IFP/Chicago will be holding the 12th Annual Independent Filmmakers Conference, a weekend-long event featuring panels and seminars about timely and important independent filmmaking topics presented by renowned filmmakers. A major conference highlight, IFP/Chicago's Production Fund, an in-kind donation of equipment and services valued at $85,000, is considered the biggest grant for independent filmmakers in the Midwest. The 2003 Production Fund recipient, Karen Friedberg, will showcase her completed film, THE KING OF THE TANGO, a coming-of-age tale based on Joe Meno's debut novel, TENDER AS HELLFIRE. The 2004 Production Fund deadline is September 19, 2003. The recipient for the 2004 Fund will be announced on Saturday, November 1, during the Flyover Zone Short Film Festival. For more information visit www.ifp.org.

The FilmMakers

2003 CINESPACE Film Festival
Animation Competition
Hollywood, CA
October 2003

SUBMISSION DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 19th, 2003


The CINESPACE FILM FESTIVAL will be held October 16 - 18 at Cinespace in Hollywood. You can get more information about the new Los Angeles venue at the CINESPACE website - www.cine-space.com. There are jury awards, and prizes will be given at the closing night ceremonies on Saturday, October 18th.

SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

Please submit animation that:

1) is no longer than 15 minutes,

2) was created after January 2002;

3) created on any format - cel or digital

4) if selected for screening, can be exhibited via Beta SP (NTSC only) or DVD (U.S. Region compatible).

Please send me a VHS or DVD of your animation along with a press kit. If your animated short is selected for competition, we will request digital artwork/stills via email.

THERE IS NO SUBMISSION FEE.

Please send your submission to us at:

Kimberley Browning
CINESPACE FILM FESTIVAL
11911 Weddington Street #303
Valley Village, CA 91607
Tel: 310-628-6027

If you missed the SIGGRAPH Conference in San Diego this year, you're in luck! San Francisco SIGGRAPH is bringing some of the conference to you! San Francisco SIGGRAPH Presents: The SIGGRAPH Conference Encore and Volunteers Party When: Wednesday, September 24th, 2003 6:30 pm - 9:30 pm Where: The Art Institute of California, San Francisco 1170 Market Street (at U.N. Plaza) San Francisco, CA 94102 Main Tel. (415) 865-0198 Toll-Free Tel. (888) 493-3261 http://www.aisf.artinstitutes.edu/aboutUs_directions.asp Admission: Free (for members and non-members) RSVP - Please register at: http://www.acteva.com/booking.cfm?bevaid=53447 Program: Join us for a SIGGRAPH Conference Encore followed by a Volunteer's Party with Screening excerpts from this year's Electronic Theater. Discover the newest cutting edge and over-the-edge computer graphics projects presented at this year's Ozone. Speakers Include: - Carlo Sequin: UCB Professor. and exhibiting sculptor - Shirley Shor: MFA candidate from SFSU in Conceptual and Information Art - Kevin Cain, Casondra Sobieralski: Digital projects in Greece and Egypt - Charles Ostman: Nanopioneer extraordinaire - Michael Mascucci: EZTV video artist And more! After the speaker presentation join us for a meet and greet time. Get Involved! If you have an interest in volunteering with the SF SIGGRAPH chapter, this is a great opportunity to find out what we're all about. Volunteering for a professional organization like SF S

The event was developed out of the National Fine Arts Film Festival and attracts films from 43 countries. This is the fourth year for the festival and second for the market. This year

The Mazatlan International Film Festival will take place at the historic Angela Peralta Theater, The festival is produced by Promotora La Vida es Bella and sponsored by the city of Mazatlan, Pueblo Bonito Hotels & Resorts and the government of the state of Sinaloa. The festival will feature an official competition, with an international jury of filmmakers, producer, and actors awarding prizes to Best Film (full length), Best Film (short), Best Film (animated short), Best Actress, Best Actor and Best Director. Ten films will compete for Best Film, 30 for Best Short Film and the festivities will include a video exhibition highlighting independent filmmakers, communication and video professionals. Additionally, the Vision America segment will showcase recent work from the American continent. Special prizes will be announced throughout the submissions process. Other awards presented will include: the Film and Press Award for Best Director, Town Hall Mazatlan Award for Best Artistic, Educational or Cultural Broadcasting Video, Audience Award for Best Film, the Honorary Pedro Infante Award, chosen by the Organization Committee presented to an honorable representative of the Festival spirit, in acknowledgment of his talent, work and contribution to the seventh art development, and the Best Film Script Award for the best participating script from the script workshop that will take place during the Festival. Workshops, conferences, seminars, roundtables, concerts, open-air screenings and a closing night film music performance by the Sinaloa Symphony Orchestra will round out the festivities. For more information visit www.mazatlanfilmfest.com.

ASIFA-Hollywood is currently accepting entries for the 31st Annual Annie Awards. Deadline to receive entries is Friday, October 3, 2003. Every year, ASIFA-Hollywood, the Los Angeles area-based branch of the International Animated Film Society, honors the best in film, television, game and Internet animation with the Annie Awards. The awards ceremony will take place at the Alex Theater in Glendale, California on Saturday, February 7, 2004.

The Annie Awards honor overall excellence as well as individual achievement in areas ranging from production design, character animation and effects animation to storyboarding, writing, music and voice acting. Entries submitted for consideration must be from productions that originally aired, were exhibited in an animation festival or commercially released in their country of origin between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2003.

All rules, category information and entry forms are available online at www.asifa-hollywood.org or by contacting ASIFA-Hollywood at (818) 842-8330. Final nominations will be announced by ASIFA-Hollywood in January 2004.

Founded in 1972 by ASIFA member and veteran voice talent June Foray, the Annie Awards have grown in scope and stature for the past three decades. Today, ASIFA-Hollywood supports a range of animation activities and preservation efforts through its membership. Today, there are ASIFA chapters in nearly thirty countries worldwide.

AnimeNext is an anime and manga convention that has branched into tech and video gaming. The event will feature voice acting guests, large dealers room, cosplay, a concert by Himawari, anime music video contest, dance, panels, workshops, manga room, game shows, 24-hour video rooms and videogaming. The guest of honor will be Takehiko Ito, creator of OUTLAW STAR. Workshops include sake tasting, cel painting, kimono workshop, drawing the manga way, shogi/go workshops and dubbing workshops. For more information contact Universal Animation at PO Box 1088, Pearl River, NY 10965, e-mail: info@animenext.org or Web: www.animenext.org.

Slamdance Film Festival has reached its 10th year, retaining its mission to support new filmmakers. The Feature competition is devoted to first-time directors who have made films that do not have domestic distribution or large budgets. Slamdance accepts anything that moves on film, video or digitally, work of all length, genre and format -- finished or not. Film submissions have an early-postmarked deadline of August 29, 2003 and a final postmarked deadline of October 10, 2003. Sponsors already confirmed for Slamdance No. 10 include the Director's Guild of America, Kodak, the Maryland Film Office, Crest National and Lespri Resorts of Park City. For more information on the festival call (323) 466 1786 or visit www.slamdance.com.

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