Promax/BDA India is an event for entertainment marketers, promoters and designers. This year's conference will look at the line between branding and promotion that creates meaning, and branding that just adds to the clutter.
ZEITGIEST is a unique and ambitious multimedia, musical event by P.J. Merola. This event is free and not for profit. It runs from May 29 - June 3, 2007 at 8:00-9:30 pm.
ZEITGEIST is an abstract, aesthetic exploration of personal belief and social myth -- told through a multimedia work of live solo percussion, stereo video displays and electronic music. Using animation, live performance, drama, humor, and narrative, ZEITGEIST attempts to bring its audience to a place that most likely counters what they believe as true.
Mobile Entertainment Summit gives attendees an opportunity to learn more about the hot topics in the mobile entertainment sector. Experts will discuss how mobile content, media, services and applications have surpassed analyst expectations for North America, Europe and Asia. Attendees will learn how to generate revenue from music, search engines, games, messaging, multimedia, TV, video, imaging, sports, streaming, marketing, licensing, advertising, dating services and digital rights management.
ISPCON Spring 2007 is a leading Internet industry event. Attendees will see all the hottest gear, coolest software and latest applications to fire up your business. Additionally, attendees can find solutions to their key challenges first-hand from industry hotshots and peers who are deploying the latest strategies. For more information, visit www.ispcon.com.
The Digital Breakfast Series, sponsored by The Association Of Media & Entertainment Counsel, is a quarterly gathering of top tier professionals from the worlds of media, finance, technology and the law. This edition is titled "Who Owns What Online."
Panel includes:* Paul Sweeting, VARIETY, moderator* Jonathan Knee, smd, Evercore Partners; Director, Media Program, Columbia Business School* Tolman Geffs, md, The Jordan Edmiston Group* Jerry Spiegel, partner, Frankfurt Kurnit Klein & Selz
KidScreen West offers discussion, debate and idea-sharing that you won't find at industry tradeshows or non-kid-focused events. Discussion/Session topics include:
* Retail opportunities and emerging channels for character and entertainment based licenses. * How DTR and portfolio deals are shifting business. * Finding new methods of exposure for your properties. * Relationship dynamics - managing and building more effective and profitable relationships with licensor, licensee and retail partners. * The importance of compelling packaging and design in moving product off shelf.
Lovebytes brings together artists, musicians, designers and technologists from around the world providing a public platform for their work, much of which is specially commissioned by Lovebytes. The festival offers a wide range of exhibitions, events and activities including live performances, presentations and debates, film screenings and workshops. Exhibitions take place at venues around the city for up to six weeks creating a vibrant, interactive and accessible context for events over three days.
On May 9, 2007, Hollywood's elite movers and shakers will converge at the historic Castro Theatre for the Academy of Art University's 1st Annual Epidemic Film Festival. Featuring infectious work from a new generation of artists on the verge of graduating from the nation's top art and design school, the festival will showcase the best student work from the Academy's School of Motion Pictures & Television and School of Animation and Visual Effects.
MI6 has become the top event for marketing, promotion and creative professionals in the game and interactive entertainment industry. This gathering is the place for ideas, creativity, inspiration and information for those who want to be leaders in the growing marketplace. This year our spotlight keynote address will be by Russell Klein, president of global marketing, strategy and innovation of the Burger King Corp.
Session highlights include:* Two days of workshops and sessions covering issues that are important to you and to the success of your product.
Too Art for TV, Too is the second exhibition of artwork from the New York animation industry. The event features prints, paintings, toys and animation. In January of 2006, "Too Art for TV" opened as the first of this annual event. Drawing in an excited, elbow-to-elbow crowd of artists, illustrators, filmmakers, animators, and gallery goers, "Too Art for TV" unquestionably demonstrated the wide spread appeal of animation inspired art.
Two new stages have opened up on FameCast.com for Season 2, Animation and Short Film. $10,000 prize FOR EACH stage. Now Accepting Submissions!
The competition is web based voting and starts with the top 50, to the top 25, top 10 and then top 5. The top 5 will come together for a live screening and event here in Austin, Texas that we will webcast live!
The winner of the animation and short film stage are each automatically entered into the LA Shorts Festival and guaranteed a screening. Even better, is that this festival is a qualifier for the Oscars!
Studica Skills is an online competition site available to students and teachers worldwide. Created to challenge students (of all ages and grades) both technically and creatively, Studica Skills is designed to inspire all in the classroom.
Awarding cash, electronics, software and scholarships, students are given multiple opportunities to win monthly, with grand prize winners at the end of the competitions.
This is the third season of Studica Skills competitions, and this year's categories include:
2d Animation 3d Animation Comic Book Design Design and Drafting Digital Video
Studica Skills is an online competition site available to students and teachers worldwide. Created to challenge students (of all ages and grades) both technically and creatively, Studica Skills is designed to inspire all in the classroom.
Awarding cash, electronics, software and scholarships, students are given multiple opportunities to win monthly, with grand prize winners at the end of the competitions.
This is the third season of Studica Skills competitions, and this year's categories include:
2d Animation 3d Animation Comic Book Design Design and Drafting Digital Video
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PGA New Media Council's Mobile Content Committee is presenting "LIL' BUSH -- A Case Study." The panelists will be discussing the first animated mobile content series to cross over to television. The event will be moderated by Derek Hildebrandt, chair, PGA NMC Mobile Content Committee. Panelists include:
* Donick Cary, exec producer/creator -- LIL' BUSH * Seth Cummings, co-founder, Amp'd Mobile * Zoe Friedman, vp, current programming, Comedy Central
The Los Angeles Comicbook and Science Fiction Convention features a large exhibitor room with old and new comicbooks, toys, trading cards, DVDs and many other collectables for sale. The convention is located at the Shrine Auditorium Expo Center. Show hours are 10:00 am-5:00 pm.
Special guests include: David Petersen, the writer and artist of the MOUSE GUARD comicbook series (published by Archaia Press); and Rutger Hauer (BLADE RUNNER).
For more information, check out www.comicbookscifi.com.
The 12th annual Los Angeles Times Festival of Books event celebrates and animates the written word through panel discussions, poetry readings, cooking demonstrations, book signings and music. The festival affords book lovers the chance to meet bestselling authors, publishers and other literary figures. The hundreds of exhibitor booths, stage events and popular children's characters keep it entertaining for all ages.
The San Francisco International Film Festival (SFIFF) announces the call for entries for the historic 50th Festival, April 26
Women in Games International is hosting its second WIGI Community Mixer in Los Angeles. The networking event is Thursday April 26th from 7:00 to 10:00 pm in Santa Monica. Admission is free and requires an advance RSVP.
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will be presenting International Interactive Emmy Awards and a Pioneer Prize, in partnership with Reed MIDEM, for the second year in a row. The International Interactive Emmy Awards at MIPTV 2007 will take place in Cannes, France.
The three International Interactive Emmy Award categories are:* Interactive Program: for television programming that has been enhanced with interactive content.
The PGA New Media Council, Loyola Law School and the Association of Film Commissioners (AFCI) are hosting a lively discussion about how new media producers can work with film commissions around the world to create exciting content for end users. Film commissions are vital channels for stories and finance for new media production. This session will connect the demonstration of the latest new media solutions with opportunities on location with film commissions. It will also examine the collaboration opportunities available between producers and AFCI members. The panel includes:
Cascade ACM SIGGRAPH, Oregon and Southwest Washington's local SIGGRAPH chapter, is hosting an event on how to get a job in computer graphics. Scheduled to take place at 6:00 pm at PCC Cascade Campus Auditorium, Moriarty Arts & Humanities Building, located at 705 N. Killingsworth, "Getting a Job in Computer Graphics" offers insight from industry expert and career coach, Pamela Kleibrink Thompson, IDEAS TO GO, on what employers look for while reviewing r
As part of its mission to prepare tomorrow's creative leaders, the Columbus College of Art & Design will offer a four-day Women in Animation Symposium to celebrate women's achievements in animation and to encourage young women to envision themselves contributing to every part of the industry from personal aesthetic expression to the topmost echelons of production and direction. The symposium is open to the public and free of charge.
The Wrexham Science Film Festival is looking for short films between 30 seconds and 10 minutes based on the theme of science. The deadline for entering your short films is the 20th March 2007. To find out more information about the film festival and the Wrexham Science Festival please visit http://www.scifilm.co.uk
The Animation Show and Mobifest, the world's largest independent mobile film festival, present MOBIFEST LA, a one-of-a-kind event, which brings the world's top animators to the small screen. Hosted by award-winning animator and co-founder of The Animation Show, Mike Judge (BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD, KING OF THE HILL), MOBIFEST LA takes place at Laemmle's Music Hall 3, 9036 Wilshire Blvd., Tuesday, April 3, 2007 at 7:30 PM.
