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NFB & Cinémathèque québécoise Celebrate Internationa

On Oct. 28, 2005, the National Film Board and the Cinémathèque québécoise join in the worldwide celebrations for International Animation Day. Special activities to mark the occasion are being planned in more than 30 countries on five continents.

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Gnomon Offers An Evening With Jeff Okun

Gnomon School of Visual Effects will present An Evening with Jeff Okun, the prominent vfx supervisor and VES Awards chair, Nov. 3, 7:00 pm, at 1015 N. Cahuenga, Hollywood, California. A meet-and-greet precedes at 6:00 pm. You can RSVP at: RSVP@GNOMON3D.COM.

Since starting his career as a gopher for legendary designer Saul Bass, Okun has worked as an editor, a still photographer of legendary musicians (Sting, The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix) and sound editor.

Games Headline News

Alias Supports Upcoming Game Industry Events

Alias announced its involvement in three of the gaming industrys leading events this fall: the Austin Games Conference taking place Oct. 27-28; the Serious Games Summit happening in Arlington, Virginia, Oct. 31-Nov. 1; and the Montréal International Games Summit (MIGS) running Nov. 2-3. Alias open and component-based pipeline solution for game development includes: Alias SketchBook Pro, Maya, Alias Motionbuilder, Alias HumanIK Middleware and FBX and FBX SDK (Software Development Kit).

Visual Headline News

SVA Honors Yellow Submarine Art Director Edelmann

School of Visual Arts (SVA) honors Heinz Edelmann, one of the leading art directors, illustrators and designers of our time, with its Masters Series Award and retrospective exhibition. Every year, SVA bestows the award to a groundbreaking visual artist, designer, photographer or illustrator who, over the course of his/her career, has been recognized as a great visual communicator. The Masters Series: Heinz Edelmann will be on view through Dec. 3, 2005 at the Visual Arts Museum.

Autodesk Headline News

Autodesk Hosts 3ds Max Developers Summit in Orlando

Autodesks 3ds Max core software development team will provide two days of intensive training for game developers as part of Autodesk Universitys annual 2005 confab, with a special session presented by strategic partner Intel Corp. Held at the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida, from Nov. 29-30, 2005. The 3ds Max Developers Conference will teach users techniques and practices to customize production pipelines, build MAXScripts, efficiently transfer scene data and take full advantage of the open 3ds Max framework.

Mipcom Headline News

Skyland Tops MIPCOM Jr.

Results airing coming out of MIPCOM Jr. with Millimages and Method Films SKYLAND topping the list of the most requested series at the event, taking place in Cannes, France. The series holds the top two spots with Millimages screenings at #1 and Method Films at #2. Marathons TEAM GALAXY come in third followed by Planet Nemos BALI at #4. Rounding out the top ten were BRBs BERNARD, Warner Bros. BEN 10, Animation Collective and MTVs KAPPA MIKEY and Breakthrough Ent.s CAPTAIN FLAMINGO.

Festival Headline News

eDIT 8. Filmmaker’s Festival Reports Record Attendance

eDIT 8. The Filmmakers Festival, which took place Oct. 9-11 in Frankfort, Germany, enjoyed an increased participation of almost 50% over the previous year, a fact that could clearly be seen in the full theaters. In addition to the 2,300 professional visitors there were 350 guests from the media industry, politics and business, along with 130 international speakers and around 120 accredited journalists.

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Studio Arts Holds ZBrush Creature Modeling Workshop

Starting Nov. 5, 2005, Studio Arts is conducting a 10-week creature modeling workshop. Luma Pictures creature modeler Miguel Ortega will teach the class, which will cover displacement and normal mapping, natural intuitive approaches to modeling, rendering displacements in Maya and ZBrush as a concept design tool.

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KOCCA Sets Speakers & Seminars For DICON 2005

The Korea Culture & Content Agency (KOCCA) has announced the schedule of seminars and speakers for the upcoming DICON 2005 Conference set to take place Nov. 10-11, at the COEX Conference Center in Seoul.

Speakers scheduled include:

* Shinbae Kim, ceo of SK Telecom, who will serve as keynote speaker* Min Jung Song, manager, management strategy, Korea Telecom* Barry Blumberg, president, Walt Disney TV Animation* Charles Riotto, president, LIMA* Margaret Dean, producer, Warner Bros. Animation

Games Headline News

Prominent Neuroscientist To Keynote Serious Games Summit D.C.

Renowned researcher and neuroscientist David Warner will discuss the complex relationship between humans and computers in a keynote address, slated for Nov. 1, 2005, at this year's Serious Games Summit D.C. in Washington D.C. The summit serves as a primary forum for experts within various fields to network, learn and share information about the growing demand for games designed for practical applications.

Effects Headline News

Side Effects Launches Houdini 8 with Road Show

Side Effects Software, developer of the award-winning Houdini family of 3D software, announced the immediate availability of Houdini 8. Developed to provide creative freedom without compromise, Houdini 8 combines innovation with practicality with powerful features such as new dynamics architecture, light linking, Interactive Photorealistic Rendering (IPR), character animation enhancements and more.

Design Headline News

Gnomon Launches First Workshop Weekend

The Gnomon Workshop announced Gnomon Workshop: Live!, its first ever workshop weekend, Nov. 12-13, 10:00 am to 7:00 pm, giving artists the opportunity to learn more about cutting edge techniques and processes in the visual arts. The weekend offers classes in concept design, matte painting, 3D modeling, ZBrush, character design, rendering in Photoshop, art direction, production design and more.

UK Headline News

UK Showcase 2005 Announced

Top professionals from the U.K.s movie service industry will convene at the second UK Showcase, Nov. 8-9 at the Renaissance Hollywood Hotel in Los Angeles. CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, V FOR VENDETTA and MATCH POINT will be just a few of the movies discussed as collaborative efforts between the U.S. and U.K.

Industry speakers at UK Showcase 2005 will present seminars and Q&A sessions on finance, production and shooting, post-production, digital distribution and interactive budgeting.

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Howard Stringer Slated 2006 CES Keynote Speaker

Howard Stringer, chairman/ceo of Sony Corp. will deliver a keynote address at the 2006 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, in Las Vegas, which runs Jan. 5-8.

Stringer is slated to deliver the opening keynote address on Jan. 5, at 9:00 am. Immediately prior to his speech, Gary Shapiro, president/ceo of CEA, will present a State of the Industry Address at 8:30 am. Both events will take place in the Hilton Theater of the Las Vegas Hilton.

Studio Headline News

Hanna-Barbera Reunion Dinner Set Nov. 4

The Animation Guild is spreading the word that the third Hanna-Barbera studio reunion dinner is set for Nov. 4, 2005, at the Sportsman's Lodge, 12833 Ventura Blvd. in Studio City. No-host cocktails will at 6:00 pm, dinner is at 7:30 pm.

Cost is $30 per person with an entrée choice of prime rib, chicken, salmon or vegetarian.

Animation Headline News

Australia Highlight At Seoul Festival

As part of the official program of the Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival, the Australian Embassy will support an Australian animation showcase with a series of internationally recognized animated shorts from Australia. Films include Bruce Petty's LEISURE (Academy Award winner for best animated short in 1976), Adam Elliot's HARVIE KRUMPET (Academy Award winner for best animated short 2004) and Park Sejong's BIRTHDAY BOY (Oscar nomination for best animation short 2005). In addition to the screenings, Australian animation experts will host discussions during the event.

Digital Headline News

Iridas and Rising Sun Research to Present SpeedGrade Seminars

Iridas, an industry leader in non-destructive color grading technologies, and Rising Sun Research, a pioneer in calibration tools for digital film, will present the SpeedGrade Seminars on Nov. 5, 2005, at the new DALSA Digital Cinema facility: 6160 Variel Ave., Woodland Hills, California. The cost is $25 per session, which includes a catered lunch and refreshments during the day. For more information, or to register, call 866-825-7999, or visit www.Iridas.com

Animation Headline News

Four INTERspectacular Shorts Showcased At Ottawa

By Rick DeMott | Wednesday, September 21, 2005 at 12:00am

Four of INTERspectacular's animated pieces for Comedy Central (ROBOGIRL, ALPHONSE AND ORVILLE, MONSTER MUNCHIES and STUMPY) have been accepted into the Ottawa International Animation Festival. The shorts will screen this week as part of the festival's Short Competition One. Screenings will take place at the Bytowne Cinema on Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2005, at 9:00 pm and Sunday, Sept. 25, at 3:00 pm.

Effects Headline News

Michael Fink to Present ‘Visual Effects Paradiso’ at Gnomon School

Renowned vfx supervisor Michael Fink (CONSTANTINE, the X-MEN movies), who recently joined the advisory board of the Gnomon School of Visual Effects, will present his Visual Effects Paradiso program at Gnomon on Sept. 29, 2005, at 7:00 pm. A meet and greet starts at 6:00 pm.

Cartoon Headline News

Cartoon Forum Kolding Attracts Record Attendees

The 16th Cartoon Forum, which takes place Sept. 21-25, 2005, in Kolding, Denmark, has a record number of broadcasters and investors expected to attend 101 television buyers and co-producers and 147 investors, video distributors and financiers. This co-production forum, which is dedicated to the financing of European animation programs for television, was first held in 1990 in Lanzarote, Spain.

Animation Headline News

Chinese Cartoon Festival Invites U.S. Participation

The Changsha Cartoon Art Festival, which serves as the Academy Awards for Chinese animation, and a growing annual gathering of international animation companies and festivals, is welcoming American participation.

Sander K. Johnson, president of International Television for Asia (ITA) and American Television in China (ATC), has been authorized by the Organizing Committee of the Changsha Cartoon Art Festival to help facilitate North American participation in the festival taking place Nov. 5-7, 2005, in Changsha, China.

Animation Headline News

Animation Block Party Plays This Thursday

By Rick DeMott | Tuesday, September 13, 2005 at 12:00am

On Sept. 15, 2005, Animation Block Party will end the sweltering NYC summer with a festival featuring more than 50 short films in three September screenings at BAM Rose Cinemas in Brooklyn. Animation Block Party received almost 650 submissions over the course of 2005.

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