* Monday, March 15 - Friday, March 19. San Jose, California, USA.

* Wednesday, March 10 - Sunday, March 14. Tampere, Finland.


The 29th Tampere International Short Film Festival features competitive screenings of over 80 short films from around the world. The special screenings include retrospectives of Frédéric Back and Pat O'Neill, a look at Russian animation in the '90s and screenings of five children's films such as Lotte Reiniger's 1926 film Adventures of Prince Achmed and the Iranian puppet animation film, Basaaritarinoita. For ticket information direct your browser to http://www.tampere.fi/festival/film/index2.htm.

Career Boot Camp, presented by the L.A. Chapter's of SIGGRAPH and Women in Animation, is a one-day intensive computer animation-geared event taking place Sunday, March 7 from 9-5 p.m. at the Universal Hilton in Universal City, California. The program is designed to inform people interested in breaking into the computer animation and visual effects industries. Attendees will hear from industry professionals from such companies as Industrial Light & Magic, the Walt Disney Company, Pacific Data Images (PDI), Tippett Studios, Area 51 and numerous others.

The 7th annual ASIFA Central Midwest Animator's Conference & Retreat takes place from April 30 through May 2 in the heart of Starved Rock State Park (Utica, Illinois). The event brings together an informal group of attendees to hear featured speakers, view animation and discuss various aspects of the animation business. Also included on the agenda is a Bar-B-Que, nature hikes and a chance to swim in an indoor pool or relax in a hot tub. The Retreat also features "The Helen Victoria Haynes World Peace Storyboard & Animation Scholarship Competition" designed to encourage student animators.

* Friday, March 5 - Saturday, March 6. Glendale, California, USA.

The Visual Effects Society (VES) is presenting the first "VES '99: A Festival of Visual Effects" which will take place June 4-6 at the Leonard Goldenson Theater of the Television Academy. The event is designed to provide an annual platform for sharing creativity and common interests in the production of visual effects for the entertainment industry. The three-day program includes a series of seminars presented by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), Jim Henson's Creature Workshop and Sony Pictures Imageworks among others.

* Sunday, March 7. Universal City, California, USA.

* Wednesday, March 10. San Jose, California USA.


"Filmmakers and Animators Evening at the Tech," a Bay Area industry
gathering designed to help local members of the large format film industry
and animation community, takes place at The Tech Museum of Innovation
starting at 7:00 p.m. The evening includes a reception and a screening of
large format animated shorts including Mark Osborne's MORE, Jules Engel's
AVIARY, Don MacBain's FIRE and Barbel Neubauer's SKY; followed by a

* Monday, March 8. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.


The Association of Northern Animators (ANA) will host a celebration of
women's animation on March 8 (International Women's Day) at the Telegraph
Hotel. The evening will include screenings and discussion of women's films
produced in the region. Female animators from the Northeast UK region
include Candy Guard (POND LIFE) and Sarah Kennedy (CRAPSTON VILLAS). For
further details, e-mail alys.hawkins@unn.ac.uk or contact Yvonne Scott at
(0191) 265 4932.

* Thursday, February 25 - Wednesday, March 3. San Jose, California, USA.


The week-long Cinequest San Jose Film Festival IX takes place with numerous screenings and special events. Among the events are “PDI Presents: The Making of Antz” and a screening dedicated to recent animated shorts. For additional information visit www.cinequest.org or call (408) 295-3378 for tickets.

* Tuesday, March 2. Glendale, California, USA.


“Meet the Authors” is a book signing and informal discussion with famed animation authors Charles Solomon (The Disney That Never Was, The Prince of Egypt: A New Vision in Animation) Jerry Beck (Warner Bros. Animation Art, I Tawt I Taw A Puddy Tat), Michael Mallory (Hanna-Barbera Cartoons) and Harvey Deneroff (The Art of Anastasia). The event which starts at 7:00 p.m. at Borders Books and Music in Glendale is free to the public. For additional details call (818) 241-8099.

* Monday, March 1. Glendale, California, USA.


As part of ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Expo ‘99, “An Evening of Hanna-Barbera,” with special guests Joe Barbera and Iwao Takamoto, takes place at Kreider Hall in Glendale Community College. An informal discussion with Barbera and Takamoto moderated by Michael Mallory, along with a screening of Hanna-Barbera shorts, starts at 7:00 p.m. For admission information/reservations, call (818) 842-8330.

* Saturday, February 27. Los Angeles, California, USA.

* Monday, February 22. San Francisco, California, U.S.A.

ASIFA-Hollywood has announced more details about their Animation Expo taking place March 5-6, 1999 at the Glendale Civic Auditorium and Glendale Community College.

Milia '99- the International Content Market for Interactive Media will take place at the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, France from February 9-12. Milia is an international event that connects all facets of on-line/off-line interactive content by bringing together over 1000 on-line, gaming, multimedia, television, satellite and telecom companies from 57 countries.

* Tuesday, February 9 - Friday, February 12. Cannes, France.

* Friday, February 19 - Friday, February 26. Santa Clarita, California, USA

* Sunday, February 14. Los Angeles, California, USA


Hollywood Shorts will hold their February screening on Valentine's Day at 6:00 p.m. and in honor of the holiday, the films being screened all have a heart-y theme. The sole animated short in this edition is Christine Smith's cel-animated short CHASING THE BLUES AWAY. The screening will be held at THE JOINT, 8771 West Pico Blvd, in West LA. The complete films will also be available for on-line viewing at http://www.lalive.com/hollywoodshorts.

* Wednesday, February 24. Rochester, New York, USA


The Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) presents their Winter MFA Animation Screening at 7:00 p.m. in the Carlson Auditorium on the RIT campus. The screening is open to all and includes screenings of the winter quarter projects and thesis films. For more information, e-mail mkspph@rit.edu or call (716) 475-2754.