The 4th annual 2011 Machinima Expo (MachinExpo) will take place on the weekend of the 19th and 20th November 2011 in the virtual world of Second Life™ (www.secondlife.com) and live on the web (www.machinima-expo.com). The Festival celebrates the art of Machinima, which is 3D animation created in real-time. The MachinExpo will feature screenings, panel discussions, interviews and opportunities to meet and learn from machinima filmmakers all over the world.

191 machinima films were submitted to this year’s Expo. Four films will be selected by a handpicked jury, One film will win the Grand prize and 3 will win Jury prizes. The prizes will be announced during the weekend events. A selection of the other submitted films will be screened during the expo as well as the week running up (and the week after) to the event. All films will stream 24/7 at the Expo web portal (www.machinima-expo.com).

There is no cost to attend the Expo either within Second Life or to watch via the live steam web portal. If you’ve never been to Second Life before, we recommend you download the free software and try it out before you attend.

The weekend event is being sponsored by Muvizu (www.muvizu.com), Reallusion (www.reallusion.com) and the machinima filmmaker Anim8tor Cathy (www.undisclosedstudio.com). They all have made generous donations to help provide with the running costs and prizes at this year’s Machinima Expo.

Earlier this year, it was announced that the MachinExpo is collaborating with the New Media Film Festiva (www.newmediafilmfestival.com), a real-life festival taking place in Los Angeles in May 2012, the Expo’s films selected by the screening jury will be also screened at the New Media Film Festival.

For more information see http://blog.machinima-expo.com/ and http://www.newmediafilmfestival.com/

Universidad ORT Uruguay, organizer of FIA'11, is pleased to invite animators, producers and specially students and graduates of animation schools to present works to be selected for an exhibition and subsequent awarding between the 17th and the 18th October 2011 in Montevideo, Uruguay.

What Is New York Comic Con?

New York Comic Con is the East Coast's biggest and most exciting popular culture convention. Our show floor plays host to the latest and greatest in comics, graphic novels, anime, manga, video games, toys, movies, and television. Our panels and autograph sessions give fans a chance to interact with their favorite creators. Our screening rooms feature sneak peeks at films and television shows months before they hit either big or small screens. And with dedicated professional hours, New York Comic Con is a market place, bringing together the major players in the entertainment industry. New York Comic Con is the second largest pop culture convention in America and the only one that takes place in the comic book, publishing, media, and licensing capital of the world -- Gotham City.

Frankfurt Book Fair 2011: Rethink. Renew.

Are you inquisitive? Are you eager to hear about new ideas? New content? New perspectives? Are your curious to learn about trends and technologies that can help you enter new markets? Do you want to meet business partners from over 100 countries around the world, interested in discovering your products?

Be one of the over 280,000 inquisitive book and media professionals who come to Frankfurt in October to draft, write and rewrite the next chapter of the publishing industry. The interest in all new things is the energy that drives us all to gather here every year - to rethink. And to renew contacts, plans, and perspectives.

Keep asking questions! We look forward to seeing you in October!

The Frankfurt Book Fair is a meeting place for the industry’s experts. Be they publishers, booksellers, agents, film producers or authors - each year in October, they all come together and create something new.

The Frankfurt Book Fair is the most important marketplace for books, media, rights and licences worldwide. More than 7,300 exhibitors from 100 countries, 299,000 visitors and over 10,000 journalists

Grow your business, expand your network, build bridges into the future and make new discoveries: digital content, the vibrant publishing landscape of the Guest of Honour and interesting information about the most important markets worldwide. One thing is certain: at the Frankfurt Book Fair you will have more access to current trends than anywhere else.

Tradition and future: the history of the Frankfurt Book Fair

The history of the Frankfurt Book Fair dates back to the 15th century, when Johannes Gutenberg first invented movable type - only a few kilometres down the road from Frankfurt.

Frankfurt remained the central and undisputed European book fair city through to the 17th century. In the course of political and cultural upheaval, in the 18th century Leipzig then came to play the part.

In 1949, that early Frankfurt book fair tradition was given a new lease of life: 205 German exhibitors assembled on Sept. 18-23 in Frankfurt's Paulskirche for the first post-War book fair.

Almost 60 trade-fair years later, the Frankfurt Book Fair is the largest of its kind in the world - and the hallmark for global activities in the field of culture.

With year-round services and information offerings for the international trade, the Frankfurt Book Fair has thus emerged as the world-wide market place for ideas - 365 days a year.

Córdoba International Animation Festival - ANIMA, is both an academic and cultural event, devoted specifically to animation in its artistic and technological dimensions. ANIMA merges the energy, enthusiasm and joy of an Animation Festival with the scientific aspects of a Conference. Held every odd year since 2001, ANIMA is the main animation event in Argentina and a very influential player in its field in Latin America and the Caribbean.

 

ANIMA is no ordinary event. Its main objective is to gather creative individuals devoted to the art and craft of animation into a meeting point where all discussion and exchange can be directed into the scope of animation, in its many dimensions of analysis: as artistic expression, as cultural industry, as educational resource, as corpus for research, etc… Or just as fun!

The Festival is open to animation films of every genre, topic, format and screening media (film, video, television, Internet). Special interest is granted to those works where the filmmaker’s expressive intention stands out from marketing requirements; and also to school productions. Participation is open for artists all over the world, with special interest in those from Latin America. There is no limit in the number of works an author can send, but a separate Entry Form must be completed for each work, and shipping instructions must be respected.

There is no entry fee.

Categories
Feature Animation Animated films over 50 minutes running time.
Animated Stories Animated shorts with a strong narrative profile.
Themes and Rhythms Animated shorts with a strong experimental and/or abstract interest.
Music Video
Animated TV Series for children
Animated TV Series for adults
Advertising Animation

Cartoon Forum Polska

Where projects come to life…13-16 September 2011, Sopot (Poland)

The Cartoon Forum is neither a fair nor a festival, but rather a European co-production forum for TV and new platforms animation.

750 delegates each year, including 240 buyers60 animation projects to be pitched A unique networking place: sightseeing tours, Welcome and Farewell DinnersEfficiency of the formula: +430 series financed since 1990

The 22nd Cartoon Forum will take place from 13-16 September 2011 in Sopot, Poland, a modern and lively seaside city near the historical city of Gdańsk.

The European Forum for Co-productions of Animated TV series, Cartoon Forum

Every year, since 1990, over 700 professionals, including 250 potential investors, 350 producers, 60 journalists and 40 public funding bodies attend the Cartoon Forum.

The 250 “buyers” include over 100 broadcasters and 150 investors who have the advantage of getting a sneak preview of the latest animation projects for television from the European Union countries.

The Cartoon Forum is neither a fair nor a festival, but rather a co-production forum, where European producers can negotiate financing for new animation projects. The Forum combines trailer presentations, working sessions and business meetings with opportunities for socialising and sightseeing: the relaxed setting of the Cartoon Forum has become an intrinsic element for the whole European animation industry.

The purpose of the Cartoon Forum is to foster co-productions and accelerate financial arrangements. The Cartoon Forum allows co-productions to be finalised, pre-buys agreed, negotiation of distribution agreements, options discussed on every type of right, and licensing of secondary rights.

Over 300 projects, with a total budget of more than 1.000 million EUR, presented at the Cartoon Forum have secured their financing and are now in production or already broadcasted worldwide.

IBC is the premier annual event for professionals engaged in the creation, management and delivery of entertainment and news content worldwide. Attracting 48,000+ attendees from more than 140 countries, IBC combines a highly respected and peer-reviewed conference with an exhibition that exhibits more than 1,300 leading suppliers of state of the art electronic media technology and provides unrivalled networking opportunities.

Visitors can expect to learn about the developments which are shaping the industry, interact with the latest technology, experience world first demonstrations and do business in a professional and supportive environment. IBC is the event not to be missed for everyone involved in the world of content creation, management and delivery.

Conference 8 – 13 September 2011

Exhibition 9 – 13 September 2011

RAI Amsterdam

 

Silicon Valley Film Festival - International Awards

The Second Annual Film Festival Accepting submissions under 8 categories, Internationally and judges from International Countires. The real prestigious Awar

Best Short Film We accept shorts of lengths, styles and genres, including DOCUMENTARY shorts and ANIMATED films. Films can also be shot in any format or media as long as the submitted format is on DVD, in which we ultimately screen from. We try to put as few limits on the filmmakers as possible. Time limit: Under 30 minutes in length. Best Music Video This film section is one of the most exciting during our festival. Time limit: Under 10 minutes in length. Best Documentary Documentary films under 30 minutes. Best Animation Animated short films under 30 min in length Best Innovation & Entrepreneurship Film Best initiative film that emphasis , inspires, promotes Innovation & entrepreneurship Best Green Earth Film Best initiative film that emphasis a Green Earth. Best Vision of the Future Predict the future World. The most possible and accurate visionary film wins the 'Best Vision of the Future - Silicon Valley Award' Best Film By SVFF AUDIENCE 'Best film chosen by all the attendees of Silicon Valley Film Festival '

Upcoming Workshops and Events coming to LAAFA! We have a lot of amazing talented artists stopping by.  Take a peek.

2011 4th Seoul Digital Media City Culture Open
DMC International
Seoul Digital Media Content International Festival
Sep. 29th, 2011 ~ Oct. 12th, 2011 Digital Media City in Seoul, Korea

DMC International (Digital Media Content International Festival)
DMC International is an international competition to promote the innovative uses of new media technologies for the digital audiovisual content and art works. DMC International values a critical perspective on contemporary developments in media, and it focuses on the projects for future media environment, where media, art and technology intersect.

KGIT, in conjunction with Seoul City and media industries in DMC, is organizing ‘DMC International’ and hoping to establish the global community.

Seoul, Korea
South Korea is among the world’s most technologically advanced countries and Seoul, the capital city, is widely known as the tech capital of the world. South Korean culture is also gaining significant popularity throughout the world. Technology and culture have become one of the major capitals of the country.

Digital Media City of Seoul
Located in a gateway to the northwestern region of Seoul, Digital Media City (DMC) is a state-of-the-art digital media and entertainment cluster, established by Seoul City Government. DMC, where KGIT(Korean German Institute of Technology) is located, is the high-tech complex, housing all of the major broadcasting companies, film industries, entertainment businesses, leading IT companies and Telco.

CALL FOR ENTRIES Submission deadline: August 31th, 2011

CATEGORIES
CATEGORY I: NEW-TV COMPETITION (4 sections)
· YOU-TV        : Media Content produced with Mobile Devices, DSLRs, or other personal devices
· I-TV             : Media Content produced for Smart TV and IPTV
· 3D-TV          : 3D stereoscopic videos
· VFX-TV         : Media content produced by the integration of live-action footage and CGI, Motion Graphics or Animation.
CATEGORY II: ART + TECH COMPETITION (2 sections)
·  DIGITAL MEDIA ART : Digital media art works which utilizes a variety of advanced media technology including but not limited to interactive technology, AR, physical computing, and/or robotics.
·  MEDIA FAÇADE : Single channel and interactive content in order to be performed in various media façades in DMC area.      

AWARDS  - THE INTERNATIONAL JURY GIVES OVER THE FOLLOWING AWARDS IN COMPETITION
· Best Award in each category accompanied with cash prize of $2,000 USD
· More awards given by the festival’s sponsoring companies.

IMPORTANT DATES
· Submission Dates:  Aug. 1st, 2011 ~ Aug. 31st, 2011
· Screening and Exhibition:  Sep. 29th, 2011 ~ Oct. 12th, 2011 KGIT Center and vicinity in DMC, Seoul, Korea
· Notification of acceptance for the screening and exhibition:  no later than Sep. 7th, 2011
· Awards Announcement Ceremony: Sep. 30th, 2011 5pm at KGIT Research Center 4th fl. Cinema Hall

SUBMISSION
Online and Mail Received during Aug. 1st, 2011 ~ Aug. 31st, 2011
For submission guideline and entry form, visit the official website (www.dmc-i.org)

CONTACT

Information: +82.10.3050.9905 or +82.10.6268.7534, kgit.dmci@gmail.com
Festival Office:
1601 Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu,
KGIT Research Center #1324
Digital Media City,
Seoul, South Korea (Korean Postal Code 121-270)