Both Worlds by Stefan Gruber: A Night of Animation
Begins: July 19, 2011
Touring animation show with artist Stefan Gruber with a live voice and sound track!
It'll be fun!
It's at the Trunk Space.
1506 NW Grand Ave in Phoenix.
Events: Screenings
New York Comic-Con 2011
Begins: October 13, 2011
What Is New York Comic Con?
Sundance Film Festival 2012
Begins: January 19, 2012
Each year the Sundance Film Festival selects 200 films for exhibition from more than 9,000 submissions. More than 50,000 people attend screenings in Park City, Salt Lake City, Ogden, and Sundance, Utah. In addition to discovering filmmaking's newest talent through the Festival's program of documentary, dramatic, and short films, Festivalgoers experience live music performances, panel discussions with leading filmmakers and industry figures, cutting-edge media installations, parties celebrating the Festival community, and more.
Slamdance 2012
Begins: January 20, 2012
By Filmmakers, For Filmmakers
Born out of rejection, Slamdance showcases new and emerging independent artists, filmmakers and storytellers. We welcome films in every genre, on any topic from every country around the world. The festival program is selected from 100% blind submissions and we do not disqualify any films based on premiere status or date of completion.
This year, we are accepting films in the following categories:
Narrative Feature
Comic-Con 2011
Begins: July 21, 2011
Comic-Con International is a nonprofit educational organization dedicated to creating awareness of, and appreciation for, comics and related popular art forms, primarily through the presentation of conventions and events that celebrate the historic and ongoing contribution of comics to art and culture.
Thursday-Sunday July 21-24, 2011
San Diego Convention Center 111 W. Harbor Drive San Diego, CA 92101
In Event Types: Conferences, Discussion, Exhibits, Seminars / Workshops, Screenings, Animation, Comics, Features, New Media, Television, Visual Effects, Other
SE-MA-FOR ON TOUR IN ODESSA
Begins: July 1, 2011
Se-ma-for Film Festival expands. Now, except from visiting 15 towns in Lodz Voivodship Se-ma-for as part of Se-ma-for Film Festival On Tour, Se-ma-for will visit also… Odessa, Ukraine. Most famous Polish animation studio will present its films to all animation lovers (both children and adults) from 1st to 3rd July 2011 as SE-MA-FOR On Tour – Oscar Animation from City of Lodz.
In Event Types: Screenings, Animation
Renderyard Short Film Festival Calling for Animations 2011
Begins: June 20, 2011
On this 7th Edition Renderyard celebrates film exchange with other established Film Festivals (RUSHES SOHO SHORTS London, MADRID EN CORTO, Madrid) cooperation within the film industry and the creative use of film technology to inspire filmmakers and to provoke social awareness in the international film community.
Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference
Begins: June 11, 2011
The Toronto International Stereoscopic 3D Conference is a one of a kind international gathering of experts in the stereoscopic 3D art and entertainment arena. From June 11 to 14, 2011 major figures from Canada, Germany, Russia, UK and USA will meet to discuss, analyze and contextualize the “new era in 3D cinema.”
In Event Types: Conferences, Seminars / Workshops, Screenings, Animation, Documentaries, Features, Interactive, Live Action, New Media, Short Films, Special, Special Effects, Television, Visualization, Visual Effects, Web / Internet, Other
Celebrating Grim Natwick
Begins: June 12, 2011
On June 12, 2011 I turn 65. Thought I would have been killed long before this.
Years ago a bank manager asked, with a sneer, if I had a goal.
I told him my goal was that if I lived to be 100 I wanted to be in my own home with people around me who love me. "I do not want to be ekeing out an existence in a home for senior citizens being spoon fed and sponge bathed by people who don't give a damn whether I live or drop dead." I told him.
In Event Types: Screenings, Animation
ANIMACAMPUS TALLINN 2011
Begins: November 15, 2011
ANIMACAMPUS TALLINN 2011
November 15-19, 2011 / Tallinn, Estonia
CALL FOR TALENTS
Deadline for application: August 1, 2011.
AnimaCampus Tallinn is a brand new networking platform and training event for up-and-coming young filmmakers working in the field of animation. The five-day creative summit takes place in parallel with the Animation Film Festival Animated Dreams, the sub-festival of Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival.
Fantoche International Animation Festival 2011
Begins: September 6, 2011
The ninth Fantoche will be held in the town of Baden from September 6 to 11, 2011. The international show of animation film has become one of the world's most prominent animation festivals and is the only cultural event in Switzerland that is devoted exclusively to the full array of animation techniques, content and media
Independently Animated: Bill Plympton
Begins: May 27, 2011
INDEPENDENTLY ANIMATED: BILL PLYMPTON
May 27 – 28, 2011
Bill Plympton may be the only major animator who still hand-draws every single image of his own films. Though his approach to filmmaking may be old-fashioned, his offbeat and inventive artistic sensibility is unique. This two-day program of screenings and discussions celebrates Plympton’s new book, Independently Animated.
All screenings are free with museum admission unless otherwise noted.
Ottawa International Animation Festival 2011
Begins: September 21, 2011
eDIT 14 The Filmmaker's Festival
Begins: October 30, 2011
About eDIT 14 Filmmaker’s Festival
As a filmmakers’ platform the eDIT Filmmaker's Festival promotes the exchange of information about innovations and the tips and tricks of filmmaking.
International filmmakers use their most recent productions to discuss filmmaking in the digital era.
The festival programme consists of workshops, presentations, screenings and fringe events. Central themes are camerawork, animation, visual effects, editing and production.
CALARTS EXPERIMENTAL ANIMATION SHOWCASE 2011 AT REDCAT LA,CA
Begins: May 5, 2011
Seventeen brand new animated shorts hand selected out of the Calarts Experimental Animation program will be screening in the state of the art Roy and Edna Disney/ Calarts Theater in downtown Los Angeles on Thursday, May 5th 2011 at 8PM. In addition, DVDs of the MFA 2010 thesis films will be released that evening, and will be playing in the lobby. This evening promises to be an incredible one for anyone interested in the bleeding edge of the art of animated film today. Make reservations early to assure a seat.
KEIICHI TANAAMI ANIMATION RETROSPECTIVE | A Japan Benefit Screening
Begins: April 23, 2011
Angura!, The Toronto Animated Image Society and CaRTe bLaNChe are pleased to present:
TAIS Animation Showcase - Call for Submission
Begins: April 11, 2011
Have you made an animated short film in the last 18 months? Want it to screen to a packed house as part of the fantastic TAIS Showcase this June in Toronto? Then submit!
Expert Game Designer Lorne Lanning and Director Spencer Halpin Join New Media Film Festival
Begins: May 20, 2011
Video game creator Lorne Lanning (Oddworld Series including Oddworld: ABE’S ODDYSEE), and director/filmmaker Spencer Halpin of the controversial violence in videogaming documentary Spencer Halpin's Moral Kombat, will be joining founder/director Susan Johnston for the 2nd Annual New Media Film Festival, to be held May 20-21, 2011.
Free Favourites at Four: The Strangest Dream
Begins: March 22, 2011
Wednesday, April 27 – Free Favourites at Four: The Strangest Dream
4 PM
FREE
Directed by Eric Bednarski,
2008, 89 min.
The Strangest Dream tells the story of Joseph Rotblat, the history of nuclear weapons, and the efforts of the Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs - an international movement Rotblat co-founded - to halt nuclear proliferation.
NFB Mediatheque, 150 John St. (at Richmond St. W) 416-973-3012
A World of Shorts: A Space Odyssey
Begins: April 20, 2011
Wednesday, April 20 – A World of Shorts: A Space Odyssey
7 PM
In Event Types: Screenings
Free Favourites at Four: Margaret’s Museum
Begins: April 20, 2011
Wednesday, April 20 – Free Favourites at Four: Margaret’s Museum
4 PM
FREE
Directed by Mort Ransen, 1995, 115 min.
A Drummer’s Dream
Begins: April 14, 2011
Thursday, April 14 – A Drummer’s Dream
7 PM
In Event Types: Screenings
Peaceflicks! presents Teaching Peace: In a Time of War and Raised to be Heroes
Begins: April 13, 2011
Wednesday, April 13 – Peaceflicks! presents Teaching Peace: In a Time of War and Raised to be Heroes
7 PM
FREE
Free Favourites at Four: Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance 4 PM
Begins: April 13, 2011
Wednesday, April 13 – Free Favourites at Four: Kanehsatake 270 Years of Resistance
4 PM
FREE
Directed by Alanis Obomsawin, 1993, 119 min.
Ciné-Jeudi presents Printemps fragiles (The Bell Jar) 7:30 PM
Begins: April 7, 2011
Thursday, April 7 – Ciné-Jeudi presents Printemps fragiles (The Bell Jar)
7:30 PM$6, $4 for students, seniors, partners and Front Row passholders.Directed by André Melançon. 2010, 102 min. In French with English subtitles.
