ANIMAZING FESTIVAL this weekend!

ANIMAZING FESTIVAL

A WEEKEND OF ANIMATED SHORTS
&
LECTURES WITH TOP ANIMATION PROFESSIONALS!

including a selection of
44 ANIMATED SHORTS

PLUS Lectures on:

ANIMATION CAREERS
4 different hour long lectures with top animation experts

CHARACTER ANIMATION CRASH COURSE
with Eric Goldberg (Disney's ALADDIN, POCAHONTAS and HERCULES)

COMMERCIAL TELEVISION SPOTS
with top commercial animator Bob Kurtz (Kurtz & Friends)

HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY & ANIMATION
with Bill Kroyer (Rhythm & Hues)

THE IMPORTANCE OF STORY IN ANIMATED SHORTS
with Jim Capobianco of Pixar (FINDING NEMO, MONSTERS, INC.)

THE MAKING OF "PARTLY CLOUDY" (Pixar)
Animator/director Peter Sohn talks about the making of his first film at Pixar Animation Studios.

SHORT HISTORY OF ANIMATED SHORTS
with animator Tom Sito (author of Drawing the Line: Animation Unions From Bosco to Bart Simpson) and animator Mark Kausler (YELLOW SUBMARINE, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT and THE LION KING)

HOW MTV ROCKED THE ANIMATION WORLD
with Yvette Kaplan (BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD); and John Andrews of MTV Animation (BEAVIS AND BUTTHEAD, AEON FLUX, DARIA, etc.) and KA-CHEW! (commercial production arm of Klasky Csupo).

PLUS, a
"Meet the Professionals" Mixer
Meet with men and women working in the animation industry

Saturday & Sunday
November 7th – 8th, 2009
at
The Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90028

More program details below!

TO PURCHASE TICKETS:
For a FULL WEEKEND PASS:
Click the link below, and THEN click the red 1:00 and choose General Admission $25 (or $20 Student or $15 Cinematheque Member if you qualify) from the TOP THREE BOXES:
www.fandango.com/egyptiantheatre_aaofx/theaterpage?date=11/7/2009

For the SATURDAY AFTERNOON program of lectures, "Animation Careers":
Click the link below, and THEN click the red 1:00 and choose General Admission $10 (or $8 Student/Senior or $7 Cinematheque Member if you qualify) from the BOTTOM THREE BOXES:
www.fandango.com/egyptiantheatre_aaofx/theaterpage?date=11/7/2009

For the SATURDAY EVENING "Animation Shorts Screening":
Click the link below, and THEN click the red 8:00 and choose General Admission $10 (or $8 Student/Senior or $7 Cinematheque Member if you qualify) from the BOTTOM THREE BOXES:
www.fandango.com/egyptiantheatre_aaofx/theaterpage?date=11/7/2009

For the SUNDAY AFTERNOON program of Lectures "Looking Back and Ahead" (plus the screening of Winning Short Films):
Click the link below, and THEN click the red 1:00 and choose General Admission $10 (or $8 Student/Senior or $7 Cinematheque Member if you qualify) from the BOTTOM THREE BOXES:
www.fandango.com/egyptiantheatre_aaofx/theaterpage?date=11/8/2009


PROGRAM DETAILS:

Saturday, November 7, 2009
Animation Careers:  1pm-6pm

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM:
A Crash Course on Character Animation - Eric Goldberg
Eric Goldberg is an award-winning animator and director whose magic has graced such classics as Disney's ALADDIN, POCAHONTAS and HERCULES. He'll dazzle and entertain the audience with a live version of his recent book Character Animation Crash Course.

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM:
Commercial Television Spots: Shortest Shorts - Bob Kurtz
Bob Kurtz, head of the envelope-bursting Kurtz & Friends, will reveal some of the lesser-known techniques needed to work in TV spots and movie title production, including how to break into the field and how to survive and experiment.

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM:
The Incestuous History of Technology & Animation - Bill Kroyer
With a solid career in traditional television and commercial animation, Bill Kroyer is more frequently thought of these days as one of the world's leading authorities on computer animation and graphics. He will show clips from some of the films he's worked on over the years, many of which have come out of Rhythm & Hues, a company he helped create.

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM:
The Importance of Story in Animated Shorts - Jim Capobianco
The award-winning story artist from Pixar (FINDING NEMO, MONSTERS, INC.) will emphasize the importance of having a captivating story to go with your fascinating animation techniques. Regular ticket price for this program or Pass for the 2 day event available: General $25, Student/Senior $20, AC member $15.

6:00 PM:
Meet the Professionals Mixer – at the Egyptian Theater

8:00 PM
Voting Screening of All Nominated Shorts:
Screening of all nominees for Best of Festival, Student Short, First Film, Foreign Short, Story, Humor, Character Design, Overall Design, Animation Techniques, Non-Verbal Communication, Non-Narrative Animation and Comment on Issues of Our Times, plus honorable mentions.

Sunday, November 8, 2009
Looking Back and Ahead/Winning Shorts: 1pm-6pm

1:15 PM - 2:15 PM:
The Making of the Latest Pixar Short - Peter Sohn
Animator/story artist Peter Sohn directed his first short film, "Partly Cloudy," at Pixar Animation Studios. He will give our audience a first-hand look behind the scenes.

2:30 PM - 3:30 PM:
Short History of Animated Shorts - Tom Sito / Mark Kausler
Tom Sito is an animator and author of Drawing the Line: Animation Unions From Bosco to Bart Simpson. Mark Kausler is an animator, collector and historian who has worked on YELLOW SUBMARINE, WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT and THE LION KING as well as his own award-winning animation IT'S THE CAT. Together they will examine the history of animated short films, illustrated with rare shorts from Kausler's collection.

3:45 PM - 5:00 PM:
How MTV Rocked the Animation World – Yvette Kaplan / John Andrews
This screening will include MTV audience favorites, oddities and new upstarts. Yvette Kaplan was supervising director of MTV series "Beavis and Butt-Head" series and co-director of the feature BEAVIS AND BUTT-HEAD DO AMERICA. In the 1990s, John Andrews ran MTV Animation and produced shows including "Beavis and Butt-Head," "Daria" and "Aeon Flux." Since 1998 he has been executive producer/creative director of ka-chew!, the commercial production arm of Klasky Csupo.

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM:
Awards Presentations: Top 3 Quarterly Winners & Categories


For more information on the festival:
www.animazspot.com/animazspot/Festival.html

For more information on the Egyptian Theater, parking, box office, etc., please visit:
www.egyptiantheatre.com

TO PURCHASE TICKETS:
For a FULL WEEKEND PASS:
Click the link below, and THEN click the red 1:00 and choose General Admission $25 (or $20 Student or $15 Cinematheque Member if you qualify) from the TOP THREE BOXES:
www.fandango.com/egyptiantheatre_aaofx/theaterpage?date=11/7/2009

For the SATURDAY AFTERNOON program of lectures, "Animation Careers":
Click the link below, and THEN click the red 1:00 and choose General Admission $10 (or $8 Student/Senior or $7 Cinematheque Member if you qualify) from the BOTTOM THREE BOXES:
www.fandango.com/egyptiantheatre_aaofx/theaterpage?date=11/7/2009

For the SATURDAY EVENING "Animation Shorts Screening":
Click the link below, and THEN click the red 8:00 and choose General Admission $10 (or $8 Student/Senior or $7 Cinematheque Member if you qualify) from the BOTTOM THREE BOXES:
www.fandango.com/egyptiantheatre_aaofx/theaterpage?date=11/7/2009

For the SUNDAY AFTERNOON program of Lectures "Looking Back and Ahead" (plus the screening of Winning Short Films):
Click the link below, and THEN click the red 1:00 and choose General Admission $10 (or $8 Student/Senior or $7 Cinematheque Member if you qualify) from the BOTTOM THREE BOXES:
www.fandango.com/egyptiantheatre_aaofx/theaterpage?date=11/8/2009