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…
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…
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…
Animation After Dark
Drinking and drawing go hand in hand, but I’m sure I’ve never been to a bar that would accept a sketch as payment for a beer. Although ASIFA-East offers its…
A Boy and His Questions
The conclusion of Boy and the World brings us back to Alê Abreu and our world, face to face with a boy and his question. “How long has it been?”…
Richard Protovin Films at MoMA Nov. 24
Richard Protovin (1945 – 1991) was a prolific painter, filmmaker, and, in the late 1970s, he founded the NYU Animation program that is now an important component of the NYU…
Animation Nights New York
By Asim Khan “Animation Nights New York,” a monthly animated shorts series, was held this past Wednesday, November 11, in conjunction with host venue The Fulton Stall Market at 207A…
Geesink’s Fantastic Carnival
Article written by Janelle Miau. Oct. 27, 2015—ASIFA-East celebrated this year’s International Animation Day with the screening of Disney of Duivendrecht, a biopic about charismatic Dutch animator Joop Geesink, whose…
INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION DAY SCREENING 10/27/15
IN CELEBRATION OF INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION DAY ASIFA-EAST PRESENTS A DOCUMENTARY SCREENING OF The Disney of Duivendrecht A Businessman’s Idea of an Artist Tuesday, October 27, 2015 School of Visual Arts…
ASIFA-East Presents International Animation Day 10/27/15
In celebration of International Animation Day ASIFA-East presents a documentary screening of The Disney of Duivendrecht a businessman’s idea of an artist Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 School of Visual Arts…