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Brussels Festival Hosts Sand & Clay Animation Workshop

The 19th Brussels Cartoon and Animated Film Festival will start next Monday

and run until March 11, 2000...

The 19th Brussels Cartoon and Animated Film Festival will start next Monday

and run until March 11, 2000. This year, the festival hosts a workshop with

Hungarian director Ferenc Cako, a master at the art of animating sand and

clay, as well as puppets and cut-outs, all forms of animation which he has

been using for over 30 years. The workshop will be held from March 6-10,

2000. The course will end with the making of his latest film, "Labyrinth,"

which will be screened at the Festival's closing ceremony. In addition to

the official selection, the Brussels festival will present six

international programs of short films, two international programs of

student films, two programs of Belgian films, and a variety of

retrospectives, tributes and exhibitions. The festival will also present

Anima 2000, a 4-day industry event with various conferences, screenings and

panel discussions. For more information, contact the festival: Tel.: ++ (32

2) 534.41.25; Fax: ++ (32 2) 534.22.79; or E-mail: folioscope@skynet.be, or

visit http://www.awn.com/folioscope/FDA2000/gb.html.

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