Rooftop Films Shows Sundance Winners

Posted by on Jun 18, 2012 in Feature Articles | No Comments
Rooftop Films Shows Sundance Winners

Article by Jake Friedman. I love this venue.  It’s hip, it’s a great night out, and it’s culture!  I mean, what else would you call a cartoon about a disembodied […]

Dark Toons

Posted by on Jun 4, 2012 in Feature Articles | No Comments
Dark Toons

Article written by Tristian Goik. Seward Park High School is, at some level, your basic New York public school.  We had to trump up five flights of stairs to reach the […]

Health Insurance and Health Care Resources for the Under-Insured or Uninsured Artist

Posted by on May 29, 2012 in Feature Articles, Freelance Corner | No Comments

Update: A second edition to our guide was written after the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. To put it simply, finding decent and affordable health care as an artist […]

Summer Bummer by Bill Plympton

Posted by on May 18, 2012 in Feature Articles, Viewseum | No Comments
Summer Bummer by Bill Plympton

As ASIFA-East goes on its summer hiatus, the Viewseum wraps its first full (ASIFA-East) year on the aNYmator. And here, we have both a good way to wrap up the […]

ASIFA-East Team on hiatus til the fall

Posted by on May 15, 2012 in Feature Articles | No Comments

Tis that time of year again when the team here at ASIFA-East takes a break til the fall.  A huge thank you to all our board members for their hard […]

Video Footage of ASIFA-East’s 1980 Animation Festival

Video Footage of ASIFA-East’s 1980 Animation Festival

Guest post by Michael Sporn.  This article was originally posted on the Splog. Howard Beckerman brought a DVD of his home movies of he ASIFA East Animation Festival of 1980. […]

In Memory of Buzz Potamkin…. by Candy Kugel

Posted by on May 10, 2012 in Feature Articles | 2 Comments
In Memory of Buzz Potamkin…. by Candy Kugel

Buzz Potamkin, one of animation’s most beloved producers on both coasts, passed away from pancreatic cancer on Sunday, April 22nd. Buzz, always interested in film, left Columbia University for a job […]

Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art Festival

Posted by on May 2, 2012 in Feature Articles | No Comments
Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art Festival

Article by Tristian Goik. Once or twice, I have heard of people talking about how they ‘got a table’ at the MoCCA Festival. The Museum of Comic & Cartoon Art […]

43rd Annual ASIFA-East Awards Ceremony

Last night, ASIFA-East held its 43rd Annual ASIFA-East Awards Ceremony, a culmination of our 2012 Animated Film Festival in which films are screened throughout the month of March.  The event […]

And The Winners Are….

The 43rd Annual ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival Awards were held this evening.   Congratulations to all the winners!!!  Expect more posts in the following days documenting the evening but for now, […]