In addition to our announcements in the weekly
Animation Flash, you'll always find frequently updated information and
links for festivals and events worldwide, in Animation
World Network's Calendar of Events section.
SD Film Fest Call For Entries. The 13th annual San Diego Film Fest,
slated for February 1997, is now accepting submissions for its animated
film category. This is the second year that the festival has hosted a separate
animation program, in which all of the animated films in competition are
screened together. A trophy and a cash prize is planned for the animation
category, while a $1,000 cash prize is confirmed for the best short film.
The winning film will be selected by a secret jury comprised of critics,
professors and graduate students from the San Diego film community. The
entry fee is $20.00 and all films must be submitted on video cassette for
a deadline of November 30. For entry forms and regulations, visit http://ueo.ucsd.edu
or email rbialy@ucsd.edu
Honolulu Underground Fest Call For Entries. Aloha! The third annual
Honolulu Underground Film Festival (HUFF), slated to take place November
16-23 in Hawaii, is now accepting film and video entries for its international
competition. Competition categories include 2D Animation, 3D Animation,
Documentary, Comedy, Horror, Drama, Action, Adventure, Shorts and Features.
Cash prizes range from $200 to $500. The entry deadline is September 15,
and the fee is $20 per film. For information, visit http://www.lava.net/huff
after August 10.
Worldfest-Charleston Call For Entries. The Worldfest-Charleston
International Film and Video Festival is now accepting entries for its
fifth annual competitive festival in Charleston, South Carolina, November
1-9, 1997. Five out of ten competition categories include animation sub-categories:
Theatrical Feature Films, Television and Video Production, Short Subjects-Films
and Videos, TV Commercials and PSAs and Experimental Films and Videos.
Entry fees range from $50 to $100. For entry forms and information, visit
http://www.vannevar.com/worldfest
IAAPA Trade Show. The International Association of Amusement Parks
and Attractions (IAAPA) will host its' 79th annual Convention and Trade
Show, dubbed "The Magic of Fun." Known as the largest convention
for professionals in the amusement and attractions field, the event is
scheduled to take place November 18-22 in Orlando, Florida. Organizers
expect more than 1,000 exhibitors and over 23,000 attendees. For information,
visit http://www.iaapa.org
Unicef Animation Art Auction. UNICEF and Sotheby's Collectibles
in New York City will hold an animation art auction in mid-December, with
proceeds to benefit UNICEF's Cartoons For Children's Rights Animation Campaign.
UNICEF is currently seeking donations of feature film and television series
animation artwork; all donations are tax deductible. Companies which have
already donated artwork include Walt Disney Feature Animation, Warner Bros.
Feature Animation, MTV Animation, HBO Animation and Fred Wolf Films. To
make a donation, or for additional information about the auction, contact
Deborah Reber [dreber@unicef.org] or Lynn Klugman [lklugman@unicefo.org].
For information on UNICEF's activities in animation, visit the official
UNICEF web site on Animation World Network.
http://www.awn.com/unicef
Celebration Of Independent Video. LA Freewaves kicked off its fifth
Celebration of Independent Video Etc. in Los Angeles last weekend, with
more than 15 screenings, courses and presentations of video and media which
took place throughout the Los Angeles area. The programs will now be traveling
to 13 different locations in Southern California. In addition to the Celebration,
the Museum of Contemporary Art in downtown Los Angeles is hosting a new
media exhibition called Private TV, Public Living Rooms, August 29-September
30. Make the trip, because this facet of the Celebration won't be hitting
the road. For information on these events, visit http://pixels.filmtv.ucla.edu/community/LA_Freewaves
Small Press Expo. The Eastern U.S.' annual independent comic book
publishing event, the Small Press Expo, is scheduled for September 19-21,
in Silver Spring, Maryland, with a follow-up signing tour taking place
throughout the month. Many comic artists will be present at the "mini
Comic Con," and in the tour, including Shannon Wheeler, creator of
Too Much Coffee Man. An anthology featuring the work of more than
40 comic artists, titled SPX Comic, will be distributed before and
during the Expo, with all profits going to support the Comic Book Legal
Defense Fund (CBLDF). For information on the Small Press Expo, visit http://www.indyworld.com/spx97
Digital Video Conference. Miller Freeman, the San Francisco-based
organizers of many technology, graphics and digital media events, is presenting
The Digital Video Conference & Exposition, October 20-23 in Burbank,
California. The exposition will feature exhibitors of hardware, software
and services, while the conference will present technically-focused seminars
for professionals using or learning about digital video technology. Seminar
topics include 3-D animation & compositing, special effects and new
delivery technologies.
Student Festival A Class Act. The International Student Animation
Festival of Ottawa, otherwise known as SAFO, has released the schedule
of programs and screenings for the September 18-21 event in Ottawa, Canada.
Only in its first year, the festival selection committee has received over
600 entries from student filmmakers in 25 countries, more than half the
number of films received by large, established festivals such as Annecy.
Festival director Chris Robinson said that the response "suggests
that perhaps animation festivals, most of which are biennial, may need
to consider focusing on an annual program of events to accommodate the
sheer number of works being created." Several panels and workshops
are being offered for students, on subjects such as preparing a portfolio,
setting up your own studio, and negotiating licensing contracts. In addition,
SAFO has programmed an interesting selection of retrospective screenings,
including tributes to Corky Quackenbush and J.J. Sedelmaier; "First
Cracks," a program of first films by the likes of Mike Judge, Tim
Burton, and Paul Driessen; "Animation Grooves," a show of musical
animation; and "Cartoons and the Movies," programmed by Jayne
Pilling, which looks at the relationship between live-action cinema and
animation, their interaction and mutual influence over the century. The
first festival devoted to student and first time animators, SAFO is being
presented by the organizers of the Ottawa International Animation Festival,
which has taken place in Ottawa for over 20 years. For information, visit
the SAFO web site in AWN's Animation Village, http://www.awn.com/safo
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