The Toronto Animated Image Society is hosting its annual holiday party. This year's party will also include our first-ever silent auction. Start your holiday season up right at the only party in town where you can get cool holiday gifts and drink eggnog at the same time. The party will take place at the National Film Board from 7:00 to 11:00 pm. For more information, call (416) 533-7889, visit e-mail: Tais@bellnet.ca or visit www.awn.com/tais.

Massive 2005 is a full-day conference and tradeshow showcasing eBusiness tools for SMEs and tech-toys for work. Through a combination of informative presentations and more than 100 interactive displays, this event will educate business professionals in an entertaining and refreshing environment. The event will take place at SCIENCE WORLD, 1455 Quebec Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada. To learn more, contact Shana Korotash at BC TIA by e-mailing skorotash@bctia.org or calling (604) 602-5232.

The Gemini Awards is the top honor in television from the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Programs eligible for this year's event must have aired between May 1, 2004 and April 30, 2005. The event brings together more than 3,000 craftspeople, producers and decision-makers from across Canada to honor, celebrate and promote the talent and accomplishments of the Canadian television industry. This year a new category for Best Original Music Score for an Animated Program or Series has been added. For more information, visit www.academy.ca.

Saturday afternoons were meant for Ray Harryhausen films. Celebrate the work of this animation master. Bonus Three Stooges short plus a chapter of one of the greatest of all cliffhanger serials, THE PHANTOM with Tom Tyler.

Coming to Toronto? Got a Harryhausen film you want to see on a big screen and with a superb sound system. Email us. We will set up a special screening just for you.

Stop-motion icon Ray Harryhausen will appear in Montreal for the inaugural fps Animation Innovators lecture. Fans will first be treated to a screening of Jason and the Argonauts, and then hear Mr. Harryhausen speak about his impressive career. Excerpts from his early work will also be screened. Held in conjunction with the Fantasia Film Festival, North America's largest cult film festival, Mr. Harryhausen will also be receiving the first Fantasia lifetime achievement award. Tickets available July 5th through all Admission networks. $9.00 each

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The goal of the Montreal World Film Festival (Montreal International Film Festival) is to encourage cultural diversity and understanding between nations, to foster the cinema of all continents by stimulating the development of quality cinema, to promote filmmakers and innovative works, to discover and encourage new talents, and to promote meetings between cinema professionals from around the world.

The World Film Festival - Montreal 2005 will include the following sections: World Competition, First Films World Competition, Hors Concours (World Greats, out-of competition), Focus on World Cinema (Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania), Documentaries of the World, Tributes, Cinema Under the Stars and Canadian Student Film Festival. The event also contains seminars, workshops and a film market.

The new animated short by Oscar-nominated director Chris Hinton is in the official competition, as well as three other animated shorts from the NFB in the World Greats category. As part of our continued partnership with the festival, the NFB will once again present the Norman McLaren Award in the Canadian Student Film Festival.

For more information, visit www.ffm-montreal.org.

This fall, fps and ACM SIGGRAPH Montreal are proud to present stop-motion animator and director Mike Johnson, who has worked on Hollywood feature films such as The Nightmare Before Christmas, James and the Giant Peach, and is the animation co-director of Tim Burton's Corpse Bride. Mr. Johnson is the second guest to appear as part of the fpsAnimation Innovator series of presentations. Mr. Johnson will discuss his experience in animation and the making of this film, as well as display puppets from the actual production. The presentation will be followed by a signing. This event will include the screening of the award-winning short, The Devil Went Down To Georgia. When:6:30 p.m. Where: Concordia University, Hall Alumni Auditorium, 1455 de Maisonneuve Blvd. West, Montreal, Quebec Cost: $15 Tickets for the evening show are available through Admission Network online, at an outlet, or by phone: Montreal: (514) 790-1245 Canada: 1-800-361-4595 USA: 1-800-678-5440

The Definition 2006: Digital Media Festival will be held during the Accelerator

FANTASY WORLDWIDE is a competitive film festival with Awards for Best Feature Film, Best Short, Best Documentary and Best Animation. Other Awards include: The People