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.
The Visual Effects Society (VES) announced the schedule of events for eDIT 8. The Filmmakers Festival, taking place in Frankfurt, Germany, from Oct. 911, 2005. Focusing on storytelling in the digital age, eDIT 8 will feature more than 40 different presentations covering a wide range of production aspects, including editing, writing, digital cinema, sound design, producing, visual effects in commercials, television design and much more.
ASIFA-Hollywood is looking for individuals interested in serving on the various nomination committees for the upcoming 2005 Annie Awards. Categories include: * Home Entertainment * Short Subject * Games * Television Commercial * Television Production * Character Animation * Character Design (Feature and Television) * Directing (Feature and Television) * Effects Animation * Music (Feature and Television) * Production Design (Feature and Television) * Storyboarding (Feature and Television)
Walt Disney's fully restored animated classic, CINDERELLA, which debuts on DVD Oct. 4 (Buena Vista Home Ent., $29.99), will be digitally projected during a special theatrical engagement at Hollywoods El Capitan Theatre, Sept. 15-25, 2005.
The Australian Effects & Animation Festival (AEAF) will be held Dec. 6-8 as part of the Digital Media Festival leg in Sydney. The program will include sessions on the making of KING KONG, HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE, ZATHURA, REVENGE OF THE SITH and STEALTH.
Numerous animated flicks will be on the big screen at this year's Palm Springs International Festival of Short Films, to be held from September 20 to 26 at the Camelot Theatres in Palm Springs.
The fest has announced its roster of 324 films, selected from more than a record-setting 2,400 worldwide entries, up 10% from last year. It will showcase 86 world premieres, 27 North American premieres and 15 U.S. premieres. Some of the animated films:
6:30 pm, Tuesday, Sept. 20 Opening Night: International Award Winners
The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) focus on Singapore at the 2nd annual Television Animation Conference (TAC), which takes place Sept. 21-22, 2005. Media Development Authority of Singapore (MDA) is sending production and policy executives from Singapore's animation industry to the conference and meet with Canadian counterparts at a roundtable to establish business contacts explore co-production possibilities.
eDIT 8. Filmmakers Festival, the art and science of the moving image (Oct. 9-11, 2005, in Frankfurt, Germany), announced that this years animation master Chris Landreth will interview festival honoree Phil Tippett on Oct. 10.
In addition, Landreth will present the making of his Academy Award-winning short, RYAN, during the panel Great Animation and Storytelling, also on Oct.10 (designated Animation Day), hosted by AWN/VFXWORLD publisher Dan Sarto. Juan Pablo Etcheverry (MINOTAUROMAQUIA) and Oury Atlan (OVERTIME) will discuss their work as well.
Lincoln Center I Love to SingaNew York, New York, USAAugust 19-September 4, 2005
The Film Society of Lincoln Center is presenting I Love to Singa: Cartoon Musicals, a 12-program series of music-themed animated shorts and features. The series, assembled by animation historian Greg Ford, include standbys like Chuck Jones ONE FROGGY EVENING and WHATS OPERA DOC plus Walt Disneys FANTASIA, as well as lesser- or rarely-seen SILLY SYMPHONIES, Ub Iwerks cartoons and a program of Columbia Pictures shorts.
Autodesk Inc. announced the 3ds Max 8 North American launch tour, titled What is Real, showcasing new software features designed to help customers realize their ideas to meet the demands of increasingly complex 3D production environments.
REALVIZ has confirmed that the first leg of its 2005 SFX tour will kick off in the U.K. at the beginning of next month. The tour will run from September through to November 2005, and will visit a selection of towns and cities internationally in the U.K., France, Sweden, Greece and Australia, with additional countries being added over the course of the next few weeks.
INUYASHA THE MOVIE 3: SWORDS OF AN HONORABLE RULER is being given a highly visible and very unique send-off to retail. It will launch as a theatrical title before going to DVD on September 6 with screenings at 15 Wal-Marts across the U.S.
Tim Burton's stop-motion animation CORPSE BRIDE is among many features that will have their world premieres at the upcoming 62nd Venice Intl. Film Festival where animation film director Hayao Miyazaki will become the first Japanese to receive an honorary Golden Lion award for his career achievements.
Festival Director Marco Muller said Miyazaki's style expressed romanticism and humanism in spectacular narratives while the fictitious worlds the director depicts always contain something eye-opening to catch the imagination of adults, awakening their inner child.
The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) has announced the films that have been invited to compete in this year's event. Out of 1,883 entries the festival received from 64 countries, only 109 were chosen for Official Competition. An additional 46 films will be shown in out-of-competition Showcase screenings. The 16th edition of the now-annual OIAF runs from September 21-25 in Ottawa, Ontario.
Once again this September, Ottawa will play host to some of the leading animation execs from North America and around the world. Representatives from internationally renowned studios such as Aardman Animation and Nelvana as well as broadcasters such as Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and Kids WB! will converge at the 2nd Annual Television Animation Conference (TAC), taking place on September 21 and 22 at the Chateau Laurier.
THE MOON AND THE SON: AN IMAGINED CONVERSATION, the 28-minute animated short by animation historian/professor John Canemaker, is screening in Los Angeles Aug. 5-7, 2005, for its Academy qualification. The animated autobio pic screens at 11:30 am and 12:10 pm at the Laemmle Sunset 5, 8000 Sunset Blvd. in West Hollywood, California.
The Animated Performance Art Meets TechnologyBeverly Hill, California, USAJuly 29, 2005
The SIGGRAPH 2005 Computer Animation Festival will feature full-dome video projection, a rapidly growing medium of immersive display, at the 32nd International Conference on Computer Graphics & Interactive Techniques being held July 31 to Aug 4 at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The worlds best full-dome animations from DomeFest 2005 are being shown at SIGGRAPH 2005. The animations produced by students, institution, and full-dome professionals are screened daily on a 9-meter-diameter digital dome assembled specially for SIGGRAPH 2005.
The art and design from Will Vintons Animation Art Collection is now on view at The Art Institute of California Los Angeles from July 11 Aug. 31, 2005. The groundbreaking animation producer/director Will Vinton and his teams have memorable animated characters, such as the California Raisins, the PJs, and the lovable dinosaurs, Herb & Rex. The Artists reception is July 21 and will open to the public at 6:00 pm.
The Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (SFM) in partnership with the Seattle International Film Festival Group (SIFF), announced the launch of the first-annual Science Fiction Short Film Festival, to promote and encourage awareness, appreciation and understanding of the art of science fiction cinema.
Comic-Con is more than half over and the masses of comic, sci-fi and genre fans have been treated to a cornocopia of delights. On Thursday, horror master David Cronenberg gave the attendees a sneak peek at his new film, A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE, which was adapted from a graphic novel by John Wagner and Vince Locke. Josh Olson wrote the screenplay, which he said is loosely based on the graphic novel.
The SIGGRAPH 2005 Sketches program is a premier forum for presenting the best new ideas, methodologies and cutting-edge applications of computer graphics and interactive techniques taking place at SIGGRAPH 2005, the 32nd International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques being held July 31 through Aug. 4 in Los Angeles.
Sketches cover a broad spectrum of topics in art, design, science, and engineering, and include academic research, industrial development, practical tools and behind-the-scenes explanations of commercial and artistic works.
As every year at Comic-Con, the event hosts a bevy of big animation and visual effects feature related panels. Below is a list of this years highlights.
Thursday, July 14:
From Warner Bros. Animations animated television series, the Teen Titans are swooping into Comic-Con to join Bandai America Inc. for an exclusive autograph signing event.
For the first time ever, Kent, England-based Runemaster Studios Jack Lawrence, Mike Bullock, Theo Bain and Scott Kinney will be together at a major convention signing, sketching, unveiling new properties and making announcements regarding the future of the popular studio best known for its all-ages comic work.
Theo and I really cant wait to just take it all in, said LIONS, TIGERS AND BEARS artist Jack Lawrence. Weve heard what a huge event the convention in San Diego is and just knew we had to make sure we were there.
