Call for Entries
LAIFF! We Want You...And Your Films.
The Los Angeles Independent Film Festival has put out a call for
submissions for its April 13-18, 2000 event. The deadline for submissions
is January 7, 2000. The six year-old festival showcases the best
in independent music videos from North America. Music videos that
were completed after January 1, 1998 can be submitted on 1/2"
VHS. If selected for exhibition, you must have a 16mm or 35mm print.
For further information or submission application, please call (323)
951-7090 or check out the LAIFF website at www.laiff.com.
Lovebytes Beckons. Lovebytes Digital Arts Festival 2000 invites
entries of film, video, multimedia and net art to feature in a substantial
exhibition of digital work for exhibition in April, 2000. In its
fifth year, the festival features a mixture of digital art and media
including exhibitions, seminars, screenings, specially commissioned
artworks, alongside workshops and live performances from some of
the world's most innovative digital sound and multimedia artists.
All events will be staged in Sheffield's Media and Exhibition Centre.
If you produce film/video, multimedia or net art this is your opportunity
to be seen. If selected, your work will be presented alongside a
three day conference which will explore the theme of "Digital
Originals" through critical debate, presentations and workshops.
Entry deadline in January 14, 2000. For more information check out
the Web site at http://www.lovebytes.org.uk/00 or call +44 (0)114
221 0393.
Zagreb Would Love To Grab Your Film. In preparation for the
14th World Festival of Animated Films, Zagreb 2000 has started taking
entries. Entry forms must be received by February 1, 2000 and films
on VHS (for selection only), Betacam SP PAL, or film prints must
be received by March 1, 2000. Please, send VHS tapes to Zagreb Film
(Animafest) Vlaska 70 10,000 Zagreb, Croatia. The festival will
be held June 21-25, 2000. For more information contact Zagreb Film
(Animafest) at Vlaska 70, 10,000 Zagreb, Croatia, Europe. Tel.:
++385-1-4666 439 4613 689, Fax: ++ 385-1-4557 068, 4666 441, or
E-mail: animafest@zagrebfilm.hr.
Imagine Calls For Canadian Kids. The Center for Digital Imaging
and Sound has launched Imagine 2000 -- the first Western Canadian
high school media arts competition. The event will offer 11th and
12th graders from BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba the chance
to win CA$200,000 in media scholarships. Categories include animation,
game development, Web site design, video and film production, sound
and music composition, graphic design, and fine art. This festival
gives any creative student the rare chance to get his or her work
out to the public. The deadline for entries is April 27, 2000. For
more information contact Shelley Hilliard at (800) 661-1885 or visit
the Web site at www.artschool.com.
Brisbane Beckons! April 6-9, 2000, The Brisbane International
Animation Festival will represent Australia in the international
animation festival alliance with Ottawa, Holland, Fantoche and Anima
Mundi animation festivals. It is Australia's only festival dedicated
exclusively to animation in all of its forms. Playing host to national
and international guests who will gather in Brisbane, Australia,
to experience the best of world class animation, the festival provides
a local, national and international forum for the appreciation of
the art and diversity of animation. Programming will include an
International Competition, National Commercials Competition, Retrospectives,
Gay and Lesbian Themes in Animation, Seminars, Late Night Features
and Children's Components. Stop-motion master, Ray Harryhausen will
open the Festival as guest of honor. The Festival tours from Brisbane
to Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide, Darwin, Perth, Cairns, Canberra,
Hobart and other major regional centers. Deadline for entries is
January 14, 2000 and entry forms for the International Competition
are available on the festival web site at www.biaf.com.au. For more
information contact Peter Moyes, Director at PO Box 1361, Fortitude
Valley, Q 4006, Australia; Tel.: ++ 617 3392-2307; Fax: ++ 617 3392-2314;
or E-mail: info@biaf.com.au.
Let Your Toons Make Their Way To Norway. After 6 years, the
organizers of the Oslo Animation Festival have moved operations
to Fredrikstad, Norway. Complete with a new name, the Nordic and
Baltic Animation Festival invites both animators and spectators
on May 3-5, 2000 to take part in an event dedicated to promoting
the screening and better understanding of animation. This year's
festival presents: Nordic and Baltic films in competition, International
highlights, a Focus on Canadian animation, Paul Driessan as Guest
of Honor, Animated Special Effects, a Celebration of Oskar Fischinger,
Jury Progams, Exhibitions and even more. The deadline for VHS submissions
to the festival is February 1, 2000. For more information contact
Animerte Dager at Pb 1405, N-1602 Fredrikstad, Norway; Tel.: ++47
69 31 69 24; Fax: ++47 69 30 09 34, E-mail: ad@animertedager.no;
or visit www.animertedager.no.
