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Ottawa Awards Top Prize To Ring Of Fire

The 2000 edition of the Ottawa International Animation Festival has come to a close with the announcement of this years winners. The winners were chosen by an international jury, comprised of acclaimed Canadian animator Suzanne Gervais, former ASIFA-Hollywood general manager and critic, animator and teacher Wendy Jackson Hall, Wild Brain co-Founder and creative director John Hayes, renowned Estonian animator Priit Pärn, and the head of the Shanghai Animation Studio in China Jin Guo Ping.

Animation Headline News

New Jobs: Animators, Digital Artists, Directors, Visual Artists And More...

Planet X Animation is looking for a 2D/3D ANIMATOR to create 3-10 minute segments of own design or follow a script. . . El Segundo, California-based Inertia Pictures, a growing animation development and production house, is looking for 2D/3D/FLASH ANIMATORS. . . Newark, New Jersey-based Genie Network, a revolutionary entertainment company, is looking for a 3D ANIMATOR MODELER. . .

Animation Headline News

Store Specials: Computer Animation videos and the Ottawa 2000 festival catalog

- The Ottawa 2000 International Animation Festival Catalog: No need to worry if you are unable to attend this year's Ottawa International Animation Festival. The bilingual festival catalog is now available for sale for $15.

Game Headline News

Futurama Gaming Rights Go To Swedish UDS

By Rick DeMott | Thursday, September 21, 2000 at 12:00am

Scandinavias leading computer and video game developer, UDS (Unique Development Studios), has gained the computer gaming rights to Foxs hit series FUTURAMA. The three-year deal grants UDS the right to co-publish with Fox Interactive FUTURAMA games for all gaming platforms. Fox Interactive will publish the games in North America, while UDS will handle the rest of the world. The first game is scheduled for release in the first half of 2002. This co-production deal for such a well-known TV series marks a first for European gaming companies.

Disney Headline News

Disney Moves To Hasbro In Light Of Mattel’s Potter Deal

By Rick DeMott | Thursday, September 21, 2000 at 12:00am

Disney has decided to divide its toy merchandising between rivals Hasbro and Mattel. Disney has had a long licensing relationship with Mattel, which now will only handle their preschool and plush toys, dolls, games and puzzles. Hasbro will handle the more lucrative toys, action figures and games portion of Walt Disney products.

Headline News

Pi Director Takes On Batman: Year One Feature

By Rick DeMott | Thursday, September 21, 2000 at 12:00am

PI director Darren Aronofsky is set to helm the newest in Warner Bros. BATMAN franchise, BATMAN: YEAR ONE. Aronofsky will write and develop the screenplay with Frank Miller, writer of the graphic novel BATMAN: YO from which the film will be based. The noir-styled graphic novel was originally published by DC Comics in 1987 and chronicles the trials and tribulations of Bruce Waynes first year as Batman. Aronofsky as director is an interesting direction for Warner to take with the BATMAN movie franchise.

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BKN Licenses GoodTimes Library

By Rick DeMott | Thursday, September 21, 2000 at 12:00am

Cologne-based licenser and children's TV producer BKN International has acquired international TV, video and merchandising rights for New York-based childrens animation production company GoodTimes Entertainments 51 title library. The deal worth US$13 million includes titles such as RUDOLPH THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO and MOBY DICK.

Toon Headline News

Toon Boom Expands Its Presence In India With Sriven Multi-Tech And Dataquest

Hyderabad-based Webtoons India, Sriven Multi-Tech's creative

animation and digital ink & paint facility has partnered with Toon

Boom Technologies to set up USAnimation, the leading vector-based

digital ink & paint and compositing software, at their studio. With

facilities and offices in India, Australia, Canada and the U.S.,

Sriven Multi-Tech Limited (www.srivenmultitech.com) offers expertise

in software development, multimedia content production, digital

Animation Headline News

The Acrobat Issue Of Animation World Magazine Is Now On-Line!

For feature films Martin Goodman is taking a look at this summer's

hits and misses. Gerard Raiti is figuring out why some cartoons don't

work as live-action adaptations and others do. Amid Amidi is

profiling feature films that have been released outside of the big

studios' theatrical machine. Plus, for a look into the Japanese

feature film market, resident expert Fred Patten is going to outline

the lay of the land of the rising sun. Plus, Larry Lauria speaks with

Animation Headline News

New Jobs: Animators, Digital Artists, Directors, Visual Artists And More...

Norrköping, Sweden-based UDS, an interactive entertainment developer,

is looking for a 2D ANIMATOR to create content and animations for

online/wireless and PC games. . . Cambridge, UK-based Kelseus

Limited, a 3D computer graphics software company, is looking for 3D

PROGRAMMERS to join their R&D team. . . San Francisco,

California-based Mondo Media, a successful new media company that

creates, develops, and syndicates animated entertainment, is looking

Headline News

Transfer Your 3d Skills To The Groundbreaking Xsi Software

Take a 5-day Softimage XSI Essentials course so that you can hit the

ground running with XSI. This course is offered by The Renaissance

Center, Dickson (just west of Nashville), Tennessee, September 25-29,

2000. The Avid Certified Instructor is Olwen Nash, who has worked for

London-based MetroNewMedia (soft3D ATC) and The Finishing School

(European XSI ATC). For more information and registration please

contact: Vona Redden, tel.: (615) 740-5517; email:

vona.redden@rcenter.org; or visit

Digital Headline News

Rhythm & Hues' Hughes Appointed To Advisory Board Of Digital Hollywood And Dhima

Digital Hollywood, Japan, and DH Institute of Media Arts (DHIMA),

Santa Monica, California, one of the world's largest digital media

institutes, have recently appointed John Hughes, President and CEO of

Academy Award-winning studio Rhythm & Hues, to their advisory board.

John Hughes will provide curriculum advice and deliver periodic

lectures, introducing state-of- the-art technologies to the school

curriculum. For more information, check out the school

web site.

Events Headline News

New Additions To Awn's Calendar Of Events

This week's updates to the Calendar

of Events includes the upcoming

Bit by Bit Exhibition in Manitou Springs, Colorado, USA; the Wanadoo

Talent Show in Cannes, France; INDAC 2000 in Cologne, Germany; and

many more! With multiple search capabilities, AWN's new calendar of

events gives you a customized way to look through the upcoming events

- by Name, Location, Entry Deadline, Category, Event Type and more.

Animation Headline News

Store Specials: New Chinese Animation Videos

Chinese Animation Volumes 1 & 2 are now available to add to your

library of international animation. These two 80-minute volumes

include traditional cell animation and puppets, shown in their highly

original techniques of cut-paper, folded paper and brush painting by

some of Shanghai's famous animators. Witness some of the animated

shorts created in the last 50 years that have delighted both children

and adults in China and throughout the world. Te Wei, Qian Jiajun, Yu

Animation Headline News

Britain's Channel 4 Launches Animation Week

From September 23 - 29, 2000, the British terrestrial station Channel 4 is screening a veritable deluge of animation, ranging from the far-flung universe of FUTURAMA to the sharply-observed mundane world of POND LIFE. The only catch is most of it's being shown in the small hours, so set your video recorders. Saturday is the main night, kicking off at 9 pm with Channel 4 regular SOUTH PARK, followed FUTURAMA with a special introduction from creator Matt Groening. This is the series first time airing on British terrestrial TV.

Spot Headline News

Miss Jones Wins A Gold For AT&T Olympic Spots

By Rick DeMott | Wednesday, September 20, 2000 at 12:00am

Design and cross media studio Miss Jones produced three 30-second spots for AT&T's new media services, which started airing during the Sydney Olympics. Against a white background in the first spot, "Pop," AT&T's familiar blue globe morphs into a pan of popcorn, at first popping slowly and then building to a crescendo while the globe swells to bursting. The second spot "Newton" opens on six AT&T globes lined up in a white field.

Spot Headline News

Mixin Pixls Connects For Verizon Wireless

By Rick DeMott | Wednesday, September 20, 2000 at 12:00am

Digital animation company Mixin Pixls has birthed a new spot for Verizon Wireless entitled "Cellular Division." Directed by See Spot Run's Lawrence V. O'Flahvan, the spot begins with a view through a microscope studying a phone-looking cell. The "cell" divides into two phones, then splits into five, explaining that with Verizon's Family Share Plan one pool of minutes can be divided between up to five phones. "Creating the animated sequence was an exciting creative challenge," said Mixin Pixls CG animation director Harri Paakkonen.

Animation Headline News

Stan Lee Media Slashes 19 Positions

By Rick DeMott | Tuesday, September 19, 2000 at 12:00am

Stan Lee Media Inc. has eliminated 19 positions, deciding to outsource animation production to overseas companies. The move is part of SLM's deal with Toon Boom Technologies to use its U.S. Animation software on SLM productions. The Web content creator said in a press release that the decision would allow the company to maintain quality animation while reducing internal overhead costs.

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