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ANIMATION WORLD MAGAZINE - ISSUE 4.1 - April 1999

Call for Entries

Crested Butte Entry Call. The Crested Butte Reel Rest taking place August 12-15 in Crested Butte, Colorado is seeking short films under 60 minutes for numerous categories including animation. Animated entries must be submitted by May 1, 1999 with a $30 fee while Student Entries can be submitted until June 1 with a $20 entry fee. For more information visit www.crestedbuttereelfest.com or call (970) 349-7487.

SIGGRAPH Entry Deadlines. SIGGRAPH 99, taking place in Los Angeles from August 8-12, is currently accepting entries for the Computer Animation Festival. The selected films and videos will appear in either the daily screening room, the Electronic Theater or in other special events. Entries can be sent in many areas including animation, entertainment, special effects, visualization, research and technique, education, architecture, art, music, dance, non-narrative and experimental works, commercial productions and student-produced works. Film submissions must be received by April 7, 1999. In addition, the deadline for sketch and application presentations (brief discussions on innovations and research results in the technical, art, design, multimedia and animation arenas) is also April 7. For the required online submission forms, go to www.siggraph.org/s99/cfp/forms/. For general information on the exhibition and conference, visit www.siggraph.org.

Hollywood Film Festival Entry Call. The Hollywood Film Festival was accepting entries for its third annual festival at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel, August 4-9, 1999. Both short and long-form animated films were being accepted for the animation category. The deadline for submissions was March 31, 1999 with an entry fee of U.S. $50 per film. For entry forms and additional details visit www.hollywoodfestival.com or call (310) 288-1882.

Chicago Children's Film Fest Entry Call. The Chicago International Children's Film Festival (CICFF) is now accepting entries for its 16th annual festival, which will take place at Facets Multimedia's theaters, October 14-24, 1999. The CICFF is the largest competitive festival of children's films and videos in North America, with screenings of over 150 films and videos created for children ages 6-13. The competition includes six animation categories for feature, short and kid-produced films and videos. The deadline for submissions is May 28 with entry fees ranging from U.S.$35 to $75 depending upon length. For entry forms and guidelines, head over to www.cicff.org or call (773) 281-9075.

The Humanitas Prize. April 15 is the deadline to send in animation scripts for the 1999 Humanitas Prize recognizing "humanizing achievement in television and feature film writing." A $10,000 prize is given to the writer whose children's animation script most fully communicates human values. This year, the Children's Animation category now includes both non-primetime and primetime shows. Engraved trophies are also awarded to the winning show's producer, director, story editor, production company and network. The 1998 Humanitas Prize in Children's Animation went to David Silverman and Marcy Gray Rubin for "Blinded By Love," an episode of Life With Louie for Fox Kids Network. This is the second straight year the honors have gone to comedian Louie Anderson's semi-autobiographical show. There is no entry fee and no limit to the number of scripts submitted by one person. Call (310) 454-8769 for an application.

Note: Readers may contact any Animation World Magazine contributor by sending an e-mail to editor@awn.com.