ASIFA-East Exposure Sheet

Our pals at Rooftop Films present Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then from Director Brent Green.  The film will be performed with a live soundtrack, featuring members of punk idols Fugazi.
SATURDAY JUN 26, 2010
8:00 PM
OPEN ROAD ROOFTOP

LOWER EAST SIDE
350 GRAND STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10002
F, J, M, Z to Delancey Street-Essex Street; B, D, Q to Grand Street

8:00
Doors Open

8:30
Live Music by Brent Green

9:00
Film Begins

11:30
After-party: Open Bar at Fontana’s (105 Eldridge … Continue Reading

Article by Dayna Gonzalez.

On Friday, May 28, Rooftop Films presented  a series of short films with the theme “Dark Toons”.    This intriguing mix of films ranged from the chaotic train ride that is Cordell Barker’s Runaway to a short treatise on big, juicy, tasty hot dogs appropriately titled Sam’s Hot Dogs by David Lopez Retamero.  New York’s own Jake Armstrong’s, The Terrible Thing of Alpha 9, was also featured.  His wonderfully ugly yet adorable monster got a lot of laughs.  About a dozen animated films were presented, … Continue Reading

The 2010 Summer Series of Rooftop Films has begun, and to promote this exciting run, Program Director Dan Nuxoll has generously offered ASIFA members a discount on tickets for the following shows.   Look for this code in our next email newsletter blast!

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From Dan:

Next Friday, May 28, we have a show called Dark Toons with some really great animation from the dark side: http://rooftopfilms.com/2010/schedule/7-dark-toons

Then on June 26 we have a screening of Brent Green’s Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then, with a live score performed by musicians, … Continue Reading

Article by Heidi Marie Campbell.

The 41st Annual ASIFA-East Animation Festival was a wonderful display of talent, art and humor. The 29 films showcased on Sunday, May 9, 2010, were a mixture of industry veterans, studios, students and newcomers. The works of Bill Plympton (Plymptoons), Mo Willems (Weston Woods Studio), Elliot Cowan, and David B. Levy, all established animation artists, stood alongside many animators who are less well known, but all were well deserved prize winners.

The Festival began with a film, Topi, whose break from the traditional genre of animation comedy was a pleasure to watch. The captivating … Continue Reading

Bill Plympton with Caresse Singh

I wasn’t sure what to expect for my first attendance at the ASIFA-East Animation Festival held on Sunday, May 9th at the Tishman Auditorium of The New School. I arrived just in time, barely escaping the Mother’s Day festivities mandated by my large family. The show ran smoothly, with only one technical glitch which most people used as their moment to take a bathroom break.

Some highlights included Backwards, the Best in Show by Aaron Hughes and Lisa LaBracio. The film, revealed entirely backwards … Continue Reading

ASIFA-East Animation Festival 2010 Signal Film by Elliot Cowan

Article written by David Levy, ASIFA-East President.

On Sunday May 9th, ASIFA-East presented is 41st annual Animation Festival, sharing the spotlight with mothers everywhere, it being Mother’s Day and all. Speaking of which, we had originally booked the venue for the Sunday before but we ended up getting bumped a week. I suppose we should have next year’s festival on Father’s Day, lest we risk being accused of favoring the fairer sex.

For 41 years this festival has well represented the local community in all its scruffy “jeans and t-shirt” goodness. New … Continue Reading

Here is the full list of winners from our 41st ASIFA-East Animation Festival!! If the film was on YouTube, I’ve embedded it to the list. Please let me know if I’ve missed any. Congratulations all!!! – Dayna

2010 OPENING FILM

Elliot Cowan

BEST IN SHOW

Backwards
Aaron Hughes & Lisa LaBracio

INDEPENDENT FILMS

1st Place
Something Left, Something Taken
Tiny Inventions

2nd Place

Let’s Make Out
Stephen Neary

3rd Place

The Hybrid Union
Hybroll Animation

Excellence in Animation
Off-Line
Tom Gasek

Excellence in Design

The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead & Roundhead -
The Thing in the Distance
Elliot Cowan

Excellence in Writing/Humor
Rinky Dink
Stretch Films, Inc.

Excellence in Experimental Techniques
Aesthetic Species Maps (2009)
David … Continue Reading