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The following is a list of events which took place since the last issue
of Animation World Magazine was published. These listings are published
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* July 31-August 9, 1998. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The annual animation festival, Anima Mundi took place. Programs included
retrospectives of work by Marv Newland, Erica Russell, Georges Lacroix/Fantôme,
layout artist Ray Aragon and Trattoria Di Frame, an animation studio from
Sao Paulo. The festival also featured animation workshops using the Video
Lunchbox system. For information visit www.animamundi.com.br/
Anima Mundi is reviewed in this issue of Animation World Magazine.
* Thursday, August 6 - Sunday, August 16. Orange, California, U.S.A.
Chapman University hosted the tenth annual Society for Animation Studies
conference. Events included tours of USC and Warner Bros. archives, a screening
of films highlighted in Karl Cohen's book, Forbidden Animation and
children's animation workshops at the Orange County Museum of Art. On the
13th-15th, there were presentations of papers by scholars such as Ton Crone,
Michael Frierson, Tom Klein, Mark Langer, John A. Lent, Richard J. Leskosky,
Gene Walz and others.
For information, visit the SAS
web site in Animation World Network.
Animation World Magazine
will review the 1998 SAS Conference in an upcoming issue.
http://www.awn.com/mag
* Wednesday, August 5 - Monday, August 10. Hollywood, California, U.S.A.
The second annual Hollywood Film Festival included three animated films
in competition: Return of the Sun Devil by Steven Ayromlooi, Boing
by Jeff Daly and Max and His Special Problem by Dave Wasson. Screenings
took place on the Paramount Studios lot. Tickets were $8.00. For information
visit http://hollywoodawards.com/indexmain.html or call (310) 288-1882
* Tuesday, August 11. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
At 7:30 p.m., UCLA Film and Television Archive's Ninth Festival of Preservation
featured a program of films from the Animation Preservation Project, in
association with ASIFA-Hollywood. The program featured 18 films by the
likes of Max and Dave Fleischer, Walter Lantz, Ub Iwerks, Tex Avery, George
Pal, Hugh Harman, Rudy Ising, Dick Heumer, Tony Sarg, Shamus Culhane, Art
Davis, Michael Lah and Sid Marcus, that have recently been restored by
the archive. The show also included rare footage of the 1947 Screen Cartoonists
Guild strike at Terrytoons Studio. The screening took place in the James
Bridges Theater on the UCLA campus. Admission was $6.00 for adults, $4.00
for seniors and students. For a complete list of films, visit www.cinema.ucla.edu/festival/default.html.
Animation World Magazine's April 1998 issue includes an in-depth
article
about the UCLA Film and Television Archive. In
addition, the November 1997 issue features an article
about ASIFA-Hollywood.
* Tuesday, August 11. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Women In Animation Los Angeles hosted a mixer at Lumpy Gravy, the restaurant/gallery
co-owned by Gabor Csupo of Klasky Csupo. The event launched a series of
fundraising animation mixers that will take place on the second Tuesday
of every month. The event will always feature the original "napkin
cartoon" drink special: draw a cartoon on a napkin, get a discount!
Lumpy Gravy is located at 7311 Beverly Blvd. For information call (323)
934-9400.
* Tuesday, August 11 - Wednesday, August 12. San Diego, California, U.S.A.
The Pro/Con convention, an event for comics industry professionals, took
place at the Hyatt Hotel, and the Comic Book Expo, a trade show open only
to industry professionals, took place at the San Diego Convention Center,
preceding the public event, Comic-Con (see below). For information visit
www.comic-con.org.
* Thursday, August 13 - Sunday, August 16. San Diego, California, U.S.A.
The 29th International Comic-Con took place at the San Diego Convention
Center. This massive event was, as always, open to the public and featured
hundreds of exhibiting companies and comic book sellers, screenings, workshops
and panel discussions such as the WGA Animation Writers Caucus' "Summer
Blockbuster to Saturday Morning" on Saturday at 11:00 a.m. Concurrently,
the Comic Arts Conference, an academic event focused on comic studies,
took place in the convention center. Presentation topics included "Comics
as Therapy" and "War Comics as Literature and Propaganda."
For information on all that is Comic-Con, visit www.comic-con.com or call
(619) 544-9555.
* Friday, August 14 - Wednesday, August 19. Beijing, China.
AnimWorld `98, the first International Animation Art, Technology &
Production Fair took place at the Beijing Exhibition Center. Focused around
the theme "For Tomorrow," the event featured exhibiting companies,
screenings and workshops. For information, contact the China Great Wall
Exhibition Company by phone (86) 10 68748902 or fax (86) 10 68748900.
This event will be reviewed by Paul Marcot in an upcoming issue of Animation
World Magazine. Meanwhile, for a view of animation in China, read Milt
Vallas' article, "China:
The Awakening Giant" in the August 1998 issue.
* Friday, August 14. Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A.
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences hosted "Battle of
the Apes," a double-feature screening of the first film version of
King Kong (1933), with stop-motion animation by Willis O'Brien,
and the original Mighty Joe Young (1949), with stop-motion effects
by Willis O'Brien and Ray Harryhausen. Tickets were $5 for the general
public, $3 for Academy members. The doors at 8949 Wilshire Blvd. opened
at 6:30 p.m. For information call (310) 247-3600.
* Friday, August 14 - Saturday, August 15, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
At the Directors Guild of America headquarters on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood,
the U.S. tour of the ResFest launched with a screening of digital films.
The program included such digitally-animated delights as The Smell
of Horror by Mitch Butler and Roadhead
by Tommy Pallotta. Tickets were $8.00 each. For details, including dates
of future shows in San Francisco and New York, visit www.resfest.com
* Saturday, August 15. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Women In Animation's Computer Animation Group meets on the third Saturday
of every month at Rhythm & Hues Studios, 5404 Jandy Place in the Marina
del Rey area. This is a pot-luck lunch (12:00 noon) with great networking
opportunities. Admission is free to WIA L.A. members and new joining members,
$10 for non-members. Call (310) 448-7500.
* Sunday, August 16. Berkeley, California, U.S.A.
Pacific Film Archives hosted the premiere public screening of Wild Brain's
first original short film, A Dog Cartoon, directed by Dave Thomas.
It was accompanied by Timothy Hittle's Academy-Award nominated animated
short Canhead and the live-action documentary The Mole People,
a behind-the-scenes documentary of the San Francisco animation world by
Bay Area filmmakers Matt Boersma and Shari Rubin. All filmmakers were present.
The show began at 3:00 p.m. at the Berkeley Art Museum Pacific Film Archive,
2625 Durant Avenue in Berkeley. For information call (510) 642-3035.
* Tuesday, August 18. Venice, California, U.S.A.
Women In Animation Los Angeles sponsored a motion-capture demonstration
and tour of the House of Moves studio in Venice. The event started at 7:00
p.m. and was free. For information call (310) 399-2485.
* Tuesday, August 18 - Sunday, August 23. Burbank, California, U.S.A.
ASIFA-Hollywood and Media City Center presented Anifest `98, a week-long,
FREE animation festival. Scheduled events included evening presentations
by producer Fred Seibert with Oh Yeah! Cartoons!, animator John
Kricfalusi with "Toons Too Hot for TV" including The Goddam
George Liquor Show, director Genndy Tartakovsky with Dexter's Laboratory,
and stop-motion animator Corky Quakenbush who gave away props from his
outrageous MAD TV shorts in a "Space Bass Garage Sale Giveaway."
Daytime events included presentations by voice actors Nancy Cartwright
(Bart Simpson) and Lucille Bliss, composer Ron Jones, animation guru Tom
Sito, Disney animators on Mulan, as well as many other artists from
Disney, Warner Bros., DreamWorks and Film Roman. For a complete schedule
of events, contact ASIFA-Hollywood at (818) 842-8330 or asifa@earthlink.net.
* Sunday, August 16 - Sunday, August 30. Edinburgh, Scotland, U.K.
The Edinburgh International Film Festival showcased features, shorts, animation
and documentaries. For information contact submissions@edfilmfest.org.uk.
* Wednesday, Aug 19. Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A.
The Hollywood Radio and TV Society (HRTS) hosted the fourth annual Newsmaker
Luncheon at the Regent Beverly Wilshire Hotel. Heads of children's programming
were present from networks including ABC, Cartoon Network, CBS, the Disney
Channel, Fox Kids, NBC, Nickelodeon, PBS, Showtime, UPN and the WB, to
showcase their fall line-ups. This event was sold out, however for information
about future HRTS events, visit www.hrts-iba.org
* Wednesday, Aug 19. Universal City, California, U.S.A.
The Screen Actors Guild (SAG) hosted a special meeting for its members
who are television animation performers to review a tentative agreement
with animation producers such as Disney, Warner Bros. and DreamWorks, covering
voice-over performers working in television animation. The meeting, open
only to SAG members, took place at 6:30 p.m. at the Sheraton Universal
Hotel.
* Wednesday, Aug 19. Harrison, New York, U.S.A.
The Association of Independent Video Filmmakers toured the facility of
Blue Sky|VIFX as part of their August meeting. The tour of the computer
animation company was open only to the AIVF membership, and included a
presentation about the company, a walk through the facility and a mixer
with Blue Sky|VIFX CEO David Brown and producer Michael Feder. Any professional
industry organization wishing to schedule a similar tour of the location
should contact brooks@blueskystudios.com
* Thursday, August 20. Sherman Oaks, California, U.S.A.
Women In Animation's Writers Group met at Warner Bros. TV Animation, 15303
Ventura Blvd. The month's topics were "New Development/Properties,
Marketing & Merchandising and Standard/Practices," with speakers
including Christopher Keenan of Warner Bros. Admission was $10 for WIA
L.A. members, $20 for non-members, RSVP required. Call (818) 623-0020.
* Thursday, August 20 - Monday, August 24. Hiroshima, Japan.
The 7th biennial Hiroshima International Animation Festival is one of the
leading animation festivals. AWN publisher Ron Diamond was present, and
writer Gigi Hu will be reviewing the event for our October issue. For information
visit www.urban.ne.jp/home/hiroanim/
* Friday, August 21. Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A.
Galerie Morpheus, located at 9250 Wilshire Blvd., hosted the opening reception
for an exhibition of art work by Christophe Vacher, a background artist
at Walt Disney Feature Animation. The exhibit will be on display through
mid-September. Call (310) 859-2557.
* Saturday, August 22 - Sunday, August 23. Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A.
The Classic Video Game Show and Computer Exhibition took place at the Holiday
Inn Boardwalk Hotel & Casino. Participants celebrated the joys of Atari
and other "vintage" gaming systems. For information visit www.atarihq.com/atari98.
* Saturday, August 22 - Sunday, August 23. Toronto, Canada.
Anime North, an annual anime convention run by fans, took place. The program
included an anime art and model show, panel discussions, gaming tournaments,
and special events like "Anime Jeopardy" and "Anime Name-That-Tune."
For information contact dfs@interlog.com or visit http://home.ipoline.com/~vegita/an
* Sunday, August 23. Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A.
Well, it's sort of animation...Dove Brothers hosted an auction of marionettes,
artwork, memorabilia and puppets from 50 years of Sid & Marty Krofft
productions such as H.R. Pufenstuf. The event started at 3:00 p.m.
in the Beverly Hilton Hotel, 9876 Wilshire Blvd. For a catalog, contact
(800) 319-2759 or visit www.dovebrothers.com.
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animation community! Please send announcements to editor@awn.com, at least
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