* Friday, April 20, 2001. Burbank, California, U.S.A.



Back by popular demand! It's the ASIFA-East Animation Awards, a two-hour reel of the best independent shorts and commercials from the East Coast! The screening starts at 7:30 pm. The entry fee will be US$2 for members and $5 for non-members. Seating is limited. For more information contact ASIFA-Hollywood at: 721 S. Victory Blvd., Burbank, CA 91502; Tel.: (818) 842-8330; or Web: www.asifa-hollywood.org.

* 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

3D animator Lawrence Nimrichter has joined digital studio Spontaneous Combustion. Prior to Spontaneous, Nimrichter spent five years as an animator and technical director at Atomic Pictures in San Antonio, where he worked on commercial projects for Coca-Cola, Ford Motor Co., Corona, Sony, Televisa, Kraft, Procter & Gamble, Tecate, JC Penney, and agencies including McCann Erickson (Mexico City), JWT (Mexico City), Bromley Communications (San Antonio, TX) and Alazraki y Asociados (Mexico City), among others.

Barcelona, Spain's Acció is looking for a 2D ANIMATOR to work on
feature films. . . New York, New York's C-Traze Studios, a TV film
production company, is looking for a SALES ASSOCIATE. . . Miami,
Florida's Demand Creation, Inc. is looking for a CONTRACT ANIMATOR to
create 25 to 50 new clips per month. . . Greensburg, Pennsylvania's
DreamForge Intertainment is looking for a MODELER/TEXTURE ARTIST to
work on an action/adventure Xbox title. . . North Hollywood, California's

- New images and information have been posted for "(it was...)
Nothing At All", Buzzco's latest short. The film has just won 1st
prize from the Big Muddy Film Festival in Carbondale, Illinois. It
has also shown at the London Film Festival, Tricky Women Film
Festival and others. Based on an original song written by Candy Kugel
and Lanny Meyers, the film asks why is it easier to mourn the loss of
an object than the loss of a loved one. The film is traditionally

Cartoon Network scored the highest first-quarter prime time ratings and delivery performance of its history, landing in fourth place among all ad-supported cable networks, with a 1.7 prime household rating. The January-March '01 quarter also saw the largest net gain (177,000) in total day delivery among all ad-supported cable networks. Additionally, the network charted double-digit increases among households and all key demographics for total day rating and delivery, earning fourth place for the quarter, with a 1.1 total day rating.

DIRECTV Latin America announced on Friday, April 6, 2001 the official debut of the Disney Channel to all DIRECTV subscribers in Brazil. The Disney Channel is a new, 24-hour Portuguese television network with entertainment for kids and families created specially for the Brazilian market. The Disney programming block includes exclusive and original productions, a two-hour live, daily show, movies, animated and live-action series, concerts and special events.

* Friday, May 11, 2001. North Hollywood, California, U.S.A.

* Friday, April 27 – Saturday, April 28, 2001 and May 12, 2001. Valencia, California, U.S.A.

* Friday, April 20 – Friday, June 8, 2001. Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.

* Friday, April 27 – Sunday, April 29, 2001. Toronto, Ontario, Canada

* Wednesday, April 25, 2001. Toronto, Ontario, Canada

* Tuesday, September 4, 11, 18 and 25, 2001. San Francisco, California, U.S.A.


Early Deadline: April 30th, 2001

Late Deadline: July 5th, 2001

* Thursday, May 17 – Friday, May 18, 2001. Córdoba, Argentina.


Entry Deadline: April 30, 2001

Salt Lake City, Utah's Acclaim Studios Salt Lake is looking for a
CHARACTER ANIMATOR ... Kirkland, Washington's Big Fish Promotions is
looking for a SR. SOFTWARE ENGINEER ... New York, New York's Blue's
Clues is looking for a POST PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT COORDINATOR ...
Toronto, Canada's Cuppa Coffee Animation is looking for a PRODUCER ...
Century City, California's EMA Multimedia, Inc. is looking for a WEB
DESIGNER ... Halifax, Canada's Fatkat Animation Studios is looking for
an ANIMATION / INTERACTIVE (FLASH) SCRIPTWRITER ... San Rafael,

You can now download a clip from ACCELERATED EARTH, taken from
Stephen X. Arthur's latest National Film Board of Canada film series.
The clip is from FILM #1, the break-up of the supercontinent Pangea
and the birth of the Atlantic ocean, from about 230 million to 160
million years ago, at a time-lapse speed of seven million years per
second of screen time. The film clip was directed by Stephen X.
Arthur, produced by George Johnson, modelled, animated and composited

George Port has joined Whamo as their new head of business development, the company recently reported. With the recent rapid expansion of Whamo, which includes the opening of an office in Spain as well as the establishment of partnerships with Canada's Cambium Entertainment and Australia's Burbank Animation Studios, company president Joseph Szew opted to bring in Port. According to Szew, "We need someone who will be able to help us manage the company's aggressive strategy and growth.

Sesame Workshop's TINY PLANETS is in final negotiations to be aired on Italy's largest commercial broadcaster Mediatrade's channels. TINY PLANETS is a CGI animated educational comic adventure series for 3 to 5 year olds. A co-production with Pepper's Ghost Productions, the show follows Bing and Bong as they explore the worlds of their solar system such as the planets of light and color, sound, technology, stuff, self and nature through a space aged couch.

CineGroupe has recently announced that production has started on 26
episodes of WHAT'S WITH ANDY, a new half-hour animated series set to
premier Fall, 2001 on Canada's TELETOON and the Fox Family Channel in
the U.S. The series, based on the "Just…" series of books written by
Andy Griffith, chronicles the life of teenager Andy Larkin, a
self-proclaimed master prankster whose goal is to be the greatest
practical joker in the world, though his schemes backfire every time.
Realized primarily in 2D animation, the series also incorporates a