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VIEW Conference 2008

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: November 11, 2008

This gathering of VIEW Conference will take place November 11-14, with the theme of "Digital Transformations." Will Wright, the universally acclaimed creator of SIMCITY, THE SIMS, and SPORE, and Brad Lewis, producer of the Academy Award winning film RATATOUILLE and director of the upcoming Pixar film CARS 2, will both be speaking at VIEW Conference.

Animation Events

Australian Effects & Animation Awards

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: November 11, 2008

An international competition now in its 12th year, the AEAF Awards attract entries from around the world. The awards give recognition and reward excellence and creativity in 10 categories of competition:

Commercials Animation Commercials VFX Titles, Idents & Stings Short Film Student Music Video TV Series Flash Animation Feature Films, Animation Feature Films, VFX

Two-time Oscar nominee (Animation Director on STAR WARS: EPISODE II -- ATTACK OF THE CLONES and EPISODE III -- THE PHANTOM MENACE) Rob Coleman will head the international panel of judges.

International Events

CINANIMA 08

By Guest (not verified) | Monday, November 10, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: November 10, 2008

CINANIMA - The International Animated Film Festival of Espinho, Portugal is in its 31st edition this year. The event's purpose is to promote animation art worldwide. Every year CINANIMA holds an international competitive program, panorama screenings, retrospectives, special programs, exhibits, seminars and workshops, besides promoting the gathering of directors, animators, producers and the audience in general in a friendly atmosphere. For more information, visit www.cinanima.pt.

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$9.99 Screening In Los Angeles

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, November 8, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: November 8, 2008

RSVP by Friday, November 7 to attend a free screening of animated feature $9.99. The screening is at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday, November 8 at the Fine Arts Theatre, 8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211.

Call (310) 967-7285 by 5 p.m. on Friday to RSVP.

Based on the Short Stories of Etgar Keret, $9.99 is a stop-motion animated feature that offers slightly less than $10 worth about the meaning of life.

Film Events

American Film Market 2008

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, November 7, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: November 7, 2008

The American Film Market has announced the schedule for its seminars and conferences to be held at Le Merigot Hotel and the Fairmont Miramar Hotel in Santa Monica from November 7 to 11. Film and new media executives, distributors, producers, writers, directors, financiers, attorneys, sales agents and film commissioners will address topics affecting the independent sector, including film financing, online and self distribution, production incentives, the future of 3-D, the monetization of film projects and new technologies.

Animation Events

FIAE 2008 - Third International Festival of Erotic Animation

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: November 6, 2008

The FIAE 2008 - Third International Festival of Erotic Animation will be held November 6-14, 2008 at the Museum of Modern Art in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

The festival intends to stimulate the public exhibition of animation that are neither distributed nor exhibited within Brazil traditional circuits. The FIAE will be dedicated to the feature and short films of animation. Sex, love and erotica will be the key themes of the streamed international and national videos exhibited at the FIAE 2008.

Free Events

TV Conferences -- Best Kept Secret in Hollywood

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: November 6, 2008

Join Mark and Jeanne Simon, founders of SellYourTVConceptNow.com are hosting a free telephone/Internet seminar with guests Rick Feldman, President of NATPE and Amber Lawson, VP of Production for National Lampoon.

Go to www.PitchTvLikeaPro.com to register for free.

Here's just some of what you'll discover on the call:

--How to get as many meetings as possible. That's the name of the game and at a conference you don't need an agent or a lawyer, but you do need to know how to work the conference otherwise it's a big waste of money and time.

Festival Events

Holland Animation Film Festival 2008

By Guest (not verified) | Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: November 5, 2008

This year the Holland Animation Film Festival(HAFF) takes place November 5-9. During these five days, the festival will show international competitions and a range of programs to show the variety of animation. In addition to the regular competitions (applied, independent and student work -- call for entries closed on all three), this year the festival will introduce a new online competition: The Holland Animation Web Competition.

Animation Events

VII Anim!Arte -- Brazilian Student Animation Festival

By Guest (not verified) | Wednesday, November 5, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: November 5, 2008

Send in your animated film to the Brazilian Student Animation Festival; the best animation done by a student outside Brazil will win the original Animarte's Tropical Trophy. For more information, go to www.vouanimarte.com.br. Send submissions via mail to ELS2 Comunicacao, Rua Eurico Cruz, 15 Jardim Botanico, Rio de Janeiro, RJ 22461 200 Brazil.

Information: email animarte@vouanimarte.com.br.

International Events

38th Roshd International Film Festival

By Guest (not verified) | Monday, November 3, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: November 3, 2008

The 38th Roshd International Film Festival is presently conducting an international search for the best scientific issues in different fields such as chemistry, physics, medicine, cultures and customs of the people all around the world; Young People, young adult and children affairs; sport and health affairs at schools films and the films related to human right to be screened at our upcoming edition.

Festival Events

2008 Machinima Film Festival

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, November 1, 2008 at 11:00am

The Academy of Machinima Arts & Sciences (AMAS) has opened the call for submissions for the 2008 Machinima Film Festival, which will be held Saturday, November 1, 2008, at Eyebeam, a multi-disciplinary art and technology center in New York City. Filmmakers interested in submitting their work for the 2008 Machinima Awards ("The Mackies") should do so by Friday, Sept. 12.

Events

AFI FEST 2008

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: October 30, 2008

AFI FEST, the longest running film festival in Los Angeles, features international films from emerging filmmakers, global showcases of the latest work from great film masters, nightly special screenings and red-carpet gala premieres. Each year, AFI FEST presents international competitions of features, documentaries and shorts, as well as regional showcases as part of its broader world cinema section.

Animated features WALTZ WITH BASHIR and IDIOTS & ANGELS are amongst the films being screened. Ten animated shorts are in competition for the Adults Only Cartoon Show.

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Richard Williams To Speak In Portland

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, October 30, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: October 30, 2008

Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH and ASIFA Portland will host author, animation director and three-time Academy Award-winner Richard Williams as he presents his series of instructional DVD Master Classes based on his bestselling book, THE ANIMATOR'S SURVIVAL KIT, on Thursday, October 30 at 6 p.m. at the Portland Community College (PCC) Cascade Campus. Williams' presentation will introduce his DVD series and detail how he achieves the illusion of life in animation.

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Stereoscopic 3D Production -- Comparing Methodologies

By Guest (not verified) | Wednesday, October 29, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: October 29, 2008

An in-depth session comparing and contrasting the two approaches to stereoscopic 3-D visual effects--creating the effects in stereo or completing the FX in a traditional 2-D pipeline and transforming them, after the fact, into 3-D -- will be one of the highlights at the annual SMPTE 2008: Tech Conference & Expo. JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH used both approaches, but produced most of the work in 3-D from the outset. The upcoming Jerry Bruckheimer-produced Disney film, G-FORCE, is using the 2-D to 3-D approach, working with In-Three and Sony Pictures Imageworks.

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Dubai International Character & Licensing Fair 2008

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: October 28, 2008

The Dubai International Character & Licensing Fair -- Character Dubai brings together character and licensing professionals from around the globe. The region's largest character fair aims at attracting more than 250 professional companies, in addition to 10,000 trade visitors and dealers who will come together to exchange business ideas, network, and gain knowledge and expertise. The event will take place at the Dubai Int'l Convention and Exhibition Centre. For more information, visit www.character.ae.

Film Events

SMPTE 2008: Tech Conference & Expo

By Guest (not verified) | Monday, October 27, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: October 27, 2008

An in-depth session comparing and contrasting the two approaches to stereoscopic 3-D visual effects--creating the effects in stereo or completing the FX in a traditional 2-D pipeline and transforming them, after the fact, into 3-D -- will be one of the highlights at the annual SMPTE 2008: Tech Conference & Expo. JOURNEY TO THE CENTER OF THE EARTH used both approaches, but produced most of the work in 3-D from the outset. The upcoming Jerry Bruckheimer produced Disney film, G-FORCE, is using the 2-D to 3-D approach, working with In-Three and Sony Pictures Imageworks.

Sound Events

MPSE Sound Show Explores The Dark Knight

By Guest (not verified) | Monday, October 27, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: October 27, 2008

The MPSE Sound Show returns with an exploration of the sonic world of this summer's blockbuster Batman movie THE DARK KNIGHT.

Join Oscar and Golden Reel winning supervising sound editor/sound designer Richard King (WAR OF THE WORLDS, MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD, SIGNS) as he presents his process of creating the film's soundscape. Excerpts of the movie will be presented with special "pre-dubb" mixes to illustrate the variety of elements used to create an environment of serious sound.

Festival Events

51st International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film

By Guest (not verified) | Monday, October 27, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: October 27, 2008

The International Leipzig Festival for Documentary and Animated Film -- DOK Leipzig -- is the largest German and one of the leading international festivals for artistic documentary and animated films.

Effects Events

Art Directors Guild Presents Darby O'Gill at the Aero Theatre

By Guest (not verified) | Sunday, October 26, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: October 26, 2008

The Art Directors Guild (ADG) Film Society and American Cinematheque honor Art Director Carroll Clark and Special Effects team, Peter Ellenshaw and Eustace Lycett with a screening of Disney's DARBY O'GILL AND THE LITTLE PEOPLE (1959). The screening will spotlight the special collaboration between art direction, visual effects and special effects that made films such as Darby O'Gill possible.

Film Events

Savannah Film Festival 2008

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: October 25, 2008

The Savannah Film Festival is hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design and accepts professional and student films. Competition categories include animation, documentary feature, documentary short, narrative feature, narrative short and student. To be eligible for the student competition, entrants must be enrolled in an academic institution or have completed their film while enrolled.

Film Events

Orlando ACM SIGGRAPH hosts Disney-Pixar's Craig Good And WALL-E

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: October 25, 2008

Craig Good will be discussing his experience working as a cinematographer at Pixar, focusing on their most recent feature, WALL-E. The presentation will be followed by a free screening of the film, with a Q&A session at the conclusion of the movie.

This event is for current Orlando ACM SIGGRAPH members only. Check orlando.siggraph.org for details.

Film Events

Tribute To Bill Melendez

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, October 25, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: October 25, 2008

The Aero Theatre will screen 1980's BON VOYAGE CHARLIE BROWN, directed by the late Bill Melendez and Phil Roman at 4 p.m. on October 25. Charlie Brown and his friends travel to France and find romance and mystery -- as well as adults who actually speak audible words (a rarity in PEANUTS cartoons)! Highlights of the film include Snoopy playing tennis at Wimbledon, driving, and taking on his persona as a World War I "flying ace."

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Bleach The Movie: Memories of Nobody

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, October 24, 2008 at 11:00am

The DC Anime Club and the Japan Information and Culture Center (JICC), Embassy of Japan Present BLEACH THE MOVIE: MEMORIES OF NOBODY on Friday October 24, 2008 at 6:30pm as part of the Anime/Live Action Series based upon Manga (Japanese Comics).

In Karakura Town, there has been a sudden outbreak of unidentifiable spirits called "blanks" (vacant souls) while in the skies of Soul Society, the real world has been reflected. A mysterious female shinigami called Senna has appeared before Ichigo along with a man named Ganryu, leading a group called the "Dark Ones."

Festival Events

Chicago International Children's Film Festival 2008

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: October 23, 2008

Now in its 25th year, The Chicago International Children's Film Festival is the largest and longest-running festival of films for children in the U.S. Last year the festival screened 220 films and videos from 40 countries for audiences of 26,000 children and their families. It is the only Academy Award-qualifying children's festival in the world. Each year the festival scours the globe to present an outstanding selection of the best animation, live-action, experimental and kids-produced films for children ages 2-14. The early entry deadline is May 1 and the final deadline is May 31.

Media Events

Florida Media Market's Global Film & Media Conference 2008

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, October 23, 2008 at 11:00am
Begins: October 23, 2008

Now in its third year, The Florida Media Market is hosting its annual Global Film & Media Conference in Miami Beach, Florida at the Alexander All-Suite Oceanfront Resort from Thursday, October 23 to Sunday, October 26. This international conference will lend for networking, learning, sharing ideas and building new artistic relationships.

Additional Events Surrounding the Conference:

Opening Night Celebration will be held at the Havana Club on Thursday, Oct 23 and will feature live entertainment and hot hors d'oeuvres.

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