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Events
Sheridan Animates Manhattan. Sheridan College (Oakville, Ontario,
Canada) hosted "Sheridan Animates Manhattan" on January 25 in New
York City. The one-day program brought together leading animation artists
in three separate events - The Animation Master Class, The CanApple Animation
Forum and The Animation Showcase. The Animation Master Class featured a behind-the-scenes
look at how animation is used in films from Jurassic Park to Twister.
The panel was composed of Sheridan alumnus Steve Williams, James Straus and
Dennis Turner. For more information on the Master Class contact Judith Picket
at (212) 596-1670. The CanApple Animation Forum presented top work from companies
producing computer and classical animation, special effects and graphic design
for film, television and new media. There were numerous media companies exhibiting
and a luncheon keynote speech by Danny Bergeron, president and director of
Montreal-based digital animation studio TubeImages. For further details on
the CanApple Forum, call Matthew Toner at (212) 596-1670. Finally, The Animation
Showcase, was an invitation-only evening reception welcoming Sheridan's `star
animator alumni' from the Master Class - Steve Williams, James Straus, and
Dennis Turner - along with Mulan art director Ric Sluiter, and Bob
Munroe of C.O.R.E. Digital, who all presented highlights from their best films.
Industry executives and media can contact Bernie Etzinger at (212) 596-1691
for additional details. The "Sheridan Animates Manhattan" program
is part of the Upper North Side organization's 1998-99 season of Canadian
events in New York. You can find out more about the organization at www.uppernorthside.org.
Milia Is Coming To Cannes. Milia `99 - the International Content Market
for Interactive Media will take place at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes,
France from February 9-12. Milia is an international event that connects all
facets of on-line/off-line interactive content by bringing together over 1000
on-line, gaming, multimedia, television, satellite and telecom companies from
57 countries. In addition to the many conferences, the festival includes such
events as the 5th annual Milia d'Or Awards honoring the best in games and
interactive media, the 5th edition of the New Talent Pavilion which showcases
the best work from up-and-coming interactive media producers, the "Partnership
Forum - Cartoon Animation & PC/Video Games," a place where animated
film and video game professionals have an opportunity to exchange ideas and
form partnerships, and Milia Games - a new business trade show dedicated to
bringing together the people behind console and PC games, interactive entertainment,
and on-line gaming. To find out more about the festival or how to attend visit
www.milia.com.
You can read Milia's Frederique Doumic's Q&A about the convergence of
the animation and gaming industries in "Cartoons
and Video Games: Let's Do Business," from the December 1997 issue
of Animation World Magazine.
We also featured two reviews of Milia `98 in the April 1998 issue. Anne-Marie
Meissonnier offered "Milia `98: The Key Points" in both French
and English.
And Deborah Todd contributed, "Milia:
Towards Convergence?"
Last Month in Animation
The following is a list of events which took place since the last issue of
Animation World Magazine was published. These listings are published
weekly in the Animation Flash, a newsletter which is distributed by
e-mail. Subscribe now! Are there animation events going
on in your area? Share your regional event news with the international readers
of the Animation Flash! Please send announcements to editor@awn.com,
at least eight days in advance.
* January 10 - March 14. Los Angeles, California, USA.
"That's Not All Folks - The Art of Friz Freleng" takes place in
the Ruby Gallery at the Skirball Cultural Center through March 14. The exhibition,
funded by Warner Bros. Animation, features his sketches, drawings, production
cels, sericels and ephemera from the collections of his daughters and the
Warner Bros. Museum. The exhibition is free to all. This is part of the Skirball
Cultural Center's Cartoon Art series sponsored by The Comics Journal and Comic-Con
International. The lecture series concluded on January 30 with a presentation
by cartoonist Nicole Hollander, author of the cartoon strip Sylvia.
For general information on either of these events, call (310) 440-4500 or
for tickets to the Hollander lecture call (323) 660-8587.
* Sunday, January 3 - Saturday, January 9, 1999. Sydney, Australia.
Flickerfest, 8th International Short Film Festival consisted of a main competitive
program, a short documentary competition and additional programs and forums
aside from the competition. For more information, visit www.flickerfest.com.au
or call 61 (0)2 9211 7133.
* Monday, January 4 - Friday, January 8, 1999. San Francisco, California,
USA.
MACWORLD Expo San Francisco `99 took place at the Moscone Convention Center
in San Francisco. The event is the largest Macintosh-focused event on the
West Coast. The latest technologies for digital animation and editing were
showcased including products using Apple's new Quicktime 3.0 technology. In
addition, there was a keynote by Apple honcho Steve Jobs, who is also the
CEO of Pixar Animation Studios. For more information call 800-645-EXPO and
select option #8 or e-mail customer_service@idgexpos.com.
*Thursday, January 14. Westwood, California, U.S.A.
Women In Animation's Writers' Group is starting up their Seminar Series again
for 1999. The first seminar covered the differences between live-action and
animation writing, the philosophy of comedy, and gag writing techniques. The
group meets at Saban Entertainment at 7:30 PM. For further information call
Jean Ann Wright at 818-360-8321.
* Monday, January 18 - Friday, January 22, 1999. Monaco and Paris, France.
The 18th annual Imagina 1999, Europe's premiere computer graphics festival,
took place in two venues this year. The event started in Monaco, January 18-20,
with conferences and panel discussions on the theme "integral images"
and "meta tools," the thirteenth edition of the "Prix Pixel-INA"
awards competition and the Innovation Space, an area showcasing innovative
technological demonstrations, applications and products. Then, in Paris from
January 20-22, the event continued with an exhibition of the latest hardware
and software for digital image and sound processing. For further information
visit www.ina.fr or call 33 (0)1 4983 3193.
*Thursday, January 21. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
The Women in Animation's Writer's Group held a discussion about what writers
should know about lawyers and agents. The event started at 7:00 P.M. Call
Kellie-Bea Rainey to RSVP and for directions at (818) 623-0020 or e-mail at
kellie-bea@kellie-bea.com.
* Monday, January 25 - Friday, January 29, 1999. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
The National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) took place
in New Orleans. With 3,000 member companies, this annual conference and exhibition
is a major resource for buying and selling programming. As always, there was
plenty of animation-related content including an Animation & Licensing
pavilion and a conference talk with the creators of South Park, Trey
Parker and Matt Stone. For more information, call (310) 453-4440, fax (310)
453-5258 or visit www.natpe.org
Animation World Magazine will feature a review of NATPE by Adam Snyder
in the March issue.
* Wednesday, January 27. London, England.
As part of London's Museum of the Moving Image lecture series, British Pathe
opened up their archives to present a unique view of early British animation.
Titles by Lancelot Speed, H.M. Bateman, Tom Webster, Frank Holland, Walter
Booth and Brian White were screened in this event presented by researcher
Ken Clark. The event starts at 7:30 p.m. and admission is £6. For museum
information call 0171 401 2636 or for the box office call 0171 928 3232.
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| Bunny had its New York premiere in January. © Blue Sky Studios. |
*Thursday, January 28. New York City, New York, U.S.A.
The New York City public premiere of Blue Sky's Bunny was held on January
28 at 7:00 P.M. at:
Pace University
NYC Schimmel Center for the Arts
One Pace Plaza
New York, NY
The event cost $7 for general admission and was free to NYC ACM SIGGRAPH members
and Pace students & faculty. The screening was followed by a presentation
hosted by director Chris Wedge, digital effects supervisor Dave Walvoord and
senior animator Doug Dooley.
* Saturday, January 30. Hollywood, California, USA.
Hosted by the M.P.S.C. Local 839 IATSE, ASIFA Hollywood and Women in Animation,
the Evening of Remembrance is an annual event that celebrates the lives of
animators who passed away in the previous year. The Evening of Remembrance
is free of charge and open to all. It took place at the Hollywood Heritage
Museum, 2100 N. Highland (across from the Hollywood Bowl), in Hollywood. Call
(818) 766-7151, (818) 842-8330 or e-mail Local 839 at mpsc839@primenet.com
if you'd like to speak for one of the honorees. Scheduled for commemoration
at this year's Evening were: Jim Algar, Susan Ashley, Pierre Ayma, Eli Bauer,
Carleton (Jack) Boyd, Sylvia Brenner, Bill Butler, Duane Crowther, Louise
Cuarto, Retta Davidson, Otto Feuer, Rexene Gold, Adrian Gonzales, Lee Gunther,
Janet Gusdavison, Marie Hines, Jack Huber, Marion Jeffress, Connie Julian,
Bob Kane, Olive King, Sherman Labby, Johanna Lohr, Grace Mallon, Tom McKimson,
Peggy McMahon, Ken O'Connor, Marjorie Ralston, Len Riley, John Roth, Henry
Saperstein, Allison Sgroi, Tony Sgroi, Armand Shaw, Betty Smith, William Snyder,
Virginia Stephenson, Richard Thompson, Dusan Vukotic, Jerry Winicki, Jean-Luc
Xiberras, and Sandra Young.
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