* Saturday, February 6. Chicago, IL, USA.

* Tuesday, February 9 - Saturday, February 20. Brussels, Belgium.

* Saturday, February 6 - Saturday, February 13. New York City, New York, USA.


"The 1999 New York International Children's Film Festival (NYICFF) will be held at Cantor Film Center in Manhattan. Among the highlights are a screening of Hayao Miyazaki's feature "Kiki's Delivery Service" and an Ub Iwerks Retrospective in Animation. Forty-two films will be in competition including such animated entries as "Mario the Show Cleaner," "Pingu Steals," "A Dog Cartoon" [AF 12/22/98], "Frank the Wrabbit" and "Furious George." For further information call (212) 677-6478.

* Saturday, January 30. Hollywood, California, USA.

* Monday, January 25 - Thursday, January 29, 1999. New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

*Thursday, January 28. New York City, New York, U.S.A.


The New York City public premiere of Blue Sky's "Bunny" will be held on January 28 at 7:00 P.M. at:


Pace University

NYC Schimmel Center for the Arts

One Pace Plaza

New York, NY


The event costs $7 for general admission and is free to NYC ACM SIGGRAPH members and Pace students & faculty. The screening will be followed by a presentation hosted by director Chris Wedge, digital effects supervisor Dave Walvoord and senior animator Doug Dooley.

Matt Stone and Trey Parker, creators of the phenomenally popular Comedy Central animated series “South Park,” will speak at NATPE. The informal talk, “Coffee With Trey Parker and Matt Stone,” takes place Wednesday, January 27, from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m. in Room 245.

* Monday, January 18 - Friday, January 22, 1999. Monaco and Paris, France.

* Wednesday, January 27. London, England.


As part of London’s Museum of the Moving Image lecture series, British Pathe opens up their archives to present a unique view of early British animation. Titles by Lancelot Speed, H.M. Bateman, Tom Webster, Frank Holland, Walter Booth and Brian White will be screened in this event presented by researcher Ken Clark. The event starts at 7:30 p.m. and admission is £6. For museum information call 0171 401 2636 or for the box office call 0171 928 3232.

* January 10 - March 14. Los Angeles, California, USA.

* Thursday, January 21. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.


The Women in Animation's Writer's Group will hold a discussion about what writers should know about lawyers and agents. The event starts at 7:00 P.M. Call Kellie-Bea Rainey to RSVP and for directions at (818) 623-0020 or e-mail at kellie-bea@kellie-bea.com.

* Thursday, January 14. Westwood, California, U.S.A.


Women In Animation's Writers' Group is starting up their Seminar Series again for 1999. The first seminar will cover the differences between live-action and animation writing, the philosophy of comedy, and gag writing techniques. The group meets at Saban Entertainment at 7:30 PM. For further information call Jean Ann Wright at 818-360-8321.

* Sunday, January 3 - Saturday, January 9, 1999. Sydney, Australia.


Flickerfest, 8th International Short Film Festival will consist of a main competitive program, a short documentary competition and additional programs and forums aside from the competition. For more information, visit www.flickerfest.com.au or call 61 (0)2 9211 7133.

* Monday, January 4 - Friday, January 8, 1999. San Francisco, California, USA.

Sheridan College (Oakville, Ontario, Canada) is hosting “Sheridan Animates Manhattan” on January 25 in New York City. The one-day program brings together leading animation artists in three separate events - The Animation Master Class, The CanApple Animation Forum and The Animation Showcase. The Animation Master Class features a behind-the-scenes look at how animation is used in films from “Jurassic Park” to “Twister.” The panel will be composed of Sheridan alumnus Steve Williams, James Straus and Dennis Turner.

* Tuesday, December 29. Berkeley, California, U.S.A.

* Monday, November 30 - Thursday, December 3. La Reunion Island, France.


The biennial 3rd Encounters of the Indian Ocean Institute of the Image is
exceptionally well organized this year, featuring a tribute to the late
animation teacher Pierry Ayma, a co-founder of the Indian Ocean Institute.
Fifty European professionals will meet to discuss the following theme:
real-time data and sound transfer for production and [long distance]
training purposes. AWN's General Manager Annick Teninge, will attend the

The premiere of Faith Hubley's new film "Africa" is set to take place at Storyopolis on December 15th. The 10-minute film will screen at 5:00, 5:30, 6:00, and 6:30 p.m. at the New Line Cinema. A reception follows afterwards at Storyopolis from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m. Faith and Emily Hubley will be present at the reception. The screening and reception are open to the public free of charge, however, guests must RSVP by calling (310) 828-7577.

* Sunday, December 13. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.


Hollywood Shorts, a monthly film festival dedicated to independent short films and videos, will take place 6:00 to 9:00 p.m. at The Joint (8771 West Pico Boulevard in West LA). The screening includes the animated film "Call Me Fishmael." A holiday party follows the screening. If you don't live in L.A. and would still like to still see the films, they can be seen through the Internet at http://www.lalive.com.

* Friday, December 11. New York, New York, U.S.A.


Join the Animazing Gallery (415 West Broadway, 2nd Fl) in celebrating the Disney and Warner Bros. 75th Anniversay from 4:00 to 8:00 p.m. The gallery has some holiday offers as well that may interest animation art collectors. To RSVP or for more information call (212)226-7374 or e-mail Animazing@worldnet.att.net.