Education
`98 NATE Slate. The New Animation Technology Conference & Exposition (NATE), an event launched at the World Animation Celebration (WAC) in 1997, has lined up its slate of classes for the second edition, to be held February 17-20 during WAC in Pasadena, California. The event will offer more than 72 classes, including a special keynote speech by Pixar's chief technology officer and executive vice president Ed Catmull. Instructors from companies including Blue Sky|VIFX, Cinesite, DreamWorks, Digital Domain and Klasky Csupo will teach classes on using animation software such as ElectricImage, Animo, Toonz, Softimage, 3D StudioMax, Photoshop, PowerAnimator, After Effects, Maya, Hash Animation:Master, LightWave 3D and Fractal Painter. For registration information, visit http://www.etshows.com.
Call for Entries
Cardiff Gets Vital! The
International Animation Festival Cardiff has been given a new name and
design in preparation for the next edition, June 23-28, 1998. The festival
now known as Vital! International Animation Festival Cardiff is accepting
film entries until the end of February. For entry forms and additional
information, call Nina Caton at (44) 171 494-0506.
Read a review
of the 1996 Cardiff International Animation Festival,
in the July 1996 issue of Animation World Magazine.
Also look for our Cardiff `98 review in the August 1998 issue.
Aussie FX Fest. The Australian Effects and Animation Festival (AEAF),
presented by Digital Media World (the same organization that put on November's
LEAF in London) is accepting entries until January 23, 1998. The competition
awards excellence in special effects and animation in the following categories:
feature film, short film, titles/idents, commercials, simulation, education/training
and student work. Winners will be announced during AEAF, March 18-20, 1998
in Sydney, Australia.
For information, visit http://www.dmw.com.au
Computer Animation `98, Geneva. The eleventh annual Computer Animation
Film Festival and Conference will take place in Geneva, Switzerland in
September 1998. Entries of computer animated films are being accepted until
February 28, 1998. This event is held in partnership with the Computer
Animation `98 Conference in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, June 8-10, 1998.
For information and entry forms, contact computer.animation@cui.unige.ch
One Show. The One Club for Art & Copy, a New York organization,
is accepting entries for its annual One Show advertising competition until
January 30, 1998. Categories in which animated productions could be entered
include Television Commercial, Television Campaign and Multi-Media Campaign.
Entry fees range from U.S. $90.00 to $300.00. For information and entry
forms, visit http://www.oneclub.com
CSUN Animation Festival. Vidimation, an Associated Students organization
of California State University Northridge (CSUN) is accepting entries for
The California Sun International Animation Festival until March 1, 1998.
The program will be selected by a panel of industry animators, and awards
include cash prizes. The per-film entry fee is $25.00 The event will take
place in May 1998 at California State University Northridge. For information
and entry forms, visit http://www.csun.edu/~jpr45052/anifest
I.D. Seeks Interactive Innovators. I.D. Magazine is accepting entries
for its annual Interactive Media Design Review until January 5, 1998 (postmark).
Categories include entertainment/games, web sites, advertising/promotions
and student work. 1997 winners include The Neverhood's debut game, The
Neverhood, the Hotwired web site and Disktractions, a CD-ROM
project by two students at the Royal College of Art in London. Entry fees
range from $40 to $75 per entry. For entry forms and more information,
call (212) 447-1400 or visit http://www.idonline.com
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