ASIFA-East

Drink and Draw Like a Lady!
2018-04-06 19:00 - 23:00 (America/New_York) | The Productive, 40 W 38th Street, New York, NY, 10018, United States
FACEBOOK INVITE HERE
It’s time for the best party of the year: the pre-MoCCA Fest Drink and Draw Like a Lady! http://drinkanddrawlikealady.tumblr.com/
This is our TENTH YEAR! We have come a long way and we’re excited to celebrate with you!
If you are a woman (or nonbinary person who leans toward female identity and/or expression) who writes, draws, colors, edits, markets, reviews, or enjoys comics, Drink and Draw Like a Lady is the party for you!
All ages are welcome; you must be 21 to drink.
Drink and Draw Like a Lady is organized by volunteers. Your donations help us to make the party as awesome as possible! We also welcome food, drink and cash donations at the party.
Donate here:
http://drinkanddrawlikealady.tumblr.com/
DDLL aims to be an inclusive event. We welcome all women as well as genderqueer, agender, and other non-binary people who lean toward female identity and/or expression or feel that a female-centric space is right for you. If you have any questions, please ask the hosts!
The main space is wheelchair accessible by elevator! The bathroom may be a little bit tight for larger mobility devices but does not have stairs.
Spread the word and see you soon!
Thank you to Megan Brennan of http://www.megan-brennan.com/ for this year’s amazing flyer art!
The Productive (http://theproductivenyc.com/) offers affordable coworking space in Midtown Manhattan for all kinds of workers.

New York International Children's Film Festival
2018-02-23 08:00 - 2018-03-18 17:00 | NY
During four weekends in the month of March, the Festival invites families to explore the world without leaving NYC — and over 25,000 parents, children, and filmmakers are treated to the best new films for ages 3-18 at venues throughout NYC. Each year, we scour the globe to present a highly selective slate of the best animation, live action, documentary, and experimental film from over 2,500 international submissions.

Program at a Glance

100 new films from around the world, representing 30+ countries in 15+ languages
Programs for ages 3-18
75 film screenings
20 feature films
6 unique short film programs (our most popular!)
Premieres, parties, red carpet events

Engagement

Interactive Q&As with visiting filmmakers
Hands-on filmmaking workshops
Audience voting to determine the Festival Award winners
Film-Education field trip program for public school students

Quality
Since 1997, 35 Festival films have been recognized with Academy Awards® and nominations, and in 2011 New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival became an Oscar®qualifying event. As such, winners of our juried prizes are eligible for Academy consideration in the Best Live Action and Best Animated Short Film categories.

Illustrators 60 Opening Reception: Part 2: Book and Editorial Categories @ SOI
2018-02-02 18:30 - 21:30 | Society of Illustrators, 128 E 63rd St, New York, NY, 10065, United States
*This event is not hosted by ASIFA East*
The Society of Illustrators presents
Illustrators 60: Book and Editorial Categories
Opening Reception and Awards Presentation
6:00pm Cocktails
7:00pm Awards Ceremony
Society of Illustrators
128 East 63rd Street
between Lexington and Park Avenue
Tickets
Members $30 | Non-Members $40 | Seniors/students $20 (Undergraduate with valid ID)
2 Complimentary ticket will be held at the door for each illustrator with work on exhibit.
1 complimentary ticket will be held at the door for each art director with work on display.
Exhibit Dates
January 31 – February 24, 2018
Learn more about the exhibit

ASIFA East's Post Holiday Party! *DATE CHANGED DUE TO WEATHER*
2018-01-18 19:00 - 22:00 | M 1-5 Bar, 52 Walker Street, New York, NY, United States

Illustrators 60 Opening Reception: Part 1: Advertising, Institutional, Surface/ Product Design, Uncommissioned Categories @SOI
2018-01-05 18:30 - 21:30 | Society of Illustrators, 128 E 63rd St, New York, NY, 10065, United States
*This event is not hosted by ASIFA East*
The Society of Illustrators presents
Illustrators 60: Advertising, Institutional, Surface/ Product Design, Uncommissioned Categories
Opening Reception and Awards Presentation
6:00pm Cocktails
7:00pm Awards Ceremony
Society of Illustrators
128 East 63rd Street
between Lexington and Park Avenue
Tickets
Members $30 | Non-Members $40 | Seniors/students $20 (Undergraduate with valid ID)
2 Complimentary ticket will be held at the door for each illustrator with work on exhibit.
1 complimentary ticket will be held at the door for each art director with work on display.
Exhibit Dates
January 2 – January 27, 2018
Learn more about the exhibit

Children's Media Association Holiday Party
2017-12-06 18:30 - 21:00 | Society of Illustrators, 128 E 63rd St, New York, NY, 10065, United States
*This event is not hosted by ASIFA East but by a proud promotional partner CMA*
Save the date for our 2017 CMA Holiday Party! More information and event registration to come.

Contact: CMA Events Team, events@childrensmediaassociation.org

Queer Animation: From A to Z
2017-06-29 19:00 - 22:00 | Metropolitan Bar, 559 LORIMER ST, Brooklyn, NY, 11211, United States
Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgenders, Queers, Asexuals, Intersex, Questioning, even Demisexuals… they all make films too!

Celebrate Pride month with “Queer Animation: From A to Z”!

A selection of short films from the last 5 years and from more than 5 different countries, curated by Tristian Goik. Grab a Happy Hour drink at the bar, find someone nice to sit with, and enjoy! Everyone is welcome at Metropolitan Bar!

The program currently consists of 20 shorts, running about 1.5 hours, including such films as: “Arrival” by Alex Myung, “Hanging” by Nick LeDonne, and “Confessions of a Breastimator” by Jisu Kim, amongst others.

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"This is What We Mean By Short Films" Rooftop Films Screening
2017-05-19 20:00 - 23:00 | The Old American Can Factory, 232 Third St, Brooklyn, NY, 11215, United States
“Rooftop turns 21 this year. We’re legal, but not playing it safe. On opening night, we’re celebrating with our favorite stories from the moral grey zone: a mushroom of colorful balloons kills two before escaping to Canada, an unnatural presence enters a tickle fight, a subversive dance number takes down the patriarchy, and a Russian circus meltdown is played in reverse. Like they say in our story of a robbery gone not-quite-wrong, but more just ok, “‘precitate ya!” See you at the after party!”

EVENT DETAILS

8:00 PM
Doors Open

8:30 PM
Live Music

9:00 PM
Films Begin

10:30 PM
After party sponsored by Corona, Tanqueray and Fever Tree

No Refunds. In the event of rain this show will be rescheduled. Seating is first come first served. No outside alcohol permitted.

VENUE
THE OLD AMERICAN CAN FACTORY
232 Third St., Brooklyn, NY 11215

BALLOONFEST
Nathan Truesdell | USA | 6
Cleveland attempts to overcome its nickname, ‘The Mistake by the Lake’ by launching a bunch of balloons.

BLIND SEX
Sarah Santamaria-Mertens | France | 31
At the end of the summer holidays Louise a 20 years old blind girl is stuck with her mother and sister. Lost in a forest she reaches a nudist campsite where an unexpected encounter will shake up her habits.

BOSS BITCH
Winona Regan | U.S.A. | 2
A mom, a judge, and a firefighter each battle sexism in this animated music video created by Winona Regan. Each woman is a boss bitch in her own way, twerking and shooting lasers as they take on the patriarchy to a rap by PTAF.

FLOWERS
Nikyatu Jusu, Yvonne (Michelle) Shirley | USA | 19
Brooklyn teens Mya and Erin are thrust into a revenge scheme that threatens an irrevocable domino effect. The two girls navigate a Brooklyn summer they will never forget.

HI STRANGER
Kirsten Lepore | USA | 3
I made this film especially for you. I needed to check in with you. I needed to tell you how I feel.

LENINGRAD-KOLISHIK
Ilya Naishuller | Russia | 4
A circus of destruction, played in reverse.

THE ROBBERY
Jim Cummings, Dustin Hahn | USA | 10
Crystal robs a liquor store – it goes pretty ok.

THE TALE OF HILLBELLY
Daren Rabinovitch, Isaiah Saxon, Sean Hellfritsch | USA | 9
In high alpine pastures, a rural young man performs advanced yoga. He meets a fragile fox andcommunes with it. He journeys to high peaks and through deep meditation, attempts to reach further enlightenment. However, his own physical hunger prevents this and drives him deeperinto nature than he could have ever wished for.

TICKLE MONSTER
Remi Weekes | UK | 5
When Natalie learns that Elliott is ticklish, things get bad. And then they get worse.

MUSIC
INNOV GNAWA
Innov Gnawa is a young musical collective dedicated to exploring Morocco’s venerable gnawa music tradition in the heart of New York City. Formed in the summer of 2014 by Moroccan expat Samir LanGus, the group draws on the considerable talents and expertise of Hassan Ben Jaafer, a Maâlem, or master gnawa musician, originally from Fes, Morocco. Under the guidance of Ben Jaafer, Innov has delved deep into the roots and rituals of gnawa music, and made a big splash in NYC, playing some of the city’s most prestigious rooms including Lincoln Center, Music Hall of Williamsburg, Brooklyn Bowl and the storied backroom of Brooklyn’s Barbès. For the uninitiated, gnawa music is the ritual trance music of Morocco’s black communities, originally descended from slaves and soldiers once brought to Morocco from Northern Mali and Mauritania. Often called “The Moroccan Blues”, gnawa music has a raw, hypnotic power that’s fascinated outsiders as diverse as writer/composer Paul Bowles, jazz giant Randy Weston and rock god Jimi Hendrix. The music is utterly singular, played on an array of unique instruments — from the lute-like sintir that the Maâlem uses to call the tune, to the metal qarqaba (castinets) with which the kouyos (chorus) keep time and pound out clattering, hypnotic rhythms. Hailed by Brooklyn Magazine as one of the “”5 Bands You Need to Know in Brooklyn’s Arabic Music Scene””, Innov Gnawa make great use of this traditional repertoire, and add their own, contemporary spin with additional African and Latin percussion. Taken as a whole, this exciting new outfit works hard to fuse a centuries old North African tradition with the pulse and attitude of New York City.

Little Cinema No. 30 SECRET IMMERSIVE SCREENING
2017-05-03 - 2017-05-06 | Little Cinema, 2 Wyckoff Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11237, United States
“We love color, we love whimsy and we love venturing into a new world we’ve never ventured into – ANIMATION!
Little Cinema is celebrating it’s 30th Anniversary in an explosion of music, color, psychedelia, fun and ridiculousness.

And if you love us the way we love you, you’ll trust us with our new ticket class.

‘Little Secret’ – $20
(Price goes up once movie is announced)

GET TICKETS NOW
A 2nd show added Sat May 6!

Love,
Jay & Team Litte Cinema x”

Norwegian Animation Spotlight!
2017-04-23 21:00 - 2017-04-24 01:00 | M1-5 Lounge, 52 Walker Street, New York, NY, 10013, United States
ASIFA-East and the Norwegian Consulate General are proud to present a spotlight on Norwegian Animation!
This year Odd Is An Egg by Kristin Ulseth is being screened as part of the TriBeCa Film Festival, and is produced through Norway’s largest and most prominent animation studio, Qvisten Animation. It is just one of several international “Animated Shorts: Curated by Whoopi Goldberg,” a program that is being screened 3 times this month, starting Saturday 4/22/17. Odd Is An Egg joins Norway’s great animations, such as Angry Man (2010), The Danish Poet (2006), and One Day a Man Bought a House (1998).

Join us Sunday night at 9pm, April 23rd, for a sneak peak of Odd Is An Egg at M1-5 Bar & Lounge, and for the chance to meet the filmmakers from TriBeCa’s animated shorts program! Industry professionals, local animation artists, and more are invited, (including celebrities and Academy members!). Meet new friends and reconnect with old ones at our private open bar and kitchen, with plenty of space to chat, eat, or dance with our ASIFA DJ!
+1 guest for ASIFA members and VIP only, otherwise EventBrite for door list
Odd Is An Egg will reveal behind-the-scenes with posters and giveaways!
“Odd is An Egg” by Kristen Ulseth
M1-5 Bar is just a few minutes walk from the TriBeCa Film Festival’s Shorts Film Party at the Harley-Davidson Store, and is the perfect after-party! We can’t wait to see you there!
Facebook Event
This event is brought to you by the Royal Norwegian Consulate General New York, and ASIFA East.

Post Holiday Party
2017-01-05 19:00 - 22:00 | M 1-5 Bar, 52 Walker Street, New York, NY, United States
Tis’ the season to ENTER YOUR FILMS! But first, join us!
Thursday January 5th for the ASIFA East Post Holiday Party at
M1-5 bar 52 Walker Street New York, NY.
There will be great company, hot appetizers, and even a DJ! Feel free to RSVP on facebook. There will be appetizers and a cash bar. We are currently asking for a $5 suggested donation at the door for non-members.
Looking forward to seeing you there!
ASIFA East Award entries will be opening next week. Stay tuned to your inbox as we’ll be taking submissions from January 3rd-February 15th 2017
