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| ASIFA Magazine / Spring 2003 |
CALL FOR PAPERS!
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| Open ASIFA Meeting at Cinanima'02 |
Meeting Report
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| CINANIMA 2002 |
Festival Report by Igor Prassel
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| News from ASIFA Groups | |
| ASIFA Bulgaria |
75th anniversary of Proyko Proykov
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| ASIFA San Francisco: Dec. 17, 7:30 pm |
Films about Peace, Tolerance and Understanding
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| ASIFA San Francisco: Jan. 22, 7:30 pm |
...at the Exploratorium: Annual Open Screening
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| ASIFA Hollywood |
Act of Membership Meeting #1
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| ASIFA Hollywood |
30th Annie Awards
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| News on the net | |
| Bill Plympton: Hair High |
Ani-Cam: Watch Bill draw his new film!
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| Koji Yamamura (Japan) |
Another great artist's site!
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| News books | |
| Alexeieff: Itinerary of a Master |
by Giannalberto Bendazzi
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| Animation in the Home Digital Studio |
by Stephen Subotnick
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| New festivals and events | |
| KINETICA 4 - The 60ies: Spirituality & Psychedelia |
...presented by iotaCenter
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| Conference: Animated "Worlds" UK, July 9-11, 2003 |
Announcement and Call for Papers
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| AniFest 2003 - Trebon (Czech Republic) |
Close Entry Deadline !
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| Tough Eye - Turku Festival (Finland) |
Close Entry Deadline !
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| More Animation Festivals |
close entry deadlines and events
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| ASIFA Magazine - Spring 2003 : Call for papers |
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The next edition of the printed ASIFA Magazine will come out in Spring 2003. If you want to publish your article, please contact the editor Chris Robinson: at robinson@asifa.net Deadline: January 31, 2003 |
| Report from the Open ASIFA Meeting at Cinanima 2002 |
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...by Thomas Renoldner CINANIMA, the International Animation Festival in Portugal is a perfect place for any kind of meetings. The seaside resort in off-season has a relaxed atmosphere, and because the festival is not extremely packed with programmes, one can also find enough free time to meet in one of the nice fish restaurants. And the Cinanima Festival is one of those "ASIFA Partner Festivals", which strongly supports the activities of ASIFA. Several international festival guests, who had declared that they would like to attend the ASIFA Open ASIFA Meeting in Portugal, received invitations for the festival: hotel rooms and meals! So first of all it's time to say to Cinanima "Thank you very much for the hospitality!!!" - ASIFA needs more festivals like you ! The Open ASIFA Meeting was visited by fifteen people, but many of them were representatives of local ASIFA Groups. There was an extremely good working atmosphere, and "of course" the proposal to reorganise ASIFA (more info at asifa.net/new.structure) was fully accepted. The group also led more discussions about the changed ASIFA's role today, like the necessity to act as a pressure group for the interests of the animation filmmakers. A first step in that direction, in support of the Portuguese animation producers was taken. Following their wish I presented during the Closing Ceremony a Letter of Protest to the representative of the Portuguese Ministry of Culture. (The current problem is, that during the year 2002 all the Portuguese TV stations (RTP1, RT2, SIC and TVI) did not yet pay the forseen tax (a percentage of income trough TV advertising) to ICAM (the Portuguese Institute of Cinema, Audiovisuals and Multimedia). This money is in fact the big part of ICAM's annual budget and it is with this money they are supporting the Portuguese Cinema production, including animation.) On another afternoon we visited the Animation House in Porto, directed by Abi Feijo. It is located in a huge modern building in the center of Porto, and has several rooms on two floors, including a bar, a library, a video archive, a permanent exhibition of artwork used in animation, a cinema, and space for two animation studios. Besides all that, Casa da Animacao offers regular animation screenings and special programmes. We were really surprised and fascinated by this great institution, but I was later very worried when I heard, that also the "Casa da Animacao" suffers hard from the economic crisis Portugal faces today, and looks into a unclear future. www.casa-da-animacao.pt |
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| Report about the CINANIMA 2002 Animation Festival |
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...written by Igor Prassel Igor Prassel also attended the Open ASIFA Meeting and was a guest of the festival starting from the very first day. He works at the Slovenian Cinematheque, where he is also the curator of an animation programme, which is shown at least once per month. Igor Prassel is also the editor of a Comics Magazine called Stripburger. Just recently he published a great book about the art of comics in East European countries. Besides all that he is the organiser of an animation festival in Izola/Slovenia and ASIFA Slovenia president. For many years Igor visited a lot of animation festivals worldwide. Enjoy reading his report about CINANIMA 2002. |
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| You find the report in the [ FESTIVAL ZONE ] at | Reports | or you can click here. |
| ASIFA Bulgaria: 75th anniversary of Proyko Proykov |
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On the 7th of November 2002 in the cinema "Odeon" in Sofia (it is the cinema of the Bulgarian National Film Archive) there was a celebration of the 75th anniversary of Proyko Proykov, who died two years ago and who was one of the most important persons in the history of Bulgarian animated film. Some good words and memories, told by his colleagues, were followed by a programme of the most successful films of the author. For about two hours more than two hundred spectators acclaimed those little pearls of the animation art.
Proyko Proykov, who was a modest and noble person, dedicated his whole life to making the films for children. During the last years of his life he succeed to hand over his experiences to many young animators. His name became a synonym for animation school. Earlier this year another event attracted the attention of the animated film fans. It was the presentation of the new Bulgarian animated films, which took place on the end of May and which had an enormous success and a large audience. Thanks to this very successful collaboration between the Bulgarian National Film Archives and ASIFA Bulgaria other events are in preparation like, for example, "Bulgarian Erotic Animated Films" or the cycle "Rediscovered Animation" dedicated to some more or less forgotten authors. Pencho Kunchev President of ASIFA Bulgaria |
| ASIFA San Francisco: Films about Peace, Tolerance and Understanding |
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TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 7:30 PM THE EXPLORATORIUM'S McBEAN THEATER FREE. PUBLIC INVITED EIGHT EXCEPTIONAL CLASSICS THAT HAVE MESSAGES RELEVANT TO THESE TIMES PEACE OF EARTH, 1939, directed by Harman and Ising, MGM, Nobel Peace Prize and Oscar nominations NEIGHBORS, 1952, by Norman McLaren, National Film Board of Canada, Oscar winner, "Love Thy Neighbor" BROTHERHOOD OF MAN, 1946, made for the United Auto Workers when they were integrating factories THE HOUSE I LIVE IN, 1946, stars Frank Sinatra, he won a special Oscar for this humanitarian message DUCK DOGERS IN THE 24½ CENTURY, 1953, the logical conclusion to the "eye for an eye" philosophy THE FLY, 1967, Zagreb Studios, Yugoslavia, a man learns the hard way to co-exist with his enemy BEAD GAME, 1971, Ishu Patel, National Film Board of Canada, Oscar nomination, a statement about evolution THE BIG SNIT, 1985, Richard Condie, National Film Board of Canada, Oscar nomination PLUS SEVERAL ANIMATED SURPRISES THAT CELEBRATE LIFE FROM THE ARCHIVE OF PRESCOTT J. WRIGHT Prescott has spent much of his adult life in the dark - watching and programming animated films. He organized and distributed the Tournee of Animation for many years and has been involved with the running of major animation film festivals and special film celebrations. Come discover what he has selected for our last event of 2002. Tonight's program is entirely on 16mm film and it comes from 3 different collections. |
| ASIFA San Francisco: Annual Open Screening |
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ANNUAL OPEN SCREENING FOR ANIMATION STUDENTS AND INDEPENDENT ANIMATORS
featuring Unfurling by Martha Gorzcki Sonata for the World by Jason Leonard with an original score by Nik Phelps Wizard So-So by Rina Peterman with music arranged by Todd Culman (made using Maya) And lots of great surprises WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 7:30 PM AT THE EXPLORATORIUM'S McBEAN THEATER PUBLIC INVITED, FREE (EVEN LOTS OF FREE PARKING) ALL ANIMATION STUDENTS AND INDEPENDENT ANIMATORS ARE INVITED TO SHOW YOUR WORK Just show up with your video or 16mm reel and we will show it. No forms to fill out, no fees, no passwords or secret handshakes needed. We provided the audience, applause and networking possibilities. An open screening for commercial studios will be held later this year. If you think you or a friend will be showing a work on Jan. 22, call or e-mail Karl Cohen by Dec. 26 and your name and film title will be added to the show's announcement printed in our January newsletter (415) 386-1004 / karlcohen@earthlink.net |
| ASIFA Hollywood: Act of Membership Meeting #1 |
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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 29, 2003 - 7:30pm
ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD ANIMATION CENTER 721 S. Victory Blvd. Burbank This is the ASIFA-Hollywood meeting where STUFF HAPPENS! There's more to being a member of ASIFA-Hollywood than just passively sitting in a chair and watching a cartoon, or getting all dressed up to go to an awards ceremony... ASIFA-Hollywood is a COMMON MEETING GROUND for all animation professionals and devotees of the art. If you love animation, you need to participate in the monthly... ACT OF MEMBERSHIP MEETING. On the last Wednesday of every month at the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Center an open meeting is held, Free to ASIFA-Hollywood members and their guests. At this meeting you will get a chance to: ? Network with other ASIFA-Hollywood members ? Share reviews of films, books and websites ? Meet the officers of the organization ? See special presentations and meet featured guests ? Learn about ASIFA-Hollywood plans for the future ? Participate in making those plans a reality ? And partake in casual merry-making (Free refreshments too!) |
| ASIFA Hollywood: 30th Annie Awards |
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ANNIE AWARDS TICKETS ON SALE
Tickets are now on sale for the 30th Annual Annie Awards. Honoring achievements and excellence in the field of animation, the Annie Awards will take place on Saturday, February 1, 2003, at the Alex Theater, in Glendale, California. Tickets are $35.00 for ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD members, and $50.00 for non-members. To purchase tickets, please visit ASIFA-Hollywood¹s website at www.asifa-hollywood.org, and download a ticket order form. The deadline to reserve tickets for the 30th Annual Annie Awards is Friday, January 24, 2003. ANNIE AWARDS MEMBERSHIP REMINDER The deadline for membership renewal or to join ASIFA-Hollywood in order to participate in the final voting for the 30th Annual Annie Awards, is December 31, 2002. To renew your dues, or to become a new member of the organization, please visit ASIFA-Hollywood¹s website at www.asifa-hollywood.org, and download a membership application. Please call the ASIFA-Hollywood office at (818) 842-8330, if you have any questions about your membership status. |
| Hair High - webcam site by Bill Plympton |
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One of our most famous ASIFA members, Bill Plympton has opened a great new web-page:"For the first time in animation history, the public will now be able to watch an entire animated feature, HAIR HIGH, being drawn before their eyes, live on the internet. Tune in between 10am and 6pm EST to see Bill at work! " It's fun, enjoy! |
| The web-page of Koji Yamamura |
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Another great artist and member of ASIFA Japan is Koji YamamuraHis homepage can be found through a link in the section asifa.net/members. International ASIFA members, who want to be connected with asifa.net as well, or who want to get their free webspace, please e-mail the Editor of ASIFA.NET. Here's the link to Koji Yamamura's site. Enjoy! http://www.jade.dti.ne.jp/~yam |
| Alexeieff: Itinerary of a Master - by Giannalberto Bendazzi |
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Another famous person, who is an ASIFA member for many many years, is Giannalberto Bendazzi. Recently he has published a great book about the "Master of the Pinscreen" Alexandre Alexeieff.
Paris, France: Dreamland, 2001. 318 pages. ISBN: 2-910027-75-9 (350 FF/53,38€) Wendy Jackson Hall, member of the ASIFA Board has written a review on the book, which was published on AWN. Click here to read it. |
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| Animation in the Home Digital Studio by Steven Subotnick |
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There is another great book of - again another ASIFA member - to be announced: Stephen Subotnick sent the following material. We are glad to publish it: Hello! I am happy to announce the release of my new book, ANIMATION IN THE HOME DIGITAL STUDIO, published by Focal Press. The book is for artists, amateurs, professionals, students, and anyone who wants to make animation as a form of personal expression using home digital tools. This book may be ordered by calling Focal Press orders 1(800) 545-2522. It is also available online at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com. If you do purchase ANIMATION IN THE HOME DIGITAL STUDIO, please take time to write a quick review of my book at www.amazon.com and www.barnesandnoble.com. Thank you very much! Steven Subotnick "Animation in the Home Digital Studio is for anyone who has watched animation with wonder and awe, and then left the theater wanting to be a filmmaker. If you appreciate the art of animation as a medium for personal expression, you will find this book a valuable resource and an inspiration." --- Linda Simensky, Senior VP of Original Animation, Cartoon Network "Steven's book is more than just a technical how to do it book. It is a how to think and create animation book, and it should be required reading for every animation filmmaker." --- Tom Knott, Director of Recruiting Warner Bros Animation,
former Director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival |
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| KINETICA 4 - The Sixties: Spirituality and Psychedelia |
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Our last KINETICA, "K3", featured works from
the 1950s, the era of Jazz and The Beats. It was
only logical that KINETICA 4 examine the 60s, a
time of intense experimentation with psychedelic
drugs, psychedelic imagery, a flowering of interest
in Eastern religions and mysticism, and a widespread
adoption of film and video as a means of personal
expression.
Curated by film scholar and visual music authority Dr. Bill Moritz, K4 surveys this period with works by Jordan Belson, Stephen Beck, John and James Whitney, Scott Bartlett, Pat O'Neill and others, plus a rare film documentation of a light show performance by The Single Wing Turquoise Bird. Many of these films have been newly preserved especially for KINETICA. As usual, this focused historical program will be accompanied by a broad overview of abstraction in contemporary film, video and computer animation, featuring works by David Lebrun, Robert Darroll, Ying Tan, Stephanie Maxwell and many others. For a complete list of titles, and the most up to date schedule of screenings, visit the K4 website: www.kinetica.org/K4 KINETICA 4 The Sixties: Spirituality and Psychedelia will be screened at the following venues: Anthology Film Archive, New York www.anthologyfilmarchives.org/index2.html A Special KINETICA Weekend: KINETICA 4 and KINETICA 3 K4 Program 1: December 20, 2002, 8:00 pm K4 Program 2: December 21, 2002, 8:00 pm K3 Program 1: December 21, 2002, 5:30 pm K3 Program 2: December 22, 2002, 6:00 pm Information: (212) 505-5181 KINETICA 3 and 4 will repeat in early January 2003 Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles www.lacma.org Program 1: January 17, 2003 Program 2: January 18, 2003 Tickets: 8775226225. Information: 3238576010 Harvard Film Archive, Cambridge MA www.harvardfilmarchive.org February 1, 2003 Program 1: 7pm - Program 2: 9pm February 2, 2003 Program 1: 7pm - Program 2: 9pm Information: 617-495-4700 Cinematheque Ontario, Toronto, Canada www.e.bell.ca/filmfest/cinematheque/schedule.asp Program 1: February 12, 2003 Program 2: February 19, 2003 Tickets: Bell Infoline (416) 968-FILM Northwest Film Forum, Seattle WA www.wigglyworld.org Visual Music Festival Spring, 2003 Date to be Announced KINETICA 4 was produced by iotaCenter director Cindy Keefer and is supported in part by a grant from The National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support was received from The California Arts Council and The Getty Grant Program. Thanks to the National Film Preservation Foundation for their ongoing support of our preservation activities which made the presentation of many of these films possible. For booking information please contact Cindy Keefer at info@iotacenter.org |
| Conference: Animated "Worlds" - Announcement and call for papers |
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Animated "Worlds" - Farnham Castle International Conference Centre, England July 9 - 11, 2003 Call for Papers: Extended deadline 13 JANUARY 2003 What do we mean by the term 'animation' when we are discussing film? Is it a technique? - A style? - A way of seeing or experiencing 'a world' that has little relation to our own lived experience of 'the' world, or to other cinematic experiences, for that matter? What effect have digital technologies had on our understanding and perception of animation film? What are the methods, terminologies and languages we use to describe what we view on screen? The Animated 'Worlds' conference is concerned with these and other questions and with how we can better define specific queries around animation that are essential before we can begin to provide answers to them. Animation is perhaps the most auteur form of filmmaking. The Animation Research Centre at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design foregrounds UK independent animation, a national body of works and a rich array of films that substantiate this claim. The conference especially aims to encourage contributors to present microanalyses of British films that illuminate our understanding of individual films, rather than hypotheses based on broad and idiosyncratic corpi. These microanalyses can provide methodologies that, in turn, may initiate future research. Animation studies also needs a language that can be specifically used in critical and theoretical writings on animation film. Critics and scholars are developing and defining Etienne Souriau's pre-requisite of a 'well-made language', essential to any scientific discipline. The recourse is often to interdisciplinary approaches that are weakened by unclear methodologies and conclusions. The conference hopes to encourage speculation on what the 'problem' of animation is, and initiate discussion about what a filmological language of animation scholarship could be. The conference aims to provide a platform for approaches that address the recent 'turn' in film studies, a shift away from 'Grand Theory' that should apply to all films, and increasingly towards 'piecemeal' approaches that concentrate on individual films. Current debates in film studies around cognitive theory, emotion and phenomenology are also freeing the spectator from the passive role that earlier theory posits. The conference will privilege submissions that attempt to develop small-scale questions through oblique, possibly interdisciplinary, approaches. Conference Topics The organisers welcome submissions from researchers and graduate students in the fields of cinema studies, theories of architecture and art and visual culture as well as other interdisciplinary approaches that align to the topic. Thematic sessions are planned, some to be grouped as panel discussions, others as individual papers or joint presentations incorporating audience discussions. Invited speakers include Prof. Vivian Sobchack (UC Los Angeles), Hon. Fellow Kristin Thompson (University of Wisconsin-Madison), Prof. Wolfgang Beilenhoff (Head of the Institute for Media Studies, Rühr-University of Bochum), Prof. Simon Critchley (Head of the Department of Philosophy, University of Essex) and PD Dr.Richard Weihe (University Witten/Herdecke, Faculty for the Studium Fundamentale). Other themes to be considered that expand on these central issues are: We plan to publish conference results on the forthcoming ARC on-line peer-reviewed journal. The publication may also appear in paper form. Abstracts that align to these topics should be no longer than 250 words and include a title, reference bibliography and contact details (including email). Submission deadline is Monday, January 13th, 2003. Abstracts will be reviewed and selected by a panel and contributors informed by the end of January 2003. Please send (attachments must be RTF-Format or PC) to: sbuchan@surrart.ac.uk or to the postal mail address below. Confirmations for received abstract submissions will be sent by email. Animated 'Worlds' is organised by the Animation Research Centre (ARC) at the Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College with support from, and in collaboration with, the Animation Department at the Royal College of Art, London, the international Society for Animation Studies (SAS), the British Artists' Film & Video Study Collection, Central St. Martins, London (AHRB Centre for Film & Television Studies) and LUX, London (other collaborations and support pending) The conference will be held at Farnham Castle International Conference Centre, 50 minutes by train from Central London (Waterloo). Attendance is limited to 60. As we aim for lively exchange and discussion throughout the conference and are planning evening events, participants are encouraged to take advantage of the limited special offer of rooms available the Castle. Travel and accommodation details will be posted with the other conference information on the ARC website (below) in January. For more information, please check the ARC website (www.surrart.ac.uk/arc) which will be regularly updated. Contact: Suzanne Buchan Animation Research Centre (ARC) Faculty of Arts & Media Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College Falkner Road Farnham, Surrey GU9 7DS England +41 (0)1252 892 806 sbuchan@surrart.ac.uk |
| International Festival of Animated Films - AniFest 2003 Trebon (CZ) |
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On Friday 13th december 2002, an important meeting for the next edition of the Animation Festival in Trebon took place. The City of Trebon had invited Hana Drhovska and Jaromir Hnik (from the agency Corona, Prague), Jiri Kubicek (programme director) and Thomas Renoldner (representative of ASIFA Austria). The group visited all festival locations (cinemas and exhibition spaces), had a meeting with the Mayor of Trebon, and discussed the shape of the event and the future way of cooperation. The festival shall be organised as a cooperation of the countries Czech Republic, Slovakia and Austria, the main coordinator is the agency CORONA. AniFest 2003 Trebon will be the second edition of the festival and will offer for the first time also an international competition. The competition programmes will offer the categories: Festival Dates: May 05 - 10, 2003 Entry deadline is January 31, 2003. For more info, check www.anifest.cz |
| TOUGH EYE - Turku Animated Film Festival |
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The innovative animation festival in Finland has its second edition from 14th-18th may 2003.The speciality of the festival is the "TIMELESS COMPETITION" - there is no time restriction for films to be entered for competition. The selection jury will be Piipa Toivonen, Kim Helminen and Kaspar Jancis from Finland. The int. prize jury will be: Koji Yamamura (Japan) Ruth Lingford (UK) Andreas Hykade (Germany) Janno Pöldma (Estonia) Heikki Jokinen (Finland) Festival Dates: May 14 - 18, 2003 Entry deadline is January 15, 2003. For more info check: www.tough-eye.com |
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C L O S E E N T R Y D E A D L I N E S TURKU (Tough Eye) / Finland - www.tough-eye.com - January 15, 2003 (Festival Date: May 14-18, 2003) DRESDEN / Germany - www.filmfest-dresden.de - January 15, 2003 (Festival Date: April 15-20, 2003) POSITANO (Cartoons on the Bay) / Italy - www.cartoonsbay.com - January 20, 2003 (Festival Date: April 09-13, 2003) TREBON (AniFest) / Czech Republic - www.anifest.cz - January 31, 2003 (Festival Date: May 05-10, 2003) ANNECY / France - www.annecy.org - February 01, 2003 (Festival Date: June 02-07, 2003) FREDERIKSTAD (Animerte Dager) / Norway - www.animertedager.no - February 15, 2003 (Festival Date: May 06-11, 2003) U P C O M I N G E V E N T S FUTURE FILM FESTIVAL / Italy - www.futurefilmfestival.org - January 15-19, 2003 30th ANNIE AWARDS / USA - www.asifa-hollywood.org - February 01, 2003 For more festival info bookmark http://asifa.net/festival/calendar |
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