Artists Helping Artists (AHA!) and THE CREATIVE LINE magazine will be holding an AHA! artists gatherings. This AHA gathering is free. The meeting is a safe space where artists, musicians, writers, arts educators and community arts leaders can make new contacts and share and align their creative visions and projects. It

The 3rd. Visual Effects and Animation Conference is the only event around the animation and
visual effects community in Mexico. Speakers from USA, Spain and Mexico will be presenting the best projects around these areas of creation. FX FESTIVAL 2003: Submission deadline for short animated films will be on October 17th. Check more details on www.congresofx.com.

The 1st Annual San Francisco World Film Festival is designed to not only showcase a diverse variety of films from around the world, but also spotlight solutions to world issues as seen through the eyes of filmmakers. The World Solutions segment of the festival features films dealing with solutions to any issue that affects the world. Each show will address solutions. The Marketplace is focused on exploring the revolution that Digital Technologies are bringing to the film industry. Areas of discussion include: how Digital Technologies affect filmmaking today and its future potential, how to make a film using only video technology, and how it's affecting the viewing experience of the general public. The Marketplace will be held at the Palace Of Fine Arts on Thursday October 23. The international event hosts 32 films, including several world premieres. Participating countries include the Czech Republic Japan, Columbia, France Ireland, UK. Italy and Australia. Vicky Jensen

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

The 7th Hollywood Film Festival is a celebration of the art of film. The event features a three-day Hollywood conference from October 17-19, featuring networking with Hollywood pros. Each year top executives, producers, agents and others from such companies as Columbia/TriStar, Paramount, Walt Disney, Miramax, New Line, Fox Searchlight, the Samuel Goldwyn Co., NBC, Overseas Filmgroup, CAA, ICM, Metropolitan, William Morris, Writers & Artists, and many others, participate as panelists. From October 17-19, HFF screens the finalist features, documentaries and shorts. Festival parties and special events include an Opening Night Premiere and a Closing Night Premiere. The Hollywood Movie Awards Ceremony will take place Monday, October 20, 2003, at the Beverly Hilton Hotel. For more information contact the Hollywood Film Festival at 433 N. Camden Drive, Suite 600, Beverly Hills, California 90210, tel: (310) 288-1882, or visit www.hollywoodfilmfestival.com.

MIPCOM: International Film and Programme Market for TV, Video, Cable and Satellite is one of the world

The 10th Annual Austin Film Festival celebrates narrative and documentary films both in long and short form. The conference that accompanies the festival features panelists from the film industry who will discuss their experiences. First place winners receive: a cash prize of $1,000 (Feature Category) or $500 (Short and Student Short Categories); reimbursement (up to $500) of one round-trip airfare to Austin to attend the 2002 AFF; hotel accommodations at an AFF hotel (up to $500); a special Winners Night Screening at the Festival; the AFF Bronze Typewriter Award; and a special Los Angeles screening of their film for industry professionals. Short Films screened in competition at the Austin Film Festival are eligible to be nominated for an Academy Award. For more information contact film competition director Lisa Albracht at Lisa@austinfilmfestival.com or visit www.austinfilmfestival.com.

The 30th Flanders International Film Festival has introduced a new policy to encourage quality film distribution in Benelux. Money attached to the festival

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.

Each year, the Chicago International Film Festival screens more than 100 feature films, nearly half of them making either its regional, national or in some cases world premiere. The International Feature Film Competition celebrates films from around the globe and awards prizes for Best Film, Best Director and Best Performances. The New Directors Competition honors the up-and-coming artists that are just making a name for themselves. The Special Presentations section of the festival is a non-competitive screening of films from around the world that have a powerful message to tell. Docufest, Short Subjects, World Animation and Student Productions competitions award $2,000 to the top winner and embraces forms of filmmaking that the mainstream tends to overlook. In addition, the festival celebrates diversity with its World Discoveries, Black Perspectives, Cinema of the Americas and Chicago