ASIFA-East Back From Hiatus with a Fresh New Look!
Hey everyone! How’s your summer been going? We hope it’s been a blast – June and July were darn hot but August has been darn comfy. ASIFA-East’s back from hiatus…
ASIFA-East Annual Open Screening Night!
If you are screening work you must arrive by 6:30 pm with a DVD (must be playable on any regular DVD player) of any animation you wish to screen. Student films,…
Paranorman
Article by Tristian Goik. It was an early Sunday morning when animators and regular-folk gathered round to see a special screening of “Paranorman.“ After being reminded by countless email blasts (ASIFA,…
Ottawa International Animation Festival
September 19 – 23, 2012 The Ottawa International Animation Festival is the largest animation festival in North America, and heavily attended by us ASIFA-Easters! Don’t forget – all ASIFA-East members…
Quay Brothers Exhibit
Quay Brothers: On Deciphering the Pharmacist’s Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets August 12, 2012–January 7, 2013 This MoMA gallery exhibition and accompanying film retrospective will be the first presentation of the…
Animation Block Party!
Article written by Caresse Singh. In the three years that I had known about Animation Block Party, this was the first time I had ever attended. No offense to the…
“Pretty Loaded” The History of Flash Pre-loaders
Article by Tristian Goik. My first pre-loader was an animated light-saber, which at 56k AOL speeds would have never activated quickly enough to save me from the Sith. Flash pre-loaders…
Animation Block Party at Rooftop Films!
Our friends at Rooftop Films wanted to let you all know that this Friday, they are featuring Animation Block Party’s Opening Night. ASIFA-East members get $2 off tickets to this…
Mid-Summer Evenings
Article written by Tristian Goik. Fridays are my busiest day at work, something that always seemed backwards to me. And this last weekend I had the opportunity to spend by…
Midsummer Night Toons
This article was written by Susan Godfrey and was reposted from the animation blog, Go Get ’em Girl. All photo credits to Jazzmine Beaulieu. This last Friday night Matt Lee hosted…