45th Annual ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival
Thanks to everyone who entered the 2014 ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival! Please join us this March as we present screenings nights in the following categories: Student, Commissioned, Music Video, and […]
ASIFA Polish Animation Screening
Film Program: “The Birth of a Nation” – Kamil Polak “After Apples” – Marta Pajek “Fallen Art” – Tomasz Baginski “Jam Session” – Izabela Plucinska “Refrains” – Wiola Sowa “Caracas” […]
Something special is happening at The High School of Art and Design
Students at The High School of Art and Design in Manhattan are majoring in animation and graduating fully certified in Toon Boom Animate Pro. Mike Klein, an SVA grad with […]
Toronto Animation Festival introduces Toronto’s first Animation Arts “Maarket”
Our friends at the Toronto Animation Arts Festival International are putting together an Animation Arts Maarket and they’d like you to be a part of it! Those artists and vendors […]
New York International Children’s Film Festival 3/7 – 3/20/14
We are so excited to announce that the New York International Children’s Film Festival has generously offered a discount code of $2 off every ticket purchased to ASIFA-East members! It’s […]
ASIFA-East Film Festival Deadline Extended to 2/10/14
Hello everyone. Due to the inclement weather, the 2014 ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival entry deadline has been extended until February 10th, 2014. Please see this link to download the entry […]
ASIFA-East’s Post-Holiday Party!
On Thursday, January 16th, ASIFA-East held their “Post-Holiday Party” at Pour George in the lower east side of Manhattan. Pour George is a relatively new bar (their website is copyrighted […]
The Singing CPA Joins ASIFA-East for an Evening of Taxes and Song!
Tax season is upon us and that means a visit from The Singing CPA is in order! Once again, Steven Zelin, The Singing CPA, joined ASIFA-East for an informative discussion […]
Michael Sporn (1946-2014)
ASIFA and the New York animation community mourn the passing of a most extraordinary artist and friend—renowned animation producer and director Michael Sporn, who died January 19, at age 67, […]
Health Insurance and The Freelance Animator: NY 2014 Edition
Getting health insurance as a working professional in the animation industry is tough, to say the least. Most of us are employed as freelancers, whether by choice or by necessity. […]