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1st Festival of Japanese Anime

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, May 2, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: May 2, 2003

The American Cinematheque at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood will present the 1st Festival of Japanese Anime from May 2-14, 2003. It features a cross-section of the newest and most challenging work from Japan, including the U.S. premieres of THE CAT RETURNS, the mondo-insane TAMALA2010 A PUNK CAT IN SPACE, the lovely fable PRINCESS ARETE, the long-awaited three-part anthology film MEMORIES, and Miramax Films

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Cannes IndieFest

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, May 1, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: May 1, 2003

Telluride and Key West IndieFest - at the CANNES!

Press Release: 11.21.02 (Greetings from the Beach) -------------------

Dear Independent Filmmakers, Screenwriters, and Indie Cinema Aficionados,

I am taking the *selected/winning* entries - from Telluride IndieFest 2002 (August 20 - September 2) AND Key West IndieFest 2003 (winners 'to be announced' on March 15, 2003) - WITH me to the Cannes Film Festival (in early May, 2003).

With the *selected/winning* artist's permission/consent (of course).

---------------- A SCREENING VENUE:

Animation Events

Shanghai International Cartoon Carnival

By Guest (not verified) | Wednesday, April 30, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: April 30, 2003

The 1st Annual Shanghai International Cartoon Carnival is an animation and comics festival targeted at children and teenagers. The focus of the Carnival is screenings of animation, interactive games, fan-based activities (COSPLAY, fan-art), and live games. Emphasis is placed solely on the enjoyment of the attendees (viz., children). As this is the first year of the event, there will be no competition or entry fees. All major formats, including animation with linked live performances, are acceptable for submission.

Festival Events

Not Still Art Festival

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, April 26, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: April 26, 2003

The 8th. Annual Not Still Art Festival is a forum devoted to abstract & non-narrative electronic motion imaging with music / sound design...Founded in 1996, the Not Still Art Festival screens international electronic motion art with music and sound design. New and old technologies are welcome. There is no restriction as to the date or number of programs submitted.

Show Events

ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD to Screen Groundbreaking 1956 Animated TV Series

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, April 26, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: April 26, 2003

Direct from the hit screening room at the 2002 Ottawa Animation Festival, ASIFA-Hollywood will be presenting the 1956 TV series THE BOING BOING SHOW at the American Film Institute in the Ted Ashley Screening Room on Saturday, April 26, 2003 at 3 pm. The event will be hosted by ANIMATION BLAST Webzine editor Amid Amidi, and include special guest Fred Crippen, animator of MR. MAGOO and GERALD MCBOING BOING.

Animation Events

Capilano College Animation Grad Show 2003

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, April 26, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: April 26, 2003

The Animation Department of Capilano College, North Vancouver, Canada, is hosting it's annual grad show, Saturday, April 26, 2003 from 1 pm to 5 pm. Work from both the classical and 3D character animation programs will be presented, as will student scholarships, sponsored by local studios. For more information, visit www.gradshow.com.

Series Events

Radio Television Hong Kong's Animation TV series and Festival

By Guest (not verified) | Sunday, April 20, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: April 20, 2003

Radio Television Hong Kong is the only public broadcaster in Hong Kong. They are planning a TV series featuring independent animators from all over the world, which will lead into an International Animation Festival in mid July 2003.

Anime Events

eigoMANGA CAMPUS INVASION

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, April 18, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: April 18, 2003

FREE EVENT: Anime Rock Concert - Anime Screenings - Live Performances/Autographs - Cosplay Contest - Fashion Show - Prizes/Free Stuff - AND MUCH MORE!!

We're invading the campus off San Francisco State University and throwing the hottest and first ever anime rock concert!!

We've got awesome anime features that includes, live performances and autograph signings, fashion shows, video screenings, prizes and lots more!!

Dress up in cosplay! Come to our bash and tear the roof off and give SF State a 101 class lecture about anime!!

Festival Events

CASTLE IN THE SKY

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, April 5, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: April 5, 2003

Oscar winning director Hayao Miyazaki's classic CASTLE IN THE SKY is having its only American theatrical presentation at the Newport Beach Film Festival on Saturday, April 6 at 8:30 pm at the Regency Lido Theatre, located at 3459 Via Lido, Newport Beach, California. Theatre box office: (949) 673-8350.

This special 35mm screening features an expanded score by composer Joe Hisaishi and the voice talents of James van der Beek, Andy Dick, Mark Hamill, Cloris Leachman, Anna Paquin and Mandy Patinkin.

Following the event is a reception at the Hard Rock Cafe.

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Sakura-Con 2003

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, April 4, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: April 4, 2003

The otaku odyssey returns...

ANCEA is proud to announce that the 6th Annual Sakura-Con will be hosted at the Seattle Airport Hilton and Conference Center. As the premiere Pacific Northwest convention devoted to Japanese animation, manga (comics), gaming, and Asian Culture, Sakura-Con is the destination event for fans to learn more about the anime, manga, & gaming industry, as well as the diverse history of Asian Culture.

Festival Events

36th Annual WorldFest-Houston Intl Film/Video Festival

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, April 4, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: April 4, 2003

Founded in August 1961, WorldFest is the 3rd oldest competitive International film festival in North America. We gave first honors and awards to Spielberg, George Lucas, Randall Kleiser, Ridley Scott, Ang Lee, The Coen Brothers, Robert Rodriguez and many more. We screen just 55 new features and around 100 new shorts, in 35mm and digital video DLP projection in a large commercial theatre complex. There is great networking as more than 450 intl filmmakers attend, and the general audience exceeds 25,000 in the 10 day event.

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ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD To Screen Tim Tyler Cartoon Classics At AFI AFI

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, March 29, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: March 29, 2003

By popular demand, ASIFA-Hollywood will present an all-new tribute to eccentric animator Jim Tyer with 35mm Technicolor prints of his best cartoons at the American Film Institute in the Ted Ashley Screening Room on Saturday, March 29, 2003 at 3:00P.M. Jim Tyer was best known for his exaggerated style of cartooning for East Coast animation studios Paramount and 20th Century Fox in the 1940s and 1950s. Some of the popular characters he brought to life included POPEYE and MIGHTY MOUSE.

Film Events

South by Southwest Film Conference and Festival

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, March 7, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: March 7, 2003

The South by Southwest Film Festival and Conference is now accepting submissions for the 2003 Film Festival. For ten years, the internationally recognized conference and film festival has highlighted the best in new independent film to enthusiastic audiences in packed houses in Austin, Texas.To apply, please submit in one package a videocassette (VHS only), a synopsis of 50 words or less, director

Digital Events

Digital Days Festival

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, March 7, 2003 at 11:00am

Digital Days is an interactive High Definition Digital showcase and forum featuring screenings, presentations and seminars. The audience onsite and connected virtually to our Quicktime Live Webcast and Video Chats, provides an interactive dialogue between filmmakers, industry professionals, students and the public.

Presentations of theatrical features, HD natural history films and cutting-edge rock music videos provide a stimulating full-sensory experience. Explore from outer space to inner space from Antarctica to the oceans

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INDEPENDENT SPIRITS: THE JOHN & FAITH HUBLEY STORY

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: March 4, 2003

INDEPENDENT SPIRITS, a documentary on animators John and Faith Hubley by director Sybil DelGaudio and producer Patty Wineapple will be screened in Los Angeles on Tuesday, March 4 at 7:30 pm as part of the Motion Picture Academy's Contemporary Documentary Series.

Sound Events

A Tribute to Industrial Light + Magic and Skywalker Sound

By Guest (not verified) | Thursday, February 6, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: February 6, 2003

When the original STAR WARS exploded across movie screens in 1977, audiences were dazzled as never before by some of the most astounding visual and sound effects in cinema history: the iridescent glow and sudden zzzap! of Luke Skywalker's lightsaber, the adrenaline-stoked dogfights in space, the sound and fury of the Death Star's destruction.

Film Events

The DIY Film Festival

By Guest (not verified) | Tuesday, February 4, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: February 4, 2003

The DIY Film Festival honors the top independent films in drama, comedy, animation, documenataries and best screenplays. Held Feb. 4-8, 2003 in Hollywood,Ca., the DIY Film festival is part of the 2003 DIY Convention in Los Angeles, a trade show featuring panels, exhibits and workshops on independent film, music and books.

Production Events

30th Annual Annie Awards

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, February 1, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: February 1, 2003

The International Animated Film Society,ASIFA-Hollywood, is currently accepting entries for the 30thAnnual Annie Awards. Deadline to receive entries is Friday,October 4, 2002.

Submission Eligibility

Entries submitted for consideration must be from productions that originally aired or were released betweenAugust 1, 2001 and December 30, 2002.

Cartoons Events

Reg Hartt Presents Twelve Cartoons We Can't See Uncut on Home video and TV

By Guest (not verified) | Saturday, February 1, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: February 1, 2003

To see what's missing from the great films of Hollywood's Golden Age of Animation go http://looney.toonzone.net/ltcuts/. and the censored cartoons page at toonzone.

To see these films as the artists who created them meant us to come to Toronto. Screenings are Saturdays & Sundays at 7pm.

P.S. We take requests

Commercials Events

ASIFA Presents Vintage Animated Beer Commercials Screening

By Guest (not verified) | Friday, January 31, 2003 at 11:00am
Begins: January 31, 2003

Back before belching frogs and washed-up jocks were used to sell beer, breweries turned to cartoon characters like Fred Flintone and Mr. Magoo as pitchmen for their products. So if Super Sunday can't quench your thirst for beer commercials, come to the Rendezvous for a brew or two and watch an evening of '50s and '60s-era animated TV commercials for the likes of Schlitz, Blitz, Jax and Blatz--and even Seattle's own Rainier. Presented by the International Animation Association chapters, ASIFA-Northwest and ASIFA-Atlanta. Ages 21 and up. Admission FREE for members of ASIFA-Northwest.

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