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.

The 2008 San Diego International Children's Film Festival opens July 27 on Kids Day at Comic-Con International at the San Diego Convention Center, presented by Comic-Con International. Comic-Con International is the largest comic book and popular-culture convention in the world, hosting more than 120,000 visitors over four days. The festival continues all day Aug. 9 and 10 at the Museum of Photographic Arts in Balboa Park. At the festival, we will screen more than 100 short films from around the world made for children and teens - animation, live-action and documentary. The short films are screened in one-hour blocks, clustered for different age groups, and include Q&A sessions with attending filmmakers. We will also offer animation workshops. If you would like to submit your film, send an e-mail to sdchildrensfilm@cox.net asking for an entry form.

The Brainwash Movie Festival, the original Drive-In, Bike-In, Walk-In outdoor festival, is accepting entries of shorts and feature movies for this year's edition. The festival will also be showing some of the best of more than 500 movies in the Brainwash catalog from shows over the past 13 years. Many of the Brainwash selections chosen for their daring and uncompromising style will never be seen on television or in other more restrictive venues. It will take place at the Alliance for West Oakland Development Parking Lot, 1357 5th St. at Mandela Parkway, Oakland, California. Early entry deadline is April 15, "on time" entry deadline is May 1 and late entry deadline is May 10. For further information, visit BrainwashM.com.

Comic-Con International is the largest gathering of comic book, science fiction, film and television fans in the nation. Featuring celebrity guests, seminars on breaking into filmmaking and near 24-hour film retrospectives. Comic-Con is the place for fans of all things pop culture. For more information, visit www.comic-con.org.

The 23rd Israel Film Festival, the largest showcase of Israeli films in the United States, will screen 60 Israeli features, documentaries and award-winning student films, including 13 U.S., West Coast and Los Angeles premieres, in Los Angeles from June 12-26, 2008. In honor of Israel's 60th anniversary, the festival will host an unprecedented retrospective of classic Israeli movies, including all seven Israeli films nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. The Gala Awards Dinner, on Wednesday, June 11 at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, will include IFF Award Presentations to Jeffrey Berg (Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Creative Management, Inc.), Kirk Douglas (Academy Award-winning actor, noted producer and best-selling author), Menahem Golan (one of the most significant Founding Fathers of the Israeli film industry), Carl Reiner (the quintessential man of comedy) and Rob Reiner (actor, director, producer). For the first time ever, a portion of funds raised from the Gala will support scholarships for Israeli students to study cinema in six major film schools in Israel. The festival's opening night on June 12 at the Cinerama Dome at the ArcLight Hollywood will be the U.S. premiere of THE SECRETS, directed by Avi Nesher and starring Fanny Ardant, Ania Bukstein and Michal Shtamler. A reception with the director and guest filmmakers from Israel will follow. The spotlight premiere screening of NOODLE, directed by Ayelet Menahemi and starring Mili Avital, will be screened on June 14 at Laemmle's Royal Theatre. All other films in the Festival will screen at three locations: Laemmle's Sunset 5 (Sunset Blvd. at Crescent Heights); Laemmle's Royal Theatre (11523 Santa Monica Blvd. in West Los Angeles); and Laemmle's Fallbrook 7 (5731 Fallbrook Avenue, San Fernando Valley). The films are in Hebrew with English subtitles. To purchase tickets for screenings, including the retrospective, events or for further information, call 1-877-966-5566 or visit www.israelfilmfestival.com. Tickets are available for advance purchase online and at theatre box offices beginning May 30. Ticket prices are: $11 for general admission, $9 for senior citizens (62 and older), children (younger 12) and students with proper ID. Weekday matinees (shows before 6 p.m.) are $8 for all filmgoers. A festival pass (buy five, get one free) is available for $55 (restrictions apply -- vouchers must be exchanged at the box office a half-hour prior to show time and are not available for sold-out screenings). Tickets for Opening Night Screening and Reception are $60. Tickets for Spotlight Premiere Screening are $18. Tickets for the Gala Awards Dinner at The Beverly Hilton Hotel are $350 a seat (to purchase Gala Awards Dinner tickets, contact robin@lpaevents.com). The co-chairs of the 2008 Israel Film Festival are Amy Pascal, Co-Chairman, Sony Pictures Ent. and Chairman, Sony Pictures Ent. Motion Picture Group, and Arnon Milchan, Owner/Founder, Regency Enterprises. With films ranging from cinema verite and comedies to thought-provoking, powerful dramas and documentaries, the festival will highlight Israel's culturally rich landscape overflowing with filmmakers who have produced remarkable movies.

Industry professionals are invited to attend the next Portfolio Review show for The Art Institute of California-Orange County, scheduled for Wednesday, June 11.

This free recruiting and networking event will be held at:
Extreme Indoor Karting
1670 Sunflower Ave
Costa Mesa, California 92626 USA

Employers, recruiters, and other design professionals are invited to stop by between 4 and 7 p.m. to meet the new talent graduating from The Art Institute.

Portfolios and demo reels on display will showcase the work of graduates in the following in programs:

--Advertising
--Culinary Arts
--Culinary Management
--Game Art & Design
--Graphic Design
--Industrial Design
--Interior Design
--Media Arts & Animation
--Web Design & Interactive Media

RSVP by emailing your name, job title, and company to Cassie Ehrenberg: cehrenberg@aii.edu.

The 2008 MoCCA (Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art) Art Festival will take place the weekend of June 7-8 at the historic Puck Building (293 Lafayette Street at Houston) in downtown Manhattan's famed SoHo arts district. The festival will be open to the public from 11:00 am to 6:00 pm both days. Admission starts at $10/day or $15/weekend but is only $10/weekend for MoCCA members. The MoCCA Art Festival, held each June since 2002, annually brings together cartoon and comics artists, writers, publishers, collectors and thousands more -- from the most hardcore enthusiasts to the merely curious - to see and peruse an incredibly wide range of contemporary comic and cartoon artworks. The festival also presents a full two-day slate of interesting and informative lecture/discussion panels featuring artists, publishers, scholars and other experts. For more information, visit the museum's website (www.moccany.org) or their page on My Space (www.myspace.com/moccany).

By hosting the second edition of Dimension3 Festival during four days at Espace des Arts, Chalon-sur-Saone in France becomes the European capital of 3-D, with an exceptional collection of images You will be able to witness film previews, exclusive screenings and original images! All program formats will be represented, with contents of all types (feature films, animated films, documentaries, corporate films, theme park attractions, concerts ). Events will kick off on June 2, during the festival's opening night, with the projection of the legendary concert U23D, a history-making film on U2's world tour. The producer, Steve Schklair, will be present. Do not miss the screenings of Disney's concert film HANNAH MONTANA/MILEY CYRUS: BEST OF BOTH WORLDS CONCERT TOUR, and of SCAR 3D, the first horror film shot in digital 3-D. Travel across the world and discover the New-Zealand Alps, with AORAKI MOUNT COOK: THE GUARDIAN (to be released in New Zealand on May 31 2008). And the documentary 3-D SUN will show you the Sun as seen from outside the Earth's orbit, a first in human history. Dimension3 Festival, a one-of-a-kind public event dedicated to 3-D images, is organized as a part of Dimension 3 Expo, the second international forum on 3-D images. A public area, Dimension3 Experience, will be hosted next to the festival; it will include an exhibition on the history of 3-D, 3-D images, from the origins to the future, as well as an area offering information and entertainment on new display, filming and game technologies partnership: Nicephore Niepce Museum, UP3D Association, Cerberus 3D, Holocube, Tridimax,Visu Motion and Irelem. Find all details related to this event, as well as a program of the festival, at www.dimension3-expo.com.

The Art Institute of California-San Francisco is proud to present its second annual Animation Festival. The festival is no charge and open to the public. This entertaining hour-long program showcases the school's best animated works by students, alumni and faculty. This year's festival will feature the world premiere of short films by the first graduating class of the Master of Fine Arts in Computer Animation program. Time: 7-8 p.m. Location: Herbst Theater, 401 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, California, 94102, USA.

Screening more than 100 animated short films in two days in six separate shows. Tickets are $10 per show at the Giggleshorts Theatre in Toronto. Submit animated shorts (less than 15 minutes long) at www.giggleshorts.com.