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Houston International Film/Video Festival — 35th Annual WorldFest

Houston International Film/Video Festival 35th Annual WorldFest

Houston, Texas, USA. Friday, April 5 - Sunday, April 14, 2002.

Entry Deadline: Tuesday, January 15, 2002.

The 35th Annual WorldFest is one of the oldest film and video festivals in America and the world. The festival selects 60 new features and 100 new shorts, documentaries, student and experimental films. For more information email: entry@worldfest.org. Or visit: http://www.worldfest.org

Studio Headline News

Job Opportunities For Animators, Art Directors, Agents And More

Lombard, Illinois's Big Idea Productions is looking for a MODELING SUPERVISOR . . . Pune, Maharashtra, India's Digikore Studios Ltd. is looking for a BUSINESS PARTNER to promote the studio . . . Karachi, Pakistan's Fiction Advertising is looking for a REPRESENTIVE/MARKETING EXECUTIVE . . . Woodland Hills, California's Mike Young Productions, Inc. is looking for an ART DIRECTOR . . . Hollywood, California's Super 78 is looking for a 3D STUDIO MAX ARTIST . . . Trenton, New Jersey's Two Animators is looking for an ANIMATION AGENT . . . Winsted, Connecticut's Wish Tank Studios, LLC.

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A Look Back: Celebrating Walt Disney's 100th Birthday

December 5, 2001 marked the 100th anniversary of Walt Disney's birth. Here is a selection of articles from Animation World Magazine celebrating the extraordinary accomplishments of this visionary man and the corporation that bears his name:

- Disneyland: From Dream to RealityKatie Mason relates Disneyland's history from Walt's dream to an attraction that has drawn over 400 million visitors since its opening day, July 17, 1955.

Award Headline News

Faith Hubley Dies at 77

Oscar-winning, independent animator Faith Hubley passed away in New Haven, Connecticut on Friday, December 7, 2001 of cancer. She was 77 years old. Hubley was a native of New York, where she and her husband John established Hubley Studio in 1955. Prior to Johns death in 1977, the Hubleys created 21 animated films together, including the Academy Award winners, HOLE, MOONBIRD and HERB ALPERT AND THE TIJUANA BRASS DOUBLE FEATURE. Faith Hubley collected many awards over her long career.

Effects Headline News

Ocean's Eleven Sinks Harry Potter

8. OCEANS ELEVEN SINKS HARRY POTTER. The remake of the Rat Pack classic OCEANS ELEVEN, with visual effects by E=mc2 and Cinesite, topped the box office this weekend, raking in $38.1M and taking the prize for the biggest December opening of all time. OCEANS ELEVEN was the only new wide release this weekend, so as each film moved down a notch to make room for the new number one, the order of the top ten stayed relatively the same.

Sound Headline News

Fluid Launches Sound Design Division

New York-based design and visual effects company Fluid has launched a sound design division and added sound designer Fred Szymanski to their team. Szymanski has created sound design and special sound effects for a variety of film and television projects and music videos. He will be creating sound design for commercials exclusively through Fluid. Szymanski and Fluid recently completed sound design and sound enhancement for a series of spots for 6 new Xbox games for McCann/NY client Microsoft.

Lights Headline News

Cinesite Enhances Reality For Spy Game

Cinesite Hollywood completed two dozen shots for Universal Studios' new film SPY GAME, directed by Tony Scott and starring Robert Redford and Brad Pitt. Cinesite's work included the enhancement of reflections in an interrogation scene, blowing out a grid of lights in a night landscape scene, and adding muzzle flashes, sparks, bullet holes, dust and debris. Cinesite visual effects supervisor Kevin Lingenfelser said there are no blue or green screen shots in the film. A few explosions occur in the film, but they were achieved using practical, in-camera methods.

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Disney's Classic Treasures To Broadcast In Germany

Buena Vista International Television has licensed its collection of Disney and Disney/Pixar animated features to German terrestrial broadcaster RTL. The "Classic Treasures" package includes A BUG'S LIFE, MULAN, POCAHONTAS, TOY STORY and TOY STORY 2. The first movie to be broadcast will be Disney/Pixar's A BUG'S LIFE on Dec. 16, 2001. The Classic Treasures package has also been sold for broadcast in the U.K., Austria, Ireland, Denmark, Switzerland and Netherlands.

Animation Headline News

Uli Meyer Animation Unites Europe

Uli Meyer Animation created a 30-second computer animated title sequence for the German television station WDR show entitled MADE IN EUROPE. To illustrate the wacky nature of the show, which features guests from six European countries who talk about and perform country-specific oddities and customs, Uli Meyer Animation chose to use stereotypical images of European countries presented in a comical way. Some of the title sequence elements include dancing Can-Can girls on top of a London bus driven by Picasso that crosses in front of the Eiffel Tower while a Scotsman does a sword dance.

Animation Headline News

This Week At Animation World Magazine

Each week, Animation World Magazine offers new articles, special features and theme-based coverage of the art, craft and industry of animation. New this week:

- The Animation Pimp'Tis the season for xmas cheer and thank goodness the Pimp is here. The Animation Pimp reviews the true meaning behind a few of our favorite Christmas animated specials.

- Marvel: The Characters And Their Universe

Animation Headline News

Toonz Animation India Uses Its Toonsense

Toonz Animation India has acquired Toonsense Studios in Mumbai, India. Focusing on the creation of traditional animation for the advertising community Toonsense Animation Studios has created animation for dozens of diverse television commercials, combining traditional animation with live-action and computer graphics. Toonsense founders Suhael Merchant and Shrirang Sathaye will remain with the company.

Holiday Headline News

Television's Holiday Offerings In December

'Tis the season for festive holiday specials and the networks are rising to the occasion. Here is a selection of this holiday's television offerings:

The Disney Channel's new animated comedy series THE PROUD FAMILY will air "Seven Days of Kwanzaa," a special holiday episode featuring the guest voices of Samuel L. Jackson, Vivica A. Fox (THE HUGHLEYS, INDEPENDENCE DAY) and Raven Symone (THE COSBY SHOW). THE PROUD FAMILY Kwanzaa episode will air on the Disney Channel on Friday, December 7, at 7 pm ET/PT.

Million Headline News

Shrek Becomes The Best Selling DVD Of All Time

Since its release on November 2, 2001, SHREK has become the best-selling DVD of all time. With more than 5.5 million DVDs sold to consumers in North America, the big green Ogre surpassed the previous record-holder GLADIATOR, another DreamWorks film, which has sold over 5 million units since its November 2000 release.

Services Headline News

R!ot, Liberty Livewire Team Up In ITV Venture

R!OT and Liberty Livewire LLC's Interactive Services Group, both units of Liberty Media Group, have launched a joint venture aimed at developing interactive television applications. Under the plan, R!OT will link its broadcast post-production services with the Interactive Services Group's Web authoring, data management and e-commerce services. As part of the new venture, Liberty Livewire's Interactive Services Group has relocated its creative staff to the R!OT campus in Santa Monica.

Production Headline News

Huge Holiday Animation Art, Entertainment & Sports Auction - December 8th, 2001

THE ANIMATION CELECTION, in conjunction with EBAYLIVEAUCTIONS.com, presents its fifth annual  -  HOLIDAY ANIMATION, ENTERTAINMENT  & SPORTS AUCTION. This live auction will be held at Popular Culture Highway Gallery in West Hollywood, CA,  on December 8th, 2001 beginning at 10:00 AM PST. Pre-bids can be placed via the  internet , phone, fax or in person any time up until the auction begins.

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Big Slate Of December DVD Releases

There's a little something for everyone this month, from another installment in the LAND BEFORE TIME series, to classic Disney, to dinosaurs running amok. Check out selected highlights of the new animation and DVD releases for the month of December 2001.

December 4, 2001

WALT DISNEY TREASURES

Animation Headline News

IATSE Cartoonist Local 839 Ratifies Contract With BKN

After a four-year organizing drive, the membership of the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists, Local 839 IATSE (M.P.S.C. Local 839) has unanimously ratified a collective bargaining agreement with BKN Studios, Inc. (BKN). "The BKN contract marks the successful end of one of the longest organizing drives in the union's history," business representative Steve Hulett said after the vote at the local's membership meeting on November 27, 2001. M.P.S.C.

Effects Headline News

Reality Check Studios Goes Behind Enemy Lines

Visual effects and design company Reality Check Studios (RCS), completed over 75 effects shots for 20th Century Fox's BEHIND ENEMY LINES, now in theaters. As the primary visual effects house for the film, RCS artists built computer-generated planes, missiles, parachutes, and pilots and enhanced shots with smoke, debris and explosions. In an 8-minute sequence during which the lead character is shot down over enemy territory, RCS had a team of 16 animators working to create extensive 3D effects where CG elements were integrated into live action footage.

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