Enjoy an evening of fun & entertainment as local area artists share their latest animation shorts. Jezebel's Joint: 510 Larkin Street, San Francisco, between Eddy & Turk. August 27th, 2002 7:00 p.m. pizza appetizers will be available at 6:30 and drinks are available to purchase at the bar. No one under 21 is allow as this is being held in a bar.

The 1st Annual "Urban 2 Suburban Film Fest Show" is a Film/Performing arts festival geared to bring talent together under one roof despite geographical and artistic contrast. The event will be hosted by independent production company Raised Around It...Ent. and will feature local and not so local filmmakers, animators, media talent, visual, special invited guest, recording and spoken word artist. The event will take place at 7:00 pm at the Top floor, which is located on the Corner of Harford Avenue and Hamilton Avenue. The entrance is on Hamilton Avenue. 5440 Harford Road (on the third Floor), Baltimore, MD 21214. Tickets are $10. For more info, call (443) 756-3337 or visit www.grasshopperphilms.com/u2s.html.

Barton Films in collaboration with Gorostilanda is organizing the 1st Bizkala International Animated Film Festival. The film festival will be a celebration of both short and full-length animated films. For more information, contact tel: +944352848, fax: +944352849 or e-mail: gorostilanda@gorostilanda.e.telefonica.net.

The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood will present the 1st Festival of Japanese Anime from May 2-14, 2003. It features a cross-section of the newest and most challenging work from Japan, including the U.S. premieres of THE CAT RETURNS, the mondo-insane TAMALA2010 A PUNK CAT IN SPACE, the lovely fable PRINCESS ARETE, the long-awaited three-part anthology film MEMORIES, and Miramax Films

1st Goyang International Children

As part of the 10th anniversary of the mega Dubai Shopping Festival, the First International Animation Celebration Day will screen 200 animation films from U.S., Europe, Asia and the Middle East and will also showcase the international variety and quality of expertise involved in the making of animated films. With an interesting assortment of recent films, as well as retrospectives and historical ones, the event is tailored to appease the taste of all film-lovers across the age barrier.

An added interesting feature of the festivities will be the workshops being organized on how to make animation films. Expert Egyptian (Imprint) and Emirates (Emaritoons) based studios will train visitors in producing 2D and 3D animation, clay animation and puppets animation during the six-day celebrations. An art gallery will also be displaying paintings portraying the history of the animation industry in the world.

The First International Animation Films Celebration in Dubai, one of DSF

The goal of Hida International Animation Festival of Folktales and Fables 'The 2nd Animation Contest of Folktales and Fables' is to unearth promising animation artists in order to support them in their future endeavors. The contest will offer a place for animation artists to display their works as well as an opportunity to exchange ideas and techniques with other artists. The theme is for animated works created in a story-like format that correspond to folktales, fables, myths, legends and folkways that are conceived in nature or lifestyle, of the Hida. Any regions in the world are invited to enter this contest. Original animation works based on modern-day interpretations are also welcome. All entries must have a screening time that does not exceed 30 minutes, be completed within the last four years (since January 1st 2002), clearance for all music and characters and does not contain content that violates public order on standards and decency. Animations that have already been released either domestically or internationally are still eligible as well as entries that have received past awards at other festivals are also eligible. In such a case, documentation certifying each respective event date is required. First prize will win 4 billion Turkish lira, second place 3 billion, third place 1 billion and three special prize winners will received 500 million. For more information, visit www.folklorkurumu.org.

The Animation Council of the Philippines, Inc. (ACPI) in coordination with the Center for International Trade Expositions and Missions (CITEM), The French Embassy Manila, and the Japan Foundation Manila, is organizing the 1st Philippine International Animation Festival, with exhibits and business seminars at the EDSA Shangri-La Hotel, and creative workshops and film screening at SM Megamall. The festival's objective is to showcase the talents of local animators to both the local and international markets and provide a venue for possible business ventures and co-production agreements between international studios and local animation houses. The festival shall be held concurrently with the country's premiere information technology outsourcing event, E-Services Philippines: 4th IT Outsourcing Conference and Exhibition at the EDSA Shangri-La Manila Hotel. For further details, call +63 2 8185019 or +63 2 8185020, or fax +63 2 8185005.

The Egyptian Theater is hosting a 7:30 pm screening of 20,000 LEAGUES UNDER THE SEA (1954, Disney, 127 min.). Director Richard Fleischer's most beloved film captures both the childlike sense of awe and the more sober nature of Jules Verne's classic novel: James Mason is the perfect Captain Nemo, an idealistic intellectual, but fanatical anti-war crusader using his futuristic submarine to sink the battleships of every nation. When he picks up salty dog Kirk Douglas, scientist Paul Lukas and faithful valet Peter Lorre, after sinking the warship on which they were passengers, the adventure begins. Academy Award-winning art direction and special effects highlight this surprisingly adult Disney fantasy. For more information, visit www.americancinematheque.com.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will take audiences on a special behind-the-scenes journey into the making of 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY during a program hosted by special effects pioneer Douglas Trumbull and actor Tom Hanks, on Wednesday, May 21, at 8 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. Presented by the Academy's Science and Technology Council, "2001 in 2008: A Cinematic Odyssey" will feature never-before-seen images of and an onstage discussion about the technology used in the making of Stanley Kubrick's Academy Award-winning sci-fi epic. The innovative special effects tools and techniques to be presented in the program include the Slit-Scan machine, the "Sausage Factory" device, the Jupiter machine and the front projection process, all of which were used in the production of the film. Trumbull was one of four photographic effects supervisors on the set when filming began in December 1965 at MGM British Studios in Borehamwood, England. The film 2001 was Trumbull's first job on a feature film, and working with Kubrick had a profound impact on him and his career. Trumbull recently aided David D. Larson, who has been researching a book on the film's history, in identifying and contextualizing 2001 film items from the Kubrick Archive in London, including original artwork, memos, call sheets, photographs and other artifacts; highlights of these discoveries will be included in "2001 in 2008." Oscar winner and Academy governor Tom Hanks was a junior high school student in Oakland, California, when he saw the film for the first time. Many dozens of viewings later, his interests and artistic choices reflect a continuing passion for this influential work. Complementing the presentation will be a display of representative filming equipment as well as actual items used in the film, including a spacesuit and helmets, on loan from several private collections. Established in 2003 by the Academy's Board of Governors, the Science and Technology Council provides a forum for the exchange of information, promotes cooperation among diverse technological interests within the industry, sponsors publications, fosters educational activities and preserves the history of the science and technology of motion pictures. Tickets to "2001 in 2008: A Cinematic Odyssey" are $5 for the general public and $3 for Academy members and students with a valid ID. Tickets are available for purchase by mail, at the Academy box office, or online at www.oscars.org. Doors open at 7 p.m. All seating is unreserved. The Samuel Goldwyn Theater is located at 8949 Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills. For additional information, visit www.oscars.org or call 310-247-3600.