RISD FILM: A Celebration of Contributions to the Film Industry
* Thursday, June 8 & Saturday, June 10, 2000. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A
Vilppu Drawing Workshop
* Sunday, June 11, 2000. Santa Monica, California, U.S.A.
DancesWithFilms
* Friday, June 23 - Thursday, June 29, 2000. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Showbiz Expo
* Friday, June 23 - Sunday, June 25, 2000. Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Asian Media Information and Communication Conference
* Thursday, June 29 - Saturday, July 1, 2000. Singapore, Singapore.
The First Annual Amazing Kids! Animation Contest
* Friday, May 19 - Sunday, October 1, 2000. Burbank, California, U.S.A.
ASIFA-Hollywood Life-Drawing Workshops
* Wednesdays from May 24 - December 13, 2000. Glendale, California, U.S.A.
ASIFA-Hollywood and Glendale Community College are offering life-drawing workshops. The workshop offers live models in pose from one to fifteen minutes in duration, about forty poses per session. Professional assistance is available from the workshop supervisor. The classes run from 7 to 10 pm. The price is US$10 for the public and $7 for ASIFA-Hollywood members. For more information contact ASIFA-Hollywood at Tel.: (818) 842-8330.
The Maui Film Festival
* Wednesday, May 31 - Saturday, June 3, 2000. Maui, Hawaii, U.S.A.
The First Annual Zoomgo Film Fest 2000
* Thursday, June 1 - Monday, June 26, 2000. New York, New York, U.S.A.
The Vancouver Effects and Animation Festival
* Monday, June 12 - Saturday, June 17, 2000. Vancouver, B.C., Canada.
Nantucket Film Festival
* Wednesday, June 21 - Sunday, June 25, 2000. Nantucket, New York, U.S.A.
Cartoon Master
* Thursday, June 22 - Saturday, June 24, 2000. Arles, Provence, France.
IITELMIT 2000
* Wednesday, June 28 - Sunday, July 1, 2000. Jakarta, Indonesia.
Eugenio Zanetti Exhibit
*Friday, May 5 - Sunday, July 9, 2000. Beverly Hills, California, U.S.A.
Gladiator Slays The International Box Office
For the week ending May 21, GLADIATOR still reigned in the U.K. and Australia and conquered new territory in Italy. By more than doubling the debut of FINAL DESTINATION, the DreamWorks colossal hit grossed another US$5.11 million in the U.K. The world champ has garnered $13.96 million on the British Isle. More than tripling the second placed newcomer ROMEO MUST DIE, the Roman ruler grossed $3.32 million in Australia, raising its cume in that country to $7.79 million. In its Italian premiere, the maker of Maximus coin landed $1.89 million.
Dino Soars To The Top Of US Box Office
Proving the further back in history movies go the more money they make, Disneys DINOSAUR stepped over the two week champion GLADIATOR. The nine-digit price-tagged prehistoric epic grossed US$38.85 million. DreamWorks GLADIATOR dazzled audiences to the tune of another $19.75 million. The Roman romp in only three weeks of release has made a total of $103.1 million. Slipping a spot to #4, U-571 grossed an additional $4.64 million. The Universal U-boat adventure has made $64.39 million thus far in the U.S. New Lines FREQUENCY dropped to 5th place making $4.34 million.
Cinar Sued By HighReach
The former owners of Cinars subsidiary, HighReach Learning, Inc., have filed a lawsuit against the parent company to recover alleged losses related to a stock purchase agreement concluded with Cinar as part of the purchase price of HighReach in 1998. The complaint contains allegations that Cinar is liable for losses in stock due to the ongoing investigation into their alleged fraudulent actions. "These legal proceedings pertain to circumstances surrounding the stock purchase agreement negotiated between Cinar and the former owners of HighReach Learning in 1998.
Pinky & The Brain Take Over The Daytime Emmys
On Friday, May 19, 2000, the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences bestowed the honor of outstanding childrens animated program on STEVEN SPIELBERG PRESENTS: PINKY, ELMYRA AND THE BRAIN. The toons left in their wake were ARTHUR, DISNEYS DOUG, MAURICE SENDAKS LITTLE BEAR and THE NEW BATMAN/SUPERMAN ADVENTURES. SESAME STREET beat out BLUES CLUES in the category of outstanding pre-school series. Other animated winners were given out on Saturday, May 13 at the technical achievement ceremony. ROLIE POLIE OLIE won the award for outstanding special class animated program.
Harvey Hatches Better Results For 1st Quarter
The Harvey Entertainment Company announced that its first quarter income has improved nearly 25% over last years results. Net operating revenues improved to US$882,000 in the first quarter of 2000, compared to $562,000 in 1999. Harvey saw a reduced loss from operations of $598,000 in the first quarter of 2000, compared to a loss of $2,412,000 a year ago. These figures do not include the CASPER owners recent purchase of PM Entertainment.
Pokemon Pumps Up European Deals
Pokemon has caught new deals with several eastern European countries and renewals from around the rest of the continent. New locations of Pokemon infestation include Polsat in Poland, RTL-Klub in Hungary, Nova in Czech Republic, ETV in South Africa and Fox Kids Scandinavia Satelite service. The countries that renewed the second seasons 52-episodes were TV2 in Denmark, TV2 in Norway, TV4 in Sweden, Star Channel in Greece and RTL in Belgium.
VanHook Ventures On Cyberspace
VanHook Studios, a Hollywood-based effects and animation house, has ventured into cyberspace with a new episodic program for whatsonweb.com. VanHook has worked on the visual effects for such features as MY FAVORITE MARTIAN and 13TH WARRIOR and TV series ALLY MCBEAL, ZENA, HERCULES and MAX STEEL. The first series to hit whatsonweb.com will be the fantasy series KIRA: THE CURSED, staring adult film star Kylie Ireland. "Kylie is a great choice for us. Not only is she a wonderful actress, with great screen presence she also has an enormous and incredibly loyal fanbase.
New Competition For Independent Animation At The Holland Festival 2000
The 8th Holland Animation Film Festival will be held November 15-19,
2000 in Utrecht, Netherlands. Besides the international competition
for applied animation and student films from the Netherlands, Belgium
and Luxembourg, this year the festival will present an international
competition for independent animation. The competition is divided
into two separate categories: one for narrative films and one for
non-narrative films. In both categories a Grand Prix will be awarded.
New Classes With Prestigious Life Drawing Instructor Glenn Vilppu
World class life drawing master Glenn Vilppu is presenting the
following classes...
Toronto Animated Image Society's Upcoming Events
TAIS member Cathy Schmidt will be giving a demonstration of Flash
Animation on Thursday, May 25, 2000 at 7:30 p.m. at the InterAccess
Electronic Media Arts Centre, in Toronto, Canada. Admission is free
for TAIS members, everyone else CA$10.00. Seating is limited and
participants must register by sending an e-mail to Cathy at
nomads@accessv.com(link sends e-mail). TAIS also presents "Timing For Animation" with
Greg Duffell. The event will take place on June 7, 2000 at 8:00 p.m
New At Visual Magic Magazine
Visual Magic Magazine, AWN's 3D animation and digital effects online
magazine, has posted a new article...
