AEAF Sydney 2003 will feature new events including the AEAF Short Film Festival screening films from around the world and Digital Video Fest. Digital Video Fest will showcase the latest technologies and techniques in digital video creation and post-production including: video cameras, editing systems, hardware, software, DVD authoring, lighting, audio, storage and workstations. AEAF Sydney will also include: four evenings of screenings and networking opportunities; AEAF Awards presentation night; AEAF Tech Labs - technology demonstrations and new product launches for 3D, effects, computer animation and compositing; and demonstrations and hands-on experience. For more information e-mail: info@dmw.com.au or visit www.dmw.com.au.

Now in its 13th year Flickerfest 2004, Australia's premier international short film festival will consist of a main competitive program, a short documentary competition, Australian competition. The event will also include a number of workshops, programs and forums. For more information contact tel: +61 (0)2 9365 6877; fax: +61 (0)2 9365 6899; e-mail: flickerfest@bigpond.com; or Web: www.flickerfest.com.au.

The School of Multimedia Systems Monash University will be having an exhibition at the Federation Square Melbourne. The objective of our Third Year Exhibition is to showcase to the public and industry, innovations and the high skill level of our final year students in the fields of Multimedia. The Exhibition will showcase nearly 130 students third year final works. It will include game development, 3D animation, flash animation, short films, Web sit design, interfaces, e- commerce, programming etc. Awards will be given as a part of the event. For more information, visit www.multimedia.monash.edu.au.

The Exhibition will show casing 80+ students 3rd year final works from the School of Multimedia Systems Monash University Berwick Campus. It will include Game Development, 3D Animation, Flash Animation, Short Films, Web Site Design, Interfaces, E-commerce, Programming etc. The Objective of our 3rd Year Exhibition is to showcase to the Public and Industry, Innovations and the high skill level of our final years students in the fields of Multimedia.

The Exhibition will be located in the Atrium at Federation Square Melbourne Australia.

Free Entry

An Industry Night that will include International and Domestic people in the fields of Multimedia and is Invitation only will held on the 18th of November. If you are apart of the Industry and wish to attend please conact us.

As part of the Digital Media Festival, Melbourne, the Australian Effects & Animation Festival Short Film Festival will screen submissions alongside renowned international work from artists at Passion Pictures (U.K.), La Maison (France), Sony Pictures Imageworks (U.S.) and Vinton Studios (U.S.). The event will take place at the Melbourne Convention Centre, corner of Spencer & Flinders Streets.

Digital Video Fest will showcase the latest technologies and techniques in digital video creation and post-production including: video cameras, editing systems, hardware, software, DVD authoring, lighting, audio, storage and workstations. AEAF Sydney will also include: four evenings of screenings and networking opportunities; AEAF Awards presentation night; AEAF Tech Labs - technology demonstrations and new product launches for 3D, effects, computer animation and compositing; and demonstrations and hands-on experience.

Full event programs for AEAF, DVFest and Digital Imaging (Melbourne) are available at the Digital Media Festival Website at http://www.dmw.com.au/.

William Kentridge was born in Johannesburg in 1955. His animated films, or 'drawings for projection', explore personal and social conflicts in the context of both apartheid and post-apartheid landscapes, using mainly pastel and charcoal drawings on paper, which he changes and sets in motion by rubbing out and drawing over things. Originally a fine art painter, draughtsman and engraver, Kentridge turned his attention to animation in the late 1980s through his increasing interest in time; its passing, the traces it leaves, the memory that events, beings and objects leave when we close our eyes on the past. What technique besides frame-by-frame animation could better render an account of this phenomenon? 'All of my work is about Johannesburg in one form or another.thematically I suppose I work with what's in the air, which is to say a mixture of personal questions and the broader social questions. Questions this year, questions last year, responsibility, retribution, recrimination, before issues of what histories are hidden in the landscape. Often they're fairly broad questions but generally they arrive through quite a personal or particular starting point.' Interview with William Kentridge

The Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF 04) is a celebration of the very best of international and Australian animation showcasing the work of artists and filmmakers who have discovered that in this medium they can go anywhere their imagination leads them. The festival will also travel to Sydney as the Australian International Animation Festival (formerly Sydney International Animation Festival) in July. The event will take place at the Australian Centre for The Moving Image (ACMI) at Federation Square in the heart of the city. One of the retrospectives will highlight the career of John K, creator of REN & STIMPY, who got his animation start working on THE SMURFS. For more information, visit www.miaf.net.

The Flickerfest International Short Film Festival is a celebration of short cinema. The event is open to any production available for screening on 35mm or 16mm. All films must be under 30 minutes and must have been completed within 2 years of the closing date. Films must be in English or have English subtitles. Due to the competitive nature of the festival, it favors Sydney premieres and films that have not been broadcast in Australia. An International jury will award prizes in the following categories: Best Film International Competition, Best Film Australian competition, Best Animation, Best Documentary and Best Cinematography. For more information, visit www.flickerfest.com.au.

The Digital Media Festival delivers an exhibition with the latest cutting edge tools for Animation, Visual Effect, HD/Digital Video production/Post production and Digital Imaging. Leading digital media technology tools from Apple, Sony, Panasonic, Adobe, Avid, Discreet and Canopus (just to name a few) will be exhibited with industry expert specialists on hand to inform and educate the industry.

Platinum Partner Apple will host the Apple Training Theatre with workshops on Final Cut Pro, DVD Studio Pro, Shake and Motion. The Digital Media Partner Theatre will host a stream of free information sessions from the industry leading product vendors at the show.

There are 3 conferences held along side the exhibiton. These are the Australian Effects and Animation Festival, DVFest & Digital Imaging Festival.

The School of Multimedia Systems (Faculty of Information Technology) will be showcasing final 3rd year work of the Bachelor of Multimedia Systems in an Exhibition that will be held in the Atrium and the Edge at Federation Square Melbourne.

The dates of the Exhibition are the 22nd and 23rd of November 2004. It will be held between the hours of 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and is open to the public.

The objective of the Exhibition is to showcase to the Public and Industry, Innovations and the high skill level of our final year students. More than 100 students will be demonstrating multimedia work in the fields of Game Development, 3D Animation, Flash Animation, Short Films, Website design, Interfaces and Programming.

The Exhibition is proudly presented by the following Sponsors-
Connecting Point
Paragon Australia
Faculty of Information Technology
Faculty of Art & Design
MUBS
Monash Berwick Campus
Multimedia Victoria

An Industry Night will be held at 6:30pm on the 23rd of November 2004 at The Edge Federation Square. For Invitations or further information to the Industry night please contact the School. 9904 7070
http://multimedia.monash.edu.au