Know any animators between the ages of 10 – 18? Well, this just came in from Sandra Malenica, ASIFA-Croatia member and programme diretor of VAFI – International Children and Youth Animation Film Festival Varaždin
Entry forms for the 2011 ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival are ready! Films are due February 28 sharp. No films can be accepted beyond that date. Jury screenings will be held…
THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER. ASIFA-East presents an evening of animation by Irra Verbitsky and Don Duga of Polestar Films! Thursday, January 27th 7pm SVA 209 East…
Article by Emmett Goodman. Latvian-born indie Signe Baumane has curated many animation screenings in New York, and always looks to put on not only a good show, but a very…
Just over ten years ago I sat on my first animation festival jury outside of ASIFA-East’s annual jury screenings. It was The New York Expo, a now-defunct film festival that had been around for decades. I’ve since sat on a few other juries, most notably…
Introducing a new continuing monthly feature of ASIFA-East’s online Exposure Sheet, The ASIFA-East Interview. It’s no secret that the New York area contains some of the richest talent working in…
A still from Andy Kennedy’s amazing new indie short, “Accumulonimbus.”Recently the animation crew behind Nick Jr’s Team Umizoomi, a production at New York’s Curious Pictures, began a year long hiatus between seasons. Some of this talented bunch instan…
Joel Moss Levinson donned as a Penguin in one of his previous video projects. Sorry for the very late post this week. Our place was down with the flu, which we became “the flew” as we traveled by plane to visit family. If you’ve never travelled sick, y…
Article by Caresse Singh. The night started off with Bill Plympton’s experiment in international collaboration “Guard Dog Global Jam.” Based on Plympton’s own “Guard Dog” (which earned him an Oscar…
Article written by Tristian K. Goik. A few days ago, the Museum of Moving Image reopened its doors to the public, after an extensive renovation. It would be easiest to…