Judging Night @ SVA 3rd Floor Amphitheater Student Night 1
2019-03-12 18:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York) | SVA Rm 502, 209 E. 23rd, new york, ny, United States

Judging Night @ SVA 3rd Floor Amphitheater Student Night 2
2019-03-14 18:30 - 22:00 | NY

Judging Night @ SVA 3rd Floor Amphitheater Independent Night
2019-03-19 18:30 - 22:00 | SVA Rm 502, 209 E. 23rd, new york, ny, United States

Judging Night @ SVA 3rd Floor Amphitheater Commissioned & Experimental
2019-03-21 19:00 - 21:30 | NY

WIA NYC - 4/30 A Guide to Freelancing in NYC @SVA
2019-04-30 19:00 - 21:00 | SVA 3rd floor Amphitheater, 209 E. 23rd, new york, ny, United States
Join us for an exciting talk about the ins and outs of freelancing in NYC!
Whether you are about to enter the animation industry or you’re already working, we welcome all creative minds in all levels to join us for this informative presentation. From the basics like how to reach out to studios and effectively present your work, to insightful tips from a panel of established industry professionals on how they got to where they are now. Be sure to stick around until the end for a Q&A with creative directors and producers from local NYC studios!
Hope to see you there!

Figure Drawing at Titmouse with ASIFA East
2019-05-02 19:30 - 22:00, 2019-05-16 19:30 - 21:30, 2019-05-30 19:30 - 21:30, 2019-06-13 19:30 - 21:30, 2019-06-27 19:30 - 21:30 | NY
RSVP HERE FOR THIS SESSION
Join us for figure drawing graciously hosted by Titmouse in partnership with ASIFA East!
Free and open to ASIFA East members and Titmouse employees. RSVP is required and seating is limited. Be considerate to others and do not RSVP if you do not intend to attend. Names will be cross-checked against the membership database so be sure your membership is up to date! Join or renew here.
BE ADVISED:
If you RSVP as an ASIFA member but are not registered at the start of drawing that evening we’ll be asking for $10 cash that goes towards model fees

The 50th Annual ASIFA East Awards
2019-05-05 18:00 - 22:30 | Tishman Auditorium, University Center, 63 5th Ave (at 13th street), New York, NY, 10003, United States
EVENTBRITE RSVP HERE

Stop working and come to the
***50th*** Annual ASIFA East Animation Awards Ceremony!

ASIFA is French for the Association Internationale du Film d’Animation.
We are the New York chapter, promoting all things animation, and our annual festival.
Awards will be presented, bashful thank you’s recorded, winning films screened, and a lively reception will follow.
Admission, Free and Open to All!
The program is organized by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA) in collaboration with Parsons School of Design at The New School.

After Party at FiddleSticks Pub & Grill, 56 Greenwich Ave!Debuting in 1969, the ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival is one of the longest running festivals of its kind. The entries are judged by ASIFA East members in an open screening for each category.
Visit asifaeast.com for more information.

Sunday May 5th, 2019
John L. Tishman Auditorium, University Center
63 5th Avenue (and 13th St) NYC

School of Visual Arts BFA Film and BFA Animation Thesis Screenings
2019-05-10 17:00 - 21:30 | SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
Start time subject to change.

PRATT SHOWS: DIGITAL ARTS BEST OF DDA ANIMATION SCREENING – MAY 13
2019-05-13 19:30 - 22:00 | Alamo Draft House, 445 Albee Square West #4, Brooklyn, 11201
The Best of DDA Animation Screening is a film festival featuring juried senior projects and thesis animation work by students in Pratt Institute’s Department of Digital Arts. In this culminating screening, each student will present a body of work created during their senior year. RSVP required. For more information, contact Victoria Smolinsky at vsmolins@pratt.edu or 718.636.3411.

*Artwork- Amy Ku “Meltdown”

Figure Drawing at Titmouse with ASIFA East
2019-07-11 19:30 - 21:30, 2019-07-25 19:30 - 21:30, 2019-08-08 19:30 - 21:30, 2019-08-22 19:30 - 21:30, 2019-09-05 19:30 - 21:30, 2019-09-19 19:30 - 21:30, 2019-10-10 19:30 - 21:30, 2019-10-24 19:30 - 21:30 | Titmouse, 150 West 30 Street, New York, NY, 10001, United States

The Dark Crystal at MOMI
2019-08-14 - 2019-08-18 | NY
Various screenings

Courtesy of The Jim Henson Company
SERIES
The Dark Crystal
August 14–18

On a remote planet in the distant past, a Gelfling embarks on a quest to find the missing shard of a magical crystal, to restore order to his world. Using a mix of puppetry, animatronics, modern special effects, and more, The Dark Crystal creates a sense of visual astonishment rarely equaled in fantasy filmmaking. Recommended for ages 8+
Before or after the screening, visit The Jim Henson Exhibition to see behind-the-scenes material from the film.
[this event is not hosted by ASIFA East]

Spirited Away at MOMI
2019-08-22 08:00 - 2019-08-25 17:00 | NY
© 2001 Studio Ghibli – NDDTM / courtesy of GKids
SCREENING
Spirited Away
Part of Summer Matinees: Fantastic Worlds & Spirited Away
Wednesday, August 21, 12:00 p.m.
Museum of the Moving Image – Redstone Theater

Dirs. Hayao Miyazaki, Kirk Wise (English-language version). 2001, 125 mins. DCP. Winner of the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, Hayao Miyazaki’s wondrous fantasy adventure is a dazzling masterpiece from one of the most celebrated filmmakers in the history of animation. Chihiro’s family is moving to a new house, but when they stop on the way to explore an abandoned village, her parents undergo a mysterious transformation and Chihiro is whisked into a world of fantastic spirits ruled over by the sorceress Yubaba. Overflowing with imaginative creatures and thrilling storytelling, Spirited Away became a worldwide smash hit, and is one of the most critically acclaimed films of all time. Recommended for ages 9+
Most screenings of Spirited Away will be presented in the English-dubbed version, except for the show on Sunday, August 25, which will be in Japanese with English subtitles.
Tickets: $15 ($11 seniors and students / $9 youth (ages 3–17) / free for children under 3 and Museum members at the Film Lover and Kids Premium levels and above). Order tickets online.(Members may contact members@movingimage.us with questions regarding online reservations.)
Ticket purchase includes same-day admission to the Museum (see gallery hours). View the Museum’s ticketing policy here. For more information on membership and to join online, visit our membership page.
[THIS EVENT IT NOT HOSTED BY ASIFA EAST]

Paprika! at IFC center
2019-09-06 | IFC Center, 323 6th avenue, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Friday, September 6 – Saturday, September 7, 2019
SHOWTIMES
35mm Print!

“In the 11 years since its release, PAPRIKA, from Perfect Blue director Satoshi Kon, has garnered cult status as an ambitious sci-fi oddity. Not just that, but it’s a mind-blowing swan song for the talented director who died in 2010.

“The film takes place in a relatively near-future Japan where a revolutionary experimental device called the DC Mini allows users to interact with their dreams and the dreams of others. As a troubled detective receives illegal in-dream therapy from a mysterious figure known as Paprika, the DC Mini’s untapped power threatens to envelope the entire world in a living lucid dream where reality and fantasy become indistinguishable.

“Even though its Day-Glo surrealism continually inspires child-like wonder, PAPRIKA isn’t for the faint of heart. Its total dedication to the anti-structure of dreams is disorientating to say the least. As an experience it really knows how to exploit dream logic, leap-frogging boundaries with dizzying rapidity. There’s a really great darker edge which creeps in as the film’s multiple fantasies start cascading into each other. Abandoned alley ways illustrate the dark side of the subconscious whilst people’s self-image effects their dream-appearance in confusing and disturbing ways. Time and time again the animation itself offers fresh sumptuous imagery perhaps less easily achieved in live action.

“As a dream thriller about corporate sabotage, thievery, mistaken-identity, and idea construction it’s hard not to notice an influence on Christopher Nolan’s Inception. Whilst that film has its charms and thrills PAPRIKA blows it out the park in approach to the fertile grounds of dreams and film theory.” – Starburst Magazine (2017)
Screening as a Staff Pick as part of our Summer 2019 series, “Waverly Midnights: Late-Night Favorites.”

Country Japan
Year 2006
Director Satoshi Kon

SVA After School Special 2019
2019-09-18 - 2019-09-22 | SVA Theatre, 333 West 23rd Street, New York, NY, 10011, United States
School of Visual Arts is pleased to announce the full line-up for After School Special 2019: SVA’s Alumni Film & Animation Festival. From family films and blockbuster hits to documentaries and special virtual reality exhibits, this year’s Festival will feature the work of some of the top film, animation, and visual effects artists to graduate from SVA. Join SVA for five days of free screenings and Q&As!
Join us in the lobby before and after every screening for virtual reality, music video, and video art experiences! All events take place at the SVA Theater, and are free and open to the public. We hope to see you at one of these great screenings!

AKIRA at IFC center
2019-09-20 | IFC Center, 323 6th avenue, New York, NY, 10014, United States
Friday, September 20 – Saturday, September 21, 2019
SHOWTIMES
“The modern anime masterpiece that was instrumental in bringing Western audiences attention to the exciting world of anime, Akira is still a marvel of imagination and art. Backed by a then-record budget of US$10 million, Akira was the most expensive feature-length anime ever created. Its cutting-edge artwork rivaled anything yet produced by Disney or any other major Western creators of popular animation and its sophisticated story-line – replete with multidimensional characters and scenes of graphic violence – appealed to both adult and teenage audiences worldwide.
“Envisioning a future where the streets of post-apocalyptic Neo-Tokyo are ruled by biker gangs and the upper echelons of society is ridden with intrigue, the movie concerns the exploits of Shotaro Kaneda (Mitsuo Iwata) and Tetsuo Shima (Nozomu Sasaki), two members of a teenage biker gang engaged in a brutal turf war with a rival group of thugs called the Clowns. While running for his life with two Clowns in close pursuit, Tetsuo encounters the mysterious Takashi (Tatsuhiko Nakamura), a young boy recently rescued from a government research facility by a terrorist group known as the Resistance.

“The movie consists of 2,212 shots and 160,000 single pictures, almost three times more than usual, using 327 different colours (another record in animated movies), fifty of which were exclusively created for the film. The reason for this statistic is that most of the movie takes place at night, a setting that is traditionally avoided by animators because of the increased colour requirements. This was also one of the first Japanese anime films to have the character’s voices recorded before they were animated. While this is the typical practice in Western animation, in Japan the animation is generally produced first. Furthermore, the music for the film was completed before any of the composers saw a frame of film or read the script so, of course, the music had to be re-edited to fit certain scenes.” – Horror News (2013)
Screening as part of our Summer 2019 series, “Waverly Midnights: Staff Picks.”

Country Japan
Year 1988
Running Time 124 minutes
Director Katsuhiro Otomo
Writer Katsuhiro Otomo (manga & screenplay), Izo Hashimoto (screenplay)
Editor Takeshi Seyama
Cinematographer Katsuji Misawa

Ottawa International Animation Festival
2019-09-25 - 2019-09-29 | Ottawa, Ontario CANADA, Canada
Every September, the Ottawa International Animation Festival presents the world’s most cutting-edge, quirky and important animation — and transforms Ottawa into the centre of the animation universe.
For more information see animationfestival.ca

International Animation Day Screening
2019-10-29 19:00 - 21:00 | SVA 3rd floor Amphitheater, 209 E. 23rd, new york, ny, United States
ASIFA East will be celebrating on Tuesday with a special screening of short films from Latin America, programmed by Robert Lyons, collaborating with Diego Akel and Lina X Aguirre. Free and open to the public!

ASIFA created the International Animation Day (IAD) in 2002, honoring the birth of animation, recognized as the first public performance of projected moving images: Emile Reynaud’s Theatre Optique in Paris, on the 28th October 1892. ASIFA coordinates and helps promote IAD celebrations all over the world, putting the art of animation in the limelight in a global worldwide celebration of animation. In recent years, this unique event has been commemorated in more than 50 countries, on every continent of the world.

The Original Art: Celebrating the Fine Art of Children's Book Illustration at the Society of Illustrators
2019-11-14 18:00 | Society of Illustrators, 128 E 63rd St, New York, NY, 10065, United States
Opening Reception

The Original Art 2019 Opening Reception

November 14, 2019 |
6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

BUY TICKETS

The Society of Illustrators presents
The Original Art: Celebrating the Fine Art of Children’s Book Illustration
Opening Reception and Awards Presentation
6:00pm Reception
7:00pm Awards Ceremony
Society of Illustrators
128 East 63rd Street
between Lexington and Park Avenue
RSVP by October 31st
RSVP@societyillustrators.org or call 212-838-2560
TICKETS
Members $25 | Non-Members $30
2 complimentary tickets will be held at the door for each illustrator with work on exhibit (one for artist and one for guest).
1 complimentary ticket will be held at the door for each art director and editor with a book on display.
All guests receive a complimentary Original Art catalog.
Please join us for a special after-party buffet following the ceremony. Seating is limited. Reservations required. Large parties can be accommodated. Food prepared by The 128 Bar & Bistro. Learn more…

[THIS EVENT IT NOT HOSTED BY ASIFA EAST]

Animation Outlaws
2019-11-19 19:00 - 22:00 | School of Visual Arts Rm 502, 209 East 23rd St, New York, NY, 10010, United States
“Animation Outlaws” tells the story of the festival that changed animation as we know it. With interviews from your favorite animators behind Beavis and Butthead, Wallace and Gromit, Happy Tree Friends , and many more, we hear how Spike and Mike, two hippies, cultivated a one-of-a-kind festival that launched the careers of today’s animation legends. “Animation Outlaws” is a beautifully crafted documentary that shows stunning animation, while reminding us that no matter how weird we might be, there is always a place we belong. —Woodstock Film Festival
209 E23rd St – School of Visual Arts
3rd Floor Amphitheatre, doors at 7pm.
http://www.animationoutlaws.com/
