ASIFA-Hollywood is presenting a screening of Hollywood Cartoons in Technicolor, hosted by animation historian Jerry Beck. The show will feature rare 16 mm prints of classic cartoons, one from each Hollywood cartoon studio during the golden age of animation. Each cartoon is complete, uncut in vivid 3-strip IB Technicolor. You cannot see this on TV, video or anywhere else! The event will begin at 7:30 pm. The entry fee will be US$2 for members and $5 for non-members. Seating is limited.

ASIFA-Hollywood is presenting a screening of DePatie Freleng, hosted by Mike Kazaleh. This special presentation will feature the early, first films of DePatie Freleng (1963-67); The studio

Edward Bakst is the international animation department chair at Rocky Mountain College of Art & Design (RMCAD) and the founding president of ASIFA-Colorado. At the event, he will announce the upcoming ASIFA-Colorado events and guest speakers, present his own award-winning animation and discuss creative goals behind his work. He will also address objectives that animation professionals, students and the art community must strive for, and how these issues are vital to the local animation arena, commercial or independent. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. at RMCAD. RSVP by May 14, 2001.

This two-hour program includes the four winners and eight finalists in the first annual Skyy Vodka Short Film Award competition. The event was programmed by the American Cinematheque and juried by: Interview magazine film critic Graham Fuller; Sundance short film programmer Trevor Groth; Skyy Vodka founder Maurice Kanbar; director Doug Liman; director Luis Mandoki; American Cinematheque director Barbara Smith and Premiere magazine editor Anne Thompson. Films competed in four categories: fiction, non-fiction, animation and

The School of Film/Video will feature student animation works from their Experimental Animation Program during the school

The Industry Preview screening of ECIAD's animation works will take place May 4, 2001 from 7 - 9 pm in the South Bldg. Lecture Theater (room 328), 1400 Johnston St., Granville Island, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Tel.: (604) 844-3800; or E-mail: lbishko@eciad.bc.ca. Time Base, a presentation of new works by graduating ECIAD students of the School of Media Arts, will be screened on May 9 - 10, 2001, 7 pm, at Tinseltown Cinemas, 88 W. Pender St., Vancouver, BC, Canada. Animated works will be screened on May 10. Advance tickets are available from April 30 to May 4, 2001 at Granville Island Toy Co., Can$7.00 each, or Can$12.00 for both nights. Information line: (604) 844-3075.

WigglyWorld presents a full week of great works of direct animation (cameraless filmmaking). Guest curator, direct animator and instructor Devon Damonte has been making direct motion picture graphics on 16mm and 35mm film for fifteen years. WORKSHOPS include: Saturday, May 5 and Saturday, May 12: Hand-Made Animation Workshop, an in-depth, hands-on two-part workshop exploring practical methods for experimenting with hand-made film; and Tuesday, May 8: Navigating The Festival Circuit - How can media artists make sense of the ever-increasing numbers of film festivals? SCREENINGS include: Friday and Saturday, May 4-5: MASTERWORKS: Visionary works from the past by Len Lye, Norman McClaren, Stan Brakhage, Harry Smith, Rose Bond and Barbel Neubauer. Plays Friday @ 7pm; Saturday @ 9pm; CURRENTS: New work in Direct Animation by Stan Brakhage, Richard Reeves, Sandra Gibson, Thad Povey and the Scratch Film Junkies, Don Best, Barbel Neubauer, Rena Del Pieve Gobi, Rock Ross and Thorsten Fleisch. Plays Friday @ 9pm; Saturday @ 7pm. Saturday and Sunday, May 5-6: ERE ERERA BALEIBU ICIK SUBUA ARVAREN, the legendary, rarely seen abstract animated epic handmade feature masterpiece by Basque genius Jose Antonio Sistiaga. Plays Saturday @ 5pm. And Sunday, May 6: DEVON DAMONTE w/GROUP LOOP. Devon presents a whirlwind tour of his own collage, hand-colored, photocopied, and scratched. Audience members will participate in making a "group loop" during the show. Plays Sunday only @ 7 & 9pm. The event will happen at the Little Theatre, 608 - 19th Avenue East (and Mercer), in Seattle.

Sharon Katz' new short, THE ANGEL'S FOOT CAKE / DER FUS TORT premieres April 29, 2001 at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. THE ANGEL'S FOOT CAKE is a raucous modern Yiddish tale accompanied by Klezmer music. For more information on Sharon Katz' work, including her previous short, HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANNAH

The School of Film/Video will feature student animation works from their Character Animation Program during the school

The School of Film/Video will feature student animation works from their Character Animation Program during the school