SAFO 2001 Pass And Ticket Information.
SAFO, the Ottawa International Student Animation Festival (October 18-21, 2001) has updated their Website with new pass and ticket information...
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AWN's Dan Sarto Chairs The Web Forum At LEAF.
London Effects & Animation Festival (LEAF) in London, England Tuesday, November 13 - Thursday, November 15, 2001 is hosting a one-day Web Forum on Thursday, November 15 2001, which will be chaired by AWN's Dan Sarto. Featured sessions will look at the technological developments driving animation work, the tools available for Web-based work and a panel discussion on the future of animation on the Internet. For more information go to http://www.digmedia.co.uk
Affiliate Animator Stephen X. Arthur's New Spec Spot.
Affiliate animation director Stephen X. Arthur's :15 television commercial can now be played as a QuickTime...
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Affiliate Animator Linda Kudzmas Goes To CICFF.
Affiliate animator Linda Kudzmas' short, "Five Little Monkeys", has been accepted in the Chicago International Children's Film Festival...
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Aleksandra Korejwo Screening and Silent Auction.
ACME Filmworks, ASIFA-Hollywood and Women In Animation present a silent auction of original storyboard pastels and paintings and a screening of six animated shorts by Aleksandra Korejwo. Polish director Aleksandra Korejwo's unique style of animation is achieved by using colored salts that are manipulated with the use of a condor feather. A demonstration of this animation method will be presented. This is Aleksandra's debut screening of her collection of films and first art exhibition in the United States.
AWN's Theatrical Database Has Been Updated.
AWN's Upcoming Theatrical Releases database has been updated...
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New Additions To AWN's Calendar Of Events.
This week's updates to the Calendar of Events include: From Dangermouse to Bill & Ben: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 - Tuesday, January 15, 2002, Manchester, England; Aleksandra Korejwo - Screening and Silent Auction: Saturday, September 29, 2001, Hollywood, California USA; FAN International Animation Festival: Thursday, October 25 - Sunday, October 28, 2001, Norwich, Norfolk UK; Big Apple Anime Fest: Friday, October 26 - Sunday, October 28, 2001, New York, New York USA; Animation Workout, Mary Ellen Lord, Guest Director: Tuesday, November 20, 2001,
Plympton's Comic Of The Week
Plympton's new series of comics is extracted from the comic book "Polls Apart - How To Tell A Democrat From A Republican," by Kathy Paton & Bill Plympton...
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This Week's Animation Trivia Quiz.
This week, we're asking more questions about cartoon sidekicks...
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From Dangermouse to Bill & Ben
From Dangermouse to Bill & Ben: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 - Tuesday, January 15, 2002, Manchester, England. An exhibition celebrating twenty five years of Cosgrove Hall Films From Dangermouse to Bill & Ben runs until January 15th in Artworks, the interactive gallery, The Lowry Centre, Salford Quays, Manchester, England. Entrance Fee: Adults £3.75; Concessions £3.25; Family Tickets £10.00. Open Daily from 10am until 6pm Summer and Half Term Holidays. Term time Mon Fri until 4pm, Sat/Sun until 5.30 pm. For Further details call 0161 876 2000.
Aleksandra Korejwo Screening and Silent Auction
Aleksandra Korejwo Screening and Silent Auction: Saturday, September 29, 2001, Hollywood, California USA. ACME Filmworks, ASIFA-Hollywood and Women In Animation present a silent auction of original storyboard pastels and paintings and a screening of six animated shorts by Aleksandra Korejwo. Polish director Aleksandra Korejwos unique style of animation is achieved by using colored salts that are manipulated with the use of a condor feather. Each frame of animation art measures 30 x 24 inches and is rendered and shot on 1s under the top lit Oxberry camera.
FAN International Animation Festival
FAN International Animation Festival: Thursday, October 25 - Sunday, October 28, 2001, Norwich, Norfolk UK. Animation lovers can look forward to four days of film fun from 25 - 28 October 2001 in the form of FAN International Animation Festival!
Big Apple Anime Fest
Big Apple Anime Fest: Friday, October 26 - Sunday, October 28, 2001, New York, New York USA. Taking place over Halloween weekend - October 26 to 28, 2001 - at the Directors Guild of America Theater and other venues in mid-town Manhattan, the Big Apple Anime Fest considers itself the "Cannes Film Festival of the Anime Manga Culture," one of the hottest media trends among today's global youth.
Changes At Animation World Network.
Animation World Network has moved into beautiful new offices in Hollywood. Our new contact information is 6525 Sunset Blvd. Garden Suite 10, Los Angeles, CA 90028. Phone: (323) 464-7805 Fax: (323) 466-6619. All our e-mail addresses remain the same.
Animation Workout, Mary Ellen Lord, Guest Director
Animation Workout, Mary Ellen Lord, Guest Director: Tuesday, November 20, 2001, Burbank, California USA, November 20, 2001 7:30pm. Guest Director, Mary Ellen Lord of Sutton, Barth and Vennari will conduct this session. A Fee of $8 for WIA members and $10 for nonmembers per session is charged for the cost of the engineer. The seminar takes place at EarthSalt, formerly HORTA located at 724 So. Victory Blvd. Burbank. Enter Studio B through the parking lot at the rear of the building on So. Victory Blvd.
Decode Brings Ollie To Mipcom
Decode Entertainment has acquired worldwide distribution rights to OLLIE, a digitally animated 13 x 21 series targeted at kids aged 7 to 11. The show has already been sold to Teletoon in Canada and is set to premiere on that channel in fall 2002. Episodes will be available for the international market at MIPCOM 2001.
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YU-GI-OH! Is Introduced Internationally
4Kids Entertainment's YU-GI-OH!, which has already begun airing in the U.S. on Kids' WB!, will be introduced to international broadcasters at this year's MIPCOM. The Japanese anime series follows the adventures of a young boy named Yugi, who morphs into a monster-fighting hero after piecing together the "millennium puzzle" given to him by his grandfather. Additional 4Kids series that will be presented at MIPCOM 2001 include 52 new POKEMON episodes featuring all new POKEMON characters.
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Universal Digital Communications Gets Spunky
Universal Digital Communications Inc. (UDC), a privately held digital marketing company, has acquired new media content creator and distributor Spunky Productions. The terms of the deal were not disclosed. Spunky Productions brings UDC tremendous new media capabilities including their remarkable 2D and 3D animation. This adds a truly unique dimension to the marketing solutions we create and produce for our clients, said Jim Burkhart, President of UDC.
Simpson's First Season Debuts On DVD
Twentieth Century Fox's THE SIMPSONS SEASON ONE COLLECTOR'S EDITION DVD BOX SET will be available in stores on September 25, 2001, and features all thirteen episodes from the show's first season and outtakes from an un-aired version of the first 22-minute episode. Bonus features include original scripts, audio commentaries by Matt Groening, James L. Brooks, writers, producers and animation directors, the original skit from the TRACEY ULLMAN SHOW, early sketches, foreign language clips (mais oui! Homer speaks French!), magazine covers and stills, Easter Eggs and outtakes.
Fox Family Premieres New Daytime Animated Series
Fox Family Channel is scheduled to debut its new half-hour animated series WHAT'S WITH ANDY? on Saturday, September 22, 2001 and will premiere new episodes daily from September 22-29. The show, inspired by the book series JUST KIDDING, by Andy Griffiths, revolves around Andy Larkin, a kid who is determined to be the greatest practical joker in the world. Cinegroupe is producing 26 episodes of the show for Fox Family.
Mondo Media Brings Paul Frank's Characters To Life
Mondo Media has launched its newest Mondo Mini Show, JULIUS & FRIENDS. The show can be viewed exclusively on Sony's just-launched broadband creativity platform, Screenblast (www.screenblast.com). Based on Paul Frank's popular fashion characters and starring the voice of Jason Schwartzman (RUSHMORE) as Julius, the monkey with the wide smile, JULIUS & FRIENDS is an animated series created by artist/designer Paul Frank and content creator Obie Scott Wade of Zeros & Ones, a Los Angeles-based new media company.
Nothing Real Shakes Up Ice Age
Blue Sky Studios is using Nothing Real's Shake as the exclusive compositing software for the new animated feature ICE AGE, currently in production. According to Andrew Beddini, compositing lead and lighting technical director on ICE AGE, Shake has been in use at the company since 1999 where it was first used to composite the animated feature, TITAN AE. Beddini explained that at Blue Sky, the overall compositing process is handled by its lighting department.
Golden Marble Awards 2-Day Event Shattered By WTC Tragedy
The luncheon awards ceremony for the 4th Annual Golden Marble awards was scheduled to take place on September 11, 2001 but was understandably cancelled due to the terrorist attacks that occurred that morning on the World Trade Center and Pentagon. Although the ceremony was cancelled, the awards celebrating excellence in children's advertising were handed out. Leo Burnett was the big winner, taking home a total of seven awards, including one Golden Marble and six certificates of excellence for spots for Nike, Heinz and Nintendo.
MIT Licenses Shapesnatcher Suite
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has licensed Eyetronics' ShapeSnatcher software to experiment with what researchers call videorealistic talking humans that would be used in TV, film and games. ShapeSnatcher Suite 3.0 is an integrated software package that transforms an average slide projector and digital camera into a sophisticated 3D scanning and modeling system.
West Coast Student Film Festival
Friday, April 5 - Tuesday, April 9, 2002. San Francisco, California, USA. * Entry Deadline: Friday, January 18, 2002
