Register before December 3, 1999 and benefit from an early bird fee...
ASIFA-Hollywood will host its 7th Annual Animation Expo on March 3-4, 2000,
in Glendale, California...

Give your feedback on the Quickdraw Animation Society website!

The newest Pixar/Disney CGI feature should prove to be a huge hit...

In the last few years, animation has played a thrilling role in bringing
many theme park attraction 'visions' to life. Take for example the popular
Terminator 2 3D ride at Universal Studios, or the new Spiderman attraction
completed by Kleiser-Walczak Construction Company. One player in the game
of theme park animation is Iwerks Entertainment, a huge ridefilm company
whose clients include Universal Studios, Disney, and the IMAX Corporation.
Exactly 2 years ago they announced they would team up with visual effects

The school is looking for COMPUTER ANIMATION INSTRUCTORS to teach courses in the Computer Animation Bachelor Degree Program. ...

The Fashion Institute of Technology, a State University of New York
(SUNY), will open a new two year BFA program in Computer Animation &
Interactive Media in January 2000...

Take a behind the scenes look at some of the year's biggest films! Take a closer look at Aardman Animation and the NFB...

Check out this weeks comics for ADULTS ONLY, extracted from the
comic book, "Sleazy Cartoons of Bill Plympton"...

This week's AWN Animation Trivia Quiz features questions about famous stop-motion animators...

The 5th Cartoombria International Animation Festival will happen in
Perugia, Italy, December 2-5, 1999. Although there will be no competitive
section, the artistic committee of the festival has put together a number
of retrospectives, exhibits, workshops, screenings, premieres and artist
tributes. The festival will provide an international forum for a wide range
of animation including feature films, TV serials, animated drawings, logos
and advertising spots, and experimental videos made by international

Visit the ASIFA-San Francisco site in the Animation Village and check out
their latest news...

Just in time for the Holidays, AWN's Christmas Gift List, a selection of great, affordable books and videos for children and adults

*Saturday, December 4, 1999. North Hollywood, California, USA.


Glenn Vilppu will be presenting a free slide show at 4:15pm at the
Animation Union, 4729 Lankershim, North Hollywood. Glenn will be discussing
his sketching tour to Scandinavia in July, 2000. For more information call
(818) 994 2402.

*Thursday, December 9, 1999. Newcastle upon Tyne, UK.


The Association of Northern Animators will present "The Peg Bar" featuring
screenings of new animation produced in the region, with music
by DJs 'Salad Butty'. The event will be held at the Bridge Hotel, Castle
Garth at 8pm. For more information, or to contribute material to be
screened contact Alys at ++0191 232 8413, or E-mail: alyspalace@hotmail.com.

*Saturday, December 11, 1999. Tampa, Florida, USA.
The International Academy of Design will host animator/educator Larry
Lauria in an all day animation workshop. The workshops will initiate the
Academy's Animation Institute and are geared toward high school, college
and young professionals. The workshop takes place from 8:30am to 5:30pm at
5225 Memorial Highway, Tampa Florida. This exclusive event has a per person
fee. Reservations are required, limited seating available. R.S.V.P. with
Kristine Fescina at (800) ACADEMY.

* Tuesday, December 14, 1999. New York, New York.


MR. WONDERBIRD, the 1953 animated feature directed by Paul Grimault,
will have a rare screening as part of the weekly Light+Screen Film
Festival. MR. WONDERBIRD is a surreal adventure following a lively bird who
rallies a group of imprisoned lions and a lamenting polar bear in the
defense of two young lovers who are pursued by a mad king, a giant robot
and a battalion of flying policemen. The film features an English-language

TheThreshold.com, a leading on-line entertainment network for branded
entertainment, has announced the premiere of its newest show, POKEMON MUST BE
DESTROYED. Daily, the series will feature a new POKEMON character being
destroyed in a delightfully merciless way. Web-surfers and haters of the
"pocket things" will be able to vote on the next day's method of destruction. After the
complete genocide of the little creatures, the network shall remain open should
anything else need to be permanently eliminated. TheThreshold.com

The Harvey Entertainment Company has partnered with Landmark Entertainment
Group to create themed attractions from Harvey's cast of classic toons. Toons like
CASPER, THE FRIENDLY GHOST, RICHIE RICH, LITTLE AUDREY, and WENDY THE GOOD
WITCH will be the spark of ingenuity behind several location-based entertainment
centers. Landmark's past film-inspired rides include STAR TREK: THE EXPERIENCE,
JURASSIC PARK: THE RIDE, and TERMINATOR 2: 3D. Tony Christopher, CEO of
Landmark Entertainment Group believes, "Families are looking for entertaining things

Venice, CA-based, Blur Studio, a leader in 3D animation, effects and
design, has spawned a new theme park and special venue division. The new venture will be
helmed by veteran ride film director Yas Takata. The new studio comes off the
heels of Blur's success with the creation of last year's METEOR ATTACK, a
custom film attraction for the Tobu Zoo Park in Tokyo, Japan co-directed by Takata and
Blur co-founder Tim Miller. The film has since been licensed by Iwerks
Entertainment to play at venues around the globe. Takata has directed

Iwerks Entertainment, Inc., an international leader in location-based
entertainment attractions, and Stan Lee Media, Inc., comic book icon Stan
Lee's Internet entertainment company, are making Web history by molding the first
theme park and specialty attraction experiences for the out-of-home market,
based on Stan Lee's Internet entertainment material. Lee's Web-based super
heroes will be brought to ride simulations, 3D/4D FX attractions and large
screen venues by Iwerks. Lee, in the first quarter of 2000, will launch his