A tribute to Dr. Moritz, the Denver Visual Music Festival will showcase a wide range of visual imagery as it relates to music culminating in a large-scale interactive show including VJ performances and live music.

Bradford Animation Festival (BAF) is the U.K.'s largest and longest-running animation festival. The event hosts master classes, seminars, extensive screening programs and special events. Highlights for 2004 include Spotlight On... Oscar-nominated director Paul Driessen who will give an exclusive screentalk interview and retrospective of his work. From traditional stop-motion to state-of-the-art special effects, the event profiles 3D animation in all its forms. From the 'traditional' puppet animation of Barry Purves, through the history of the U.K.'s best-loved stop-motion studio, Aardman Animations -- to the very specialized, triple-Oscar world of Randy Cook, director of animation for the LORD OF THE RINGS trilogy. Guests will also include internationally-renowned director and multi-award winner Caroline Leaf, acerbic wit Phil Mulloy and acclaimed Polish animator and academic Piotr Dumala. Events to celebrate new talent in the industry include a Channel 4 /Skillset Skills Surgery providing feedback sessions from industry experts, the BBC Three Talent launch and a preview of the Channel 4/Animator in Residence scheme. Other special events include workshops on scriptwriting and creating a TV series and a 50th anniversary screening of ANIMAL FARM. The festival concludes with the BAF Awards, a celebration of the very best new animation from around the world and the only annual awards for animation in the U.K. For more information, visit www.baf.org.uk.

The new CGI Festival will cover both the North and the South, taking place in London and Leeds. The London festival will be at the Business Design Centre from Dec. 7 - 8 and in Leeds at the Royal Armouries Museum from Nov. 9 -10, 2004. The events will feature a major conference and screenings of the best 3D content from around the world and will be developed in close co-operation with the 3D community.

The festival will not just consist of presentations and master classes, it will also feature a Networking Pavilion where you can register your details to find out where the next project is being commissioned, and a Screenings Theatre which will be showcasing new work from new companies as well as new artists. For more information, visit www.cgifestival.com.

The country

3ds max 7 launch, Philippines
Free Seminar

Date: 15th October 2004

Time: 1.30 - 5.30 pm

Venue: Quezon A Ballroom
Basement level 1
Makati Shangri-La Hotel
Ayala Avenue
corner Makati Avenue
Makati City 1200
Philippines

Free: Afternoon snack with coffee/tea

Register Now! Or for more information,
please contact LMK Commercial:
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The 8th Hollywood Film Festival is a celebration of the art of film. The event features a three-day Hollywood conference from Oct. 15-17, 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. 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 takes place on the final day of the festival. The event also offers a screenwriting contest. 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 2004 will pay tribute to the DVD creative community with a series of awards. The prizes will be given out by a specialist jury with the sheer creativity behind the viewing experience as the spotlight. Categories include: Web features and interactivity, program content restoration, special features, navigation and graphic design.

The event will take place during the conference. For more information, visit http://www.mipcom.com/images/100400/emailing/mipcom2004_emailing1_020604.html.

Originate 04 has entrants interpret the theme:

eDIT | VES is Europe

The International Trade Fair for Motion Picture Technology is a bi-annual international meeting point of the film sector. In 2002, 3,127 visitors from 49 countries attended the event. Participation in the film industry's specialist trade fair is expected from the fields of camera and grip technology, production of film stock, lighting and sound, post-production and digital film editing, set decoration and accessories, technical aids, as well as services, institutes, organizations and publishing houses. Leading developers, producers and suppliers like ARRI, Band Pro, Chrosziel, Dedo Weigert, Eurotech, FGV Schmiedle, Gecko-Cam, Grip Factory, Kodak, Licht Technik Hagenbach und Grill, Movie-Tech, Panther, P+S Technik, Power Gems, Preston Cinema Systems, Sachtler, Tamuz and Videor Technical will be presenting their latest range of products. Again in 2004, the cinec award will be presented for outstanding achievements in different fields of the film sector on the trade fair. The award will be presented by the Bavarian Society for Advancement of Film Technology (FGF), whose members are renowned companies and organizations of the film industry. For more information, visit http://www.cinec.de.