The 45th ASIFA-East Animation Awards!
The 45th Annual ASIFA-East Animation Awards Ceremony was held last night, May 18th, in NYC. BEST IN SHOW PEGBAR (PEGGY) AWARD: Arthur Metcalf “In the Beginning” INDEPENDENT FILMS: 1st…
Design the ASIFA-East Membership Card!
What does ASIFA mean to you? Your design could be used for our next membership card! ASIFA-East is holding a members-exclusive contest to design our new membership card! ASIFA-East is…
Twillerama
On the last day of April, Brooklyn had a desperate last minute shower, getting ready for whatever hipster flowers might bloom in May. Left-turning SUVs scattered light over sheets of water…
LAIKA Enchanted
On March 29th, at the Scholastic Theatre in SoHo, NY, Mark Shapiro (director of entertainment brand marketing for LAIKA) gave a special presentation of the movie Coraline. It was “LAIKA:…
ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival: Student Films
On Thursday, March 13, ASIFA-East held its annual judging of student films for the ASIFA-East International Animation festival. In the past, these screenings show student thesis work from the previous…
Falling for the First Time: Patema Inverted
March was the month of New York’s International Childrens’ Film Festival, and I have several things to say about the great screenings I attended. Today I will be discussing “Patema…
Job Board: Instructors wanted
Here’s a few job openings sent to us by our friends at CUNY- City Tech – Hello Everyone, The Dept. of Advertising Design & Graphic Arts is currently conducting searches…
A Tribute to Howard Beckerman by Meryl Rosner
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How to Develop and Sell an Animated TV Series
Lisa Goldman is going to teach her Pitch Bible Studies Class: How to Develop and Sell an Animated TV Series again in June. The goal of this course is to…
ASIFA-East Festival: Commissioned Films and Music Videos
On March 11th, 2014, members of ASIFA-East, students, and animation industry professionals gathered in Room 502 of the School of Visual Arts for a screening of animated films and music…