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 National Association of Television Program Executives (NATPE) is launching the LATV Festival to run concurrently with the highly successful NATPE TV Producers' Boot Camp, now in its fifth year.
The events will run from July 25 through 27 at various locations in Los Angeles including the House of Blues in West Hollywood and The Highlands Hollywood at the Hollywood and Highland complex. Supporting sponsors include the Producers Guild of America, the House of Blues, TV Guide, NETTV and paidContent.org.
The Brainwash Movie Festival is showing short and feature movies for the first time. Brainwash will show a variety of genres. The original Drive-In, Bike-In, Walk-In movie festival, Brainwash will be showing some of the best of more than 500 movies in the Brainwash catalog from shows over the past 12 years. Many of the Brainwash selections chosen for their daring and uncompromising style will never be seen on television or other more restrictive venues. It will take place at the Alliance for West Oakland Development Parking Lot, 1357 5th St. at Mandela Parkway, Oakland, California.
ADRENALINE RUSH ON THE BIG SCREEN EVERY FRIDAY NITE AT THE BLOOR CINEMA.
Friday Nights will never be the same in Toronto this Summer.
Every Friday night from July 6 to Sept 3, screaming fans shall receive a rush of adrenaline on the Big Screen at the Bloor Cinema as the gang from Fight 'n' Fright unleash a double feature, presenting Asian Martial Arts & Action to Classic Horror & Terror such as John Carpenter's The Thing and Sam Raimi's Evil Dead.
Awesome Prize Giveaways... Special Live Performances... Spotlight on Tarantino... Contests...and much more...
Faced with an unprecedented flood of exhibitor applications for the 160 exhibitor tables filling the three ground floor ballrooms of New York's historic Puck Building (295 Lafayette Street at Houston), MoCCA Art Festival 2007 organizers have decided to add space upstairs for more exhibitors.
The New York Asian Film Festival focuses on the best contemporary Asian movies. This year's festival will take place at the IFC Center and Japan Society. Films include:
* I'M A CYBORG (BUT THAT'S OKAY) - (2006, Korea) Park Chan-Wook abandons MR. VENGEANCE, LADY VENGEANCE and his OLDBOY to make a sweet, loopy romance set in a mental hospital between a girl who thinks she's a cyborg and a kleptomaniac, thus proving that all you need is robot love.
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The Art Institute of California-Orange County invites you to meet the graduating class of spring 2007
Wednesday June 13th 2007
Joe's Garage 36 Auto Center Drive Tustin, CA 92780
Employers, recruiters, and design professionals are all welcome to stop by (please bring your associates, as well) between 4:00 pm and 7:00 pm to meet the new talent graduating from The Art Institute of California-Orange County spring class 2007.
Portfolios and demo reels on display will showcase the work of graduates in the following in programs: * Game Art & Design * Graphic Design
Parsons The New School for Design will join the nonprofit organization Games for Change to present its fourth annual festival. An early Sundance for socially-responsible game designers, the festival will bring together leading non-profit organizations, game scholars and industry experts to explore the expanding role of digital games as agents of social change and showcase some of the hottest new games in development during a special game expo.
The 2007 VES Festival of Visual Effects will take place the weekend of June 8-10 at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills.
The VES defines most influential as "those films that have had a significant, lasting impact on the practice and appreciation of visual effects as an integral, artistic element of cinematic expression and the storytelling process."
The VES Festival is open to the public; information on programs and tickets will be released in upcoming months.
REDCAT International Children's Film Festival features more than 45 films from 15 countries. The program includes films for ages 2 and up from all over the world, while still maintaining the daring and expansive aesthetic of REDCAT. This year the event features Pixar Shorts, including some of Pixar's earliest iconic shorts as well as Pixar's Academy Award-winning shorts. There are many animation films throughout most of the series. For more information, visit redcat.org/season/0607/fam/children9.php.
The San Francisco Independent Film Festival hosts its 4th Another Hole in the Head, which is comprised on two weeks of fantasy, sci-fi and horror films. This year's event will also feature SF IndieFest: Gets Animated, a collection of horror and fantasy animated shorts. Films will be shown at San Francisco's Roxie Film Center, 3117 16th St. Tickets are $10 per film. For more information, visit www.sfindie.com.
Multyashkino aims at demonstrating the best recent works of Russian animation. More than 50 animated cartoon films are released every year in this country. The open-air event will also feature live performances and games for children. It will take place from 11:00 am to 2:30 pm. For more information, visit www.multyashkino.ru/.
Lovebytes brings together artists, musicians, designers and technologists from around the world providing a public platform for their work, much of which is specially commissioned by Lovebytes. The festival offers a wide range of exhibitions, events and activities including live performances, presentations and debates, film screenings and workshops. Exhibitions take place at venues around the city for up to six weeks creating a vibrant, interactive and accessible context for events over three days.
On May 9, 2007, Hollywood's elite movers and shakers will converge at the historic Castro Theatre for the Academy of Art University's 1st Annual Epidemic Film Festival. Featuring infectious work from a new generation of artists on the verge of graduating from the nation's top art and design school, the festival will showcase the best student work from the Academy's School of Motion Pictures & Television and School of Animation and Visual Effects.
A two-day animation festival will be held at Kochi in Kerala on May 4, to showcase 2D and 3D cartooning talent. The event -- ANIYUG -- is being organized by the Kerala Cartoon Academy and Access Atlantech Technologies, a well-known name in media education industry. Each film will be no more than 10 minutes in length.
Sci-Fi-London is the U.K.'s only dedicated science fiction and fantastic film festival. The even features screenings, panel discussions, special guests and parties, among other events. Animation includes PAPRIKA, FILL METAL ALCHEMIST: CONQUEROR OF SHAMBALLA, GHOST IN THE SHELL: SOLID STATE SOCIETY and an anime all-nighter. For more information, visit, www.sci-fi-london.com.
Fmx is a worldwide technological event.
The whole world of 2d/3d animation will be there.
It take place in Stuttgart.
From the 1st of may till the 4th.
Northeastern University is hosting the 2007 Visual Music Marathon, to be held as part of the Boston Cyberarts Festival. The marathon will include screenings of new and historic works that reflect the theme of the event and a live video component. Approximately 30 minutes of programming will be selected for national cablecast on the Harmony Channel, available to subscribers of digital cable on the Comcast and Cox networks.
The 12th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books event celebrates and animates the written word through panel discussions, poetry readings, cooking demonstrations, book signings and music. The festival affords book lovers the chance to meet bestselling authors, publishers and other literary figures. The hundreds of exhibitor booths, stage events and popular children's characters keep it entertaining for all ages.
The Art Institute of California - San Francisco is proud to announce the first annual Animation Festival. Hosted by students and faculty of the school's Media Arts & Animation department, the festival will be held from 3:00 - 4:00 pm on Saturday, April 28, 2007 at the Herbst Theater located at 401 Van Ness in San Francisco, California. The festival will feature independent student animated productions in a variety of genres, including 2D animation, 3D animation, motion graphics, stop-motion animation and mixed media.
The Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival is seeking submissions of short animated films on Jewish themes to showcase at our 2nd annual film festival taking place April 21-27 2007.
Themes might include Jewish identity, culture, humor, Israel, history, text, religion or contemporary expressions that defy categorization and evolve Jewish creativity and civilization.
There is no entry fee for submission and no limitation on completion date. Simply mail a dvd or vhs (ntsc) screener to:
Roger Blonder LAJFF/Jewish Animation Collective
Description/Content:The 2007 Government Technologies Conference & Expo and 2007 Health Technologies Conference & Expo are the premier annual IT events for IT professionals from all levels of government and health services in Canada. These events will feature cutting-edge applications and solutions on current hot topics such as eGovernment, Business Intelligence, IT Outsourcing, Database Administration, Document & Content Management, Network Management, Biometrics & Identity Management, IT Security, Data Storage, Desktop Management, Wireless Government Solutions, Privacy, Cross Government Solutions, Web Hosting and many others.
Interested in presenting at this event? Please visit http://gov.wowgao.com/call_for_papers to present a proposal, or call 416-292-0038 ext. 835 for more information.
Sponsored by the Arizona State University Art Museum, the Arizona State University Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival highlights the best in short subjects. The festival is an annual outdoor film and video festival to celebrate the artistic and creative endeavors of people with different visions and levels of experience. The event is free to enter and no paper work is needed. The screening of the films will take place at the museum with the exact date announced later in the year. For more information visit asuartmuseum.asu.edu/filmfest/.
On the cultural "fringe" of the Castlemaine State Festival in Victoria, Australia you'll find the "Digital Chaos Gallery" featuring selected works from the binary realm, with a focus on 'local people'. We are seeking 2-D, 3-D and multi-dimensional art - especially work that expands the definition of "digital art".
No submission fee. Deadline March 21st. See link below for entry form:
http://www.castlemainefringe.com/digital/index.php
Venue: The Criterion Hotel, Castlemaine,Victoria
Opens Saturday April 1
