Sony Pictures Imageworks presents a special evening and behind the scenes. Speakers will be talking about Imageworks and their four pipelines: live action animation and visual effects (Spider-Man 1,2,3), all CG animation (Surf's Up), performance capture (Beowulf and Monster House), and 3D stereoscopic (Open Season and Monster House). This event will be hosted by Electronic Arts Tiburon in Maitland. WHO: Sony Pictures Imageworks WHAT: An Evening with Imageworks: The Life of an Animator WHEN: Thursday, April 19th, 2007 WHERE: Electronic Arts Tiburon 2301 Lucien Way Maitland, FL 32751

MIPTV featuring MILIA is the world's premier audiovisual & digital content market. It's where the key decision-makers come to meet, talk and forge the business partnerships that will drive future growth on a global level.

The Streaming Festival is a progressive film festival that takes place exclusively on the internet. Films are streamed full screen with high image quality.

The Streaming Festival presents carefully selected independent films to a worldwide audience. Film-makers and viewers from all over the world can join in and share without any costs for tickets, subscription fees or travel costs.

The festival encourages the development of media technologies with a special emphasis on streaming media. The festival wants to create a platform for audiovisual art.

The next edition of the Streaming Festival will take place from March 22nd to March 25th, 2007.

The 5th Biennial Tehran International Animation Festival (TIAF) is a competitive event that celebrates animation as the seventh artform. The festival serves as an opportunity to screen the best animations from all over the world and create a bridge between different cultures. The event is sponsored by the Intellectual Development of Children & Young Adults (KANOON). The main idea of this festival is to broaden the ties between domestic and international artists and to promote the importance of animation industry and also the development of cultural interchanges among artists. As part of the event there will be different international competitions, which include Short Animations, TV Series, Advertisements & Educational Animations and also some special screenings. For more information, visit www.tehran-animafest.ir.

It's the premiere opening of "Girls Drawin Girls," a gallery exhibit showcasing sexy pinup art by female artists, most of whom are animators for "The Simpsons," "Futurama," "South Park," and Nickelodeon. This is the female take on the female form. Further, it's a chance to finally put the spotlight on female artists in an industry which is historically male dominated. A book showcasing the art is currently in the works. Meet the artists! Don't forget your party shoes! Where: Pehrspace (http://pehrspace.org/location/index.html) 325 Glendale Blvd. Los Angeles, CA When: Saturday, January 20 Doors at 6:00pm, live bands at 8:30 Free admission, food, and drink. Raffles. Special guests. Merchandise & art for sale. DJ. Dancing. Live bands. Girls in pasties. Need we say more? Art will be up till the end of February 2007.

aniBOOM.com , the largest collection of original content animation on the web, hosts the first annual international animation contest for filmmakers of all experience levels. 25 Semifinalists in 5 categories will be selected and screened on January 15, 2007, based on the votes of the worldwide animation community.

Both the general public and the panel of professional judges will then cast their vote for the best in each category, with one overall winner to be announced on January 30.

More than 1,500 films have already been submitted. The aniBOOM Awards seeks to discover new talent and gives the animation community a forum for sharing and receiving feedback on their work.

Now in its 44th year, the NATPE Conference & Exhibition is the world's first and America's largest marketplace solely dedicated to television content. More than 8,000 top media executives from 76 countries participate in three days of exhibition, featuring more than 350 globally recognized exhibiting companies and 600 representatives of consumer and trade press from around the globe. NATPE

iHollywood Forum presents the Digital Living Room, an executive Business Summit and Venture Forum addressing the emerging digital lifestyle market for delivering consumer entertainment to the home. The Digital Living Room is a thought leader summit addressing the technologies and services transforming the living room into a digital hub.

The audience will consist of several hundred senior technology executives, entertainment companies, product development managers, researchers, analysts and marketers. Industries include entertainment, technology, software, hardware, manufacturing, investors, infrastructure, consumer electronics, professional service providers.

iHollywood Forum bring together key decision makers and influencers to learn about cutting edge business opportunities and draw a road map for these emerging consumer markets:

* Digital Television, HDTV and interactive
* Video-on-Demand
* Broadband entertainment content
* Home Networking
* Set-top Boxes
* Digital Video Recorders
* Home Media Servers
* Computing and Technology
* Consumer Electronics
* Entertainment: Film, TV, Games, Music, Cable
* Broadband and Internet
* Investors and Venture Capitalists
* Home Theater
* Communications and telecom

More information can be found at www.ihollywoodforum.com.

The 6th Annual Toronto Online Film Festival shall showcase the most exciting cutting-edge movies and music created by independent artists from around the world. In addition, the event shall offer budding production teams, seasoned veterans and individual content creators an ideal point in time to participate in expert seminar panels, innovative technology exhibitions and nightly parties.

Looking for feedback? Looking for people? Looking for a good time? The Animation Co-op's Project Pitch Session is for you! :-) By popular demand, we have added a SECOND session for 2006, with room for 6 pitches and 100 attendees. In addition, "Entertainment Lawyer To The Stars" Frank Lunn will present a wireless animation venture with access to over 100 international carriers. TO PITCH: Download, complete and return the Co-op Project Pitch Application Form (http://www.animationcoop.org/CoopPitchApplication.pdf) by midnight, November 4th. We will select 6 projects to be pitched, each of which will receive 20 minutes total to present (setup and Q&A included). TO ATTEND: Send mail to RSVP@animationcoop.org, including your full name and the number of guests. We will take the first 100 people to sign up. Seating fills fast, so get your request in today, and please only RSVP if you are sure to attend. Refreshments will be provided. A $5 voluntary donation at the door is kindly suggested in support of events such as this. :-)