* Wednesday, November 8 – Sunday, November 12, 2000. Ajijic, Mexico.

* Saturday, October 28, 2000. Hollywood, California, U.S.A.

* Saturday, November 4 – Sunday, November 5, 2000. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.

* Wednesday, September 27, 2000. Burbank, California, U.S.A.

Foresight Marketing & Design Ltd., a marketing and consulting firm in Eastern Canada, has recently created a new division, Foresight Animation Studio. The toon house offers traditional animation and graphics as well as other creative services like Website design. Animation director Roger Foucault (also the creative director of Foresight's marketing firm) brings full traditional and classical animation training skills to the studio and hopes to see their company establish long-term business relationships with others. For more information contact Foresight at: P.O.

In conjunction with the Ottawa International Animation Festival, ASIFA held its general assembly and the election of its new executive board. Abi Feijo of Portugal was voted president and said that ASIFA is at a turning point where he hopes to redefine ASIFA`s goals and priorities. Marco de Blois (Canada), Sayoko Kinoshita (Japan), Andy Wyatt (United Kingdom) and Antran Manoogian (USA) were voted in as vice presidents. Vesna Dovnikovic of Croatia will serve as secretary general and Pierre Azuelos of France as treasurer.

The Writers’ Guild of Canada (WGC) has finalized a new two-year collective bargaining agreement with domestic producers, which now covers animation scribes. This conclusion ends 18-months of negotiation between the WGC, Canadian Film and Television Production Association and its Quebec counterpart, l’Association des Producteurs de Films et de Television du Quebec (APFTQ). The new Independent Production Agreement (IPA) sets out minimum workplace requirements for Canadian film and TV writing. The long unprotected Canadian animation writer is finally covered under the new plan.

* Tuesday, October 10 – Friday, October 13, 2000. New York, New York, U.S.A.

Planet X Animation is looking for a 2D/3D ANIMATOR to create 3-10 minute segments of own design or follow a script. . . El Segundo, California-based Inertia Pictures, a growing animation development and production house, is looking for 2D/3D/FLASH ANIMATORS. . . Newark, New Jersey-based Genie Network, a revolutionary entertainment company, is looking for a 3D ANIMATOR MODELER. . .

Hyderabad-based Webtoons India, Sriven Multi-Tech's creative

animation and digital ink & paint facility has partnered with Toon

Boom Technologies to set up USAnimation, the leading vector-based

digital ink & paint and compositing software, at their studio. With

facilities and offices in India, Australia, Canada and the U.S.,

Sriven Multi-Tech Limited (www.srivenmultitech.com) offers expertise

in software development, multimedia content production, digital

This week's updates to the Calendar

of Events includes the upcoming

Bit by Bit Exhibition in Manitou Springs, Colorado, USA; the Wanadoo

Talent Show in Cannes, France; INDAC 2000 in Cologne, Germany; and

many more! With multiple search capabilities, AWN's new calendar of

events gives you a customized way to look through the upcoming events

- by Name, Location, Entry Deadline, Category, Event Type and more.

* Sunday, October 29 – Saturday, November 4, 2000. Savannah, Georgia, U.S.A.

Corus Entertainment Inc. has announced the acquisition of Nelvana Limited in a cash and stock deal worth CA$554 million (US$372.5 million). Corus will pay 60% of the $554 million in cash and the rest in Corus Class B non-voting shares. "The opportunity to acquire an outstanding Canadian content company with exceptional international credentials presents itself very rarely," said John Cassaday, president and CEO of Corus.

* Thursday, October 26 – Sunday, November 5, 2000. San Luis Obispo, California, U.S.A.

* Thursday, October 26 – Saturday, October 28, 2000. Oakville, Ontario, Canada.

* Thursday, October 19 – Sunday, October 22, 2000. New York, New York, U.S.A.

* Wednesday, October 25 – Thursday, October 26, 2000. Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

* Friday, October 13 – Sunday, October 15, 2000. Lakewood, Colorado, U.S.A.

* Friday, October 13 – Friday, October 20, 2000, Burbank, California, U.S.A.

* Saturday, October 14, 2000. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.





Teen Comic Age 2000 is a festival highlighting teen comic and animation artists. Presented by the Los Angeles Public Library, the event will feature portfolio reviews, comic and animation workshops, panel discussions, celebrity signings and student, computer and anime animation screenings. The festival takes place from 10 am – 5:30 pm and admission is free. For more information contact the library at: Tel.: (213) 228-7510; or Web: www.lapl.org.