Best of Annecy CANCELLED

Posted by on Feb 8, 2013 in Feature Articles, Industry Events | No Comments

Please note from SVA:  Tonight’s Best of Annecy animation screening event has been cancelled due to inclement weather. The screening will be rescheduled and we will update you when we […]

2013 ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival Now Accepting Entries!!

2013 ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival Now Accepting Entries!!

Entry forms are now available for the 2013 ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival! Our annual film festival is now taking submissions.  Please download this form for instructions on how to submit your entries.  […]

Stalker Effect

Posted by on Jan 24, 2013 in Feature Articles | No Comments
Stalker Effect

On Friday the 18th, the Museum of Moving Image hosted a show called “Special Effect” by the video performance artist Peter Burr. I was attracted by their description “involving laser […]

Perspectives on the Business of Animation From Women!

Posted by on Dec 3, 2012 in Feature Articles | No Comments

Last week, ASIFA-Easters were invited to attend a forum entitled Women in …Animation:  The Business of Creativity, sponsored by New York Women in Film and Television.  Formed in 1977, NYWFT […]

Easy As Pie – When Animators Film Themselves

Posted by on Nov 29, 2012 in Freelance Corner | No Comments
Easy As Pie – When Animators Film Themselves

A couple Saturdays ago, on Mo-vember 10th (mustache month) I saw the “Rise of the Guardians” at the Museum of Moving Image with some friends. Two of them, Stephen Brooks […]

NEST by Michael J. Ruocco

Posted by on Nov 26, 2012 in Viewseum | No Comments
NEST by Michael J. Ruocco

Michael J. Ruocco has a star rising in the animation community. Michael’s senior thesis, which we hope to exhibit here very soon, is already generating fan art around the internet […]

Residencies at Eyebeam

Posted by on Nov 21, 2012 in Feature Articles | No Comments
Residencies at Eyebeam

Our friends at Eyebeam wanted to let you know about their Residency program: Announcing: 2013 Fellowship and Spring/Summer Residency Calls Eyebeam is pleased to announce its Open Call for 2013 […]

Take A Break!

Posted by on Nov 17, 2012 in Feature Articles, Freelance Corner | No Comments
Take A Break!

If you’re like me, you don’t do this enough.  Kayla Evans sends us this cool infographic full of fun doodles, explaining the importance of taking a break.  Check it out! […]

The Greatest Animated Film Never Made

Posted by on Nov 13, 2012 in Feature Articles, Interviews | 3 Comments
The Greatest Animated Film Never Made

Persistence of Vision Review of Kevin Schreck’s new documentary, by Richard Gorey There’s something so compelling about genius, to us mortals who might never achieve such dizzying heights. There’s something […]

A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman

Posted by on Nov 12, 2012 in Feature Articles | No Comments
A Liar’s Autobiography: The Untrue Story of Monty Python’s Graham Chapman

Written by Emmett Goodman and Written by Trisitian Goik [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbW842eMNtI&w=560&h=315] Well, in all honesty, I don’t like very long film titles. But if there was one that summed up […]