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Lucas Headline News

Bird, Lucas & Katzenberg Shine at ShoWest

STAR WARS creator George Lucas was presented with the Galactic Achievement Award at the closing night ceremony of ShoWest 2005, March 17, 2005, in Las Vegas at the Paris Hotel. Lucas, whose sixth STAR WARS movie, STAR WARS: EPISODE III REVENGE OF THE SITH, opens May 19, acknowledged the one-time special honor while Animation Director of the Year honor was given this year to Brad Bird, director of THE INCREDIBLES.

Animation Headline News

Weekly Animation Screening Launched in Moscow

Moscow's Central House of Business, which houses the 35MM cinema, will start its Animation Project on April 3, 2005, with screenings of five cartoons by the city's Animos cartoon studio, reports HOLLYWOOD REPORTER. Each weekend the theater will screen homegrown toons.

The first program includes Maria Muat's 13-minute PRO MISHONKA (ABOUT A MOUSE), which was voted Russia's best children's cartoon at the 10th Open Russian Animation Festival in Suzdal.

Animation Project was created due to the success of 10 hours of new animation screened at the Suzdal festival.

World Headline News

Wizard World Los Angeles Sets New Attendance Record

Wizard Entertainment Group announced today that it drew 24,500 fans to its annual Wizard World Los Angeles event, posting more than a 20% increase from its inaugural 2004 show. At this years show, event organizers revealed plans to relocate the three-day pop-culture extravaganza to the Los Angeles Convention Center, March 17-19, 2006.

Film Headline News

AWN’s Dan Sarto/ Australian Film Commission Head to Hong Kong Filmart

Animation World Networks publisher Dan Sarto and the Australian Film Commission (AFC) are headed to the Hong Kong Entertainment Expo, which runs March 2224, 2005.

Sarto will be presenting a keynote speech at the event, regarding the current developments and opportunities in the world of animation and visual effects across multiple mediums such as television, film, gaming and mobile. In addition, he will part of one of the events many panel discussions.

Animation Headline News

Genndy Tartakovsky Tribute A-Go-Go At The Egyptian

Cartoon Network, Lucasfilm and ASIFA-Hollywood are teaming up March 18-19, 2005, to present Animation A-Go-Go! Two Nights With Genndy Tartakovsky at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. This two-night mini-tribute will feature everything from student films to sneak peeks at future projects, as well as a helping of classic cartoons by some of Tartakovskys animation heroes. Animation writer Jon M. Gibson will discuss these works with Tartakovsky in an extended discussion each night.

March 18 7:30 pmGenndy Tartakovsky Tribute Program #1

Cartoon Headline News

Cartoon Movie 2004 Awards Triple Treat

The seventh annual Cartoon Movie in Potsdam, Germany, paid tribute March 12, 2005 to France 3 Cinéma, Ralph Christians and the directing team of Piet De Rycker and Thilo Rothkirch (Cartoon- Film, Germany) for significantly contributing to the success of the European feature animation industry. The event, set up by Cartoon as a movie version of its successful Cartoon Forum meeting for animated series, brought together some 448 participants to focus on the fast-growing sector for European animated feature films.

Television Headline News

Family Guy Live On Stage

Seth McFarlanes Emmy Award-winning animated comedy series FAMILY GUY celebrates its historic return to primetime network television with the U.S. premiere of the unprecedented live stage event, FAMILY GUY LIVE!, starring the cast of the series. The show features a live reading of a classic episode, a live performance from the eagerly anticipated FAMILY GUY LIVE IN VEGAS comedy album, a sneak peek at the new FAMILY GUY episode and a Q & A with the cast/creators of the series.

Headline News

NVIDIA Expands Comprehensive Toolkit for Game Developers

NVIDIA Corp. announced the immediate availability of the NVIDIA Developer Toolkit at GDC in San Francisco, a comprehensive suite of cutting-edge content creation, code integration, performance analysis and educational resources for game developers. Designed to make it easier for game developers to take advantage of the latest advancements in graphics hardware technologies, the NVIDIA Developer Toolkit can be downloaded for free at http://developer.nvidia.com.

Films Headline News

Tehran International Animation Fest Opens

The 4th Tehran International Animation Festival opened March 6, 2005, at the Institute for Intellectual Development of Children and Young Adults (IIDCYA) and will run through March 10. Four 2005 Oscar Award nominees are scheduled to go on screen in the festival. 1,450 Iranian and foreign animation films will be screen with 446 selected for the domestic and international competition sections. 211 are Iranian-made.

Headline News

Los Angeles ACM SIGGRAPH Presents: 3D Web and Wireless

Los Angeles ACM SIGGRAPH March MeetingWestchester, California, USAMarch 8, 2005

For the March meeting, Los Angeles ACM SIGGRAPH will host a program on 3D Web and wireless. The event will look at the latest Website developments for PDA software applications, 3D and virtual worlds.

Game Headline News

Avid to Showcase Softimage and Alienbrain at GDC 2005

Avid Technology Inc. will demonstrate its leading computer graphics technology at the 2005 Game Developers Conference (GDC), to be held in San Francisco, March 9 11 (in booth #413). Technology demos will feature SOFTIMAGE DCC tools and Alienbrain asset management software.

Game Headline News

InnerMation Presentation Scheduled at Thursday’s L.A. IGDA Meeting

In keeping with the proud tradition of political satire, InnerMation, an interactive studio, is unleashing a twisted casual online racing game franchise called ROADKILL TO THE WHITE HOUSE. InnerMation is utilizing the game as a venue to showcase new talent along with Virtools high-end development tool set. A special sneak preview featuring the games ingenuity, coupled with Virtools technology, will be showcased at the Animation 2005 Lecture series of the Art Institute of California -- Los Angeles before the IDGA L.A. Chapter meeting March 3, from 6:30 - 7:30 pm.

Lucas Headline News

George Lucas to Keynote SIGGRAPH 2005

George Lucas will present the SIGGRAPH 2005 keynote address, "George Lucas: A Keynote Q&A with the Father of Digital Cinema," on Aug. 1 during the 32nd International Conference on Computer Graphics & Interactive Techniques, July 31 Aug. 4 in Los Angeles.

Films Headline News

CARTOON MOVIE Tribute Noms Announced

CARTOON MOVIE, the only event dedicated to promoting European animated feature films, has announced the nominated companies for the Cartoon Movie Tributes 2005. These tributes highlight the initiatives that contribute to the recognition and the success of the European animation cinema. Three of them will be chosen by the professionals attending the event, taking place March 10-12 in Potsdam, Germany.

The nominated companies are:

Digital Headline News

SMPTE Seminar’s New Dates Announced

By Rick DeMott | Thursday, February 17, 2005 at 12:00am

SMPTE Seminar 2005, presented in cooperation with the Entertainment Technology Center at USC and USC School of Cinema-Television, has been rescheduled for March 4-5, 2005. Originally the event was to run in December 2004, but was postponed due to the logistics of the holidays.

Film Headline News

fmx/05 Celebrates 10th Anniversary

fmx, a key event in animation, visual effects, games and other 3D content, celebrates its 10th anniversary this year (April 27-30 in Stuttgart, Germany) by continuing to offer a holistic, cinematic and integrated approach to the booming CGI industry. You can see the changes in CGI reflected in the new design for the fmx/05 logo and trailer, based on the clip, Timeless, by Filmakademie graduate student Linus Ewers.

Films Headline News

7th Edition of Cartoon Movie Coming in March

The 7th edition of Cartoon Movie will be held March 10-12, 2005, at Babelsberg studios in Potsdam, Germany. The intimate conference is for filmmakers and professionals involved in the financing, production, distribution or the exploitation of European animated feature films.

It was at Cartoon Movie that the first images of BELLEVILLE RENDEZVOUS, THE LITTLE POLAR BEAR, STRINGS, LAURAS STAR and EL CID, among others, were unveiled.

Software Headline News

Alias Announces Maya API Developers Conference

Alias has scheduled the second annual Maya API Developers Conference for June 6-8 in Santa Barbara, California. For three days, Alias offers a unique learning opportunity for software developers in the games and film industries to network with industry peers and gain insight into the Maya API (Application Programming Interface). In-depth seminars and hands on classes provide a rare chance to hear from Alias software developers and customers working in film and games.

Game Headline News

Don’t Miss the Seattle Video Game Industry Job Conference

Seattle Video Game Industry Job Conference and Resume WorkshopShoreline, Washington, USAFebruary 12, 2005

Seattle Video Game Industry Job Conference and Resume Workshop is taking place in the Seattle suburb of Shoreline at the Shoreline Center. Ten game companies are participating, including speakers from Mobliss, DigiPen (USA) Corp., Monolith Prods., Konami Digital Ent. -America, Sprout Games, Sony Online Ent., TKO Software, Gas Powered Games, Oberon-Media, Microsoft Xbox and Valve Software.

Game Headline News

Nintendo President Satoru to Keynote 2005 GDC

Nintendo Co. Ltd. president Satoru Iwata will assess the game industry in his The Heart of a Gamer keynote address at the 19th annual Game Developers Conference (GDC), March 7-11, 2005, in San Francisco. Iwatas keynote will take place March 10 at 10:30 am in the Grand Ballroom of Moscone West.

Iwata will analyze where the games business stands today, predict how it will develop over the next several years and the manner in which it will help decide future Nintendo hardware and software development.

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