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Brazil: Anima Mundi Festival - 10 years anniversary	Interview with Lea Zagruy
Zagreb'02 Animation Festival 30 years anniversary	Interviews with festival directors
News from ASIFA Groups
ASIFA Hollywood - Animation Events: 9th May / 11th May	ASIFA EAST Reel / Tribute to Chuck Jones
ASIFA US Northwest - 21st May, Seattle	Stop-Motion Art- evening with Teresa Drilling
ASIFA San Francisco - 30th May	Tribute to Chuck Jones
New publications
Animation in Germany Animator's Directory	researched by Jeanpaul Goergen
"Filmblatt Nr.17" German Animation Special	published by Jeanpaul Goergen
Other international news
Holland: NASPEL Mixed media performance...	....by Paul&Menno de Noijer
Germany: News from Studio Filmbilder	Successful: Der Zyklop
Canada: Emily Carr Institute; Vancouver, May 4-17	Grad Show
News from Animation Festivals
Czech Republic: Trebon May 14-19	New Animation festival
International Animation Festivals	Entry Deadlines / Festival Dates

News on other ASIFA Groups' Homepages

ASIFA Hollywood News ASIFA San Francisco News ASIFA Israel News ASIFA France / AFCA News

ANIMA MUNDI 2002 : July 2002 : 10 years anniversary

ANIMA MUNDI, the biggest and most important Animation Festival in Brazil celebrates this year its 10 years anniversary and will take place in Rio de Janeiro: 12 - 21 July 2002 Sao Paolo: 24-28 July 2002 The team of directors are the four animation artists (!) Lea Zagury, Cesar Coelho, Aida Queirós and Marcos Magalhães. Since ASIFA has finished the former "ASIFA Festival Patronage System" also Anima Mundi is on ASIFA's festival list, therefor ASIFA.NET will try to specially promote the event. An interview with Lea Zagury was published on asifa.net on 15th may 2002.

You can find the interview in the [ FESTIVAL ZONE ] at | Previews | or you click here.

Zagreb Festival : June 2002 : 30 years anniversary

The Zagreb Animation Festival celebrates its 30 years anniversary in June 2002. As this festival is one of the most helpful partners to ASIFA, we wish to specially promote the event. David Ehrlich, who has served as a member of the selection jury, has given us three different report about the event: - An interview with the artistic festival director, Midhat "AJAN" Ajanovic. Click here. - An interview with the long years "good soul" of the festival, managing director Margit "BUBA" Antauer. Click here. - A report about the selection process for films in competition. Click here. Read these fine articles, and: We hope to see you in Zagreb!

All articles can also be found in the [ FESTIVAL ZONE ] at | Previews |

ASIFA Hollywood - Animation Events

The annual reel of award winning contemporary films from the ASIFA EAST festival includes today best new commercials, independent shorts and student animation - as voted by the members of our sister New York Asifa chapter. Included are new works from John Dilworth ("Courage the Cowardly Dog"), Bill Plympton ("Eat"), Mark Newgarden ("Cartoons and You!"), and R.O. Blechman's studio ("Chicken Jane") - as well as great new films from Aaron Augenblick, Xeth Feinberg, and many many others! Cool Stuff! Don't miss it! Thursday May 9th 2002 • 7:30pm ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD'S ANIMATION CENTER 721 S. Victory Blvd. Burbank, CA ASIFA MEMBERS: $3.00 non-members: $6.00 For more info, call: (818) 842-8330 CHUCK JONES tribute at UCLA - May 11! 7:30pm, at the James Bridges Theater (formerly Melnitz Theater) L.A. area fans - DON'T MISS THIS ONE!! The UCLA Film and Television Archive salutes the late, great Chuck Jones, creator of the Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote, Pepe Le Pew, Inki and Marvin Martian with a panel of distinguished guests who will present their favorite Chuck Jones titles, drawing primarily from the extensive holdings at the UCLA Archive. The program, entitled "Thank you Mr. Jones", will show mostly 35mm nitrate Technicolor prints! The guests are: Linda Jones Clough - daughter of Dorothy and Chuck Jones, who will show: •BULLY FOR BUGS (1953), •FAST AND FURRY-OUS (1949) and •NOW HEAR THIS (1963) Bob Kurtz - Founder of Kurtz & Friends animation studio, creator of Cool Cat, and a Roger Ramjet animator, who will present: •THE DOVER BOYS AT PIMENTO UNIVERSITY (1942), •THE SCARLET PUMPERNICKEL (1950) and •THE RABBIT OF SEVILLE (1950) Dan McLaughlin - Professor/Chair of the Animation Workshop at UCLA, who selected: •FOR SCENT-IMENTAL REASONS (1949), and •THE NIGHT WATCHMAN (1938) Tom Sito - Animation Director (OSMOSIS JONES) who picked: •THE DRAFT HORSE (1942) and •NAUGHTY BUT MICE (1939) Charles Solomon - Animation critic/historian, •BEAR FEAT (1949), and •INKI AND THE LION (1941) Dan McLaughlin, Tom Sito & Charles Solomon will also present a 16mm print of HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION (1944) . For more info go to the UCLA Film Archive website. See you there! For more information about the numerous activities of the ASIFA Hollywood chapter: Visit ASIFA Hollywood Website: www.asifa-hollywood.org Or subscribe to ASIFA Hollywood E-Mail Newsletter: info-subscribe@asifa-hollywood.org

ASIFA-US-Northwest Presents: The Art of Stop-Motion Animation

An Evening with Animator Teresa Drilling Tuesday, May 21, 7:00 P.M. 911 Media Arts Center, Seattle, WA "What's exciting to me is the process of putting that spark of life into a place where it hasn't been before. Pushing the envelope in terms of performance, movement, aesthetics, and experience. using a variety of techniques and media... that's important to me. I'm drawn to the possibility and potential of the work, especially when it rings true." -Teresa Drilling Anthropomorphic chickens. Dancing raisins. Talking potatoes. Emmy-award-winning animator Teresa Drilling has seen -and animated-it all. In this special animation lecture/screening event, Teresa Drilling will "expose" the fascinating world of stop-motion animation, showing her animated work and demonstrating techniques by animating live in front of the audience. Clips will include scenes from the puppet-animated feature film, "Chicken Run" for which she was a key animator under the direction of Peter Lord and Nick Park at Aardman Animations in Bristol, U.K. Also in the program will be TV spots and commercials created at Will Vinton Studios in Portland, Oregon, where for the past 14 years, Drilling has worked on such projects as the California Raisins campaign, Sesame Street's "Cecille the Ball," "A Claymation Christmas Celebration," and many memorable commercials for Kelloggs, Clorox, Merck, Tropicana, Nissan, Chilis Restaurants and other brands. Don't miss this rare opportunity to meet a contemporary stop-motion animation master! Admission: $6.00 or FREE for members of ASIFA-Northwest ($20 memberships will be available at the door, with admission included). 911 Media Arts Center (www.911media.org) is located at 117 Yale Ave. North (between Denny and John, across from REI) in downtown Seattle. Read more about Terese Drilling at www.bowesproductions.com/bio_teresa.htm

The Balboa Theatre and ASIFA - San Francisco present:

A CHUCK JONES TRIBUTE THURSDAY, MAY 30, 7:30 PM Balboa Theatre, 3630 Balboa at 38th Ave. (415) 221-8184 AN EXCELLENT SELECTION IN 35MM Projected on a BIG screen in a 340 seat auditorium - Enjoy some of his finest works the way they were meant to be seen NO VIDEO, NO CANNED LAUGHTER, NO TV COMMERCIALS Enjoy great classics like DUCK AMUCK and rarities like HIGH NOTE and THE DOT AND THE LINE. Laugh at the wild goings on of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Roadrunner, Coyote and other delightful stars in this 21 cartoon salute. ONE NIGHT ONLY - DON'T MISS IT! General admission $7.50, seniors and children under 12 $5 ASIFA-SF MEMBERS AND FRIENDS $5 ADMISSION

Animation in Germany an animator' directory by Jeanpaul Goergen

Jeanpaul Goergen, film historian and specialist for animation in Germany, has made the research for a German animators directory, published by DIAF (German Institute for Animated Film) in Dreseden. The booklet contains around 200 addresses of animation filmmakers and studios, together with the addresses, short biographies and full filmographies, additionally color plates and addresses and short descriptions of animation schools in Germany. This useful guide to the German animation scene can be ordered from the DIAF (Deutsches Institut für Animationsfilm) Sabine Scholze Junghansstraße 1-3, 01277 Dresden Phone/Fax: 0351/3123051 E-Mail: sabinescholze@aol.com

Filmblatt Nr.17 - Special Edition about Animation in Germany : published by Jeanpaul Goergen

This special edition of Jeanpaul Goergens' "Filmblatt" contains the following articles: Greetings to Metropolis. Drawn animated sequences from "Die Stadt der Millionen" (City of Millions) (Ufa 1925) (Jeanpaul Goergen) [4] Representation of battles (1927) (Svend Noldan) [8] „Naturbilder sind immer belebender als Tricks...“ (Real images are always more lively than tricks...) Aninamtion in military training films of the German army 1933-45 (Jan Kindler) [9] Stehaufmännchen und Musikalisches Auto. On the trace of a drawn animation film. (Egbert Barten, Mette Peters) [17] „SS votes for Adenauer“. The Federal Republic of Germany in political animation film of GDR-television until 1961 (Ralf Forster, Jens Thiel) [27] Animation on Internet: The situation in Germany (Karin Wehn) [42] Animated film in feature film length in Germany since 1997 (Michael Schmetz) [48] Curt Linda – Magician of German Cartoon movies [54] (All text in German language) Filmblatt - www.filmblatt.de c/o CineGraph Babelsberg e.V. D-10965 Berlin, Großbeerenstraße 56 d Phone: (030) 785 02 82 - Fax: (030) 78 89 68 50 E-Mail: Redaktion@filmblatt.de

Multiple media performance by Paul&Menno de Nooijer

The famous animation film artists Paul & Menno de Nooijer have presented their performance NASPEL (aftermath) on April 11 2002 at the deSingel theatre in Antwerp, Belgium. N A S P E L ( a f t e r m a t h ) A 45 minutes film-video-dance-performance-installation, by Paul&Menno de Nooijer. With: Two female dancers Ten film projectors Nine step-ladders Seven screens One video beamer and one mini DV camcorder Music/sound by Gary Shepherd, Jan de Nooijer and Jerry King Musser More presentation will be: - July 14 at the ZONNEMAIRE BUITENGEWOON FESTIVAL in Zonnemaire (Zeeland), Netherlands. Two performances in the afternoon. - July 26, 27, 28, 29 at the NIEUWPOORT THEATRE in Gent, Belgium - Three performances each night. - October 2002 in Brussels, Belgium. - November 2002 at the XV FESTIVAL INTERNACIONAL DE TEATRE VISUAL I DE TITELLES in Barcelona, Spain. Don't miss it!

Studio FILM BILDER news: First success for "The Modern Cyclops"

First success for Daniel Nocke's new puppet animation "The Modern Cyclops", that premiered in March 2002 at the Stuttgart Animation Festival: It's the short film of the month at the "Filmbewertungsstelle Wiesbaden" and the best animated film of the national competition at the Filmfest Dresden. More info at www.filmbilder.de Studio FILM BILDER D - 70188 Stuttgart, Ostendstrasse 106 phone +49 711 481027 - fax +49 711 4891925

The Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design 2002 Grad Show

The Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design 2002 Grad Show opens on Saturday, May 4th and runs until May 17th, at 1399 Johnston St. on Granville Island in Vancouver, BC. Animation and Integrated Media works are screening on an ongoing basis in the South Building Lecture Theater, room 328. The Animation program will screen daily at 12:00pm, and the Integrated Media program will follow it at 1:30pm. Animation students are exhibiting storyboards, background drawings, puppets, etc., in the North Building, room 243. In addition to the institute-wide show, the Animation and Integrated Media programs will be screened on four consecutive evenings: May 8-11, 7:30pm Scotiabank Dance Centre Theater: 677 Davie Street (at Granville), Vancouver BC - phone: (604) 606-6400 Integrated Media/film/video: May 8th and 10th Animation: May 9th and 11th Doors open at 7:00pm Ticket price: $8.00 Reception following the screenings

ANIFEST 2002 - Festival of Animated Films Trebon, Czech Republic

AniFest 2002 - 1st year of festival of animated films will take place from May 14th to May 19th in Trebon, Southern Bohemia, Czech Republic. Main Program of this year has two sections: Competition of Czech animated films, which were produced during the decade of 1991 to 2001 and Non-Competetive Retrospective of Czech and international animated works. THE FESTIVAL OF ANIMATED FILMS FOR ALL AGE Daily from 10:00 a.m. till 10:00 p.m. there are screenings. The mornings are reserved mainly for small children, afternoons are dedicated to the Competition. The Grown-ups will enjoy late evening hours when short films will be screened as well as animated long metrages, which are more suitable for preffered by adults. The screenings will be organized in: Cinema Svetozor, Loutkove divadlo (Puppet Theatre), Lazne Aurora kinosal (Spa Aurora Cinema Hall) and Divadlo J. K. Tyla ( J. K. Tyl Theatre). Competition Over 160 films enrolled this year. The categories of this year's Competition are: Animated Films up to 5 min Animated Films from 5 to 30 min Animated Films for Children Animated Commercials, Animated Musical Videoclips, Animated Spots, Animated Intros, Student Animated Films Retrospective Along with the short films from Jiri Trnka's workshop (in memory of 90 years anniversary of his birthday this year) and other Czech animated works, there is a program of international animated films from Belgium, Croatia, Finland, Iran, Italy, Slovenia and Slovakia. ALL ENTRIES ARE FOR FREE !!! The Patrons of AniFest 2002 are: PhDr. Vladimir Spidla, Vice-chairman Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Affairs of Czech Republic and Pavel Dostal, Minister of Culture of Czech Republic. The festival is organized in financial support of State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography. The Organizer of the Festival is CORONA company, in cooperation with Trebon Municipality. Contacts: AniFest (Corona company) Czech Republic - 150 00 Praha 5, Jindricha Plachty 28 E-MAIL: info@anifest.cz www.anifest.cz

Int. Animation Festival News

C L O S E   E N T R Y   D E A D L I N E S Ottawa: Entry Deadline: 1st July 2002 www.awn.com/ottwa I Castelli Animati (Genzano di Roma): Entry Deadline: 30th June 2002 www.castellianimati.it U P C O M I N G    F E S T I V A L S SEOUL / Korea - 4 - 12 May , 2002 www.anifestival.seoul.kr/english/home.asp ANNECY / France June 03 - 08, 2002 www.annecy.org "KAFF" - KECSKEMET / Hungary June 12 to 16, 2002 www.mediaguide.hu/kfilm/festival ZAGREB / Croatia June 18 - 23, 2002 www.animafest.hr 30 years anniversary!!!