Ray Harryhausen Presents; The PIT AND THE PENDULUM short film to screen at HORRORFIND WEEKEND 10, August 15-17, UMUC Marriott Inn & Conference Center, Adelphi, Maryland.
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM screens as part of the Saturday INdy Screenings, AUgust 16, 10:15- 12:115 AM in the Convention Ampitheatre!
Tix, info and schedules can be found on the HORRORFIND WEEKEND website: www.horrorfindweekend.com
LOOP, an international event on animation and computer games will have seminars, speakers and a total of 48 hours of education. Workshops will feature 10-person classes and access to custom equipment. Enter to win LOOP's animation contest for cash prizes and a trip to France.
Also includes five animated features making their Latin American debut and an exhibition on the history of animation in Columbia.
SIGGRAPH 2008, the 35th International Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, will be held Aug. 11-15, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Los Angeles, California.
Design Festa is an international art event open to all artists from all over the world to exhibit their creative talent. Anyone who has original work can take part and express themselves through this freestyle event. There are no restrictions. Express your ideas at Design Festa for an opportunity at experimentation and the next step in your artistic lives. About 7,000 artists attended last time with more than 55,000 visitors.
The best way to keep you and your little monsters entertained this summer.
The Family Friendly Film Festival returns to Manchester for the third year, with an even more exciting line up of events and activities that the whole family can enjoy together.What can you do?• Spend a NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM at our Manchester Museum pyjama party
• Get out your peg legs and patches for PIRATES ARRRRGGGHHH COOL day at The Stockport Plaza (parents can dress up too!)
The Nepean Museum is hosting a special exhibition on animation as part of its 25th anniversary celebration. Titled "Creating Cartoons: Three Decades Of Disada Animation And Comics," the exhibition shows the many production steps involved in making a classic cartoon film. Original character designs, animation drawings, backgrounds, storyboards and other production steps are on display. A television monitor shows the finished product.
Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH, Oregon and Southwest Washington's local SIGGRAPH chapter, today announced "Bring Your Own Art" (BYOA), scheduled to take place Thursday, July 31 from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at The Art Institute of Portland, Ground Floor, located at 1122 NW Davis in downtown Portland, Oregon, USA.
Video gaming masterminds David Braben (Frontier Developments), Damian Isla (Bungie Studios), Richard Lemarchand (Naughty Dog) and Phil Spencer (Microsoft Game Studios Europe) and top animator Andy Lomas (Framestore) will deliver keynote addresses at this year's Develop Conference and Expo, which takes place from July 29-31 in Brighton.
Ai-Kon is Manitoba's largest anime convention. An all-ages event, the goal of Ai-Kon is the promotion of Japanese/Asian animation and culture to the public. Started by the University of Manitoba Japanese Animation Club (UMAnime) in 2001, Ai-Kon took a reorganizational hiatus in 2002, returning in 2003. Ai-Kon has since become an autonomous event, run by an independent volunteer board. "Ai" means "love" in Japanese, hence Ai-Kon's slogan "For the Love of Anime."
Comic-Con International is the largest gathering of comic book, science fiction, film and television fans in the nation. Featuring celebrity guests, seminars on breaking into filmmaking and near 24-hour film retrospectives. Comic-Con is the place for fans of all things pop culture. For more information, visit www.comic-con.org.
The Stony Brook Film Festival is a filmmaker-friendly, well-attended festival that takes place at a 1000-seat theater with a 40-foot screen. It features independent features and shorts in competition, premieres, special screenings, filmmaker panels and receptions. The event is held at Staller Center for the Arts on the campus of Stony Brook University. For more information, visit www.stonybrookfilmfestival.com.
Antipode Entertainment is looking for short animated films for it’s spring line-up of pre-show entertainment. Ideally we are looking animated films that run 30 seconds to one minute long, not including credits. Films should be available in HD. The pre-show entertainment program is designed to show animated films between ads and sponsors in the pre-show videos shown in theaters, film festivals, and other entertainment venues.
To submit you can send web links to info@antipodemedia.com, or mail a DVD to:
Antipode Entertainment Inc.PO Box 19204
Located in Los Angeles, California, Anime Expo, the nation's largest anime/manga convention, serves to foster trade, commerce and the interests of the general public and animation/ comics industry. This event serves as a key meeting place for the general public to express their interest and explore various aspects of anime/manga, as well as for members of the industry to conduct business. AX 2008 will be held July 3-6, 2008 at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Southern California. More information can be found at its website (www.anime-expo.org).
Animation graduates from the University of Wolverhampton are having a degree show in London, on Thursday the 3rd of July.
From 6.00pm downstairs at the Slug & Lettuce, 80 - 82 Wardour Street, London W1.
The work includes, 2-D, Flash, CGI, Maya, Max and Stop-Motion.
For further information please email Steve
EREC 2008 is the U.K.'s only annual exhibition and conference focused exclusively on executive recruitment for the third year at the Business Design Centre, London. EREC has over the last two years become an established event within the recruitment industry and has now reached the enviable position where significant growth is expected over the next two-three years. For more information, visit www.erec08.com.
On June 26-29, 2008, the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival (DWIFF) celebrates our love for the movies- and our passion for the art of film.
The DWIFF shines a light on our great community of 4 million Canadians and Americans who share a river, an international border and our love for film!
After 100 years, the movie industry is evolving, with new tools and new ideas. We feel the Detroit style has much to offer and a film festival is a great way to show the world what we have to offer the world filmmakers.
This all-day event of lectures and panel discussions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City brings together leading international scholars, critics, and designers to discuss the world of costumes and comics, spurred by the museum's exhibit "Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy," on display through September 1. Themes include the appropriation of the uniform, the adaptation of superhero costumes for the screen, the creation of modern mythologies, and the role of the superhero as metaphor in contemporary society.
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Whether you're a fan of classic cartoons or legendary film animation, you're bound to find a treasure during the Wonderful World of Animation auction presented by Julien's Auctions live from Planet Hollywood Resort and Casino in Las Vegas on June 22. The event will be broadcast live in high-definition on Auction Network.com starting at 8:30 a.m. PDT and will allow viewers millisecond bid-to-live broadcast technology and secure real-time bidding across all currencies so participants can bid with confidence and stay on top of the action.
The Art Institute of California -- San Diego, in collaboration with High Moon Studios, proudly presents a gallery exhibition from one of the most highly anticipated games of 2008 -- Robert Ludlum's THE BOURNE CONSPIRACY. Meet the artists, play the game, and enjoy refreshments at the closing gallery reception on Thursday, July 31, from 5-7 p.m.
Robert Ludlum's THE BOURNE CONSPIRACY is a third-person action game blending hunter-prey game play through a seamless mix of hand-to-hand fighting, gunplay and dramatic escapes, all designed around Jason Bourne's signature combat style.
The Filmmaker International Film Festival is a global forum to network, discover future trends and achieve commercial success on a worldwide level. Over the 3 day market and 7 day festival of film in the South East of England here in the U.K. from June 20-27, 2008.
Film makers in competition for the prestigious film award, you can do business with filmmakers and their representatives from around the globe.
This one-stop media community is unlike any other Festival and gives you the chance to network with other like-minded creative film makers.
Cine Gear Expo 2008 will be held at the Universal Studios Backlot in Universal City, California. Exhibits, Seminars, Film Series and more. Unique in concept, Cine Gear Expo offers the opportunity to get hands-on technical training, gain new skills, hear breaking industry news and network with peers and industry leaders.
Discussions will include "The Role of the Visual Effects Supervisor" sponsored by the Visual Effects Society.
The Los Angeles Film Festival features world premieres, including independent films and major studio releases, tribute screenings, free outdoor movies, celebrity-filled red carpets, VIP parties and more. Drawing a diverse audience of more than 60,000 attendees, the festival offers interactive programming, family-friendly events and more than 75 features and 60 short film screenings from around the world.
b.TWEEN is the U.K.'s biggest interactive media industry gathering. Keynotes by industry dignitaries will set the scene for two days of presentations, workshops, sessions, one2ones, Q&As, and break-outs. Speakers feature an array of creative and business pioneers. For more information, visit www.just-b.com/between.
Established in 1991, the annual DISCOP East market brings together sellers and buyers of finished programs, scripted and unscripted formats, and packaged TV channels.
DISCOP East takes place for three days in Budapest during the third week of the month of June, on a Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, at the recently renovated 5-Star Sofitel Atrium Hotel located in the heart of the city, on the banks of the Danube river.
The market is built around the pre-organization of meetings between buyers and sellers of television content, formats and packaged TV channels.
This year the festival, which runs from June 18-29, will host 15 world premieres including the Opening Night Gala.
Both Opening and Closing Night Galas are British films by British filmmakers with British casts, many of whom are expected to attend the festival. The EIFF also looks forward to welcoming back its two patrons, Sir Sean Connery and Tilda Swinton, who will both attend the festival this year.
