* Thursday, September 27 - Tuesday, October 2, 2001. Lake Tahoe, California, U.S.A.


Entry Deadline: June 29, 2001

* Friday, June 15 – Sunday, June 17, 2001. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

* Thursday, April 19 - Sunday, May 20, 2001. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

Lombard, Illinois' Big Idea Productions, a family media company, is
having an OPEN CALL for 3D ANIMATION DIRECTORS, 3D CHARACTER
ANIMATORS, ART DIRECTORS, ANIMATORS, CONCEPT ARTISTS and MODELERS. . .
Halifax, Canada's Collideascope Digital Productions, Inc., a new
media and convergence company, is looking for an ANIMATOR and 2D
ANIMATOR. . . Wiesbaden, Germany's Die Kolonie GbR, a talent and
recruiting agency, is looking for a TV-DESIGNER & ANIMATOR 2D & 3D. . .
Bregenz, Austria's KE Consult is looking for a FLASH SPECIALIST to

* Wednesday, May 2, 2001. New York City, New York, U.S.A.



MAC 3D NY, a Mac 3D Artist Association, is hosting meetings every other month at the Apple Marketing Center in New York City. The next meeting will be held Wednesday, May 2, 2001 at 6:00 pm. The topic is: Architecture and 3D/CAD Industrial Design, with guests from Form-Z, Architosh and Artlantis. The Apple Marketing Center is located at 53rd Street at Lexington Avenue, on the 29th floor of the Citicorp building. For pre-registration and other information, visit: www.mac3dny.org

- Complete Site Redesign for Animha

Animha Productions has completely redesigned their Website on AWN. The new
site has information on the organization, workshops such as
"Suspended Animation" and "Eyes of Fire," cool clips from various
projects, and the latest news and information about activities and
happenings within the organization. Animha is an association of
artists, writers, animators and filmmakers based in the Northern
Region of England. Animha works in partnership with schools,

* Sunday, April 29, 2001. Toronto, Canada



Sharon Katz' new short, THE ANGEL'S FOOT CAKE / DER FUS TORT premieres April 29, 2001 at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival. THE ANGEL'S FOOT CAKE is a raucous modern Yiddish tale accompanied by Klezmer music. For more information on Sharon Katz' work, including her previous short, HAPPY BIRTHDAY HANNAH, visit: www.sharonkatz.net

This week's updates to the Calendar of Events includes: Convergence
Film/Video/Animation Festival, September 14 - September 20, 2001,
Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A.; Jan Svankmajer Restrospective, June
15-17, 2001, Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.; Mac 3D NY Seminars, May
2, 2001, New York City, New York, U.S.A.; Matita Animated Film
Festival, September 27 - September 30, 2001, Chieti, Abruzzo, Italy;
Minnesota Fringe Short Film and Video Festival, August 3 - August 12,
2001, Minnesota, U.S.A.; Nick Park Tribute At The Los Angeles Museum

Episodes of BOB AND MARGARET and GARY & MIKE have been nominated for the prestigious Rose D’Or, an annual international television festival and competition held in Montreux, Switzerland, open to more than 2000 producers and broadcasters from around the world. This year’s festival will be held April 26 – May 1, 2001.

Venice, California's Digital Domain is looking for a VFX SUPERVISOR
to work in the company's commercial division. . . Winter Park, Florida's
Full Sail Real World Education is looking for an ASSOCIATE COURSE
DIRECTOR OF COMPUTER SPECIAL EFFECTS in the Computer Animation Degree
Program. . . Stony Brook, New York's Inky Dinky Animation Studios is
looking for 2D, 3D and STOP-MOTION ANIMATORS for their new studio. . .
London, UK's ITS is looking for a 3D ANIMATOR to design graphics for

- The AAI Summer Catalog Has Been Updated - The American Animation
Institute, the educational branch of M. P. S. C. Local 839 IATSE, has
updated its catalogue and class schedule for the Summer Semester
2001, which runs from May 15 through August 22. The AAI's Web page is
at http://www.awn.com/MPSC839/AAICATLG.HTM,
and the Summer 2001 schedule is available in Adobe Acrobat PDF format at
http://www.awn.com/MPSC839/AAICAT.pdf.

This week's updates to the Calendar
of Events includes: Sothebys.com
Classic Disney Animation Art Auction, April 13 - May 4, 2001 and May
11 - June 1, 2001; Guernsey's Cartoon Art Auction, May 19, 2001, New
York City, New York, U.S.A.; ASIFA-Central Conference and Retreat,
April 27 - 29, 2001, Utica, Illinois, U.S.A.; Art Institutes
International at San Francisco Open House, April 28, 2001, San
Francisco, California, U.S.A.; WIA Writers Seminar With Jack Enyart,

Animation
production house Toon Factory has finalized a deal with Luxembourg's
Neuroplanet and Canada's Vivatoon for co-production of the television
series KID CLONES IN SPACE. The two companies join Toon Factory and
French broadcaster TF1 as full co-production partners. Toon Factory
recently acquired all the rights to the property from the UK's
Cosgrove Hall, which will continue to work on the series' artistic
direction. Currently in development, the series is set to begin

* Friday, January 25 – Sunday, January 27, 2002. Boulder, Colorado, U.S.A.


Early Deadline: June 1, 2001

Late Deadline: October 1, 2001

* Monday, June 11, 2001. Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.A.



Entry Deadline: May 19, 2001

Activision, Inc. announced on April 12, 2001 that it will release the next installment of the best-selling skateboarding franchise of all time, TONY HAWK'S PRO SKATER, on six platforms -- the PlayStation2 computer entertainment system, Xbox video game system, Game Boy Advance, PC, PlayStation game console and Game Boy Color.

Big Idea Productions, creators of the made-for-video series VEGGIETALES, has teamed up with Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, for a chain-wide promotion of VEGGIETALES apparel, toys, videos, audio CDs and fabric. During April, more than 2,700 Wal-Mart stores across the United States will feature VeggieTales signage and merchandise. Shari Martin, executive director of licensing and consumer products for Big Idea Productions, said, "We are so excited to participate in this promotion with Wal-Mart, which clearly demonstrates how VEGGIETALES' popularity is exploding across the country.

In the competition at Cartoons on the Bay, Folimage’s imaginative SPUD AND THE VEGETABLE GARDEN took home three prizes. The 5th Cartoons On The Bay International Festival of Television Animation was held in Positano (Amalfi Coast), Italy from April 5 - 9. Cartoons on the Bay is the only festival in the world dedicated to television animation. The festival is an international event with awards, workshops, lectures and events centering on the ever-changing world of television animation.

* Preview: Thursday, May 17 – Friday, May 18, 2001. New York City, New York, U.S.A.

* Auction: Saturday, May 19, 2001. New York City, New York, U.S.A.

* Friday, April 27- Sunday, April 29, 2001. Utica, Illinois, U.S.A.



ASIFA-Central is having its ninth annual Animators Conference and Retreat. Events include presentations, workshops, animation screenings, networking time, outdoor BBQ and a late night Animator's Bonfire! Registrations accepted onsite for the weekend or for Saturday only. Utica is located on the Illinois River, 90 miles west of Chicago (90 minutes), at I-80 near I-39 (Illinois Rte 51). For more information contact Melissa Bouwman at: Email: asifa_central@hotmail.com.