Professionals in ad art, video game design, maquette creation, and comic book creation are needed to teach small seminars for teen-aged foster youth. Held June 14, 2008, on the Fox Studios lot, this event introduces abused and neglected kids to careers in animation and creative design.

The 18th Annual Society for Animation Studies Conference, held at Trinity University, has a theme

Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival, one of the UK's leading showcases and meeting points for emerging talent, returns to Bristol's harbourside from 18-23 September 2012. Join the festival for six days packed with screenings, workshops, networking, special guests and gala events, with a dazzling programme spanning film, visual art, animation, performance and music.

The full programme is now available online where you can also find delegate passes and tickets on sale. www.encounters-festival.org.uk

In 2007, Filmfest Dresden enters its 19th year. Focusing on short films, the festival promotes the film category that is mostly disregarded by cinemas and television. Since its beginning in 1989, Filmfest Dresden has developed into one of the major short film festivals in Germany. The festival's program reflects the many fold aspects of shorts, including animation and fiction films as well as documentary and experimental films. Within the framework of this year's Filmfest Dresden young animation filmmakers will be offered the unique opportunity of an international exchange between Dresden and Zagreb. For further information, visit www.filmfest-dresden.de.

Launched in 1987, the Singapore International Film Festival sets out to promote film as an artistic medium, provide the opportunity to audiences to view films not otherwise released commercially, create awareness of the finer points of filmmaking through seminars and workshops by overseas professionals, pave the way for a Singapore film industry and provide an international showcase for Asian Cinema.

The Singapore International Film Festival (SIFF) is an annual film event, which screens about 300 films from more than 45 countries. Besides screening award winning and critically acclaimed films, we also organize workshops, seminars and exhibitions on filmmaking for the film students and the film industry.

The Festival is recognized by international film critics for its programming and focus on Asian Cinema and has a platform for new Singapore films and a window to South East Asian films. Many festival programmers and critics attend our Festival to discover new Asian talents. Tributes to the SIFF have been organized by the Cine Vegas Film Festival and the European Institute of Cinema.

For more information, visit www.filmfest.org.sg/.

The Abuja International Film Festival would afford the Abuja auephiles an opportunity to experience a feast of top films from around the world; fresh films with cutting edge approaches to the cinematic art of storytelling, most of which are proudly, premiere screenings in Nigeria.

The festival is a four-day event with workshops and panel discussion featuring local and international filmmakers. Abuja has over the course of the last one-year demonstrated positive moves towards stimulating the film industry in this city and in this region.
The festival thus has an expanded program of panel discussions and workshops, an ambit of screening venues, the enriching presence of filmmakers, and of course a fantastic array of films which all contribute towards ensuring that the Abuja International film festival is a cinematic celebration to remember.

On May 9, 2007, Hollywood's elite movers and shakers will converge at the historic Castro Theatre for the Academy of Art University's 1st Annual Epidemic Film Festival. Featuring infectious work from a new generation of artists on the verge of graduating from the nation's top art and design school, the festival will showcase the best student work from the Academy's School of Motion Pictures & Television and School of Animation and Visual Effects. Hundreds of students will submit their films for entry in the following general categories: short narrative, documentary, commercial, music video, experimental and animation. A jury, comprised of some of the entertainment industry's top execs with a keen eye for talent, will select the finalists who will earn a coveted spot in the screening lineup. Some of this year's esteemed jurors include the Dean of Pixar University, Randy Nelson, and Michael Nankin, director and writer of BATTLESTAR GALACTICA. In addition, the finalists will be invited to an exclusive VIP Industry Reception before the screening to mingle and network with some of the animation and film industry's key players. An Honorary Doctorate will also be awarded to a member of the entertainment industry who has made a significant contribution to the business. Emmy award winning actor Chad Lowe will be on hand to emcee the event. Lowe is best known for his starring role on LIFE GOES ON as a man suffering from AIDS, in which he won an Emmy. He plays Deputy Chief of Staff, Reed Pollock on the hit series 24. Winning students will receive an all-expenses-paid trip to attend the most important national conventions in their industries, sponsored by the Academy of Art University. Winners in the film categories will attend the 2008 National Association of Television Program Executives convention in Las Vegas, and winners in the animation categories will attend SIGGRAPH in San Diego. Running from 7:00-9:30 pm, the event will take place at The Castro Theatre, 429 Castro Street, San Francisco, California 94114. Tickets will be available to the public at the Castro Theater Box Office on the day of the event, one hour before show time, on a first come, first served basis. Guests to the festival are encouraged to arrive early. For more information, visit www.academyart.edu or call (800) 544-2787.

In partnership with the Coolidge Corner Theatre, the Brattle Film Foundation's 1st Annual New England Animation Bash promises to be an event for all things "toony." Covering all the bases, the theatres will show independent and network pieces, as well as professional works and college projects. On June 6, The Brattle Theatre will host "An Evening with Soup2Nuts," kicking off at 6:00 pm. Audiences can catch a special behind the scenes glimpse when Soup2Nuts presents a panel discussion followed by a showcase of some of the studio's work over the last 10 years such as Comedy Central's DR. KATZ: PROFESSIONAL THERAPIST and Cartoon Network's HOME MOVIES. Then, at 7:30pm, Soup2Nuts will air a showcase of some of their greatest work, both old and new, including a number of never-before-aired pilots featuring the voices of comedians Jack Black and Dave Cross. For more information, fans and curious spectators alike can visit www.brattlefilm.org and www.coolidge.org.

Renderosity, the world's largest online community for 2D and 3D digital artists, is hosting their first Digital Art Conference to run concurrently with Dragon*Con 2002 (www.dragoncon.org). The conference will take place August 29th through September 2nd at the Atlanta Marriott Marquis in the Amsterdam, Copenhagen and Stockholm rooms near the Dragon*Con Art Show. Membership to the Renderosity Conference is FREE with a Dragon*Con membership with the exception of Special Workshops available for an additional fee. Instead of paying the thousands of dollars these Special Workshops typically sell for you can purchase a seat in a seminar for as low as $50!!!

To see all the Renderosity programming go to: www.renderosity.com/dragoncon

Dragon*Con memberships are required to attend the 1st Annual Renderosity Conference. The membership prices are as follows:

4 day membership (can be purchased before the conference at www.dragoncon.org, or call (770) 909-0115, or at the show).

The following memberships can only be purchased at the show:

3 day Sat, Sun & Mon only $60
2 day Sun and Mon only $45
1 day Fri, Sat or Sun $30 and Monday $25

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.