The Australian Effects & Animation Festival 2002 is a unique opportunity for Australians to learn the creative and technical secrets behind some of the biggest VFX/animation projects from Hollywood and around the world. It provides an exclusive access pass to the leading personalities in the global VFX and animation community. BLOCKBUSTER SESSIONS Leading industry figures from Australia, New Zealand, the US and the U.K provide the lowdown on projects such as Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings, Ice Age, Band of Brothers, Moulin Rouge & more .... A dedicated screening room will be running the greatest animation and VFX work from around the world throughout AEAF 2002: the latest and the greatest from industry pioneers such as ILM, Blue Sky VFX and Cinesite along with all the entries submitted to the AEAF Awards 2002. AWARDS NIGHT & PARTY The AEAF Awards are Australia's peak industry awards, recognising and rewarding excellence and creativity in 12 categories of competition. Now in its seventh year the AEAF Awards attract entries from Australia and all around the world. All the finalists will be screened at the prestigious Awards night on February 27, 2002 followed by a gala party

February 28, 2002, 7:00pm, San Francisco, California. Women in Animation, SF Chapter, presents Victoria Livingstone's short film, "Window".

RSVP's appreciated to Shellie Fletcher at shellief@usa.net.

Meeting hosted by the Academy of Art College at 79 New Montgomery, SF, Auditorium.

Be a Part of the Revivial!

For over 25 years, the annual SIGGRAPH conference has celebrated the
achievements of artists, scientists, programmers, and interactive designers.
The Computer Animation Festival is the most prestigious event of its kind. It
is an internationally recognized and highly anticipated showcase that
documents significant advances in technology, interactive techniques, and
the seemingly unlimited creative potential of computer graphics. Each year,
the animations, visualizations, and visual effects fascinate, delight, and
sometimes even frighten us.

Unique in concept, renowned for execution and treasured by participants, SXSW is an essential event for understanding tomorrow's entertainment industry today. SXSW Film Festival and Conference, now nine years old, will present a festival schedule over nine nights largely devoted to independent productions as well as works from established directors who have inspired the latest generation of filmmakers. The conference portion of SXSW Film has been described as a five-day crash course on guerilla filmmaking and marketing. Hosted by indie film professionals, the panel discussions, workshops, and mentor sessions will explore every facet of the do-it-yourself feature from pre-production to marketing.

The SXSW Interactive Festival brings together the most creative minds in the convergent media industry, people who are passionate about the ongoing technological revolution. Be inspired by their vision of the future as you listen to panels, walk the trade show and participate in the many exciting evening activities. If you are looking to uncover the best new ideas from the cutting edge of the web world, SXSW Interactive is the place to be.

A sampling of panelists that are scheduled to participate in the film conference include: Christian Gaines, AFI Film Festival; Gill Holland, cineBLAST!; Mike Jones, indieWire and ifcRANT; Jeremy Paul Kagen, Sundance Institute; Michael Kastenbaum, Visionbox; Amanda Klein, USA Films; Harry Knowles, Aint It Cool News; Tim McCanlies, writer, The Iron Giant; Elvis Mitchell, host of Independent Focus; Mark Moore, ILM; Greg Rhem, programmer, HBO; Bob Sabiston, animator for Waking Life;

We have organized another great Live Chat at www.CGChat.com.

Our new guest is Victor Navone, popular computer animator and artist. His animation, "Alien Song", got the attention of Pixar Animation Studios, where he is now employed as an animator. His most recent work can be found in "Monsters, Inc.", Pixar's new feature film.

For more information on Victor Navone visit his website at www.navone.org

The chat is held on Tuesday March 19th, 2002 . (Pick your Time Zone)
7:00 PM Pacific Standard Time
10:00 PM Eastern Standard Time
8:00 PM Mountain Standard Time
9:00 PM Central Standard Time
6:00 AM Alaska Standard Time
The World GMT Time that the chat will be held at will be : http://www.bsdi.com/date?Canada/Eastern World Time GMT : 03:00:00
For more info on GMT time: http://greenwichmeantime.com/info/home.htm

If your time zone is not listed, please use the Time Zone Converter at this address: http://www.timezoneconverter.com/cgi-bin/tzc.tzc Prepare your questions and be in the Chat at the times specified above. We hope to see you all there!! More information at:http://www.insidecg.com/feature.php?id=89

Combustion 2 is the latest version of Discreet's award winning, unified paint, animation, and 3D composting software application. It is a powerful, resolution-independent, vector paint, animation, and composting solution for multi-format work from the web to video and HDTV to feature film. Come to this FREE event where experts will show you the capabilities of combustion 2. Enjoy the new features of combustion 2 with free food and drinks.

For on line registration go to: http://www.id8media.com/framesets_common/main_events_frame.htm

Spend an afternoon with Academy Award-nominated women filmmakers and learn about the different crafts and career opportunities the film industry offers. Many of the women profiled in the recently released book GREAT WOMEN OF FILM will be on hand to give advice to women interested in a career in the film industry. Visual-effects producer Debbie Denise (HARRY POTTER AND THE SORCERER'S STONE) and special-effects technician Christy Sumner (DANTE'S PEAK) join directors Kasi Lemmons (EVE'S BAYOU) and Allison Anders (THINGS BEHIND THE SUN), as well as sound editor Teri Dorman (PEARL HARBOR), editor Maysie Hoy (THE JOY LUCK CLUB), prop master Trish Gallaher Glenn (THE AMERICAN PRESIDENT), script supervisor Kerry Lyn McKissick (A FEW GOOD MEN), and set decorator Jan Bergstrom (AMERICAN BEAUTY). Casting director Valerie McCaffrey, VP of Fine Line/New Line feature casting, will also be present. This one-day only event takes place on Saturday, March 30, 2002 from 12:00 pm to 5:00 pm at Borders Books & Music, 1360 Westwood Boulevard, Los Angeles, California. The Great Women of Film exhibition at The Academy of Arts & Sciences is open through April 21, 2002. For more information visit the Website.

Welcome to participate in Prix Ars Electronica 2002 - Competition for Cyberarts!

For the 16th time, the Austrian Broadcasting Company, Upper Austrian Regional Studio, as the organizer of the Prix Ars Electronica, invites artists, scientists, researchers and developers from all over the world to participate in the Prix Ars Electronica competition. The categories are Computer Animation/Visual Effects, Interactive Art, Digital Musics and Net Vision/Net Excellence. The total prize money for the Prix Ars Electronica 2002 amount to 100.000 Euros.
The category of Computer Animation/Visual Effects encompasses independent producers as well as high-end products from the advertising and entertainment industries.
The deadline for your submission is March 31, 2002 (postmarked). The Jury meeting will be taking place from April 19 to 21, 2002. Consult the website for more informations.

Reaching out to the new generation of animators.
Whitespace Studio at Kingston University is holding a conference on animation and special effects, aimed at industry and educators. The event is being hosted by Shelly Page, European representative of DreamWorks skg, and will have representatives from many of the UK leading animation an post production companies, such as The Frame Store, The Moving Picture Company, Beryl Productions and Rushes.
We will be looking at where the next generation of animators will come from and what they will need, to get from here to there.
The agenda includes presentations, workshops, discussion panels and screenings by and for industry leaders and European educational institutions most interested in animation, and students, present and future.
The conference is being held in Kingston Upon Thames on the edge of London, close to the heart of the UK post production industry.

We welcome and encourage people to submit animations for the screenings.

HOWARD KAZANJIAN, best known for producing "Raiders of the Lost Ark" and "Return of the Jedi", will be speaking at Cornerstone's Film Lecture Series on Tuesday, April 2, 2002 (7 pm - 8:30 pm), at Cornerstone Animation