Artificial Intelligence and Animation
2025-10-11 11:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Hudson Park Library, 66 Leroy St., New York, 10014, United States
A panel discussion with industry artists on the pros and cons of AI, its current and possible future effects on animation, animation studios and independent artists.

Featuring animator Nate Ziller, motion designer Daniel Garcia, media analyst Audrey Schomer, educator and artist Mattia Casalegno and animator Aaron Augenblick.

NYC Animation Weekend
2025-10-25 11:30 - 18:30 | Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse, The Bronx, NY
NYC Animation Weekend (#NYCAnimWknd) is ASIFA-East’s event to celebrate International Animation Day.
It’s a time to get together to watch both local and international animations, listen to speakers and meet and talk to other artists.
This year we’ll be screening our festival winners, WIA NYC’s festival winners and a selection of films from other ASIFA chapters.
We’ll also here talks from Josue Advincola about how to create a web series and Robby Gilbert, the author of the essential NYC animation history book “New York Animation 1966-1999. A City in Motion.”
Doors open at 11:30am
Hostos Community College
C Building
450 Grand Concourse

12 pm
ASIFA-East Festival Winners
A screening of the best from our fest

2:00pm
Robby Gilbert Book Discussion
Robby will discuss his book “New York Animation 1966-1999, A City in Motion”.
Q&A will follow

2:30pm
WIA NYC Festival Winners
The best of Women in Animation’s New York Chapter’s film festival

3:00pm
Break
Food and Drinks

4:00pm
Creating a Web Series
Josué Advincola will discuss his process on creating his web series “Work Buddies”.
Q&A will follow

4:30pm
ASIFA International
Animations from around the world

ASIFA-East Book Event
2026-02-01 14:00 - 17:00 | Jefferson Market Library, 425 6th Ave, New York, NY
Meet Robby Gilbert, author of New York Animation 1966-1999, A City in Motion and Neil O’Brien, author of After Disney for a discussion and Q&A about their books that document important, transitional and yet overlooked times in animation.
Reserve your tickets here

Moderated by Professor of Art and Animation Jake S. Friedman, author of The Disney Revolt.

Student Films I
2026-03-03 19:00 - 21:00 | NY
Join us for a virtual livestream of our many student film submissions. Since we got so many wonderful films in this category this year, we need your help to pick which ones will be shown in person at the end of the month. These livestreams will be available to vote on for a few weeks after they debut, so if you want to see every student work submitted to our fest, please check them out!

Student Films II
2026-03-05 19:00 - 21:00 | NY

Student Films III
2026-03-06 19:00 - 21:00 | NY

Independent Films I
2026-03-12 18:00 - 20:00 | 136 W 21st St, New York, NY, United States
The first night of our Independent works, shown in the theater for your viewing pleasure. Independent Animation has always been at the heart of ASIFA-East. We hope our members will join us to vote on their favorite films, but you don’t have to be a member to come and enjoy the show!

Independent Films II
2026-03-16 18:00 - 20:00 | 136 W 21st St, New York, NY, United States
The second night of our Independent works, shown in the theater for your viewing pleasure. Independent Animation has always been at the heart of ASIFA-East. We hope our members will join us to vote on their favorite films, but you don’t have to be a member to come and enjoy the show!

Experimental, Commissioned, and Music Video
2026-03-26 18:00 - 20:00 | 136 W 21st St, New York, NY, United States
This screening at SVA is comprised of all of our experimental and non-narrative films, as well as those films that were commissioned for a purpose such as advertising or to accompany a piece of music. We look forward to seeing you there!

Student Films (Select)
2026-03-30 18:00 - 20:00 | 136 W 21st St, New York, NY, United States
Join us at SVA to see a select program of the many student works on the big screen! These are the currently highest ranked films based on your voting, so come either to watch your favorites, or to vote on this select program to narrow down our winners for the final award. We hope to see you there!
