Reprising one of its most popular events, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences will unveil to the public the actual Oscars that will be handed out at the 80th Academy Awards ceremony. Visitors will be able to view and photograph the 50 golden statuettes -- and even pick one up -- on the fourth level of the Hollywood & Highland Center.
Cinema Today is an exhibition that brings all facets of the film production, broadcast, theater and animation industries together in one venue. The event is supported by major cinema- and TV-related associations in India and abroad. It gives firms a great opportunity to promote their services across the three cities of Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad. For more information, visit www.cinematoday.in/.
The Sloan Fine Art is hosting Bruce Bickford's "The Uplands" in its Project Room for a run through March 8. A legend in animation circles, Bickford created his first claymation animation in the mid 1960s, gained notoriety through his work with Frank Zappa in the 1970s and continues to create new lovingly constructed, labor-intensive animations, sculpture and works on paper in the basement studio of his Seattle, Washington home.
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY 3D EVENT
IMAGINA 2008 is strengthening its position in the communities of Architecture, Landscaping & Territory and Industry and maintains its leadership within the Media & Entertainment field by focusing on new 3D technologies and knowledge. IMAGINA 2008, The European 3D Community Event, will take place from the 30th of January to the 1st of February 2008 at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco.
IMAGINA is the European market of 3D digital creation. IMAGINA guarantees the presence of 180 European decision-makers from the leading companies involved in the world of 3D.
IMAGINA 2008 is strengthening its position in the communities of Architecture, Landscaping & Territory and Industry and maintains its leadership within the Media & Entertainment field by focusing on new 3D technologies and knowledge.
Projector is a four day extravaganza of lush, gorgeous, complex and eclectic elements from the world of animation and the moving image.
We present a feast of screenings, masterclasses, workshops and installations to stimulate, illuminate and inspire.
The entire tasty menu is laid out on our website, with a special programme to celebrate our collaboration with manipulate, Scotland's new visual theatre festival.
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY 3D EVENT
IMAGINA 2008 is strengthening its position in the communities of Architecture, Landscaping & Territory and Industry and maintains its leadership within the Media & Entertainment field by focusing on new 3D technologies and knowledge. IMAGINA 2008, The European 3D Community Event, will take place from the 30th of January to the 1st of February 2008 at the Grimaldi Forum, Monaco.
Now in its 44th year, the NATPE Conference & Exhibition is the world's first and America's largest marketplace solely dedicated to television content. More than 8,000 top media executives from 76 countries participate in three days of exhibition, featuring more than 350 globally recognized exhibiting companies and 600 representatives of consumer and trade press from around the globe.
Pop Japan Travel and Japanese publisher Gakken are sponsoring the Cold Steel Tour, a travel package available though Dec. 15.
The Future TV Show North America 2008 is a platform for broadcasters and network operators to meet production companies and channels and discuss media convergence.
Key discussion topics include:
* Creating and selling stories for the medium* What content works on the new platforms?* Measurement models for emerging platforms* Will commercial ratings become the currency of the business?* The future of TV revenue* Perspectives from industry veterans and market newcomers* Viewer of the future
Game Design Expo is a two-day event hosted by Vancouver Film School (VFS), featuring lectures and panels with some of the top minds in all aspects of game design, including designers, producers, artists, sound designers, and writers.
Vancouver is the hub for North America
The ToonSeum
Hosted by the Sundance Institute, the Sundance Film Festival will screen approximately 120 feature films, including world, North American and U.S. premieres. As the premier showcase for American independent film, and an important new platform for international independent film, the festival screens films that embody risk-taking, diversity and aesthetic innovation. For more information, visit www.sundance.org.
As the Sci Fi Channel's original series BATTLESTAR GALACTICA draws to a close, NBC Universal Television, DVD, Music and Consumer Products Group has teamed with Propworx to offer thousands of one-of-a-kind props, set pieces and costumes to the public in a series of live and online auctions, beginning on January 16, 2009 at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, California.
Macworld Conference & Expo is the world's most comprehensive Macintosh OS event. The event showcases products and services for professionals involved in media and creative content development for corporate and home applications, as well as consumers using the Mac at home. Macworld brings together the loyal base of Mac OS users in creative services, education, application development, entertainment, small office/home office and Internet-based environments.
The 2008 International CES, the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow, will celebrate the show's 40th anniversary. The event will feature the hottest product debuts from 2,700 exhibitors, covering more than 30 product areas, including the latest in wireless, digital imaging, mobile electronics, home networking and more. For more details, visit www.CESweb.org.
MoMA continues its regular series derived exclusively from its film collections, featuring works that have been acquired and preserved by MoMA over the last seven decades. This month, Still Moving features animation, from traditional cel animation to puppets, clay, and CGI. Included are three Technicolor Popeye shorts from the Fleischer studio recently restored by the museum, as well as MY NEIGHBORS THE YAMADAS, a disarming chronicle of contemporary daily life by Japanese animation master Isao Takahata.
super*MARKET is a quarterly independent comics event based in Los Angeles. It aims to provide a regular salon for comic-makers, -lovers, and -haters alike, so that the gap between creators and readers shrinks down to an uncomfortable closeness. By determining a focus or theme for each event, the super*MARKET is able to cover varied genres within indie comics from goth to cry-baby.
24p An Inside Look at Filmmaking on the Edge Show DatesJuly 19- August 21, 2007 Reception Thursday July 19, 2007 Featuring the work of faculty and students from The New England Institute of Artm, produced for the Provincetown International Film Festival. Curated by Photography deparment Chair, Rachelle A. Dermer, Media Arts & Animation Chair, Jason Donati and Digital Media & Communications Chair, Mary Cardaras.
Florida Comic-Con is Southern Florida's largest comic book convention. The event is a celebration of comics, sci-fi, horror and pop culture in general. It will feature guest speakers, panels, signings, screenings and vendors. For more information, visit www.floridacomic-con.com.
Reed Exhibitions, the organizer of New York Comic Con, has launched the New York Anime Festival (NYAF), which will take place at the Jacob K. Javits Center in midtown Manhattan. Show planners note that the new event will be an extravaganza featuring the latest in anime, manga, Japanese cinema, music, games and the best of anime-influenced comics, animation and film from around the world.
Animazing Gallery is holding the first-ever exhibition and sale of original conceptual paintings and storyboards from Tim Burton's films THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS and CORPSE BRIDE. More than 50 pieces from this studio collection will be unveiled during an opening cocktail reception Dec. 6th from 6:00-9:00 pm. RSVP required to 212-226-7374 or rsvp@animazing.com.
Animazing Gallery is located at 461 Broome Street in SoHo, between Greene & Mercer Sts. Regular hours are Monday through Saturday 10:00 am - 7:00 pm, Sunday 11:00 am - 6:00 pm. For more information, visit www.animazing.com.
The International Forum for Animation Technologies (FITA) is held every year in Angouleme, France, which, after Paris, is the largest production center for animation of all kinds. The 9th FITA will focus on the illusion of life, emotionally compelling characters and the technologies that enable them.
2ND ANNUAL FILM FINANCE & DISTRIBUTION SUMMIT
GRAPHITE 20071-4 December 2007Perth, Western Australiahttp://www.anzgraph.org/graphite2007
Sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH, GRAPHITE 2007 is the 5th International Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Australasia and Southeast Asia, an annual event conducted in the Australasia-South East Asia region.
