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were $15. each. Call (310) 358-<br />
2500.<br />
The January 1998 issue of Animation<br />
World Magazine includes an<br />
interview with Storyopolis’ Fonda<br />
Snyder.<br />
* Sunday, November 1 - Friday,<br />
November 6. Milan, Italy.<br />
The 65th Milan International Film,<br />
TV and Multimedia Market<br />
(MIFED) offered a focus on animation,<br />
including an Animation Day<br />
on November 3. Scheduled events<br />
included a seminar titled Strategy<br />
for the New European Animation<br />
Feature Film. For information visit<br />
www.fmd.it/mifed.<br />
* Tuesday, November 3. New York<br />
City, New York, U.S.A.<br />
As part of the School of Visual Arts’<br />
annual Digital Salon, the MFA<br />
department presented an hour<br />
and a half of free animation<br />
screenings at 12:30 p.m. Films<br />
included How Come You Never<br />
Call, Notturno con Pissa and<br />
Tequila Rescue. For information<br />
call (212) 592-2010.<br />
* Tuesday, November 3. Glendale,<br />
California, U.S.A.<br />
ASIFA-Hollywood’s third annual lecture<br />
series continued with a very<br />
special event: Walt Disney Animation<br />
master animator Andreas Deja<br />
spoke on the subject of character<br />
animation. Deja, born in Poland<br />
and raised in Germany, started<br />
working at Disney at the age of 20<br />
(he was turned away when he<br />
applied at age 10!). He is responsible<br />
for bringing such characters to<br />
life as Gurki (The Black Cauldron),<br />
Roger Rabbit (Who Framed Roger<br />
Rabbit), King Triton (The Little Mermaid),<br />
Jafar (Aladdin), Gaston<br />
(Beauty and the Beast), Hercules<br />
(Hercules), Scar (The Lion King)<br />
and even Mickey Mouse (Runaway<br />
Brain). The event took place at<br />
7:00 p.m. at Glendale Community<br />
College Auditorium, 1500 North<br />
Verdugo Road in Glendale, California.<br />
For further information, call<br />
ASIFA-Hollywood: (818) 842-8330<br />
or Glendale Community College:<br />
(818) 240-1000, ext. 5158.<br />
* Tuesday, November 3. Vancouver,<br />
Canada.<br />
VanArts presented Before and<br />
After Independence: 40 Years of<br />
Estonian Animation, a retrospective<br />
put together for the Ottawa<br />
International Animation Festival,<br />
which was touring North America.<br />
The show took place at the Pacific<br />
Cinemateque, 1131 Howe Street,<br />
at 7:30 p.m. The show was made<br />
possible by the Ottawa International<br />
Animation Festival and the<br />
Canadian Consulate in Estonia.<br />
* Thursday, November 5 - Friday,<br />
November 13. New York City,<br />
New York, U.S.A.<br />
The Anthology Film Archives presented<br />
selected screenings from<br />
the First Light series. Films from<br />
Jordan Belson, James Whitney,<br />
Norman McLaren, and Oskar<br />
Fischinger, among others, were<br />
shown. There were also discussions<br />
from scholars and filmmakers<br />
following a number of the programs.<br />
For info, contact the<br />
Anthology Film Archives at (212)<br />
505-5181.<br />
* Friday, November 6. New York<br />
City, New York.<br />
The Museum of Modern Art<br />
(MOMA) hosted a retrospective of<br />
animation by animator, educator,<br />
historian and author John Canemaker.<br />
The screening took place in<br />
the Titus 2 Theatre at 6:00 p.m.<br />
and Canemaker was present. Featured<br />
films included Break the<br />
Silence: Kids Speak Out Against<br />
Abuse, John Lennon Sketchbook<br />
and Canemaker’s new personal<br />
film, Bridgehampton. For information<br />
call MOMA at (212) 708-<br />
9400.<br />
* Friday, November 6 - Saturday,<br />
November 14. Siena, Italy.<br />
The third Siena International Short<br />
Film Festival and Market boasted<br />
an international competition dedicated<br />
solely to animated films. For<br />
information call (39) 6-4745585.<br />
* Saturday, November 7 - Monday,<br />
November 9. West Hollywood,<br />
California, U.S.A.<br />
1001 Nights, a film from Japanese<br />
artist Yoshitaka Amano and director<br />
Mike Smith, was screened at<br />
the Laemmle Sunset 5. Show<br />
times were 10:00 a.m. and 11:00<br />
a.m. on November 7 & 8 and<br />
12:00 PM and 12:30 PM on<br />
November 9. For info, call (323)<br />
848 - 3500.<br />
* Monday, November 9 - Wednesday,<br />
November 11. New York City,<br />
New York, U.S.A.<br />
The second New York Shorts International<br />
Film Festival featured six<br />
competition categories: animation,<br />
comedy, documentary,<br />
drama, experimental and student.<br />
For information visit<br />
www.shorts.org.<br />
* Monday, November 9 - Saturday,<br />
November 28. New York City,<br />
New York.<br />
The School of Visual Arts (SVA) presented<br />
the sixth annual New York<br />
Digital Salon, an international<br />
juried showcased of computergenerated<br />
artwork. Computer animation<br />
screenings were shown at<br />
the SVA Amphitheatre and the<br />
exhibit took place in the School’s<br />
Visual Arts Museum, both located<br />
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