Ann C. Phillipon talks with "quintessential independent American animator, George Griffin" about his life and art.

Guillaume Calop gives Macromedia's Flash a spin.

Wendy Jackson reports on new animation music, video and book releases.

Logo du festival par Johan DeMoor.La seizième édition du Festival du Dessin animé de Bruxelles, organisée par Folioscope se tenait du 4 au 16 février, période de congé scolaire du Mardi Gras. Mis à part une rétrospective sur les pionniers du genre au Musée du Cinéma, la manifestation belge était circonscrite cette année dans une unique salle (celle du Passage 44). L'organisateur en effet, n'était pas parvenu à reconduire un accord satisfaisant avec le "Botanique" (centre...

At the 1997 Convention and Conference of the National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE), our reporter on the scene, asked animation distributors: "What are some of the considerations involved in developing, producing, and ultimately distributing animation to the international market?" Herein are a selection of answers followed by some comments drawn from a panel discussion "Animation: The Universal Language," moderated by Cartoon Network President Betty Cohen , which discussed the realities of the much-hyped global marketplace for animation.Joel Andryc, Saban's Senior Vice...

Jean-Luc Ballester talks how a 1983 government proposal changed the French animation industry and how the major entertainment union used it to improve working conditions for animation artists.

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (French Release Version)

La Freccia Azzurra (The Blue Arrow) is a film that uses computers in a highly refined manner; so much so, that one hardly notices. Guided by an electronic brain, its camera is able to execute tracking shots and pans which one only thought possible in a live-action movie; drawn with pixels, the film's characters are seen across 30-40 levels, with each one staying in perfect focus. This is one of the secrets to the basic "lightness" of a film like no other, one which tells an amusing and fun-loving fairy tale set in the 30s, with the touch of a modern electronic storyteller. Scarafoni...

Philippe Moins, the Festival's founder, presents the whys and wherefore's of the event which starts off each festival year.

Janet Benn provides a case study of the role played by Animation Director Yvette Kaplan on Beavis and Butt-head Do America, while saying more than a little about who Yvette is.