Rocks in My Pockets and Cheatin’ Screenings and Live Events at MOMI

Rocks in My Pockets and Cheatin’ Screenings and Live Events at MOMI

Please join ASIFA-East, Women in Animation, and The Museum of the Moving Image as we present a screening of Rocks in My Pockets, with Director Signe Baumane in person. Friday, […]

LASS: Ladies Animated Shorts Screening

Posted by on Nov 14, 2014 in Feature Articles | No Comments
LASS: Ladies Animated Shorts Screening

If you are a modern woman in the United States of America, you probably are being paid a salary that is 33% less than a man doing the same job. […]

Animation Shorts Wanted for Lili Roquelin Music Video Premiere Event

Posted by on Nov 4, 2014 in Call for entries, Feature Articles | No Comments

Our friends at with the Lili Roquelin team are putting together a Short Films screening event and they want to feature Animators  based in New York City.  Send them your […]

ASIFA-East Celebrates International Animation Day with Short Films from Ireland

Posted by on Nov 2, 2014 in Feature Articles, International Update | No Comments
ASIFA-East Celebrates International Animation Day with Short Films from Ireland

International Animation Day is October 28, 2014. Each year, ASIFA calls upon a famous animator to create the poster of IAD. It is then adapted for each country in order […]

ASIFA-East and ASIFA Poland Presents: The Polish School of Animation at the KF

Posted by on Oct 29, 2014 in Feature Articles | No Comments
ASIFA-East and ASIFA Poland Presents: The Polish School of Animation at the KF

“People have problems everywhere,” says Wiola Sowa of ASIFA-Poland, with the light of the projector casting an ethereal glow around her. Sowa was speaking of a recent trip to a […]

Member Discount to NYICFF Screening of Big Hero 6

Posted by on Oct 20, 2014 in Feature Articles, Member Perks | No Comments
Member Discount to NYICFF Screening of Big Hero 6

Our friends at the New York International Children’s Film Festival are offering ASIFA-East members discount tickets to a special advance screening of Big Hero 6.  The NYICFF puts together a […]

ASIFA-East Animation Showcase at Crazy 8

Posted by on Oct 19, 2014 in Feature Articles, Member Perks | No Comments
ASIFA-East Animation Showcase at Crazy 8

Our member’s films were featured in an all day festival on 8th Street called the Crazy 8 Cartoon Festival. Thank you to David Hollander, The Village Alliance,  and Tristian Goik […]

NYC Animation Demo & Lecture Masterclass with Pixar Animator Michal Makarewicz

NYC Animation Demo & Lecture Masterclass with Pixar Animator Michal Makarewicz

Our friends at the Animation Collaborative in Emeryville, CA want to let the ASIFA-East animation community know about a special two-day event coming to New York City.  On December 6-7, […]

NFB Filmmakers Take Us Behind the Scenes

Posted by on Oct 12, 2014 in Feature Articles | No Comments
NFB Filmmakers Take Us Behind the Scenes

Filmmakers Torill Kove and Nicola Lemay of The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) visited NYC on October 1, 2014 to talk with animators.  It was all part of a […]

4th annual Halloween window by Gary Leib

Posted by on Oct 6, 2014 in Feature Articles | No Comments
4th annual Halloween window by Gary Leib

Member News! Dear Friends, Presenting DESERT ISLAND Gary Leib Halloween Window 2014, my fourth annual window installation at New York’s premiere comics and graphics shoppe. Its a holiday tradition! Visit […]