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| Extraordinary General Assembly at Annecy 2003: |
New organisational structure accepted !
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| ASIFA against WAR - project |
An invitation to participate
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| Festival News | |
| SAFO 2003 - Ottawa |
Close Entry Deadline
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| FANTOCHE IS BACK! |
...coming in September 9 - 14
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| ANIMA'03 - Cordoba / Argentina |
Festival Report
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| Other Animation Events | |
| Animated 'Worlds' Conference |
July 10th-11th, 2003, Farnham Castle, England
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| Other Int. Animation Festivals |
Upcoming events and close entry deadlines
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| The idea of ASIFA.NET : Permanent Call for Papers |
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The concept of the ASIFA Website, and particularily of the news-section, is TO SERVE AS AN OPEN PLATFORM, for all ASIFA Groups and Offices, ASIFA members and friends of ASIFA. It means, that all are invited, to send the material, which they want to be published to the editor@asifa.net, and it will appear at the next up-date. The coming dates for 2003:
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| Proposal for the renewal of ASIFA's organisational structure is accepted !!! |
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After more than one year of preparations: - numerous personal conversations -face to face and per e-mail-, - after the "Open ASIFA Meetings" in the year 2002 (at the festivals in Stuttgart, Zagreb, Ottawa and Espinho), - after numerous discussions on the ASIFA Board of Directors, - finally: the Extraordinary General Assembly a the Annecy 2003 Festival has made a decision, which will improve the effectiveness and democratic participation of all our ASIFA Groups and members! FIRST VOTE: Instead of a worldwide election on candidates for the ASIFA Board, the new ASIFA Board shall be composed of representatives from all national and regional ASIFA Groups and Offices. RESULT: YES: 272 - NO: 41 Resolution: The basic proposal was accepted by the majority of votes. SECOND VOTE: on the New Statutes and on the proposal to form a working group that will work on the new Statutes and prepare the final material until the General Assembly in Espinho. RESULT: YES: 167 - NO: 146 Resolution: The new ASIFA Statutes was approved by the majority of votes. It was decided to form a Working group that will work on the text of the new Statutes, make other necessary changes and present the final version until the General Assembly in Espinho in November 2003. The Working group will also check the French law and make the new Statutes accordingly. The ASIFA Extraordinary- and the regular Assembly will be held in Espinho, in November 2003. The EGA will get the final text of the ASIFA Statutes for approval. All materials (Reports, Statutes) will be sent to ASIFA members in advance. The following people participated at the Extraordinary General Assembly ASIFA Board members present: Thomas Renoldner, ASIFA President, Sayoko Kinoshita, Pierre Azuelos, Heikki Jokinen, Marco de Blois, Vesna Dovnikovic. ASIFA members present: Pat Raine Webb (UK) , Makiko Oura (Japan), Nicole Salomon (France), Luc Otter (Canada), Sofi Vaillant (France), Christian Gobaille (France), Olivier Catherin (France), Nelson Shin (Korea), Bill Dennis (India), Igor Prassel (Slovenia), Beatrice Reichhart (Switzerland), Rolf Baechler (Switzerland), Ray Kosarin (USA), Margit Antauer (Croatia), Edward Bakst (USA), Sarah Fay Krom (USA), Olivier Riechsteiner (Switzerland), Tsvika Oren (Israel), Jean Luc Slock (Belgium), Ton Crone (The Netherlands), Chris Robinson (Canada), Jonas Raeber (Switzerland), Rico Gruenenfelder (Switzerland), Chiara Magri (Italy), Luca Raffaelli (Italy), Laura Fiori (Italy). THERE WILL BE MORE INFORMATION ABOUT NEXT STEPS IN THE NEXT ASIFA.NET UPDATE. |
| You find more information at asifa.net/new.structure and http://asifa.net/new.statutes |
| ASIFA against WAR - project: An invitation to participate |
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ASIFA has always been an organisation working across national, cultural or religious borders. Sayoko Kinoshita reminds us of the pacifist tradition of ASIFA, her "Peace Bird" opened a new project on ASIFA.NET. International artists are still invited to send their graphic files, animated gifs or flash animation (maximum 100 KByte) to webmaster@asifa.net. They will be published on ASIFA.NET.
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| Student Animation Festival of Ottawa 2003 |
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SAFO - Newsletter 4; June 12, 2003 Festival Dates: October 16-19, 2003 LAST CALL FOR ENTRIES........ The SAFO entry deadline is July 2, 2003. Get our entry form online at www.awn.com/ottawa/safo03 PASS ORDER FORM IS NOW ONLINE. The 2001 festival sold-out so get your passes early. Please book hotels early as October is a busy time in Ottawa. Andreas Hykade If there was ever an artist to inject some raw relevant fire back into animation it's German animator, Andreas Hykade. He's made only three independent films; two of them, We Lived in Grass (1995) and Ring of Fire (2000) have won wide international acclaim including Grand Prizes in Ottawa. Both are startlingly mature films that seek light within the darkness of desire, lust and love. Hykadeis equal parts Nick Tosches and Jerry Lee Lewis, a fiery poet who wrestleswith sin and salvation and the profound and profane. Along the way, Hykade takes us through the violent, chaotic horrors of the soul in order to find the serenity of the stars. This retrospective will feature Hykade's independent work along with his hefty body of commissioned work including commercials, kids' films (Tom), a multimedia show for Expo 2000, and animation for music videos (Zehn Kleine Jaegermeister for the band Toten Hosen and Blablabla for Gigi D'agostino). Andreas Hykade, who is currently at work on a feature film called Jesus (yes, that Jesus), will be in attendance at the festival to introduce the screenings and discuss his work. Maxthe Mutt Animation School offers a three-year diploma program in Classical Animation Basics, including Digital Background painting and Flash Animation. A fourth year Post Diploma Program in Advanced Animation includes 14- week production experience under a professional director; plus 10-week intensive in 3D Character Animation, Advanced Layout, Advanced Storyboarding or Character Design; plus 2-month internship with an animation company. Boards is an international brand all about the business of producing commercials and branded entertainment. Boards consists of a monthly magazine, weekly online newsletter, interactive website and events. Other News: We like to hear from you! Email: info@animationfestival.ca Phone: (613) 232- 8769 |
| FANTOCHE is BACK ! |
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The biggest animation film event in Switzerland is back again: the fourth edition of the Fantoche International Animation Film Festival will take place again in Baden, Aargau. Around 300 short and feature films from close to 40 countries will be screened in 40 programmes.
In 1995, Fantoche started with a vision - to enrich the Swiss cultural landscape with an internationally oriented animation festival. In the three festivals that have been held to date, it is unmistakeably clear that this vision has become a reality. A biennial festival, Fantoche grew each time. In 1999, the festival was even more successful compared to 1995 and 1997, not only in terms of attendance (16'000 visitors over six days), but also competition entries (780 films from 34 countries) and media echo. And the international artists' community also recognised the festival as contributing to promoting the art of animation. The Comeback: New Structure, Financial Guarantees and Ongoing Enthusiasm It became clear that Fantoche hat reached a critical mass and could only survive with increased financial means. Measures to secure the festival's far-reaching success, its high programme quality and the professionalisation of its organisation were unavoidable. Fantoche then decided to untertake a thorough restructuring. Due to a lack of financial guarantees, the festival was subject to a hiatus in 2001. In summer 2002, preparations for the 4th edition began. The impetus was finalisation of a 5-year cultural performance agreement with the City of Baden that went into effect in 2003 that was simultaneously bound with a significant increase in civic financial funding. Comparable agreements have been achieved with the Canton Aargau and the Swiss Federal Office for Culture. In order to guarantee continuity, at the end of 2002 Fantoche created a year-round Administration post; the festival office was relocated down the Limmat river to overlook its Baden shores. The restructuring hasn't affected the festival's spirit or aims. It is much more organisational in its essence and will contribute to more efficient and goal-oriented realisation of the festival content. The Programme: A New Kind of Wellness in Baden - Hot and Cold Dips in a Visual Image Overflow Fantoche was the first and remains the only festival in Switzerland that engages completely with animation film and provides it with a unique platform. In 2003, it continues on this track by selecting the most innovative, risk-taking and artistic novelties for its international competition. Fantoche encourages ‚young' talent in their visions, locates Swiss film-making in an international context, presents the current ‚Best of the World' and, in thematic blocks and programmes, focuses on particular aspects of the animated form. Symposia, workshops, retrospectives, discussions and lectures establish relations with other creative disciplines and offer an opportunity to enter into deeper dialogue with the manifold characteristics of animation film. The Competition entry form is available from our festival office or can be downloaded from www.fantoche.ch. Contact: Fantoche - International Animation Film Festival Postfach 216 Landstrasse 1 CH - 5401 Baden Tel: +41-56-290 14 44 Fax: +41-56-290 14 45 mail@fantoche.ch www.fantoche.ch |
| Report from ANIMA'03 - Cordoba/Argentina |
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Dear Filmmaker,
On behalf of all those involved in the production of ANIMA´03 - II Córdoba Animation Celebration, I would like to thank you for giving us the chance to see your short. On the last day of the Festival, the awards ceremony took place. The Awarding Jury was composed by animation artists Christopher Hinton (Canada), Walter Tournier (Uruguay) and Javier Mrad (Argentina) (information about them is available at the Festival´s website, www.animafestival.com.ar). The winners are: Exhibition Program I - Internet Animation: Films into the Internet Best Animation Prize: "The Swan Vs. the Spider", Pablo Rodríguez Jáuregui, Argentina. Special Mention: "Laila - Happy Valentine(Just Friends)", Michaela Pavlatova, Czech Republic. Exhibition Program II - Internet Animation: Internet Into the Films Best Animation Prize: "Taily Tales", Michaela Pavlatova, Czech Republic. Exhibition Program III - Film and Video: Narrative Animation Best Animation Prize: "Kandlarka Swiatla" (Keeper of the Light), Marzena Nehrebecka, Poland. Exhibition Program IV - Film and Video - Non narrative Animation The Jury decided to share the Best Animation Prize between the shorts "Intimate Feeling with my friend", by Joon Kim, Korea; and "Cabeza Rayada", by Lucas Sileoni, Armando Frezze and Federico Caram, Argentina. Special Mention: "Travel to China", Gil Alkabetz, Germany. Exhibition Program V - Film and Video - Commercial Animation The Jury decided to share the Best Animation Prize between the shorts "How to cope with Death", by Ignacio Ferreras, United Kingdom; and "War Game", by Dave Unwin, United Kingdom. Best School Work Prize The Student Jury was integrated by Luis Paredes, María Eugenia Rodríguez, Gustavo Gómez and Sebastián Cáceres; film students of the Dept. of Film and Tv, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba. The Best School Work Prize was awarded to "Grandad´s Honey", by Vladimir Leschiov, Sweden. Audience Prize (determined by direct voting of the audience present at the screenings): "Taily Tales", by Michaela Pavlatova, Czech Republic. We´ll keep in touch to inform you about the 2005 edition of the Festival, and thanks for being a part of ANIMA´03! Sincerely, Alejandro R. González General Director ANIMA´03 |
| Animated 'Worlds' Conference |
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July 10th-11th, 2003, Farnham Castle, EnglandARC - the Animation Research Center at the Surrey Institute of Art and Design is organising this conference with many high profiled international specialists. You can find more information: at the homepage of the Society of Animation Studies: asifa.net/sas or at the homepage of the organiser: The Animation Research Centre (www.surrart.ac.uk/arc) Surrey Institute of Art & Design, University College |
| Int. Animation Festivals - Close Entry Deadlines / Upcoming Events |
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C L O S E E N T R Y D E A D L I N E S FAN - Norwich / UK - filmartsnorwich.co.uk - June 30, 2003 (Festival Date: Oct 23 - 26) SAFO - Ottawa / Canada - www.awn.com/ottawa/safo03 - July 02, 2003 (Festival Date: Oct 16 - 19) I CASTELLI ANIMATI - Genzano di Roma / Italy - castellianimati.it - July 15, 2003 (Festival Date: Nov 26 -30) BAF! - Bradford / UK - baf.org.uk - July 25, 2003 (Festival Date: Nov 12 - 15) U P C O M I N G E V E N T S "Anima Mundi" RIO DE JANEIRO / SAO PAOLO / Brazil - animamundi.com.br - July 11 - 20 / July 23 - 27, 2003 For more festival check the ASIFA Festival Calendar: http://asifa.net/festival/calendar |
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