Interview by Dave Levy. Longtime ASIFA-East member, Biljana Labovic, the subject of our February interview, originally comes from Yugoslavia, where she studied Graphic Design and Illustration at the University of…
DetailsNew ASIFA-East member Dustin Grella is working on this really cool animation project and sends us this little note: I’m working on new project called the Animation Hotline. I’m going…
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The longer I’ve observed the animation scene, the more I’ve come to notice that our art-form’s past achievements are usually applauded at the expense or at the underestimation of the great work that’s being done right now. I don’t think this happens fo…
DetailsKnow 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
DetailsEntry 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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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