KFJS Psychotronix Film Festival will include classic cartoons, music shorts, "trailers from cheesy B-films," 50s TV commercials and a Japanese monster movie featuring "guys in stupid looking monster suits." This event is a benefit for the campus radio station at Foothill College. It will take place at 7:00 pm in Room F2.
The Museum of Modern Art will be screening Irra Verbitsky's film FLASHBACKS FROM MY PAST: STARRY NIGHT. The film is about Irra's personal experiences as a child in Russia. It includes artwork by her father Eugene Verbitsky from 1932, done for Kinofabrica in Kiev. It begins and ends with Irra Verbitsky's oil paintings with an animated seagull, which represent her life today.
Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) is one of the most popular international events in the fields of animation and is the simply largest animation festival in East Asia. With regard to anime products, toys and various character goods, the fair serves as a venue to provide good opportunities for international business interaction. March 25 and 26 are for members of the industry only
At 6:30 pm, Peter Lynch, a non-conformist in both style and content, will screen his highly-acclaimed cult classic, PROJECT GRIZZLY. Recognized internationally by film critics, and even parodied this year on an episode THE SIMPSONS, PROJECT GRIZZLY is one of the NFB's most popular films. NFB Master Classes are a special industry event. Invitees, members and interested public are encouraged to reserve their seating in advance. Admission is free of charge. For more information contact NFB Mediatheque at 150 John St., Toronto, tel.: (416) 973-3012, or Web: www.nfb.ca/mediatheque.
The 8th annual PROMAX&BDA Europe convention is two days dedicated to two days the branding and marketing business. As part of the event, the conference will hold an awards ceremony to showcase the best in advertising from around the globe. For more information contact PROMAX&BDA Europe at: 61 Webber Street, London SE1 ORF, tel: +44 207 401 05 71, fax: +44 207 401 05 72, e-mail: europe@promax.tv, or Web: www.promax.tv/europe.
Experience the 1939 film of THE WIZARD OF OZ to the music of Pink Floyd's DARK SIDE OF THE MOON.
It is far flipping out!
Sunday at 7pm.
Sunday at 4pm.
Lecture & Film.
This program makes use of Leni Riefenstahl's film TRIUMPH OF THE WILL (1935) the film of Adolf Hitler's 1934 Nuremberg rally.
The film is prceded by an lecture by Reg Hartt.
"Seeing this film, with Reg Hartt's excellent commentary, is like getting an inoculation against mass media manipulation."--Jane Jacobs, author (DEATH & LIFE OF THE GREAT AMERICAN CITIES & more) & activist.
"These are things that must be seen. Reg Hartt's program is educational."--Bernie Farber, Canadian Jewish Congress.
The Society for Art and Technology [SAT], in collaboration with Vid
Everything that might offend anyone has been cut from the great films of Hollywood's Golden Age of Animation. Many of the best are banned. This is your only chance to see these films exactly as their creators meant us to. THE SEX & VIOLENCE CARTOON FESTIVAL is a film and lecture program. Screenings are Saturdays at 7:00 pm.
Here is what has been said about it:
"Hartt's program is brilliant."--SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, England.
"Impressive."--TORONTO STAR.
"A smorgasbord sampler of animation's wildest moments--many of them too much for television or home video."--THE GLOBE AND MAIL.
In 1929 and 1930 Salvador Dali, with Luis Bunuel, made two films which provoked riots and were banned worldwide.
Of them TROPIC OF CANCER author Henry Miller raved, "Unequalled...Pure cinema and nothing but."
The program will be introduced by Reg Hartt of whom super comic Emo Philips says, "I honestly believe Reg Hartt is the greatest teacher I know. For confirmation of everything he has been saying all along read David Mamet's book TRUE AND FALSE."
WARNING: These films have not lost one whit of their power to shock.
The Los Angeles Film School is hosting its Friday Night Shorts Film Festival. The event is designed for emerging filmmakers to showcase your best work. It takes place in the school
Rhythm & Hues Studios would like to meet digital artists interested in future employment at our studios. In order to participate you must be a digital artist with 2+ years professional experience. We invite you to attend one of our two lunchtime gatherings:
March 17th - Belmont near Redwood City March 18th - Alameda in the East Bay
TAIS and The National Film Board of Canada present " Lighter Dementia and Deeper Lunacy - The Filmmaking of John Weldon." The screening will be followed by a masterclass with Weldon, whose impressive filmography includes the Oscar-winning SPECIAL DELIVERY and REAL INSIDE, a deft combination of live action and animation that conceptually anticipates WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT. Other films to be screened include: THE LUMP, THE HUNGRY SQUID, FRANK THE WRABBIT, CANADA VIGNETTES: LOG DRIVER'S WALTZ, TO BE, SCANT SANITY and OF DICE AND MEN. Admission is free.
Rhythm & Hues Studios would like to meet digital artists interested in future employment at our studios. In order to participate you must be a digital artist with 2+ years professional experience. We invite you to attend one of our two lunchtime gatherings:
March 17th - Belmont near Redwood City March 18th - Alameda in the East Bay
Rhythm & Hues Studios would like to meet digital artists interested in future employment at our studios. In order to participate you must be a digital artist with 2+ years professional experience. We invite you to attend one of our two lunchtime gatherings:
March 17th - Belmont near Redwood City March 18th - Alameda in the East Bay
The Ann Arbor Film Festival is a non-profit arts organization that has along-standing tradition of showcasing all genres of independent experimental film. Its mission is to provide a worldwide public forum for independent and experimental moving image exhibitions, to encourage and showcase artists of the moving image, to promote the moving image as art and to offer educational outreach. The week after the festival the festival will host a traveling tour of colleges, museums and theaters across the U.S. A total of $18,000 in cash prizes will be awarded by jurors in 22 categories.
The American Cinematheque will be hosting a retrospective of Oskar Fischinger work in celebration of Bill Mortiz's new book OPTICAL POETRY. Screenings include: ALLEGRETTO (3 versions), COMPOSITION IN BLUE, RADIO DYNAMICS, MOTION PAINTING NO. 1, KREISE, LIEBESSPIEL and STUDIES. Program includes 35mm prints of films restored by the Academy Film Archive from original nitrates. Signed copies of OPTICAL POETRY will be available for sale at the screening. Barbara Fischinger, Mr. Fischinger's daughter, will be in attendance.
The first Bay Area Muslim Film Festival is an annual event that screens films by or about Muslims. The world has become increasingly interested in understanding the diverse Muslim culture and society. The MFF seeks to help portray Muslim artists and their view, providing Muslims with a venue to share their work about themselves and their diverse traditions. Muslim Film Festival will offer an audience award and hold a filmmakers social hour network gathering at the festival. MFF hopes to enhance the film industry by providing a focused event for films about and by Muslims.
For 11 years, the South by Southwest Film Festival has highlighted the best in new independent film. The SXSW Film Conference will take place March 13-16, 2004, at the Austin Convention Center. The conference features four days of panels, workshops, mini-meetings, mentoring sessions and hands-on sessions. The early submission deadline is November 3, 2003 (postmark date) with a processing fee of $25 for shorts and $35 for features. The late submission deadline is December 1, 2003 with a processing fee of $30 for shorts and $40 for features. There is a $5 discount for applying online.
Six years ago with the support of the MEDIA Programme of the European Union, CARTOON initiated Cartoon Movie to establish a synergy between distributors, investors and producers and thus accelerate the financing and distribution process of animated features in Europe. Cartoon Movie was designed along the lines of the successful Cartoon Forum, which aims at facilitating the financing of animation TV series. But Cartoon Movie also offers improvements in the management of cross border film distribution systems in Europe.
Branson Film Festival's mission is to bring together a mix of new talent and established filmmakers from the United States, Canada and Europe to give their films the audience for critical review in the heart of America, where it believes the average filmgoer truly exists. It's also an effort for up-and-coming filmmakers to network with other filmmakers, producers and film buyers. The festival invites features, documentaries, foreign films, shorts, animation and students for presentation and awards.
The 4th Annual Durango Film Festival is dedicated to celebrating the art of cinema, enjoying flickering images on the screen and honoring the talented filmmakers for their passion, vision and work. Located in historic downtown Durango nestled in the beautiful Rocky Mountains of southwest Colorado, the juried 9-day festival presents independent narrative features, documentaries, animation, shorts, experimental, children and regional films, showcasing the work of filmmakers that embody the passion and distinctive voices in independent film.
New York International Children
Anime Overdose 2004, Santa Clara Anime Festival is a not-for-profit fundraising event for Santa Clara University's official anime organization, Tempura Anime. Anime Overdose has been around in some form since 1997, when it was then the Anime Movie Reviews group. The event is dedicated to animation, games and comics. For more information, visit www.animeod.com.
The Interactive Academy's DICE Summit was created to explore approaches to the creative process and artistic expression as they uniquely apply to the development of interactive entertainment. D.I.C.E. is solely focused on the creative endeavor inherent in game development. Speakers concentrate on the challenges of various aspects of game design and creation and offer solutions to help developers maintain the creative edge in this rapidly evolving industry. The DICE Summit also serves as the home to the Academy's annual Interactive Achievement Awards ceremony.
