The Melbourne International Animation Festival (MIAF) is an annual festival which screens 200+ films in competitive programs as well as a comprehensive selection of retrospectives and themed programs. MIAF screens at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image - a brand new, state of the art screening facility dedicated to the highest possible screening standards.

A smaller version of MIAF - called the Australian International Animation Festival - tours to 5 other cities around Australia.

Flash Competition 05
Faculty of Information Technology
Monash University.

This years Flash Competition is directed towards year 10 and 11 students currently enrolled in High School in the State of Victoria Australia (Students in other secondary years are also welcome to apply).

This years competition has many major prizes.

Entries close June 6th 2005

please refer to this website for more information

http://www.multimedia.monash.edu.au/

The Australian Effects & Animation Festival Melbourne program will feature some of the highest profile cinema releases of this calendar year, complemented by cutting edge Australian case studies and expert sessions in animation and visual effects. Melbourne's Act3Animation goes behind the making of its two latest 3D short films, PINATA and ANAKA, produced for Tantalus Interactive with the assistance of Film Victoria. Additionally, the event will look the new feature film VALIANT fro Vanguard. Plus, the festival will feature the MTV Oz Music Video Awards. For more information, visit www.dmw.com.au/html/aeaf.htm.

1st Reef 2 Beach Surf, Bruce Palmer Surfboards, Video Comp
Entry Deadline: 20th November 2005

Reef 2 Beach Surf want you to make a surf-related video of no more than 3 1/2 minutes duration. The video must be in DVD format and can be serious, documentary style, humour, or music video, or any other sort you like, even animation. There is no limit to the number of entries, enter as many times as you like.
First prize is a Bruce Palmer surfboard and all videos will be considered for inclusion on a DVD.

All details are online at http://www.reef2beachsurf.com

The Digital Media Festival hosts Australia

The BSIT 3rd year Exhibition 2005 is a high quality exhibition of work produced by graduating students of the Bachelor of Multimedia Systems. The Exhibition will be open to the Multimedia industry, Secondary school students and the general public.

Location
The BMW Edge at Federation Square, Melbourne.

Date & Time
Tuesday November 15th 2005, 9am-5pm (Industry Night 6.30pm-late).

Details
BSIT 3rd year Exhibition 2005 aims to:

To achieve these aims, the BSIT 3rd year Exhibition 2005 one-day program, boasts:

Approximately 80 exhibitors, displaying a range of products including 3D game engine design, 3D video, games, educational CD ROM, interactive multimedia, dynamic web applications, database programming, Flash animation and more.

The Industry Night is invite only, if you are a member of the Multimedia or Education Industry and wish to attend the night please contact Andrew Owen on 03 9903 1411 or andrew.owen@infotech.monash.edu.au.

Bringing together some of the world

Melbourne Underground Film Festival 2006 (MUFF 7) is an independent and underground filmmakers festival. Festival dates have yet to be announced. For more information, visit www.muff.com.au.

The Sydney Film Festival is one of the leading international film festivals. Premiering the hottest films from Australia and around the globe, the festival presents a sophisticated program of more than 300 films, red carpet events, awards nights and masterclasses in a jam-packed 16-day period enjoyed by more than 133,000 film lovers each year. The program celebrates the best of the world's cinema and includes features, short films, animations, documentaries and retrospectives, as well as a series of forums and lectures by local and international industry professionals, critics and academics. In addition, the festival administers the highly regarded Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films, the Urban Cinefile Audience Awards and the FIPRESCI International Critics (F

Tia Kratter joined Pixar Animation Studios in 1993 as a digital painter and worked on Pixar's first feature, Toy Story. Since then she has held the Shader Art Director position on four other films including Cars. Tia will be giving a public lecture on Saturday, July 8 from 3pm, at Australia's premier film school at the Victorian College of the Arts, Melbourne. It will be held in Federation Hall, Grant Street, Southbank. Entry is free, but seats are limited. This event is being sponsored by Simplot as part of the Simplot Masterclass Series.