Free Teleseminar/Webinar: 4 Things You Must Have to Pitch Your TV Show Hosted by Mark & Jeanne Simon, founders of SellYourTvConceptNow.com Tuesday, June 30, 4:00 p.m. EST, 1:00 p.m. PST To crash through the gates of Hollywood, you need the most powerful weapons you can get and we aim to arm you for success. Join the growing tribe of determined, visionary TV show creators who come together for our free teleseminars. All Successful Pitches Have: -- Forget-Me-Not - knock out leave behind -- Mind Meld - get inside an execs' head -- Dig for Gold - discover where to pitch your show -- Total Package - the closest thing to your show on TV Go to www.PitchTvLikeaPro.com to register for free. Plus, we'll give away a two year subscription to our hugely popular TV Pitch Tips Audio Postcards -- a $230 value -- to one lucky winner.

At C21's Social Media Forum at BAFTA on Monday June 22 producers, channels and rights owners will learn how to work best with Bebo, MySpace, YouTube, Joost, Dailymotion and many more to create new revenue-generating content and build audiences fast. Don't miss this unique one-day networking event for just GBP 299 per delegate. It is vitally important that the content business understand every emerging opportunity to develop new business as traditional markets change. Social media is likely to become the programmer of the next generation of video content and everyone needs to understand how to work effectively in this new space. At the event players from the sector will showcase 'best in breed' partnerships and explain how to drive new business and develop community interactivity around entertainment brands. Keynote workshop sessions include: -- Successful social media content strategies -- The future of online content and social media -- Social media workshops * How to work with Bebo to extend your entertainment brand * How to work with Dailymotion to extend your entertainment brand * How to work with Joost to extend your entertainment brand * How to work with MySpace to extend your entertainment brand C21's Social Media Forum is part of the RE-vision series of live events and online content, designed to help develop next-generation content solutions to help RE-focus, RE-finance, RE-invent, and RE-think the international entertainment business. C21's Social Media Forum 2009 is just GBP 299 per delegate which includes all refreshments and a networking lunch. For contributor information email: david@c21media.net. Go to http://www.c21media.net/intel/ to register.

Please join the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art -- MoCCA for an evening of dazzling cartoon slide shows featuring work from the critically-acclaimed comics anthology TYPHON Volume One on June 18 at 7 p.m.

This exclusive event is brought to you by TYPHON editor Danny Hellman and Carousel host R. Sikoryak.

A select group of TYPHON contributors will be on hand to present their strips, including:

Gregory Benton
Rupert Bottenberg
Victor "Bald Eagles" Cayro
Nick Gazin
Hawk Krall
Hugo
Pshaw
Hans Rickheit
plus Hellman and Sikoryak.

Come meet the artists whose cutting-edge artwork brings the pages of TYPHON to life! (For Mature Audiences, please)

594 Broadway (between Houston and Prince), suite 401, New York, NY 10012
Admission: $5 | Free for MoCCA Members

Executives from major motion picture studios and other buyers of post production services will offer advice on how to win their business in a lunch-time panel discussion hosted by the Hollywood Post Alliance's Sales Career Resource Group (SCRG), Wednesday, June 17th, at the Sheraton Universal Hotel. Scheduled participants in the event, dubbed "How Do You Get, Keep and Not Lose My Business?", include Charlie Davis, Executive Vice President of Post Production at CBS Films, Bruce Sandzimier, Vice President of Post Production at ABC Studios, and independent post production consultant Joe Fineman (LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE, MONSTER). SCRG Co-chair Herb Dow will serve as moderator. Members of the SCRG committee include Ben Benedetti, Denice Angelo-Cummins, Herb Dow (Co-Chair), Joel Epps, Mark Genin, Lisa Griffin, Chris Gregory, Seth Hallen (Chair) and Pat Howley. The Hollywood Post Alliance's Sales Career Resource Group was formed last year to provide networking opportunities, training and employment resources to sales and marketing professionals in the post production industry. Through hosted events and website resources, SCRG allows its members to engage with industry colleagues in a relaxed and mutually supportive environment, and to gain insights from industry leaders. Past SCRG events have included expert presentations-from a sales perspective-on emerging technologies such as digital workflows and the Red Camera. For more information on the HPA's Sales Career Resource Group, visit http://www.scrgonline.com. For more information on the Hollywood Post Alliance, visit www.hpaonline.com. Sheraton Universal Hotel, 333 Universal Hollywood Dr., Universal, CA 91608 11:30 a.m. - Networking and Cash Bar 11:45 a.m. - Buffet Lunch 12:15 - 1:45 p.m. - Panel Discussion Reservations: www.scrgonline.com/Events

KAFF includes two different competitions: one for European animated feature films and TV specials and one for Hungarian animated short films.

In addition to the film screenings musical and theatrical shows, exhibitions and professional discussions will take place in town. Kecskemet is a small town with 100,000 inhabitants, with several arts workshops and with a lively cultural life, 80 km south of Budapest.

Entry works -- Feature (min. 52 minutes) and TV-Special (min.24 minutes) -- shall be made "frame by frame", including computer graphics animation.

Works shall be those that have been completed after February 1, 2007. Entry works shall be on DVD.

Online submissions (www.kaff.hu) are preferred. Printed and signed entry forms must be sent together with DVDs to the festival office.

For works with narration or dialogue, the script must be enclosed. If any narration or dialogue is spoken in a language other than the official languages of the Festival, an English translation must be attached to the script. It is desired that the films or videotapes have English subtitles.

The official prizes are: Kecskemet Prize 2500 Euros, The Best Feature Film 2000 Euros and The Best TV Special 2000. The organizing committee also welcomes certain organizations wishing to present its own special prizes and cash awards.

Place: Cartoon Network in Burbank, CA, Roof Top (Sweaters/jackets are recommended. No high or spiky heels, please.)

Time: 6:30 Check-in and Networking
7:00 WIA Business
7:30 One World Giving

Donation: Student Members $5. Members $10. Guests $15.
All fees are donations to our new One World Giving Fund.

RSVP: No later than Friday, June 12th via wia@womeninanimation.org. Space is limited. RSVP early.

Speakers to be announced.

Our world is changing dramatically. How does a production professional survive and make a living today? The Visual Effects Society and Gnomon School of Visual Effects have put together a day of panels and workshops geared to give you concrete advice, up-to-date information and valuable tools to help you not only survive, but thrive in the future.

Saturday, June 13

8:30 Registration/Coffee
9:00 Panel: Reinventing Yourself/Crossing Over
10:30 Panel: What Are Companies Looking For?
12:00 Lunch will be provided for a nominal fee
1:00 Workshop: Reinventing/Rebranding Yourself
2:30 Workshop: Today’s Resumes
4:00 Workshop: Creating Your Reel

Location
Gnomon School of Visual Effects
1015 N. Cahuenga Bl. Hollywood, CA

Admission
$10 for VES members and Gnomon students
$25 for everyone else

Reservations Required
To make reservations, call the VES office at 818-981-7861 and speak to Colleen.

Annecy has been showcasing the very best in animation for more than 45 years, making it the industry's leading international competitive festival. The competition is open to the following five film categories, each using different animation techniques: -- Feature Films -- Short Films -- Commissioned and TV Films -- Graduation Films -- Official Selection The Festival also includes: film premieres, retrospectives, exhibitions, screenings from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m., in nine theatres around the town and evening screenings by the lake on a giant screen. Mifa will be held June 10-12 with the conference June 9-13. Located close to the International Animation Film Festival, the Mifa is the global animation event for co-producing, buying, selling, financing and distributing animation content across all platforms.

Creating today's entertainment media demands community, collaboration and teamwork. Community is vital to artists struggling in the current economic landscape. The Industry Giants 2009: Building a Community, Visual Effects, Animation and Game Forum features 2D artist/animator Michel Gagne, veteran of Warner Bros., Disney and Pixar, Jay Hawkins, Epic Games' Senior Concept Artist for Gears of War and many other creative professionals. The eighth annual event takes place Friday, June 5 and Saturday, June 6, 2009 at the Spring Creek Campus (SCC) of Collin County Community College, 2800 Spring Creek Parkway in Plano, Texas. It's open to the public, students and industry professionals. Hosted annually by the filmmaking/visual effects, animation, game development non-profit, A Bunch of Short Guys, and Collin's Applied Graphic Design Technology department, Industry Giants 2009 features Masterclasses and a one-day forum and panel discussion. The event features a distinctive lineup of speakers working in all areas of animation and visual effects for film, television and games. Schedules for the Masterclasses, forum and ticket information are available online at www.industrygiants.org. Tickets can be purchased in advance or at the door. Advance combination tickets for both the June 5 Masterclasses AND the June 6 forum are $40 for students and $80 for the public and professionals. Advance tickets to the June 6 forum-only are $15 for students and $20 for the public and professionals. Combination tickets purchased at the door are $50 for students and $90 for the public and professionals. Forum tickets purchased at the door are $20 for students and $25 for the public and professionals. Questions? Please call 972-516-5089 or by email: AGDT_TA@ccccd.edu. Masterclasses will be held on campus in rooms C-103, C-104 and the SCC Conference Center from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, June 5, 2009. With the purchase of a combination ticket, those attending the Masterclasses will be able to choose their own schedule. Masterclasses will be offered throughout the day. Morning sessions will run from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and include "Creating The IK Walk Cycle" by veteran Pixar, Blue Sky and Henson Studios Animator/Animation Director, David Tart. Id Software Character Artist, Brett Briley, will conduct a session on Zbrush digital sculpting techniques in video games. The afternoon sessions take place from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. and will include a second session on Zbrush by Janimation Senior Creative Director Greg Punchatz featuring real-time creation of a digital character with audience participation. Jeff Alcantara, Reel FX Lighting and Compositing Supervisor, will conduct a session on compositing for OPEN SEASON 2 in NUKE. In addition, "Artists' Alley" will run all day, featuring Michel Gagne, Jay Hawkins, Jason Manley and others. Artist's books and book signing will be available. The Industry Giants Forum takes place in the John Anthony Theatre from 10:00 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, June 6, 2008. The lineup includes presentations by Will Nicholson, CG Supervisor at Cafe FX who will discuss his work on recent films and tips on succeeding in the industry. Artist Michel Gagne, veteran of Warner Bros., Disney, Pixar and other studios will feature his recent game, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet and other work. Jay Hawkins, Senior Concept Artist with Epic Games, will present on his work for Gears of War. Digital Domain Technical Developer Tadao Mihashi will feature his lighting and rendering work on THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. Jason Manley, President of MassiveBlack.com and Founding Director of ConceptArt.org will discuss online communities in the entertainment industry. Winners of the A Bunch of Short Guys 2009 Student Animation Contest will be announced. A full panel discussion will conclude the event. A Bunch of Short Guys (ABOSG) is a non-profit organization that fosters education and career development for students and professionals in the animation, visual effects and game industries. The group hosts free monthly meetings on the third or fourth Saturday of the month. In addition, ABOSG presents Industry Insights, an ongoing series featuring industry artists, as well as various training workshops and the Industry Giants events.

The Landmark Loew's in Jersey City will screen an animation festival June 5 and 6, airing SPIRITED AWAY on Friday, June 5 (8 p.m.), a medley of classic cartoons on Saturday, June 6 (3 p.m.) and WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT on June 6 (7:30 p.m.). Admission is $6, $4 for seniors and children 12 and younger.