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Calling all masters of the digital universe. The 3rd annual Vancouver International Digital Festival, wants to show your work. The festival is the biggest digital content event in Canada. Access other filmmakers, producers, buyers, distributors in an intimate setting. Have your work screen before the very enthusiastic audiences of VIDFEST. If your work is selected, get a free pass to all the activities, conference sessions, and parties of VIDFEST. We favour films that use digital technology to creative, innovative and aesthetic effect.

Length: max. 14 minutes.
Formats: Betacam SP, DVCAM
Deadline: March 31, 2006
Entry forms available at: http://www.vidfest.com.

Now in its 30th year, the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF 06) is the premiere animation festival in North America. Independent, commercial, and student animators working in a variety of media submit their work, under eight umbrella categories; including independent short films, feature films, new media, music videos, commercials, TV shows, student films, films for children, and a new addition this year, TELETOON Canadian Student Animation Scholarship. To help celebrate its 30th anniversary, before each screening OIAF 06 will screen a signal film from a past Ottawa festival. In addition to the competition and non-competitive Showcase screenings, OIAF 06 will include Warner Bros. animation legend Bob Clampett, Italian master Bruno Bozzeto (Allegro Non Troppo), celebrated Russian Animator Konstantin Bronzit, New York experimental artist Jeff Scher, a selection of Bravo!Fact's best animation shorts, and Toon Town: a special celebration of animation produced in Canada's Capital City. Returning after its launch at OIAF 06 is the 3rd Annual Television Animation Conference, Canada's only industry forum for television animation producers, broadcasters, and buyers to network, discuss market trends, and conduct business. The conference will be held at the Chateau Laurier Hotel on September 20-21 and will offer delegates a unique opportunity to connect with their targets and gain valuable insight into the Canadian and international markets. Other events include the Animator's Picnic, Technology Forum,and a special market for schools and recruiting. More event information will be released in the coming months. For more information, visit www.animationfestival.ca.

The ninth annual Sprockets Toronto International Film Festival for Children offers children and youth the opportunity to learn about film and cultural perspectives from around the world. With a program drawn from the best of Canadian and international cinema, Sprockets runs a Family Program (April 21-23 and April 28-30) and a School Program (April 24-28) for students in grades one to 12, designed with curriculum links and support materials for educators. For more information, visit bell.ca/sprockets.

The 2006 RFID Forum is dedicated to the red hot radio frequency identification (RFID) technologies and their wide-spread and fast growing applications. This RFID Forum is designed to provide a comprehensive assessment of current RFID technology capabilities, applications requirements and implementation issues controlling RFID's adoption into a wide variety of applications. Leading technologists, experts and users will address the adoption of RFID technology developments and innovations that are shaping the future of the automatic identification industry. The topics explored at this event include: Technologies RFID: Technologies and Standards RFID Systems RFID Tags Policies and RFID: The implications of PIPEDA Applications Transforming Supply Chain to Value Chain using RFID Enterprise RFID Deployment RFID and Sensor-based Computing: A Real-time Response The Impact on Government: Improving Business Operations RFID and Retail In-Store Management Contactless Payment Solutions Global Asset Tracking Issues Deploying RFID: Pros and Cons RFID Limitations: Interrogation and Interference Privacy and RFID: The case against Private Information Exchange Scalability and Complexity: The Challenges of RFID Integration Register now and save on Early-Bird specials before April 30, 2006.

Mobifest is Canada's first and only mobile film festival. Sponsored by Palm Canada, MobiFest aims to bring fame and notoriety to the emergent art of mobile or "pocket" films. This international competition is open to all filmmakers over the age of 16. The only submission criteria is that films must be shot and created specifically for the "small screen"

The four-day Banff World Television Festival combines a prestigious international program competition, the Banff World Television Awards, with a comprehensive conference agenda. Within this festival, production deals are secured and advanced, new business relationships are formed and future trends in the industry are identified and examined. BANFF is committed to delivering excellence in television and, as a result, is the world

Set amid the spectacular Canadian Rockies at the Fairmont Banff Springs in Banff, Alberta, nextMEDIA: The Future of Digital Content 2006 is a three-day event, featuring compelling keynotes, international panels, best practices, case studies, as well as pitching and networking events -- all focusing on the future of digital content.

Opening keynote address is by Stewart Butterfield, co-founder of Flickr.com and Director of Product Management at Yahoo! Other confirmed speakers include Clint Stinchcomb (Discovery Communications), Global Ferguson (Vodafone) and Bernie Gershon (ABC). You can also find leading international broadcasters and content aggregators as diverse as Channel 4, MoboVivo, Heavy, BiteTV, Elastic Entertainment, Yahoo! Canada, Rights Stuff BV, AtomFilms and Corus Television (Canada) to participate.

This year nextMEDIA launches nextPITCH: the short-form multi-platform content pitching competition with $10,000 in development deals to be won. Ten finalists selected from eligible entries received by the May 23, 2006 deadline will have five minutes each to pitch their short-form interactive multi-platform content idea to an international panel of industry experts.

For more information, or to register, go to http://www.nextmedia2006.com.

Awarding excellence in the creation of outstanding ad campaigns for the entertainment industry, TRAILER GODS stands as the top prize to be garnered for the finest work in advertising and marketing.

The international high traffic event shall present a diverse range of both indie and big budget movie ad campaigns, ranging from trailers, websites and posters that have been created for upcoming mega-budget Hollywood promos to Bollywood music videos, Asian video game teasers and even short and feature length films that have yet to be made!

The 6th Annual Toronto Online Film Festival shall showcase the most exciting cutting-edge movies and music created by independent artists from around the world. In addition, the event shall offer budding production teams, seasoned veterans and individual content creators an ideal point in time to participate in expert seminar panels, innovative technology exhibitions and nightly parties.