotation will begin around 7:30 and wrap up around 9:00 pm.

Students/applicants will be able to pre-register for the rotating interviews by e-mailing a list of companies (in order of preference) that they would like to meet with to wiacareerfair.registration@telus.net. Confirmation of your registration will be given by return email. The deadline for pre-registration is 6:00 pm on Feb. 18. A maximum of six companies will be assigned on a first come first served basis. Meeting with specific companies cannot be guaranteed due to limited seating. The event will take place at the VFS Web Caf

Massive 2005 is a full-day conference and tradeshow showcasing eBusiness tools for SMEs and tech-toys for work. Through a combination of informative presentations and more than 100 interactive displays, this event will educate business professionals in an entertaining and refreshing environment. The event will take place at SCIENCE WORLD, 1455 Quebec Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada. To learn more, contact Shana Korotash at BC TIA by e-mailing skorotash@bctia.org or calling (604) 602-5232.

The Banff World Television Festival celebrates the art and business of television production. The event will offer a full slate of sessions on the issues that are central to those working in international co-production and genres. Conference sessions will address successful collaborations and business models for co-financing, funding and marketing television programming as well as emerging genres and burgeoning technologies such as HDTV. There will also be major sessions around treaty and international co-production issues across genres, with the goal of finding solutions to open more doors on co-production among treaty and non-treaty partners. Case studies and master sessions will also examine the anatomy of recent successful co-production projects. BANFF continues its tradition of facilitating new business opportunities with the continuation of its famous pitching competitions: Market Simulation, New Players Pitch, iPitch for interactive projects and the world's most lucrative pitch - CTV Canadian Documart. These competitions offer producers the opportunity to pitch their hot new ideas to a distinguished group of international broadcasters and decision-makers. Sessions also encourage broadcasters to share programming needs as well as discuss programming trends and emerging technologies with producers from around the world. The Banff World Television Festival is owned by the Banff Television Festival Foundation and is produced by Achilles Media Ltd. on behalf of the Foundation's Board of Directors and Board of Governors. The Foundation's Board of Governors is international in scope and represents the cr

The Toronto Jewish Film Festival (TJFF) will celebrate its 13th anniversary this year

FANTASY WORLDWIDE International Film Festival - Toronto is the first film festival in the world focusing on World Mythology, Fantasy (no Horror), Mysticism, Magical Realism, Science Fiction, Historical Fiction, Legend and Archetype, and bringing them all together under one tent. Our showcase includes Feature Films, Shorts, Family and Children

Saturday afternoons were meant for Ray Harryhausen films. Celebrate the work of this animation master. Bonus Three Stooges short plus a chapter of one of the greatest of all cliffhanger serials, THE PHANTOM with Tom Tyler.

Coming to Toronto? Got a Harryhausen film you want to see on a big screen and with a superb sound system. Email us. We will set up a special screening just for you.