Events

Ongoing Events

* 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.

Read about Folimage's other Cartoon D'Or winning film, L'enfant Au Grelot/Charlie's Christmas, by the director himself Jacques-Rémy Girerd.

* Wednesday, January 26 - Sunday, February 6, 2000. Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
The Rotterdam International Film Festival includes a short film section with categories in animation that include Fiction, Documentary, and Experimental. To highlight the fest's Japanese program, an exhibition entitled "Manga Manga!" will showcase selections from manga productions from 1945 to the present. The festival will again present its "Exploding Cinema" program which features a multimedia live performance that brings together filmmakers, animators and musicians. Other sections will highlight Japanese pop-culture, video games and anime. For more information contact: P.O. Box 21696, 3001 AR Rotterdam, The Netherlands; Tel.: ++ 31 10-8909090; Fax: ++ 31 10-8909091; E-mail: tiger@iffrotterdam.nl; or Web: www.iffrotterdam.nl.

* Monday, January 31 - Saturday, February 5, 2000. San Roque, Cadiz, Spain.
22nd International Short Film Festival of San Roque is open to all films under 30 minutes made after January 1, 1997. Categories will include fiction, animation and documentary. Cash prizes range from Euros 3,000 to 900. For more information contact Ilusre Ayuntamiento de San Roque, Semana Internacional del Cortometraje, Cine-Teatro Alameda Alameda de Alfonso, 11360 San Roque (Cadiz) Espana; Tel.: ++ 34 (9)56-781074; Fax: ++ 34 (9)56-781568/782456; or Email: amdel@ctv.es.

Upcoming Events

* Friday, February 4 - Saturday, February 12, 2000. Clermont-Ferrand, France.
This year, Clermont-Ferrand Short Films Festival will be featuring its 12th international competition and 22nd French competition. The festival will highlight animated films based off of comic strips. Filmmakers and buyers can take advantage of the short film market, which attracted more than 50 TV channels, 50 distributors, and 60 international festival organizers last year. German filmmaker Jochen Kuhn of the Stuttgart Film School will present a program of his animated work along with films created by his students. Other programs will showcase SODEC (Societe de Developpement des Entreprises Culturelles di Quebec), education films, and children's animation. For more information contact Festival du Court Métrage at: 26, rue des Jacobins, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France; Tel.: ++ 33 473 91 65 73; Fax: ++ 33 473 92 11 93; E-mail: festival@gdebussac.fr; or Web: shortfilm.gdebussac.fr

* Thursday, February 10, 2000. Chicago, Illinois, USA.
The 29th Mobius Advertising Awards is a yearly event recognizing outstanding television and radio commercials, as well as print advertising and package designs. The competition is open to television commercials and campaigns which have been produced, screened or aired in the past 12 months. The animation-related categories include: Animation-Computer, Animation-Non-Computer, and Animation-Computer & Non-Computer. For more information contact The Mobius Advertising Awards at: 841 North Addison Avenue, Elmhurst, Illinois 60126-1291, USA; Tel.: (630) 834-7773; Fax: (630) 834-5565; or Web: www.mobiusawards.com.

* Friday, February 25, 2000 - Thursday, March 2, 2000. Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Cartoon Noir comes to LA. This multi-technique film is a feature-length compilation of animated shorts from American and European artists. Featured in Cartoon Noir are: Ape, Julie Zammarchi's darkly comic critique of monogamy, meat eating and the daily pattern of human brutality; Altair, Lewis Klahr's collagist elegy on New York nightlife; Club Of The Discarded, Jiri Barta's tale of a family of discarded mannequins who enjoy a quiet life in an abandoned warehouse until a group of hipster mannequins move in and spoil the neighborhood; Gentle Spirit, Piotr Dumala's Dostoyevsky-inspired story of the psychological landscape between a young lady and an ominous male figure; Joy Street, Suzan Pitt's story of a woman who journeys from suicidal despair to personal renewal with the help of an unlikely spirit guide; and The Story Of The Cat And The Moon, Pedro Serrazina's mini-classic of the fatalistically unrequited love as a cat ceaselessly seeks the moon. The film will play at Landmarks' Nuart Theatre located at 11272 Santa Moniac Blvd., West Los Angeles, CA. For screening times call the Nuart at Tel.: (310) 478-6379. For more information on other screenings contact Phil Hall at Open City Communications, (212) 714-3575 or Opencity@aol.com.