Call for Entries
NPAR 2000 calls for entries. NPAR
2000 is the first international symposium dedicated to non-photorealistic
animation and rendering, including cartoon animation systems and
techniques. It takes place at the International Animated Film Festival
of Annecy, France, July 5-9, 2000 in conjunction with ACM/SIGGRAPH
and Eurographics. The symposium will bring together researchers
and practitioners from academia and industry, showcase cutting-edge
research in non-photorealistic animation and rendering systems and
techniques, and present examples of these techniques in original
computer-animated films. Papers, animated films, and student posters
are requested from all researchers and practitioners connected to
non-photorealistic animation and rendering. Paper submissions must
be sent to npar2000@emn.fr no later than Monday, November 15, 1999.
Animation submissions must be sent to npar2000@emn.fr no later than
Monday, November 15, 1999. Students interested in presenting a poster
should send an extended abstract of at most two pages, in electronic
form (PostScript, PDF, or HTML), to npar2000@emn.fr no later than
Wednesday, March 15, 2000. For more information visit www.annecy.org/npar.
Art In Motion Calls For Entries. Art In Motion focuses on
innovative content and diversity. The criteria for entry is time
rather than medium based, and therefore video, film and digital
projects, animations, Websites, CD-Roms etc. are all eligible. Hybrids
are particularly welcome. The festival will take place on January
28, 2000 at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.
The deadline for entries is November 1, 1999. There will be a $1000
"Best of Show" award and "first place" allocations
in each exhibition category. For more information visit www.usc.edu/go/aim.
Toronto Digital Image Festival Calls For Entries. The Fifth
Annual Toronto Digital Image Festival (TDIF) accepted computer animation
and special effects entries until September 24, 1999. Narrative
and experimental CGI entries are strongly encouraged. The festival
takes place October 28, 1999 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. For more
information visit www.interlog.com/~dolish/tdif; or Tel. (905) 438-1659.
Brussels Calls For Entries. The 19th Brussels Cartoon and
Animated Film Festival takes place February 28-March, 11 2000. The
deadlines for entries is November 1, 1999. Each year the Brussels
Cartoon and Animated Film Festival programs the crème de
la crème in international animation, and chooses its candidate
for the Cartoon d'Or. For more information contact The Brussels
Cartoon and Animated Film Festival, Rue de la Rhétorique
19, 1060 Brussels, Belgium. Tel: 32 2 534 41 25; Fax: 32 2 534 22
79; or E-mail: folioscope@skynet.be. Also visit www.awn.com/folioscope/FDA2000/info2000gb.html.
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MILIA d'Or 2000 Calls For Entries.
MILIA 2000, the World's Interactive Content Marketplace, will take
place February 14-18, 2000 in Cannes, France. The sixth edition
of the MILIA d'Or Awards - The World's Interactive Content Awards
will be sponsored for the second consecutive year by DVD FORUM,
an international association dedicated to developing DVD formats
and promoting its broad acceptance. Awards categories include interactive
(games, family entertainment and learning), as well as Interactive
TV, e-commerce and online entertainment. Two new DVD Awards will
be awarded: a Grand Prize DVD-ROM and Grand Prize DVD-Video. All
DVD's published before November 1999 are eligible. Entry deadline
is November 26, 1999. For more information contact Eva Obadia, in
the US, at Tel. (212) 595-9801; or E-mail: Evaobadia1@aol.comor;
or Gregory Krumm, in France, at Tel. 33 (0) 1 41 90 44 76.
Dancing Pixel Festival Calls For Entries. Animation Magazine
and Brilliant Digital Entertainment, Inc., a producer of 3-D animated
content on the Internet and a developer of animation tools and technology,
have announced that they will co-host the Dancing Pixel Festival.
Dancing Pixel will be the first all 3-D real-time animation festival
on the Internet. Animators, both professionals and aspirants, are
invited to submit their work for public viewing and judging on the
festival site. Submissions will be taken from October 1, 1999 to
December 31, 1999. The general public will be able to screen submitted
works beginning October 15, 1999. For more information visit www.dancingpixel.com.
British Animation Awards Calls For Entries. The third annual
British Animation Awards is calling for entries from UK animators.
The awards will be announced on Thursday, March 9, 2000. Deadline
for entries is December 1, 1999. For more information Tel. 0171
383 4387; or Fax 0171 388 3782.
Europacinema & TV Film Festival Calls For Entries. The
16th EuropaCinema & TV Film Festival takes place November 27-December
3, 1999 in Rome, Italy. The deadline for entries for the animated
shorts competition is October 10, 1999. For more information contact
EuropaCinema & TV, Via XX Settembre, 3 - 00187 Roma, Italy;
or Tel. +39 06 42011184 or +39 06 42000211; Fax +39 06 42010599;
or E-mail: europa.cinema@agora.stm.it. Also visit //rg.unicri.it/europacinema/.
MILIA Calls For Entries For New Talent Competition. MILIA
2000, the World's Interactive Content Marketplace, which takes place
from February 14 - 18, 2000 in Cannes, France, is calling for entries
for the MILIA New Talent Competition. Since its creation five years
ago, the New Talent Competition has provided interactive entertainment
and new media professionals with the opportunity of discovering
students' fresh creative ideas, and offered a new forum for recruiting
new talent. A jury composed of international experts will meet in
Paris in December in order to select the 20 best interactive projects
in any area of online or offline interactivity. Entry deadline is
November 17, 1999. For more information contact Eva Obadia, in the
US, at Tel. (212) 595-9801; or E-mail: Evaobadia1@aol.comor; or
Gregory Krumm, in France, at Tel. 33 (0) 1 41 90 44 76.