The 8th Hollywood Film Festival is a celebration of the art of film. The event features a three-day Hollywood conference from Oct. 15-17, featuring networking with Hollywood pros. Each year top executives, producers, agents and others from such companies as Columbia/TriStar, Paramount, Walt Disney, Miramax, New Line, Fox Searchlight, the Samuel Goldwyn Co., NBC, Overseas Filmgroup, CAA, ICM, Metropolitan, William Morris, Writers & Artists, and many others, participate as panelists. HFF screens the finalist features, documentaries and shorts. Festival parties and special events include an Opening Night Premiere and a Closing Night Premiere. The Hollywood Movie Awards Ceremony takes place on the final day of the festival. The event also offers a screenwriting contest. For more information contact the Hollywood Film Festival at 433 N. Camden Drive, Suite 600, Beverly Hills, California 90210, tel: (310) 288-1882, or visit www.hollywoodfilmfestival.com.

The I Castelli Animati Festival highlights animation in all its forms from commercials to features films. The international competition awards the following prizes: grand prize, special jury prize, best debut short film, best European short film, audience prize, Fabrizio Bellocchino prize, best Web animation and best non-narrative short film. The Italian competition will give a grand prize and special jury prize to the top Italian productions. The event includes exhibitions, retrospectives, conferences and screenings. This year

This special media event puts the spotlight on the soundtrack. First held in 1998, it has featured creatives working at the highest levels of media and the arts including Walter Murch, Ren Klyce, Lynne Ramsay, Graham Hartstone, Christina Kubisch, Ken Loach, Carter Burwell, Tom Holman, Lucrecia Martel, Gabriel Yared, Richard Leacock, the Brothers Quay, Manfred Eicher and many others. This year's program features director Mike Figgis, multi-talented composer and dj Nitin Sawhney, documentary directors Kim Longinotto, Gideon Koppel and Michael Grigsby, and US avant garde filmmaker Phil Solomon. Three gifted sound designers -- Pat Jackson, Steve Munro and Daniel Deshays -- will explore film sound design in detail. They will be joined by sound artists Akio Suzuki - speaking with composer and writer David Toop - and Hildegard Westerkamp; neurologists Tim Griffiths and Lauren Stewart in discussion with Peter Howell (member of the former BBC Radiophonic Workshop), radio producer Piers Plowright and film educators Roger Crittenden and Stephen Deutsch. Peter Strickland will reflect on the production of the soundtrack for his first feature, KATALIN VARGA, whose sound team won "Outstanding Artistic Contribution for Sound Design" at the Berlin Film Festival. And Chris Petit, director of RADIO ON and a speaker at the 2005 SOS, will close out the event with a personal perspective on the use of song and music with image. This is a special opportunity to tune yourself in to how soundtracks are created and, more importantly, how they affect your audience. The SOS has gained a worldwide reputation by raising the profile of creative screen sound production. It now attracts an international audience of leading sound and music practitioners from over twenty-five countries who are drawn to its distinctive program revealing the soundtrack from unexpected perspectives. It is a truly international meeting - the only event of its kind in the world. Biographies of all the speakers can be found on the website, http://www.schoolofsound.co.uk/. Registrations are still being accepted. Contact them to assure your place before sending payment. For information about the program, fees and registering: www.schoolofsound.co.uk, sos@schoolofsound.co.uk, +44 (0)20 7724 6616.

Created in 1998, Forum Brasil is Latin America's leading TV programming trade show. Representatives from more than 20 countries use the forum as a marketplace to find great products, share experiences, get new information, analyze local markets, and engage in profitable business networking. Forum Brazil features: * International seminar with top-tier names in programming and production * 30-minute sessions with channel executives from Brazil and other countries detailing their acquisition policies * Pitching of animation, documentary, series and feature projects * Screenings of programs and pilots via a fully automated system * Great networking, acquisitions, co-production and distribution opportunities Broadcasters, pay-TV channels, distributors and independent producers from Brazil, other Latin American countries, the United States, Canada, Asia and Europe have made Forum Brasil a regular fixture of their business schedule. For additional information, visit www.forumbrasiltv.com.br.

Milano Film Festival is a 10-day event made of films, but also concerts, installations, meetings at the bar-trattoria and parties. This international film competition is open to short and feature films of any genre. The directors will be present while their films are presented. The festival will give filmmakers a chance to network and give students a chance to learn from a global talent pool. For more information contact the festival via Paladini, 8, 20133 Milano, Italy, phone: +39 02 713 613, e-mail: info@milanofilmfestival.it or on the Web at milanofilmfestival.it.

When the original STAR WARS exploded across movie screens in 1977, audiences were dazzled as never before by some of the most astounding visual and sound effects in cinema history: the iridescent glow and sudden zzzap! of Luke Skywalker's lightsaber, the adrenaline-stoked dogfights in space, the sound and fury of the Death Star's destruction. The two companies George Lucas created two years earlier to produce these wondrous effects - Industrial Light + Magic (ILM) and Skywalker Sound - would quickly grow to have a most revolutionary and profound impact on the way audiences see, hear and, most importantly, feel movies today. Join us for clip shows and conversations with the ILM & Skywalker Sound artists including ILM artists Patty Blau and Stefen Fangmeier and director James Cameron. Films to be discussed include JURASSIC PARK, THE ABYSS, STAR TREK: THE WRATH OF KHAN and many others. For a full list of appearances, please visit the Cinematheque Website. The February 6th George Lucas appearance is sold out.

A first of its kind animation gaming VFX event at Bangalore. An opportunity to learn from the industry's best names and international studios and experimenting with the new and celebrating the success of the animation industry in India. "WE MAKE THINGS HAPPEN IF YOU THINK LAST YEAR WAS BIG - GET READY FOR A MUCH BIGGER EVENT THIS YEAR JOIN US FOR EXCLUSIVE PRESENTATION ON MAKING OF SHREK BY DREAMWORKS ANIMATION. LITTLE KRISHNA BY ANIRIGHTS, SIVAJI BY PRASAD LAB. TARARUMPUM BY VCL, AND A HOST OF WORKSHOPS ON ANIMATION, GAMING ANDF VFX. BY INDUSTRY LEADERS. Venue: JN TATA auditorium - IISC Palce Bangalore, India Early Bird Price : professional - 1000/- student - 500 ( till 25th august 2007).So, Hurry, seats are limited....

The Abuja International Film Festival 2004 will hold in the beautiful capital city of Abuja from the 19th to 22nd of may 2004 in the beautiful city of abuja in nigeria. The festival shall accept entries in both film and video format(DV and Beta). Entry is free and VHS copies are require for submission. deadline for entries is 28th feb 2004. the festival director is FIDELIS DUKER and could be contacted via email on abujaintfilmfest@justice.com.

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You're invited to come and see "Talent Bloom" at the Academy of Art College San Francisco's Annual Spring Show. See the exciting work of talented students from all of the school's majors: Advertising, Architecture (MFA Only), Computer Arts, Fashion, Fine Art, Graphic Design, Illustration, Industrial Design, Interior Artchitecture & Design, Motion Pictures & Television and Photography. The exhibition opens for a Special Industry Preview on May 22, 2003 from 10 am to 6 pm. Industry and other invited guests only, for invitation or information email careerservices@academyart.edu. The exhibition opens to the general public May 22, 7-9 pm and runs from May 23 through June 7. Open daily from 10 am to 6 pm. Closed on Sundays. Don't miss your chance to check out the next generation of artists and designers! For information call 1-800-544-ARTS or logon to www.academyart.edu. Admission is free.