Freewaves' HollyWould... festival will take place in October 2008, in the perceived world capital of media on Hollywood Boulevard. The festival is looking for interesting works that represent an alternative to mainstream media or directly relate to Hollywood. Selected festival works will be installed in this urban hall of mirrors in screening rooms, art centers, stores, and vacant walls, intersecting with audiences where they live, recreate and shop. Media art works include experimental videos and films (narrative, documentary, art, animation, etc.), cell phone videos, DVDs, websites, simple installations, wifi events, images for moving signs and silent video billboards. Works from the festival will also appear on television and be streamed on the Internet with artists' permission. A competitive selection process will be conducted online by a group of international and local curators with a range of specialties and backgrounds. Submitted work must have been completed after Jan. 1, 2005. Notification of acceptance will be sent in July 2008. Artists will be paid $100 - $200 for selected works. For submission details, online entry form and Hollywood Boulevard photo gallery, see: http://ent.groundspring.org/EmailNow/pub.php?module=URLTracker&cmd=track&j=186297067&u=1873068.

The New York Anime Festival takes place September 26-28, 2008 at the Jacob K. Javits Center in Midtown Manhattan and was organized by Reed Exhibitions, the creators of New York Comic Con. The New York Anime Festival showcases the best of anime pop culture, including the latest anime, manga, Japanese cinema, music, and games, and anime-influenced comics, animation, and films from around the world. The festival features exclusive and extensive screenings, a gala cosplay masquerade, sessions with the some of the biggest names in anime from Japan, Asia, and America, and explores the Japanese cultural experience with displays of both traditional and cutting-edge Japanese life. Further information can be found at www.newyorkanimefestival.com.

The 5th Abuja International Film Festival and Market accepts films in the the following genres -- features, shorts, animation, experimental on video, 16MM, 35MM. There are no entry fees and the deadline for entry submission is June 30, 2008.

The Los Angeles International Children's Film Festival is in September-October 2008. We produce an annual festival of more than 100 short films (animation, live action and documentaries) from around the world made for children and teens, plus animation and filmmaking workshops, at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art and other L.A. venues. Read more about us at www.lachildrensfilm.org If you would like to submit a film, send us an e-mail at lachildrensfilm@cox.net asking for an entry form.

Fantastic Fest is a week-long festival featuring the best in new science-fiction, fantasy, horror, animation, crime, Asian, and all around badass cinema. The event was created to offer exposure to genre films which are often overlooked by the traditional festival circuit. We strive to offer acquisition, media and exhibition opportunities for undistributed films as well as to spotlight upcoming genre theatrical releases and give audiences a chance to see 35mm prints of repertory classics.

Fantastic Fest is held each year at one venue, the Alamo Drafthouse Cinema on South Lamar in Austin, Texas. The Alamo Drafthouse was named the best cinema in America by ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY, and features food and drink served to your seat without any disruption of the movie experience.

During his keynote address at the International Film Festival Summit in Las Vegas, VARIETY president and publisher Charlie Koones listed Fantastic Fest in a list of "10 Film Festivals we Love," which he described as "interesting and exciting" events, not listed in order of importance. In addition to our festival, the list included industry heavy-hitters such as Cannes, Toronto and Telluride.

KLIK! features animated popular culture right along highbrow professional animated art. It bridges the gap that separates the layman and the connoisseur and the beginner and the professional. KLIK! is also a perfect stage for the animation industry to expose itself to a wider audience. It is a festival that is open for initiatives that originated in the marketplace and looks to adapt those into the festival experience, with a special interest in gaming, Web animation and TV series.

KLIK! aspires to showcase animation in the broadest sense of the term, to captivate young and old, newcomer and industry alike.

For more information, check out www.klikamsterdam.nl.

Milano Film Festival was born in 1996 and after 13 years it has always kept his primary aim, that is to spotlight creative and talented young filmmakers from all over the world, remaining independent and offering an event open to everybody. At the same time the festival has "grown up" and got bigger, drawing more and more institutions' attention, from Milan's Municipality to the European Commission. Nowadays Milano Film Festival is an international film festival counting two official competitions, open to feature films and short films, and fourteen out-of-competition seasons. This year's program also includes out-of-competition section focusing on animation and a retrospective in director Terry Gilliam. Gilliam's body of work includes MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL, TWELVE MONKEYS, FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS, THE BROTHERS GRIMM and the in-progress THE IMAGINARIUM OF DOCTOR PARNASSUS, known as late actor Heath Ledger's last uncompleted work. The film is scheduled for a 2009 release and will feature Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law all partially taking over Ledger's role of Tony. Focus on Animation represents a way to get closer to animation films which is gaining more and more interest towards the audience. Short film marathons by night, meetings, seminars and workshops with professionals from the sector and with the biggest animation schools in Europe will introduce festival-goers to the most recent animation films, and to the most innovative techniques and instruments. Delving into traditional styles and techniques, as well as into state-of-the-art technology of this ever-changing art.

The 2008 edition of the AsoloArtFilmFestival will be held in Asolo (Treviso) from August 29 to September 7. AsoloArtFilmFestival upholds the cultural traditions and embodies the concepts established by the Festival Internazionale del Film sull'Arte e di Biografie d'Artista. Created in 1973 by Flavia Paulon, the former Festival enjoyed great international success for over two decades, until it was interrupted in the middle of the '90s. Founded in 2001, AsoloArtFilmFestival also in this edition will offer, after 35 years from its foundation, his annual exhibition with a contest dedicated to films and videos dealing with the topics of art. Since then and every year the Festival is also the stage for the Career Award "Falvia Paulon" and the "Price for Art and Culture" awarding an artist of international success who has left a significant trace on the scene of the contemporary art and cinema scene, both with his/her art and personality. The contest is divided into six sections: --"Films On Art" for works on art; --"Artist's Biographies" for works of historical reconstruction and critical interpretation on personalities from the world of art and music; --"Films On Architecture And Design" for works on architecture, urbanism and design relating to history, movements, main personalities, works and projects; --"Video Art And Computer Art" for works using electronics or computer technologies as a method of direct artistic expression; --"Productions By Schools Of Cinema" related to art and music, produced by schools of cinema, specialized higher education institutes and universities. --"Making Of" for productions related to the productive aspect of a film or other works. Information: www.asolofilmfestival.it Despite our best efforts, it won't be possible to fill in online the entry form of the 27th edition of AsoloArtFilmFestival. Therefore, we kindly ask those of you who are interested in entering the 2008 competition of AsoloArtFilmFestival to submit the registration in the traditional way, printing the regulation and the entry form attached or downloadable at www.asolofilmfestival.it, filling them in completely. The signed entry form and the required material must be sent by regular mail to: AsoloArtFilmFestival, Foresto Vecchio, 8 -31011 Asolo (TV), Italy. We remind you that: the deadline to submit your works is May 31. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause and we thank you for your understanding. For further information don't hesitate to contact us: segreteriartistica@asolofilmfestival.it, Tel +39 0423 1995235-36.

The Woodstock Museum is hosting its 9th film/video festival with the theme of "Freedom." The festival screens completed features, documentaries and shorts in all genres, including animation and digital media, as well as works in progress. All films must be in English or have English subtitles. The early deadline is March 31, the regular deadline is June 30, and the late deadline is July 31, 2008.

For more information, visit www.WoodstockMuseum.org or e-mail hello@WoodstockMuseum.com.

Orlando ACM SIGGRAPH is pleased to present the second annual Eureka! Computer Animation Film Festival. This year's event will be held at the Enzian Theater on Sunday, July 27, 2008. Our inaugural event was a huge success, receiving enthusiastic responses from everyone involved. Entries came from all over the state of Florida and even internationally to have a place in our budding festival. The support of local industry was key in making it a great event; providing entries, donations, prizes and volunteers. As a not-for-profit organization we rely on our community's patronage to continue and grow our endeavor to bring attention to so many talented artists. Orlando SIGGRAPH thanks all those who participated and everyone who attended the event -- we owe our success to you. Now it's time to do it again, and our goal is to make this year's Eureka! event bigger and better. This is an opportunity for the community to showcase the growing talent and prestige of the entire computer graphics industry. It is an opportunity for students and professionals, locally and worldwide, to gain deserved attention for their hard work, dedication and passion. It is a chance for artists to be recognized and a chance for the community and the country to recognize that central Florida is a leader in the industry. We invite and encourage everyone to participate in this year's Eureka! competition. With the support of the community and the industry, we can build this forum to promote the success of individuals, corporations and the community at large.