The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) has announced the nominees for the 4th Annual
BAFTA Children's Awards. The Awards "honour the variety, richness and
excellence of British television for the young audience." This year's
Animation category nominees are: THE BEAR (Channel 4/TV Cartoons Ltd.),
BYBS (S4C/Griffilms), THE FIRST SNOW OF WINTER (BBC1/Hibbert Ralph
Entertainment), and SPOT (BBC1/King Rollo Films). Additionally, two of the
four nominees for the Children's Feature Film are animated: A BUG'S LIFE

The fourth edition of The Animated Castles film festival took place September 29 - October 3 in Rome,
Italy. Here are this year's winners:


Grand Prize "I Castelli Animati":

AU BOUT DU MONDE by Konstantin Bronzit, Russia.


Special Jury Prize:

EUROPE & ITALY by Bruno Bozzetto, Italy.


Prize For The Best Debut Short Film:

MIGRATIONS by Constantin Chamski, France.


Prize For The Best European Short Film:

3 MISSES by Paul Driessen, Netherlands.


Special Audience Prize:

The 2nd Matita International Animation Film Festival was held September 23
- 26 in Guardiagrele, Italy. The jury consisted of Jury President Giulio
Cingoli (producer and director), Milan, Italy; Piotr Dumala (director,
animator, and teacher at the Film School of Lodz), Warsaw, Poland; Ruth
Lingford (director, animator, and teacher at the Royal College of Arts and
National Film & Television School of London), London, UK; Laura Ruggeri
(student at the International Academy of Image, Lanterna Magica), L'Aquila,

Every year since 1991, the organization CARTOON, with the support of the
MEDIA program of the European Union, selects one European short animated
film as the "Cartoon d'Or," or "best European animation film." This year's
winner, announced at the Cartoon Forum in Corboda, Spain (September 22-26),
is MIGRATIONS by Constantin Chamski (France). The 4-minute CGI film is
distributed by France-based Heure Exquise! where it was also produced. This
year's other nominees were L'ARME DU CROCODILE by Eric Blesin (Belgium), EL

Antran Manoogian, President of the International Animated
Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, has announced the nominees for the 27th Annual Annie Awards, ASIFA-Hollywood’s honoring of the best in animation. THE IRON GIANT leads the list of nominees with fifteen nominations, including best feature. The final winners will be presented with their awards at the Annie Awards Ceremony to be held at the Alex Theatre in Glendale, California on Saturday, November 6, at 7 pm. For more information about the event and tickets call (818) 842-8330.

The Fantoche International Animation
Festival, which was held August 31-September 5 in Baden/Zurich,
Switzerland, has announced its award winners. The jury, which was comprised
of Linda Simensky (USA), Pierre Hébert (Canada), Michail Aldashin (Russia),
Franziska Oliver (CH) and Frédéric Maire (CH), awarded the following prizes:


First Prize 'Best Film'

MAJOR'S NOSE by Michail Lisowoi


Second Prize 'High Risk'

GRACE by Lorelei Pepi


Third Prize 'Encouragement-Prize'

At the 53rd Edinburgh International Film Festival, which ran August 15-29,
The 10th Post Office McLaren Award for the Best British Animation was won
by Tim Hope for THE WOLFMAN. The award is named in honor of the great
Scottish experimental animator, Norman McLaren. The competition was judged
by a panel of six previous winners of the McLaren Award, including Ged
Haney, Phil Mulloy, Tim Webb and Sue MacLoughlin. Animation Director Bob
Godfrey accepted the award and a check on behalf of the winner from the

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences awarded the Emmy in the category
for outstanding animated programs up to an hour in length to Fox's KING OF
THE HILL ("And They Call It Bobby Love"). In winning its first Emmy in this
category, KING OF THE HILL beat out fellow Fox toons THE SIMPSONS, FUTURAMA
and THE PJS as well as Cartoon Network's THE POWERPUFF GIRLS. HBO's TODD
MCFARLANE'S SPAWN took the honor for outstanding animated program over an
hour. UPN's DILBERT won the award for main title design. The Emmy for

ITS, a Vienna, Virginia-based trade association of the post-production
industry, has announced the winners of the 1999 International Monitor
Awards. "The Awards recognize artists who have successfully mastered the
synthesis of creativity and technology. It is the highest recognition for
outstanding production and post-production," says Ruth Roland, Chairman of
the 20th Annual International Awards. This year's animation related winners
were:


BEST ELECTRONIC VISUAL EFFECTS FOR FILM ORIGINATED TELEVISION SERIES

Gary Albright, vice president of creative services and off air promotions
for Atlanta, Georgia-based Cartoon Network, has awarded The Classical
Animation Society of the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) a $500
grant on behalf of Cartoon Network. The society will use the money to help
fund its activitites such as last February's MULAN Event which included a
screening of Disney's MULAN, clips of various stages of animated scenes,
and a workshop in layout design by Disney artist Bill Hodman. The Classical

The fifth annual Anima Mundi festival has had its run July 9-18 in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. At this festival the audience is the jury, and they have
chosen:


Best Brazilian Film - DE JANELA PARA O CINEMA (RAINBOW'S END) by Quiá
Rodrigues.


Best Film of the Official Selection - GOGWANA by Deiniol Morris, UK.


Second Best Film of the Official Selection - AU BOUT DU MONDE (AT THE ENDS
OF THE EARTH) by Konstantin Bronzit, France.


Third Best Film of the Official Selection - RECI, RECI, RECI (WORDS, WORDS,

The Academy for Television Arts and Sciences have announced the nominees
for the 1999 Primetime Emmy Awards. The awards ceremony will be telecast on
Fox on September 12 and held in Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium. The
animated nominees include the following programs:


The category for OUTSTANDING ANIMATED PROGRAM (For programming one hour or
less) includes five nominations:


FUTURAMA - A BIG PIECE OF GARBAGE (FOX/Curiosity Company Productions in
association with Twentieth Century Fox).

CARTOON has announced this year's nominees for the coveted Cartoon d'Or.
Making the list for best European animated short films are: L'ARME DU
CROCODILE by Eric Blesin (Belgium), EL CARMINANTE by Debra Smith (UK),
JOLLY ROGER by Mark Baker (UK), MIGRATION by Constantin Chamski (France),
LE CYCLOPE DE LA MER by Philippe Julien (France), and SALTKVERNEN by Pjotr
Sapegin (Norway). The annual Cartoon Forum, where the Cartoon d'Or is
awarded, is organized by AEFA Cartoon, the European Association for

The 6th Bradford Animation Festival, which took place June 19-24 in
Bradford, England, has announced the following winners. The Bradford
Animation Festival is a project of the newly-renovated National Museum of
Photography, Film and Television in England.


Non-Professional, Under 16: MILAN by Animation Station and Young Asian
Girls Group


Experimental: HIT PARADE by Animation Films Vienna


Adults, Non-Professional: NIGHT WATCH by James Hall


Digital: BUNNY by Chris Wedge

The winners of the 13th Prix Ars Electronica '99 have been announced. Held
in Linz, Austria, Prix Ars Electronica is a competition for works in the
categories of Computer Animation/Visual Effects; Interactive Art; Internet;
and Digital Music. There were 2119 entries. The Prix Ars Electronica '99
awards presentation will be held in conjunction with the Ars Electronica
Festival on Monday, September 6, 1999 at the ORF Upper Austrian Regional
Studio. The best works from each category will be shown in an exhibition at

The 26th annual ASIFA-Hollywood Annie Awards ceremony, which honors the
best in animation, and took place on November 13, 1998, will be broadcast
on TV for the first time ever on KCAL TV 9 in Los Angeles, California on
June 26, 1999 at 9 pm. The awards ceremony, which was hosted by comedian
Jay Thomas, was originally announced to be televised on the Fox Family
Channel sometime last December. For more information visit
www.asifa-hollywood.org.

Two weeks after winning for best short film at the Cannes Film Festival,
Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis' short film, WHEN THE DAY BREAKS (The
National Film Board of Canada), has won the Grand Prix for best animated
short film at Annecy '99, which concluded on Saturday, June 5. The film is
about a pig whose world shifts after a car accident kills a stranger (a
chicken) on her block. The complete list of award winners is as follows:
The special Jury Prize went to AU BOUT DU MONDE/AT THE END OF THE EARTH by

Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis' short film, WHEN THE DAY BREAKS (The
National Film Board of Canada), won the Palme d'Or at the recently
concluded 52nd Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, France. It
took four years for Forbis and Tilby to finish the softly colored,
wordless, but musical, story of a pig whose world shifts after a car
accident kills a stranger (a chicken) on her block. Forbis and Tilby began
the production of "When the Day Breaks" by shooting High-8 video of the

On May 15, 1999 the 26th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were presented in 43
categories during ceremonies held at the Marriott Marquis Hotel, New York
City, and the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Beverly Hills. Outstanding Achievement
in Animation Emmy Awards were presented to William Joyce, Production
Designer for Nelvana's ROLIE POLIE OLIE, Dave Wasson, Production Designer
for "Max and His Special Problem," part of Nickelodeon's OH YEAH! CARTOONS
series, and Mark Zoeller, Storyboard Artist for DreamWorks' TOONSYLVANIA.

Eoin Clarke's DEVIANT! won the Best of Festival award at the first New York
Animation Festival. The first New York Animation Festival presented a
diverse international program of film and video animation from May 13-15 in
New York City. Over 2500 attended the three-day event which was held in
Greenwich Village at The New School for Social Research's Tishman
Auditorium. Here is the complete list of winners: Best of Festival:
DEVIANT! by Eoin Clarke; Honorable Mention: ONE SELF: FISH GIRL by Emily