Animation Nights NY: Best of the Fest
Once upon a time there was a glass tower, standing at the edge of a metal forest, looking over the River of East. Its mighty walls were fortified with the…
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Dirty Morning Cartoons
“Salt… I feel like you should eat less salt,” Leah said as she caressed my hand, underneath a towel in the heat of a Brooklyn summer night. We were at…
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Kubo and the Two Strings with Director Knight
by David Howard On Wednesday, August 17th, ASIFA-East members were invited to a screening of Laika’s latest stop-motion masterpiece, Kubo and the Two Strings. After the film, audience members took…
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LAST MINUTE LAIKA MENTORSHIP
Film Independent Project Involve Program Announces the LAIKA Animation Fellowship for Emerging Filmmakers Apply by Friday, August 19, 2016 [editor’s note: this program appears to be in California] Emerging filmmakers…
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NY Animated Pop Up Parties
“That’s the first time I ever heard the 1950’s called a renaissance,” J.J. Sedelmaier wondered out loud, in the Brooklyn Academy of Music. It was Friday, July 29th, 2016, at…
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Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival Discount!
The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), North America’s leading animation film festival, is pleased to announce a special offer for our partners! One of the world’s leading animation events, the…
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Stop Motion Children’s Instructor Needed
SH!NE at HOThead Studios seeks an animator to teach young students the basics of stop motion animation. The 90 minute classes run Monday and Thursday afternoons beginning in September. through…
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A Darkly Tuned Evening
Adagio, 4:4 Five, Eight, and inhale: regret, animation, pocket monsters, one tank top, two tank tops- exhale: clean-up key-frames, hang a photograph, Showtime. Travel, distance, an hour of humidity that…
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The 47th Annual ASIFA East Awards, Special Thanks!
This past Sunday, ASIFA-East hosted our 47th annual animated film awards at Parsons, The New School for Design, for a lively and excited audience. The films this year were…
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Andy Kennedy’s “Slow Wave” Wins ASIFA East Best-In-Show 2016
On Sunday May 15th, we held the 47th ASIFA East Animation Festival awards ceremony. Congratulations to all the winners, thank you to all the contributing filmmakers, and we couldn’t have…
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