Spike and Mike, the guys who first brought you Beavis and Butthead, South Park, Rugrats and Wallace & Gromit, are back and ready to unleash their 2002 feature length collection of rude, crude and completely lewd animated short films. Spike and Mike

The Los Angeles Guild of Puppetry
Proudly Presents

The Second Puppet Short Film and Video Festival.


What do fiddle-playing demons, the president of the United States, and a squirrel with genital herpes have in common? The Puppet Short Film and Video Festival! Our underdog puppet protagonists win again and again in this festive journey through the art of puppetry for the screen as a pubescent girl saves the world, Fleece People try to right the injustices of "The Eddie Bauer Massacre," Satan loses a bet, a squirrel emerges triumphant from an ugly breakup, and a coyote and his cornbread buddy discover that friendship is more important than money.

The Puppet Short Film and Video Festival has it all at the beautiful, new Platinum Live cabaret and supper club. The majority of this material is not conventionally available and many films and videos feature terrific work by local puppeteers and filmmakers, as well films from Japan, New York, and Milwaukee.
The evening includes recipients of the Telly Award, the Videographer Award of Excellence, and a Sundance "Best Short" winner. Some of the artists will be on hand for this extraordinary event.
Some material may NOT be suitable for children.

Sunday, May 19, 7:30 p.m. Admission is FREE.

The Feminale is dedicated to showing the work of women in the film industry and offers an international forum for directors, specialist film public, and those who just love film. The following highlights are planned for this year

Do you love comic and cartoon art? Do you love New York City? Do you love June?
Then what could be better than spending a lovely June day in New York City hanging out with other people who love comic and cartoon art and the people that create the art?

Make your plans now for the MOCCA Art Festival!

Sunday, June 23, 2002 -- 10 am until 6 pm.

Puck Building, 293 Lafayette Street, New York City.



Admission is $5 and all entry proceeds will benefit:
MUSEUM OF COMIC AND CARTOON ART



Interested in exhibiting, volunteering and/or attending? Get all the details from the MOCCA Art Festival website:
http://www.moccany.org/events./html



Or call the MOCCA Art Festival hotline: 212-696-7945

The MoCCA Art Festival, benefiting the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, a non-profit organization dedicated to providing public education through display of all forms of comic and cartoon art, is bringing together over 200 creators, publishers, art dealers, art organizations and other professionals to showcase a vast array of artwork and products.

WHAT: The MoCCA Art Festival will unveil a wide range of comic and cartoon art from original artwork to limited edition prints, posters, three-dimensional art, graphic novels, comics, cartoons, and animation. The fun-filled event also includes one-on-one conversations with favorite artists, as well as raffles for original art, autographed books, prints and much more!

Open to the public, suggested donation $5.

The International Paris/Berlin festival is a transdisciplinary action, favoring contemporary creation in different fields: film, video, visual arts and multimedia, to create a meeting space for exchanges between various forms of artistic language and their audiences. By bringing together the diverse mediums of creation and their respective audiences and allowing them to communicate, the Rencontres becomes an open event in which the specificities and links between languages and gazes can emerge within evolving contemporary production.

THE CALL FOR ENTRIES is open for film cycles, 35mm, 16mm, super 8, and video, without any restriction of length or type ; for installation, performance, multimedia and sound creation cycles. Proposals are free, without any limitation of country.

An amazing line-up of demonically possessed cars, man-eating sharks, vengeance-obsessed female assassins and more!! The Festival leads off with a 20th Anniversary screening of STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (which will sell out - tickets are going fast), featuring in-person appearances by director Nicholas Meyer and actors Walter Koenig & George Takei. This year's series includes L.A. premiere screenings of COWBOY BEBOP: THE MOVIE, based on the hit anime series; the sensual Japanese swordfest PRINCESS BLADE; the astounding British werewolf movie DOG SOLDIERS; insane yakuza/zombie action flick VERSUS; and USHER, the first new film from director Curtis Harrington (NIGHT TIDE, GAMES) in over 15 years! Sponsored by A & E Home Video, a special highlight of the Festival will be an in-person tribute to British fantasy/sci-fi pioneer Gerry Anderson (born 1929), who used his delightful "SuperMarionation" process to create a rocket-fueled world of supercars, sinister aliens and ingenious scientists in classic TV series like "Thunderbirds," "Space: 1999," and "Captain Scarlet & The Mysterons." And if you missed the wonders in our Alexander Ptushko series last May, check out THE STONE FLOWER, VIY, SADKO and THE NEW GULLIVER - from this Russian special effects pioneer.

The 14th International Film Festival of Wales takes place in Wales' capital city, Cardiff in November. In 2001 the festival attracted over six and a half thousand visitors in eight days to watch over forty feature films and over a hundred short films. It is truly an international festival presenting world, European and Welsh premieres; the latest new films from other international festivals and providing a platform for the work of the local film production sector.

Animation is a major feature of the festival and over two days a 'festival within a festival' is created in the UGC cinema showcasing the latest animation techniques; the work of star animators and interesting new international animation films.

The festival has two prestigious awards: the FilmFour Audience Award, voted by the audience for their favourite film of the festival; and the DM Davies Award, the largest short film prize in Europe which launched the careers of Justin Kerrigan (Human Traffic) and Sara Sugarman (Very Annie Mary). Daniel Mulloy, the 2001 winner is certainly a new talent to watch.

The festival takes over the top floor of the city centre UGC cinema for the duration. The setting is stunning, with panoramic views over the city - an ideal venue for corporate entertainment events. During festival week there's a real buzz : there are pre-screening drinks; parties and plenty of discussion in the late night festival bar.

BAAF 2002 will take place over Labor Day Weekend (August 30 to September 2) Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

The Big Apple Anime Fest is proud to be the Red and Black sponsor of Anime Expo New York in 2002. BAAF and AXNY will both take place over Labor Day Weekend in Times Square, New York City, and will be working together to bring anime fans the biggest and most exciting anime party of the year. In addition to all of your favorite Anime Expo video screenings, dealer rooms, and live events, look forward to many unique BAAF events taking place at the same time.

BAAF's official hotel will also be the Marriott Marquis in Times Square, so please make all hotel and exhibitor hall reservations through AXNY. Keep checking out both of our websites for updated info. (www.bigappleanimefest.com, www.axny.org)

The BAAF 2002 Film Festival will be showcasing new and classic anime title feature films throughout the weekend. This event gives anime fans a chance to watch their favorite titles on a large screen in a theatre atmosphere. Having established itself last year as the largest anime film festival in America, the BAAF 2002 Film Festival will feature premieres, retrospectives and special guest appearances.

he San Juan Animation Festival invites all animators from around the world to submit an example of their work to largest event of its kind in the Caribbean. This is a non-competitive event which offers the opportunity to all animators to show their work to media professionals, production companies, advertising agencies, television networks and movie producers from the Latin American Market that will be attending the four day event.

There is no registration fee and every participant is guaranteed that its work is going to be shown to the assistants. Just send the complete registration form included on the web page and send us a sample of your work in a VHS (High Speed, NTSC). Animation schools and students from all over the world are encouraged to send in submissions and all participants will receive a participation certificate and a free T-shirt. The event is sponsored by the San Juan City Government and the local industry.