The 24th International Festival of animated film will be held in Annecy,
France, June 5-10, 2000. The festival is now accepting entries for animated
short films, television series, commissioned films and student films. The
deadline to register your film for competition is January 15, 2000. Entry
forms are now available on the festival web site. The three selection
committees will gather in Annecy March 2-12, 2000 in order to choose the 5
features and 10 programs of shorts which will compose the official
competition together with the 3 or 4 school and graduation film programs
and the 8 TV & commissioned film programs, representing in total more that
30 hours of viewing. After honoring Japanese Animation in 1999, the
festival will celebrate a century of animation, in an unprecedented tribute
to all forms of the art. The festivities even include the participation of
Richard Williams. The triple Oscar-winning animator, regarded by many in
the industry as a modern master, will offer a three-day Animation
Masterclass on the principles of animation, June 3-5, 2000. The MIFA expo
(International Animated Film Market) will be open June 7-10, 2000, and
feature a sizable new technologies area. The MIFA conference themes and
speaker names will be available soon on the festival web site.
Participation forms for the scientific conference NPAR 2000 (First
International Symposium on Non Photorealistic Animation and Rendering, June
5-7, 2000) will be ready in February. For more information and registration
forms, visit http://www.annecy.org or call (+33.4).50.10.09.00; Fax:
(+33.4).50.10.09.70. The Festival will also be present at NATPE, in New
Orleans, January 24-28, 2000, booth #2276.