The Events Calendar welcomes notice of film, video, and multimedia workshops, conferences, competition, and other news of interest to the media community. Please write us at: newsletter@proscenia.net
March 10-18, 2006
SXSW Film
Austin Texas
Now in its 12th year, the South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival and Conference is an annual celebration of film - a weeklong opportunity to view, discuss, and explore all aspects of film creation and production, from screen writing through distribution.
March 8-11, 2006
Videomaker Expo - West 2006
Burbank Airport Hilton
Burbank, CA
Expo: March 9-11, 2006 - Pre-Expo Conference: March 8, 2006
The Videomaker Expo is a 3-day event where attendees have a chance to attend numerous seminars on all aspects of video production. Attendees can also visit the exhibit floor and meet with key manufacturers and resellers in the digital video industry. NEW for 2006 is our 1-day Pre-Expo Conference on HDV: A New Horizon. Read More: Conference Web Site.
March 20-24, 2006
The Game Developers Conference 2006
San Jose, California
San Jose Convention Center
Next-gen game development will revolutionize every aspect of the gaming industry. From increased production complexity, team sizes, and budgets to new ways to reach the mass market, GDC:06 will answer the questions critical to the industry's success. Conference Web Site
March 20-24, 2006
Independent Games Festival
San Jose, CA
This is the eighth annual Independent Games Festival celebrating the indie game developers.
March 20 - April 1, 2006
Art-Place-Technology
International Symposium on Curating New Media Art
Liverpool School of Art & Design and FACT Centre
New media art is a global phenomenon: a rapidly changing and dynamic field of creative practice which crosses conventional categories and disciplinary boundaries, challenging our assumptions about art.
Art-Place-Technology will look at historical and current projects by some of the world's leading curators of new media art, and discuss how curating new media art creates interfaces with the art world, museum culture, media, publishing and academia.
Further programme details and registration:
http://www.art-place-technology.org
Tel +44 (0)151 2315190
E-mail APT@ljmu.ac.uk
April 6-10, 2006
Ashland Independent Film Festival
The 5th Annual Ashland Independent Film Festival Poised For Another Record-Breaking Year Ashland, Oregon - The Ashland Film Festival is poised for another record breaking year.lFor more information on Ashland Independent Film Festival, April 6-10; how to become a member; or the AIFF in general, visit the festival web site. www.ashlandfilm.org
May 4-10, 2006
AniFest 2006
Trebon, CZ
AniFest International Festival of Animated Films will be held in Trebon from 4th until 10th May. As the festival's popularity grows so does the standard of the competition. This year the organisers received more than a thousand entries and there will be just 254 competition films. For more information please check out: www.anifest.cz
May 16 - 19, 2006
JavaOne Conference
Moscone Center - San Francisco, CA
Register today for the 2006 JavaOnesm conference. The 2006 JavaOne conference in San Francisco is your opportunity to learn the latest developments in Java technology. Conference Web Site
August 20 - September 3, 2006
Sketchbook Workshop in Italy
Kenneth O’Connell, Instructor
Join Kenneth O’Connell in a workshop of friends and former students to explore the Umbria countryside in the heart of Italy August 20 to September 3rd, 2006. Students will stay in an old monastery where meals will be prepared and daily transportation to each new sketching site and hilltown village will be provided. Cost for the workshop including most meals, housing and local transportation is $2,450.
Kenneth O’Connell is an artist and Professor Emeritus at the University of Oregon. He has taught sketchbook workshops in Oregon through the SITKA Center for Art and Ecology, Washington, Tennessee, and Italy. Contact the course instructor at: oconnell@uoregon.edu or 541-953-0190. Learn about the Umbria location at: www.laromita.com
This workshop is organized through a combination of Sitka Center for Art and
Ecology, LaRomita in Italy and Imagination International, Inc.
November 15-17, 2006
Digital Video Expo
Los Angeles, Convention Center, CA
Certification training - conference-exhibits, DV film festival, and vendor-sponsor sessions. Web site: DVExpo.com
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