Thomas Helman (MFA student in Experimental Animation / Integrated Media) was
invited to screen his first year short film df/dx at the 2008 South by
Southwest (SXSW) Film & Music Festival in Austin, Texas.

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Kelly Parker's (MFA student in Program Film & Video) South Main will be premiering at the Berlin Film Festival next week.

South Main is an intimate portrait of three single African American mothers as they struggle to secure new homes and raise their families after being evicted from an apartment complex in South Los Angeles. I completed the film while studying at CalArts. For those of you that will be in Berlin, I would love to see you at one of the screenings! If you would like more information about South Main or about screening
dates and times, please follow this link.

Sahar Alsawaf's film Uncle Ma'An has been selected as Jury's CItation-2nd Prize for our 27th Black Maria Film + Video Festival. Alsawaf is an MFA student in the Experimental Animation Program.

The following films have been selected to screen at the 2008 Philadelphia Film Festival
April 3 - 15, 2008

(From Character Animation)
Dimitri Frazao- "One Last Song"
Jonathan Kim- "God Slayer"
Andres Salaff- "The Deadline"
Sean Jiminez- "Why Can't I Fly"
Diana Lafyatis- "Bubbles"
Erik Benson- "Midnight Snack"
Nicole Mitchell- "Zoologic"
Will Kim- "Naked Branches"

(From Experimental Animation)
Jee Hyun Yoo- "Bob and Julia"
Devin Bell- "Crank Balls"
Ke Jiang- "The Elephant in Wonderland" & "Jackies Neighbors"
Marina Budovsky- "Dear Alphabet"

CalArts alums and current students teamed on the new The Cave Singers music video, from Matador Records. The video debuts on Mtv2 throughout November and December 2007.

Shot on 16mm black and white reversal, hand processed.

Director Mike Ott
Director of Photography Jason Joel Harris
Editor David Nordstrom
Camera assistants Jason Tippet and Tijah Bumgarner

The Melbourne 6th Annual Int'l Animation Festival (MIAF), June 19-24, 2007, located in ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) Cinemas, Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia. Another remarkable year of journeying far and wide to find the gems that will screened in this years line up. The following CalArts selections were included:

Suzan Pitt, faculty, Experimental Animation, film title - EL DOCTOR
Isabel Herguara, alumnae, MFA, Experimental Animation, film title - BLINDMAN'S BLUFF
Nick Fox-Geig, alumnus '04, MFA, Experimental Animation/IM, film title-THE FOXHOLE MANIFESTO
Dillon Markey, student, MFA, Experimental Animation, film title - HELLO, MY NAME IS JOE
Brian Bloss, alumnus '06, BFA, Experimental Animation, film title- WITHOUT AN OF
Dae In Chung, alumus '07, Experimental Animation, film title - STRIPS OF ILLUSION
Young-Jin Yoon, student, BFA3, Experimental Animation, film title- A WAR ON 35MM
Matt Nealon, student, BFA3, Character Animation, film title - TENECOH KOCMOCA
Leonardo Matsuda, student, BFA3, Character Animation, film title - THRISTY IGUANA
Miwa Matreyek, alumnae '07, MFA, Experimental Animation/IM program, film title: DIGITOPIA
I-Huan Chen, student, MFA2, Experimental Animation, film title - PASSING BY
Nancy Parczyk, alumnae '07, Experimental Animation, film title - PAIN'T

Wenchung Lu, student, BFA3, Character Animation program was invited to screen his film "Word Fisher's Secret Piano", at the 14th Annual Shorttakes Film Festival, May 2007. Additionally, Wenchung was invited to screen his piece "The Shoes" at the Munich Int'l Short Film Festival, June 14-20, 2007. The screening was held at the Mathaeser, the largest movie theatre in Munich.

MFA3 student, Program in Film and Video, Chie Yamayoshi's three films - We Have Decided to Live in the Air, I Want to Make a Video about You and Re: Chronicle of a Summer were invited to the 12th Vilnius International Film Festival "Kino pavasaris" (http://www.kinopavasaris.lt), the main event of independent cinema in Lithuania, which takes place in Vilnius, the Capital of Lithuania, from March 22 to April 5, 2007.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation, 28th Annual College Television Awards were announced and they include two CalArts students in the Animation/Traditional category:

1st Place - Ian Worrel: "Icarus & The Tree Herder." Ian is a third-year, Character Animation program student.

2nd Place - April (Seo Jin) Lee: "Love Pills." April is a fourth-year, Character Animation program student.

They were both awarded at a gala event Saturday, March 31, 2007. (except below from the Variety) (for addition info visit: http://www.emmys.org/foundation/collegetvawards.php)

ATAS fetes college tries:
Sixteen student filmmakers accept awards
By JOHN YOUNG

College filmmakers got a taste of the limelight Saturday night as the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation handed out kudos at its 28th annual College Television Awards.

Sixteen students accepted first-prize awards, each worth $2,000, for their undergrad or graduate film or video projects. Winners came from Brigham Young U., *CalArts*, USC, Northwestern U., Art Center College of Design, City College of New York, UCLA, U. of Florida, Robert Morris U.
and St. Cloud State U.

"Survivor" producer Mark Burnett received the foundation's first Innovation in Television Award.

Winning works were publicly exhibited Sunday at the College Television Awards Festival, held at the TV Academy's North Hollywood headquarters. The Sundance Channel, MTVU and Plum TV will also air the honored productions.

Tom Bergeron, co-host of ABC's "Dancing With the Stars," hosted the black-tie gala at Culver Studios.

Alina Skrzeszewska, MFA 2 student, Program in Film and Video, School of Film/Video has been invited to screen her film "Stories of a Promised Land - part 1" at the Oberhausen short film festival (May 3-8) Alina's film will be screened Saturday, May 5th.

CARTE BLANCHE TO CALARTS IN
8eme Festival des Cinemas Differents de Paris
Centre Culturel la Clef
21 rue de la Clef, 75005 Paris
December 8 to 17, 2006

Entirely dedicated to experimental, avant-garde, independent, alternative and underground cinema, the Festival des Cinemas Differents de Paris presents a carte blanche to CalArts as part of his eight edition. Twenty-six works completed by film/video-makers recently enrolled at CalArts or recent graduates will be presented in two different evenings, on Saturday December 9 at 10:00 pm and Monday December 11 at 10:00 pm.

This program was initiated by French experimental filmmaker Patrick Bokanowski, who was in residence at CalArts and REDCAT last February. Betzy Bromberg and Bérénice Reynaud made a first pre-selection, and then Patrick Bokanowski, assisted by Paris-based American critic Pip Chodorov, decided the final program.

Program 1

Program 2

Santa Clarita Valley Film Festival, November 10-12, 2006 included the
following films from CalArts students
/Beautiful Eyes/ – Directed, Produced and Written by *Will Kim*
(Character Animation)
/ Henry/ – Directed, Produced and Written by *Kim Slate* (Character
Animation), /awarded *Best College Film*/
/ Intracorp/ – Directed and Written by *John Paul Sawan* (Program in
Film and Video), /*Honorable Mention*/
/ Lightbulb/ – Directed, Produced and Written by *Jian Lee*
(Experimental Animation)
/ Kozard From Jelacoe/ - Directed, Produced and Written by *SunHa Yoon*
(Character Animation)
/ Margaret’s Son/ – Directed, Produced and Written by *Esteban Argüello
*(Film Directing program), /*Honorable Mention*/
/ Pinpoint/ – Directed, Produced and Written by *James Kim* (Character
Animation)

MFA 3 Chie Yamayoshi's experimental piece I Want to Make a Video about You will screen in November at UCLA Hammer Museum as part of the LA Freewaves 10th Celebration of Experimental Media Arts. Work description::: I Want to Make a Video about You, Video by Chie Yamayoshi "I am looking for someone who can pretend to be my family member, best friend or lover...," Looking for intimacy on the Internet. Rendezvous with strangers. Dealing with cyber-culture, the reality TV phenomenon, and racial stereotypes, this narrative probes the gray area between truth and fiction, private and public, danger and pleasure, intimacy and anonymity, and fantasy and identity.

Jason Tippet, BFA 2, Program in Film and Video has been invited to screen his film "Nanie" (rt-3:20, 2006, super 8 color negative) at the 2006 Attack of the 50 Foot Reels. The screening will take place November 6, 2006, 7:30pm, American Cinematheque at the the Egyptian Theatre.

Five students work will be shown as part of KCET's FineCut series. The films included are:
Disconnected by Eric Favela
In Search of the Puppeeter by Chih-Ming Chang
Intracorp by John Paul Swan
Aesexuality by Josh Look
Doppelganger by Joy Lee

Congratulations to the filmmakers!

2006 London International Animation Festival, London, August 22-27, 2006, International Student Animation Panorama category (32 films, 12 schools, wild ideas, raw energy...the following student films were selected and screened at this festival: The Bastard by Dave Quion, Cat Food by Nate Wragg and Someday Never by Stephen Hawkins.

The 3rd China International Animation and Digital Arts Festival (CICDAF
2006), Beijing, China 9/27-10/5, 2007: the following CalArts student
films were selected to be screened: Speech of Freedom by Nancy
Parczyk, MFA 3, Exp. Animation; Stalemate by In-Young Sung, MFA 2,
Film Directing Program (Character Animation alumnus), Jurassic Chef by
Minki Song, Character Animation alumnus, and The Possum by Chris Choy,
Character Animation alumnus. Chris Choy was awarded the "Special
Distinction Award in Student Work Category" for his film The Possum.
Congrats to all the filmmakers!

Apolonia Panagopoulos' film, The Tropic of Faxafloi, will be representing CalArts in the "Into the Limelight" student film program/ competition at the Ojai Film Fest, which runs from October 12-15. The program of shorts by student filmmakers from 12 U.S. film schools including CalArts screens at 8pm, friday October 13, 2006. The 12 student filmmakers will be competing for a $60,000 panavison rental package.

2006 Princess Grace Awards have been announced. In the aspiring Film
artist category, recipients include our own David Chaim Cohen and Miwa
A. Matryek.

David has been awarded a Undergraduate Film Scholorship, Experimental Film.
David Chaim Cohen has been an experimental filmmaker for five years; in
high school he realized that moving images were the perfect vehicle for
his electronic music. After entering CalArts for his undergraduate
degree, he began working extensively in 16mm, and discovered
hand-processing, painting on film, and optical printing. His most recent
works are /Untitled/ and /Rusted Sodom/. Currently, David is working on
a new, completely hand-painted film.

Miwa has been awarded a Graduate Film Scholarship, Experimental
Animation Film.
Miwa A. Matreyek is currently studying as an M.F.A. student in the
experimental animation program at CalArts. She was a physics major for
the first two years of her undergraduate career at the University of
California, Santa Barbara before she switched to fine art. Miwa�s
interest in science might explain why much of her art work relates to
science fiction. Some of her recent animation works are: /Grater City/
and /Digitopia/. Her most recent collaborative performance projects are
/Subterranean Heart/ and /Ozeanflug/.

Dave Quion, bfa 3, Character Animation will be interviewed by X-FUN
magazine, a Taiwan-based visual art bilingual magazine, regarding his
"Best Student film" award at the Melbourne Int'l Animation Film Festival
for his film "The Bastard".

Dave Quion, student, Character Animation was awarded the BEST STUDENT FILM at the Melbourne Int'l Animation festival June 2006 for his film The Bastard.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has honored thirteen students from nine different colleges and universities in the 33rd annual Student Academy Awards competition. Three films in each category, including Animation, will go on to compete for the gold, silver and bronze prizes at the June 10th awards presentation ceremony. Our own Chris Choy, alumni, Character Animation has been selected in this competition for his piece *"The Possum". We all look forward to the news announcement June 10th. The top three toon contenders, whittled down from a field of eight finalists, includes "The Shoes" by *Wenchung Lu*, student, Character Animation. Congratulations to both Chris and Wenchung!!! A Student Academy Award win puts a film in the running for an Oscar. The Student Academy Awards were established by the Academy in 1972 to support and encourage excellence in filmmaking at the collegiate level.

Maria Judice, student, Film Directing program wrote a cover story on hip hop for the youth magazine WAVEMAG in Nepal. For more information check out : www.wavemag.com.np/2005/november/cover_story.html

Cy Kuckenbaker, student, MFA 3, Film Directing Program, School of Film/Video had a short film titled 'Toshininkyste', in English 'The Barker' picked up by UNESCO. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) will give the film patronage which means they want they're name on the film itself, and they've already put it up on their UNESCO Lithuania website, unesco.lt.

The Sesame Street Internship/Scholarship has been awarded to Dominic Bisignano and Evelyn Lee, MFA 2's, Experimental Animation program. This opportunity includes working with Sesame Street Productions and also provides a scholarship.

JJ Villard, BFA 2004, Character Animation, screened his film SON OF SATAN, which was well received at the FANTOCHE film festival. JJ won the prize for BEST VISUAL in the international competition--which brings 2000 Swiss Francs (at least 1500 US I bet), a little soft doll, and a certificate of the selection for Mr. Villard.

Additionally, JJ Villard won the GRAND Prize for student animation for his film "Chestnuts Icelolly at Ottawa animation festival. "A story with great contemporary relevance told with edgy rawness in
stark and striking black and white."

Mari Inukai, alumni, BFA, Character Animation was award for Best Japanese Short, at the Short Shorts Film Festival Expo 2005, for her animated film Orange and Blue. Unfortunately the director, Mari Inukai was unable to attend the ceremony but her sister, Rei Suzuki, was present on her behalf. She presented a brief statement from Mari stating that the film is about love and inspired by her deep love and affection for her child. Everyone is extremely pleased that to recognize this emotional and stunning animated short film.

Benjamin Vu, MFA 3, Experimental Animation program had been invited to screen his short film "Noobies" in the official competition at the China International Cartoon and Digital Art Festival Sept. 28- Oct. 1, 2005.

Steven MacLeod, BFA 3-student, Character Animation program has been invited to screen his work "My Little Obsessive Compulsive Friend" at the Munich International Festival of Film Schools November 19-26, 2005. Steven was equally invited to attend the festival with an all expense paid by the festival. Congratulations Steven!

Lori Damiano, MFA, Experimental Animation Program will be contributing to the Hot & Cold exhibit Oct. 25th - Nov. 4th at the California College of Art's PlaySpace Gallery in San Francisco. She will be screening part 1 of her (in progress) thesis film.

Marianne Hayden, MFA student, Experimental Animation
screened her recent films (animation and live action) 'Other Worlds' and ' 'cause That's What Happened' at the Pantheon Gallery: Xperimental 4.0, March (Cyprus) and International Funtup Film and Art Festival 2005, May (Milwaukee, WI). Winterlude , a live action 'mockumentary' feature, will be premied in Baltimore March 2, 2005. Marinanne played 'the girlfriend' in the 'relationship'. Ghostwatcher . She played Nikki, the best friend. It was released on DVD last October and is in Blockbuster, Hollywood Video, Netflix, etc.

Adobe Design Achievement Award: Animation finalist : Sean Jimenez, student,
Character Animation Program. Sean has been invited to attend the ADAA
awards ceremony at the Guggenheim in NYC, Thursday, July 21st. The
finalist's work will be on display at this exciting event, where they will
be formally recognized and awarded on stage.

Nicholas Butera, BFA2, Character Animation has been selected to screen his animated film "Coffeezilla" at the USC Crosstown Film Festival November 20, 2004 at 5:20pm

Rahul Das, MFA 3 student, Film Directing Program has been selected to screen his short film "Goodnight" at the 3rd Annual Crosstown Film Festival, which will feature student films from AFI, Art Centre, CalArts, Chapman, LMU, UCLA and USC. The festival will be held on Nov 20, 2004, at the Eileen Norris Cinema Theatre on USC's University Park Campus, beginning 3pm and ending around 7:30pm. The event is free and will include dinner.

A group of Cal Arts Film Video students recently completed a music video for V2 Records and Seattle, Washington, based band THE BLOOD BROTHERS. The video was directed by Mike Ott (MFA2, Program in Film and Video) and features cinematography by Jason Harris (MFA1, Program in Film and Video) and Jay Keitel (BFA4, Program in Film and Video). JR Hughto (MFA2, Program in Film and Video) was the assistant director and Dave Fenster (MFA Graduate) was the editor. The video is set to air on MTV2 throughout November and December.

Ria de Lumen, MFA 1 Film Directing Program has been selected to premiere her narrative short My Dolly at the Washington, DC Asian Pacific American Film Festival, October 13, 2004.

CalArts' student, Character Animation program filmmaker, Jahmad Rollins' animated film, The War Inside, has been selected by Savannah Film and Video Festival, and will be screened from Oct. 27 to Nov. 3 at the Trustees Theatre in Savannah College of Art and Design, in Savannah, Georgia. This animated short shows an illustrator struggling to give life to his ideas, dreaming about what to draw, and alternately killing and creating new subjects.

CalArts student films have taken great honors in the 5th San Diego Asian
Film Festival, which opens on October 21, 2004, in San Diego, California.
All seven entries from Character Animation students have been selected, as
well as one alumnus' entry. These films and filmmakers are:

WELCOME TO MY LIFE
Director: Elizabeth Ito | 5 min. | Video | 2004
A humorous look at what life is like for a teenage Monster-American in an
all-American family.
Medium: traditional

CATS
Director: Chris Choy | 4 min. | Video | 2003
You want a revolution? How about a good ol' cat rebellion?
Medium: traditional

BLUE AND ORANGE
Director: Mari Inukai | 3 min. | Video | 2002
A meditation on the concept of Yin and Yang, and the filmmaker's love for
her daughter.
Medium: traditional; Sundance Official Selection

PINK BALLOONS
Director: Kataneh Vahdani | 2 min. | Video | 2003
Three imaginary characters overcome their shortcomings in order to find a
way to be free.
Medium: traditional

ADDICT
Director: Sun Young Moon | 2 min. | Video | 2003
Colors, lines, and emotions combine into a musical dance in this hypnotic
trip to another world.
Medium: traditional

SKIES OF THE FALLEN
Directors: Kevin Pai, Chris Song, Kyle Shockley, Gennedy Babichenko | 3 min.
| Video | 2004
An animated trailer to "Skies of the Fallen," a student production from
CalArts.
Medium: traditional & CGI

IL JI MAE
Directors: Kwang Min Ha, Chris Choy, Byoug Jik Lee | 5 min. | Video | 2004
Crouching Tiger-like martial arts and choreography abound in this tale based
on iljimae (Korean old traditional story).
Medium: traditional

REQUIEM
Director: Roger Oda | 3 min. | Video | 2003
A heartfelt look at World War II from a Japanese perspective.
Medium: traditional; Slamdance Official Selection

Character Animation Faculty, Sharon Wu, will co-host a roundtable discussion
with participant animation filmmakers during the festival, with SDAFF's own
animation programmer, Sam Chen, a award-winning filmmaker.

The San Diego Asian Film Foundation (SDAFF) is a nonprofit organization
dedicated to educating the community about the rich diversity of the Asian
Pacific Islander culture through films and videos. The premiere event of the
SDAFF is its annual film festival in October. One of our goals is to build
stronger ties with area schools to foster discussion and education about
Asian Cinema. The SDAFF offers student internships, cultural literacy
programs with area high schools and colleges, and a nurturing environment
for artists in San Diego. Throughout the year, we hold special events such
as our Korean Cinema Showcase and Performers Showcase that highlight Asian
and Asian American cultures and talents.

In the 2004 Annual Adobe Design Achievement competition, Experimental Animation student Junseo Hahm won second place within the Time Based Media category with his film, Mosition.

Mosition may be viewed in the 2004 Experimental Animation Showcase.

Fine Cut: KCET's Festival of Student Film (2004), KCET Channel 28, Sunday nights, 11pm-12midnight, September 5, 12, 19, 26th...Show lineups finalized as of 8/27/04:
Show One, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2004 included "Venice Beach" by Jung-Ho Kim (MFA, Exp. Anim)
Show Three, Sunday, Sept. 19, 2004 included "Skies of the Fallen" by Chris Minki Song; Kevin Pai; Kyle Shockley; Gennady Babichenko (BFA Char. Anim). Also, "My Red Fox" by Bee Pi (Alumi, MFA Exp. Anim).
Show Four, Sunday Sept. 26, 2004 @11:00pm will include "Welcome to My Life" by Elizabeth Ito (alumni, BFA, Char. Anim)

Skies of the Fallen and Welcome to My Life may be viewed in the 2004 Character Animation Showcase. Venice Beach and My Red Fox may be viewed in the 2004 Experimental Animation Showcase.

Cy Kuckenbaker, MFA student in Film Directing, on leave with Fulbright in Lithuania, has been selected to screen his work The Potato Eater, a documentary about the Peace Corps in the Shadow Fest Film Festival in Holland. Also his film La Pacifica was well received at the San Diego Film Festival.

CalArts' student filmmaker, Jahmad Rollins' animated film, The War Inside, has been selected by Savannah Film and Video Festival, and will be screened from Oct. 27 to Nov. 3 at the Trustees Theatre in Savannah College of Art and Design, in Savannah, Georgia. This animated short shows an illustrator struggling to give life to his ideas, dreaming about what to draw, and alternately killing and creating new subjects.

Since its inception in 1998, the Savannah Film Festival has focused on enriching and educating an expanding audience, while promoting quality independent films and filmmakers. The festival features more than 50 films, selected from more than 600 entries in the categories of feature, short, animation, documentary and student competition, which are submitted from all over the world. The featured screenings represent a variety of independent filmmakers, while a cross section of workshops, lectures, receptions and special events gives the festival participants an opportunity to meet colleagues active in all areas of film production.

Arthur Helterbran, an MFA 3 in the Film Directing Program, will be screening his short, "The Badge" at Shriekfest on 9/25/04, 10:00am at Raliegh Studios in Hollywood. Go to Shriekfest for more ino.

CalArts' student filmmaker, Nathaniel Lord's animated film, DinnerTime,
has been accepted by Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, and will be screened at the ArcLight Cinemas in Hollywood this Sunday, September 12th 2004. For screening time, please check ArcLight's website.

'DinnerTime' is also showcased in Nathaniel's same-titled video installation, which is currently exhibited at Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, as one selected piece in Fiction.Love-ultra new vision in contemporary Art, until 10/31.

Nathaniel Lord is currently a BFA-3 student in Character Animation program.

Kataneh Vahdani, BFA 3, Character Animation Program has been chosen to screen her film “Pink Balloons” at the Newport Beach Film Festival (4/15-25, 2004) and the Short Shorts film festival in Tokyo, Japan (6/1-6/10).

Jean-Jacques Villard, BFA 4, Character Animation Program, has been chosen to screen his film Son of Satan at SAFO- Seoul, Korea, Annecy Film Festival, France June 2004, IFC Film Festival "In The Making", Colorado, and ZAGREB World Festival of Animated Films, Croatia Europe June 15-18, 2004 and Cannes Film Festival, May 2004.