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THE LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD TO BORDO DOVNIKOVIC In ALABAMA  In October 2000, at the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, the Croatian animator Borivoj Dovnikovic Bordo, the former ASIFA Secretary General, was given the Life Achievement Award, on the occasion of the 50th Anniversary of his film career and, in the same time, 50 years of modern Zagreb animation.
Bordo gave a guest performance with three programmes: a selection of his animated films, a selection of films of the Zagreb Film studios, and "The Big Meeting", the first Croatian/Yugoslav independent cartoon film (in its realization in 1950/51 Bordo took part). In the same time, he and Vesna Dovnikovic, the new ASIFA Secretary General, served on the Festival Jury for short film. The Sidewalk Festival awarded Bordo with the support of the American Film Institute, and this is what was said in the official statement: "The American Film Institute congratulates the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival for its dedication to independent filmmaking and for its vision to award master animator Borivoj Dovnikovic - Bordo its Life Achievement Award in the year 2000. The work of Bordo and the Zagreb Film Studios has made a significant impact to international cinema for five decades. As a master animator, Bordo's canon of work has defined excellence in the craft of animation and made an important contribution to global filmmaking. The American Film Institute proudly congratulates Bordo on this most important and honorable occasion." The American Film Institute John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts Washington, DC United States of America 
 >>> ASIFA Board Elections 2000 were held at the Ottawa'00 festival. Results: President: Abi Feijo - Portugal Secretary: Vesna Dovnikovic - Croatia Treasurer: Pierre Azuelos - France Vice-President: Sayoko Kinoshita - Japan Vice-President: Antran Manoogian - USA Vice-President: Marco de Blois - Canada Vice-President: Andy Wyatt Great Britain Chris Robinson - Canada Wendy Jackson Hall - USA Heikki Jokinen - Finland Thomas Renoldner - Austria PISAF is Korea's first-ever Student Animation Festival. After finishing PISAF 1999 successfully which had the characteristics of pre-festival, we are now in the preparation of PISAF2000. The major goal of this festival has been to present animation in its wide variety of styles, techniques and subject matters. PISAF offers the best works of Independent Animation and Great Retrospectives. PISAF tries to focus on Professional Development of Animation through The Interactive Network System on The Internet for Independent Experimental Animation. We'd like to invite you to Puchon International Student Animation Festival. Established in 1999, PISAF seeks to show the great variety and quality of animated films. From traditional animation to computer animation, this festival gives the experimental works of college students, as well as retrospectives and thematic films. PISAF holds various sections such as Animated Film Competition, Invitation Animated Film Festival, Retrospective Exhibition, Animators' Exhibition, Academic Symposium, Animation Planning Presentation, Workshop, Off Theater. There is a unique competition for applied animation and a competition for the creative college students from all around the world. Puchon city, which is willing to lead the cartoon as the most prominent culture industry, is located between Seoul(capital of Korea) and Inchon( a large harbor). Puchon has so many advantages to hold an international events. For one thing, it has very convenient traffic, since it's very near from the international airport. Moreover, as Puchon is a westcentral city of Korea, it has the capability to attract 20,000,000 people around the city. The cultural city, Puchon, is holding regularly two international culture events : Puchon International Fantastic Film Festival and PISAF. Now, Puchon is ready for the centre of international cartoon industry in the coming 21st century. Text from PISAF homepage www.pisaf.or.kr |
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