MAXON Computer USA, the developers of CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D, today announced the 2008 schedule of its highly anticipated Power Integration Tour. The tour is a joint road show with Adobe Systems Incorporated that highlights the ease of integrating MAXON CINEMA 4D 3D software with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium for a powerful 2D/3D cross platform solution. Representatives from both companies will present a range of dynamic visual effects and compelling motion graphics presentations geared to creative professionals seeking to integrate these two industry leading software applications into film, video, DVD, Web, and mobile device pipelines. The Power Integration Tour kicked-off in seven markets in 2007, drew over 1,500 participants and was deemed an overwhelming success by attendees and industry notables.

MAXON Computer USA, the developers of CINEMA 4D and BodyPaint 3D, today announced the 2008 schedule of its highly anticipated Power Integration Tour. The tour is a joint road show with Adobe Systems Incorporated that highlights the ease of integrating MAXON CINEMA 4D 3D software with Adobe Creative Suite 3 Production Premium for a powerful 2D/3D cross platform solution. Representatives from both companies will present a range of dynamic visual effects and compelling motion graphics presentations geared to creative professionals seeking to integrate these two industry leading software applications into film, video, DVD, Web, and mobile device pipelines. The Power Integration Tour kicked-off in seven markets in 2007, drew over 1,500 participants and was deemed an overwhelming success by attendees and industry notables.

For our May 15 meeting, WIA would love to welcome Donna Friedman Meir, President, and Melanie Grisanti, VP, Production of National Geographic Kids Entertainment. We'll learn more about National Geographic Kids - the brand and what is in development. The address for Little Airplane Productions is: 207 Front Street in the South St. Seaport, New York, New York. When: Thursday, May 15 from 6:30-8 p.m. RSVP : To Lisa Goldman by Tuesday, May 13th at lisaggoldman@yahoo.com. Directions To Little Airplane: By Subway: Take 2, 3, 4,5, J, M, or Z to Fulton Street; A and C to Broadway-Nassau. Walk east on Fulton Street to Water Street. Enter the seaport and walk one block to Front Street and make a left. LAP is halfway down the block on the left. By Bus: Take M15 (South Ferry Bound) down Second Avenue to Fulton Street. Walk east on Fulton Street to Water Street. Enter the seaport and walk one block to Front Street and make a left. LAP is halfway down the block on the left. By Car: From West Side: Take West Street southbound. Follow signs to FDR Drive. Take the underpass and keep right. Use Exit 1 at end of underpass. Turn right on South Street, about six blocks. By Car: From East Side: FDR Drive South. Take the underpass and keep right. Use Exit 1 at end of underpass. Turn right on South Street, about six blocks.

The Filmmaker International Film Festival is a global forum to network, discover future trends and achieve commercial success on a worldwide level. Over the 3 day market and 7 day festival of film in the South East of England here in the U.K. from June 20-27, 2008.

Film makers in competition for the prestigious film award, you can do business with filmmakers and their representatives from around the globe.

This one-stop media community is unlike any other Festival and gives you the chance to network with other like-minded creative film makers.
www.filmakerfestival.com
enter your work now through www.withoutabox.com or through the website www.filmakerfestival.com

The Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema is a unique film festival celebrating the artistry of the animated feature film. Founded in 2001, the Waterloo, Canada-based festival routinely presents one of the most comprehensive showcases of feature animation in the world.

The festival presents three main programs: World Cinema, a showcase of the latest in feature animation; Retrospectives, rare screenings of historically and artistically significant feature animation; and Tidbits, a program of discovery of feature animation created by very small teams -- sometimes even teams of one.

Further details at www.wfac.ca.

TAIS incubators are back and messier than ever.

Join other animation aficionados every other Wednesday during the winter months for an informal meeting of the minds and mess-making session. Show your works in progress, share animation knowledge and network with other animators all while scratching, painting or inking away on provided film stock. TAIS president Madi Piller will be on hand with all the tools and know how you’ll require to get working on some simple cameraless animation. At the end of the winter season, we’ll splice all the footage together and present it as part of the TAIS SHOWCASE 2009 in the spring.

Wednesday, March 4
60 Atlantic Avenue, Suite 102
7-9 p.m.
$5 for scratchers to cover the cost of materials
All are welcome

The 4th Athens ANIMFEST '09 will take place in Athens, Greece from March 19-22, 2009 at TRIANON Filmcenter (Codringtonos 21 & Patision 101 Streets). Acclaimed European artists and new talents from Greece and all over the World will meet again in Athens to present not only their new works but also some of the older ones from the history of animation. The exploration of the limits between the film genres will continue. For first time, this year the festival will try to demonstrate on stage the relations between animated design, the moving image, music and words, as well as the human body, with the aid of modern audiovisual electronic media. Conferences and workshops will also be repeated with new thematologies and content, offering knowledge and know-how to interested participants. The festival gives out the following awards: --Grand Prix "Athena" --2nd Place Award --3rd Place Award The call for entries is now open. Deadline: February 15, 2009 Terms Of Submission: -- No submission fees. -- All animation productions with duration up to 30', regardless of themes, technics, language, nationality and artist's age, are submissible. -- Every animation production submitted must have been made after January 1, 2007. -- The cost of shipping is always paid by the sender. -- Every animation production must be submitted in dvd pal format. -- The dvd pal format copy is not returned. It remains in the athens.animfest archives. -- In case of selection, the artists will be notified within 30 days after shipping. -- Every submission must be accompanied by a CD which will include the following: a. A digital photo of the animation production, in 300 dpi resolution, for both the athens.animfest website and the catalogue. b. A digital photo of the artist of the animation production, in 300 dpi resolution, for the same purposes as above. c. A synopsis of the film, as above. d. A short cv of the artist, as above. Address: European Animation Center P.O. Box 17113 10024 Athens Greece Download the entry form at www.animationcenter.gr. For further information, email info@animationcenter.gr.

It's time for us to have some chatting and hanging out time at Lelabar on Monday, June 29th, from 5:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. There will be a special Women In Animation happy hour price of $7 for wine. Everyone is welcome! Please join us at Lelabar: 422 Hudson St. between Leroy & Morton (www.lelabar.com) RSVP to Lisa by noon on Friday, June 26th at lisaggoldman@yahoo.com.

From September 17-20, 2009, Klik! Amsterdam will host the second edition of the KLIK! Amsterdam Animation Festival, a true multimedia festival that will screen animated shorts from all over the world, combined with interactive gaming fun, fascinating animated sidebar activities and the finest festivities.

No entry fee.

Open competition
Student competition
Best Design Award
Best Politically Engaged Film Award

E-card Competition:
http://www.boomerang.nl/opdrachten/upload-a-short-sendable-animation-and-win

For more information and submission of your film, visit http://www.klikamsterdam.nl

ANIMA'09 will take place in the city of Cordoba, Argentina, from October 8 through 10, 2009. The festival is organized by the Centro Experimental de Animacion and the Secretaria de Extension Universitaria, National University of Cordoba. This fifth edition of the ANIMA will be dedicated to exploring the concept of Identity Traits. Therefore, we open the following: -- Call for entries, for short and feature animation films of every genre and topic. Special interest is granted to those films where the filmmaker's expressive intention stands out from marketing requirements; and also to school productions. Participation is open for animation movies from all over the world - produced for theatrical screenings, television, video or the Internet - with special interest in those from Latin America. -- Call for papers and multimedia presentations on the concept "Identity Traits" No Entry Fee Call for entries has been extended until July 17, 2009 Deadlines: July 3, 2009 (Film, video and television animation entries) July 3, 2009 (Papers and Multimedia presentation entries) July 17, 2009 (Internet animation entries) Rules and Entry Form are available at the festival's website, http://www.animafestival.com.ar The festival will also hold a series of non-competitive screenings, seminars, workshops, specialized forums, retrospectives, and a meeting point.