ASIFA-East was pleased once again, on October 26, to celebrate International Animation Day and the 50th anniversary of ASIFA with a program of classic animated shorts curated specially for International Animation Day by animation historian (and ASIFA-San Francisco president) Karl Cohen.  The nineteen shorts, made between 1968 and 1970, were first hand-picked by the late Prescott Wright (ASIFA-San Francisco) for his celebrated series of theatrical compilations, International Tournée of Animation.  The selection, a mix of independent and commercial shorts, included films by master artists, the pioneering (and still stunning) computer animations of John Whitney, and a selection of vintage commercials and early “Sesame Street” shorts.

ASIFA-East members have requested a listing of the films in Tuesday’s program, which we are glad to provide here.

Richard Williams (UK): Charge of the Light Brigade titles

Yoki Kuri (Japan): Miss Kemeko

Pavel Prochazka (Czecholsolvakia): Acceleration

John Whitney (US): Binary Bit Patterns

Raoul; Servais (Belgium): Sirène

Robert Mitchell, Robert Swarthe (USA): K-9000: A Space Oddity

Bob Godfrey (UK): Rope Trick

Herbert Kosower (USA): The Face

Ernest and Giselle Ansorge (Switzerland): Les Corbeaux

Keith Rodin (Canada): Cinetude No. 3

Robert Mitchell, Robert Swarthe (USA): Harboush Portfolio

John and Faith Hubley (USA): Sesame Street ‘Wanda the Witch’

Jeff Hale (USA): Sesame Street ‘Jazzy Spies’

John and Faith Hubley: Sesame Street ‘E, e’

Unknown:  Corticella spot

(Unknown):  ‘Dial 999’ spot

Yoji Kuri (Japan): Crazy World

Nedeljko Dragic (Yugoslavia): Per Aspera Ed Astra

John Whitney (USA): Permutations