Call for entries: AniFest 2010

AniFest, the International Festival of Animated Films based in the Czech Republic   is opening the 2010 competition of 9th festival edition which will be held in May 18 – 23 in a Renaissance South Bohemian spa town Trebon. Find bellow the links for Entry Form, Competition Regulations, and the Statute describing in detail the competition categories, prizes, technicalities, the deadline infor...

Tenure-track assistant professor position at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The Department of Media and Cinema Studies at the College of Media at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks to fill one entry-level, tenure-track assistant professor position, with an emphasis in cinema studies, beginning August 16, 2010. Desired qualifications include a Ph.D. in cinema studies, media studies, communications, or a related field; and evidence of excellent schola...

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CALL FOR PAPERS – Animation Evolution, Edinburgh July 9-11th 2010

Animation Evolution The 22nd Society for Animation Studies Annual Conference Edinburgh College of Art, 9-11th July 2010. CALL FOR PAPERS The Society for Animation Studies invites submissions for proposals for individual papers and panels for its 22nd Annual conference to be held in Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland July 9-11th 2010. This year’s conference will include presentations, screeni...

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The 2009 McLaren-Lambart award for best book: The Animation Bible, by Maureen Furniss

The recipient of the 2009 McLaren-Lambart Award for Best Scholarly Book on Animation is Maureen Furniss.  Her beautifully illustrated book, The Animation Bible, represents an innovative new approach to an introductory text on animation, focusing not just on history, or how-to, or theory, but instead finds a multi-disciplinary thread that touches on both analytic and practical knowledge. The autho...