Events

Ongoing Events

* Tuesday, October 19 - Sunday, January 30, 2000. Boca Raton, Florida, USA.
The International Museum of Comic Art presents The Art of Charles M. Schulz, creator of the comic strip, Peanuts. The exhibit displays artifacts, photos, magazine covers, Broadway and movie posters, toys, dolls, blow-ups of historic strips and more tracing the decade-by-decade evolution of Schulz' creation in the context of American history. IMCA is located at 201 Plaza Real in Boca Raton's Mizner Park, just one block north of Palmetto Park Road on Federal Highway. For more information Tel. (561) 391-2200, or visit www.cartoon.org.

The February 1998 issue of Animation World Magazine features Steve Charla's profile of the International Museum of Comic Art.

* Saturday, December 11, 1999 - Sunday, April 2, 2000. Valence, France.
Folimage, the creators of the 1995 Cartoon D'Or winner Le Moine Et Le Poisson (The Monk And The Fish), will feature an exhibition of their world-famous work. The event will take place from 2 pm - 6 pm every Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. An additional screening at 9 am - 12 pm will be held on Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. For more information contact 4, Place des Ormeaux, 26000 Valence, France; or Tel.: ++ 33 4 75 79 20 80.

* Monday, January 10, 2000 - Saturday, Janurday 29, 2000. New York, New York, USA.
After the crimson dust clears from the apocolyptic Armegedeon of Y2K, go enjoy some animation at the School of Visual Arts' "Animation Dreams: Millenium Nightmares" exhibit. Films presented at the screening center around the theme of the students' most horrific nightmares. The exhibition will also feature 3D character models, storyboards, animation cels, background drawings, murals, video tests of films, and a reel of award-winning films from past animation graduates. The event will take place at the SVA Gallery on 209 East 23rd St. For more information contact the SVA Office of Communication at (212) 592-2010; or E-mail to proffice@adm.schoolofvisualarts.edu.

Imagina And FIFI Might Pick Your Flick. Imagina 2000 with FIFI (Festival International du Film de l'Internet) have opened their competition to animation created specifically for the Internet. The FIFI is the first festival dedicated to films made for the Web. As the major European meeting point for digital image professionals, Imagina 2000 will provide a solid forum for launching this joint competition. All entries must be accessible through a URL only. The deadline for entries was December 15, 1999. The award will be presented during the Imagina 2000 ceremony in Monaco. For more information about the festival check out the FIFI Festival Web site at www.internet-film.org.

Monte-Carlo Names Jury. The Monte-Carlo Television Festival has announced the members of their international jury for the 2nd European Television Producer Award. Guy Fournier, the Canadian writer/producer, will preside over the seven member jury. Guy Fournier has written some 2000 hours of television drama for French and Canadian productions, over 150 hours of films and series for television, plays for the theater, feature length films (Fantastica, Une Amie D'enfance) and has also published a number of books. Other jury members include: Caroline Hupert, a French theater director, screenwriter and director for both film and television; Cinzia Torrini, an Italian documentary and short film director who has worked in both television and film; Andy Allan, a British independent consultant and former director of Carlton Television; Dieter Kosslick, the German President of the Nord Rhein Westfalen Film Stiftung (NRW Film Foundation) which finances a major part of the region's audiovisual industry; Hisanori Isomura, the Japanese President of Japan's "Maison de la Culture" in Paris, advisor to the director of UNESCO and ex-director of NHK; and Pedro Piqueras, a Spanish journalist and director/presenter of Antena 3's weekend news programs. The second European Producer Award will be presented during the Monte Carlo Television Market Opening Gala on Sunday, February 20, 2000. The Gala will be sponsored by Global Media Distribution.

Indian Kids Make Toon In 2 Days. As part of the International Children's Film Festival in Hyderabad, India on November 17 - 18, 1999, 45 children ages 5 - 15 years old came together to create a wildly imaginative, 5 minute animated short titled Tooned In 2 Days. The feat was done at a 2 day workshop on animation conducted by Dr. Neeraj's Animation Studios, the digital animation production facility of Sriven Multi-Tech Limited. Twenty of the studio's top animators, led by Dhimant Vyas and Rajsekhar took on the responsibility of guiding the children though the production process. The animation clips that the children made were edited by the studio animators into a story of a child speaking his dreams aloud and realising that he can make them come alive through animation. Renowned animation experts Antonia Ringbom from Finland (The Sun Is A Yellow Giraffe) and Andrea Schuch, a clay animator from Austria, also joined in the studio's efforts to teach the children. Jean Poulot of U.S.-based Will Vinton Studios joined P. Ganguly of the studio in running the Claymation workshop. The final film was presented by the children to the Governor of A.P. Dr. C. Rangarajan, the Chief Minister Sri N. Chandrababu Naidu and other ministers and dignitaries at the closing ceremony of the International Film Festival. The workshop organizers believed that by actually making an animated film in a hands-on workshop, the children would be made more aware of the animation process and appreciate the medium more.

WAC Is Back. The 7th World Animation Celebration (WAC) arrives in L.A. on Tuesday, May 30, 2000 - Sunday, June 4, 2000 for its festival and international competition. WAC will showcase more than 800 films, including the best in both classic and contemporary animation. As the main attraction, WAC will present awards to the best new animated works from around the world. The World Animation Celebration will present a trade show, an international business conferenece, world and American film premieres, seminars, symposiums, tributes, salutes to new European animation, special programs on new computer animation and a survey of the world's best animated commercials. Cash prizes, awards and commissions will be presented to winners in categories that include feature and short films, television series, television specials, commercials, public service announcements, educational films, experimental animation, computer animation, and animation intended for children. For more information contact the World Animation Celebration at 30101 Agoura Court, Suite #110, Agoura, CA 91301; Tel.: (818) 575-9615; Fax: (818) 575-9620; E-mail: wacfestusa@aol.com; or visit www.wacfest.com.