The UK's longest-running annual animation festival, BAF! returns for its 10th year, bigger than ever before. Now running for four days, BAF! 03 will, as usual, be crammed full of masterclasses, seminars, workshops, film screenings and special events with some of the industry's leading professionals.
BAF! 03 will open for entries on Friday 18 April. Films can be any length and from any country. There is no fee for submission.
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The Film & TV Department - Embassy of France is bringing a collection of animation pilots and new programming in Los Angeles, December 11th, 2003 at the Goethe institut (5750 Wilshire Boulevard - Suite 100).Find out what the top French animation companies have been producing and how to contact them and the creatives behind the shows.
In Pisa, Italy at the Cineclub Arsenale on December 11-12 a trial edition for an annual animated film festival.Showcase of European animated feature and short films, premieres, retrospectives.Focus on Tuscan production, homage to Dutch Il Luster productions.Director: Thomas Martinelliwebsite: www.arsenalecinema.it
The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre will be screening a sneak preview of BIG FISH with director Tim Burton in person. This story about a fabled relationship between a father and his son stars Albert Finney and Ewan McGregor. The theater is located at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard between Highland and Las Palmas in Hollywood. More information be obtained by contacting tel.: (323) 466-FILM, fax: (323) 461-9737, or Web: http://www.egyptiantheatre.com.
The 4th edition of Animadrid was organized with the purpose of fostering the film and audiovisual arts by promoting independent animation productions and providing an assembly point for artists and audiences in the international community. This year's event will pay tribute to legendary stop-motion master Ray Harryhausen. Animadrid has two competitive sections: a short films selection and the Iberoamerican Competition for television TV series pilot. In the short film category, independent films less than 60 minutes in length and created using any animation technique are eligible for entry.
AEAF Sydney 2003 will feature new events including the AEAF Short Film Festival screening films from around the world and Digital Video Fest. Digital Video Fest will showcase the latest technologies and techniques in digital video creation and post-production including: video cameras, editing systems, hardware, software, DVD authoring, lighting, audio, storage and workstations.
Metasin Productions is organizing the first Metacal Experiment. Artists can enter short films and videos; audio and silent films; animated and live- action pieces, all genres. The experiment will include live music, short films, standup comedy, visual art and dance. It is also looking for additional paintings, sculptures, drawings, individuals or groups wishing to perform original dance, comics, drummers/percussionists, bass players and Lighting designers. All events will be held at Avery Auditorium, Pitzer College, 1050 North Mills Ave, Claremont, California 91711.
As part of its "Toons Gone Wild!" series, the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre will be screening vintage "golden age" cartoons that are rarely shown anywhere. Many have not been shown on TV since the 1950s and are unlikely to be ever be available on DVD. A special ToonTalk will follow immediately after each screening. At 8:00 pm, "Early 1930s 'Rubber Hose' Animation" will screen great cartoons from that brief period when toons were really wacky and featured characters with no perceivable skeletal structure who jived to the synchronized beat. Tickets are $9.00 and $6.50 members.
The International Festival of Cinema and Technology will showcase a wide variety of independent cinema including dramas, comedies, documentaries, features, experimental films and animation. As the International Festival of Cinema and Technology's goal is to screen a variety of films, which include new technologies, animated projects make up a large part of the line-up. The festival features more than 40 animated projects featuring a variety of new animations created using a variety of new software and incorporating new talents and rising stars in the animation industry.
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Note: These programs have played to sold out audiences in theatres in Montreal, Ottawa, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and New York. Students in the thousands have flocked to screenings across Canada and The United States.
The San Francisco Media Archive will be holding
Animation historian John Canemaker will appear at MoMA with a colorfully illustrated multimedia presentation: THE ART AND FLAIR OF MARY BLAIR, based on his new Disney Editions book. The Dec. 5 lecture/demo will begin at 6:30 pm and will be preceded by a book signing. Using nearly 300 illustrations, Canemaker will describe the art and life of Blair, a prolific and gifted designer/colorist who was one of the few female artists to reach the top creative rungs at the Disney studio.
As part of its "Toons Gone Wild!" series, the Two Boots Pioneer Theatre will be screening vintage "golden age" cartoons that are rarely shown anywhere. Many have not been shown on TV since the 1950s and are unlikely to be ever be available on DVD. A special ToonTalk will follow immediately after each screening. At 10:00 pm, "Politically Incorrect Cartoons" will screen rare vintage cartoons with attitudes of a different earlier era. Tickets are $9.00 and $6.50 members. The Two Boots Pioneer Theater is located at 155 East 3rd Street (at Avenue A), New York, New York 10009.
Cartoombria 2003 is a non-competitive festival without entry fees. It has become a point of reference in Italy for what concerns the contemporary trends in animation by achieving its yearly presentation as regards the study in depth of the relationship between animated images, new media, music and visual arts. Cartoombria 2003 will in fact include multimedia and audiovisual experimental performances in realtime (acted by musicians and computer artists), environments and installations exhibition, screenings, seminars, meetings conducted by special guests.
On the occasion of Grant Munro's 80th birthday and the release of a new DVD, Cut-Up, The Films of Grant Munro, The Museum of Modern Art pays tribute to this seminal but under-recognized animator. Working from within the historic Animation Unit of the National Film Board of Canada from 1945 through the early 1970s, Munro directed, produced, shot, edited and even acted in some of the most significant hand-drawn and pixilated animation ever made. A frequent collaborator with Norman McLaren, Munro brought a wicked wit and sublime grace to the art.
The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre will be screening THE MISSING with director Ron Howard in attendance. The film is set in the starkly beautiful but isolated and lawless wilderness of the American Southwest in 1885 and tells the story of Maggie Gilkeson (Cate Blanchett) and her estranged father Jones (Tommy Lee Jones) and how they are reunited by a terrifying crisis. The theater is located at 6712 Hollywood Boulevard between Highland and Las Palmas in Hollywood.
Asia Film Market & Conference was conceptualized as a platform to showcase the products of major Asian film producers and international film distributors. A AFMC is a forum for companies to buy and sell film programming, promote Asian content, culture and talent. Asia's regional film industry event is also the optimum venue for networking and exploring opportunities for co-production ventures. The event will comprise a two-day conference program, a three-day market, and film screenings and premieres of top regional and international film releases throughout the three days.
David Ehrlich (professor of animation history at Dartmouth) presents a fascinating look at Russian animation, focusing on the work of the great Fedor Khitruk: After a 1961 visit to the Zagreb Animation Studio, whose artists were tremendously influenced for example by UPA artist John Hubley, Fedor Khitruk enthusiastically returned to Moscow to direct work whose innovative graphics completly broke with classical Soyuzmultfilm technique. He pioneered a radical departure from Russian state-sanctioned Disneyesque kitch.
ATF is returning for its 4th edition this year as the largest programming market in the Asia Pacific region, and the only programming market in South East Asia. This annual hotel-based event brings together international distributors and Asian buyers, promising 3 days of buying, selling and networking at the largest media gathering in this part of the world.
The 25th International Festival of New Latin American Cinema highlights films from around the world. As part of this year's event, the San Francisco Film Society will present a selection of award-winning films from the 46th San Francisco International Film Festival.
The 9th edition of International Short Film Festival "Leuven Kort" is a celebration of short cinema. The festival holds an international competition for live-action short films and a non-competitive program for digifilm and music videos. Two prizes will be awarded in the live-action competition: the "Prize of the Audience" and the "Prize of the Jury.
Raider Prods. will present the world premiere of its first animated shorts compilation feature, North Americas Best Independent Animated Shorts, at the Pacific Cinematheque theater. Featuring 16 of the very best independent animated shorts culled from a search that covered Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, North America's Best Independent Animated Shorts (NABIAS), is the brainchild of exec producer Aaron Keogh.
The e.magiciens / European Gathering of Young Digital Creation is a festival organized by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Valenciennes held from 26th to 28th November 2003 at the theatre Le Ph
The I Castelli Animati Festival highlights animation in all its forms from commercials to features films. The international competition awards the following prizes: grand prize, special jury prize, best debut short film, best European short film, audience prize, Fabrizio Bellocchino prize, best Web animation and best non-narrative short film. The Italian competition will give a grand prize and special jury prize to the top Italian productions. The event includes exhibitions, retrospectives, conferences and screenings. This year
The Thessaloniki International Film Festival, the most important film festival in Greece, focuses on up-and-coming filmmakers and innovative forms of narration. The festival
