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>>> 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 
>>> ASIFA Hollywood Annie Awards - Nov. 11, 2000 One of the most important and powerful ASIFA Groups is again organising THE 28th ANNUAL ANNIE AWARDS. For more details check: www.asifa-hollywood.org >>> A heartly W E L C O M E to ASIFA India ASIFA Opens First Indian Chapter (October16, 2000) It was announced today that ASIFA , the only internationally sanctioned organization for animation, will open a chapter in India. This new chapter will be located in the city of Trivandrum within the Indian state of Kerala, home of Toonz Animation India. The first meeting of ASIFA India will occur during The 2nd Annual Week With The Masters Animation Celebration, Toonz Animation India's high profile animation festival, held October 30 - November 3, 2000. Heading up ASIFA's newest chapter is Bill Dennis, president and CEO of Toonz Animation India. Dennis comes to ASIFAí's chapter with almost three decades of experience in the animation industry, having worked on such animated classics as, "The Lion King", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin" and "The Little Mermaid". The Indian chapter, which will be devoted to the encouragement and dissemination of film animation as an art and communication form, opens with 20 members. Tentatively, the new chapter's board includes; Bill Dennis as president, Suhael Merchant from Toonsense Studios as vice president, and Cathy Peza, Toonz Animation India's studio manager, as treasurer. ASIFA, an organization for professional animators, has grown to over 1700 members in 55 countries during its 40-year history. The national chapters maintain the most immediate and direct contact with members, many, like the American regional groups, with their own monthly newsletters and screenings. ASIFA provides the linkage between all the chapters as well as a direct connection to International events such as animation festivals and seminars. This message was sent to us by: Michael Saltzman (323) 692 7887 Saltzman@earthlink.net For More Information Please Contact Him >>> The 2nd Annual Week With The Masters Animation Celebration will be hold from October 30 - November 3, 2000. For more information please visit their website at www.toonzanimationindia.com >>> CARTOONS ON THE BAY International Festival and Conference on Television Animation 5th edition, Positano (Italy) April 5-9, 2001 International Pulcinella Awards - Entry deadline: January 20th, 2001 address: Rai Trade - via U. Novaro, 18 - 00195 Roma tel. +39 0637498404 fax +39 0637515631 home: www.raitrade.rai.it/cartoonsbay e-mail: cartoonsbay@raitrade.it |
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