The Festival of Colors is week long film and arts festival in Art Cafe + Bar. Daily screenings, workshops, parties, and performances all to bring together this budding artist hub. ASIFA-East members receive $10 tickets to screenings. Saturday’s screenings include animation by ASIFA-East members, so get out to Art Cafe and Bar and show your…
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This just in from our friend Gary Lieb! Just wanted the ASIFAEAST community to know that “my” film American Ultra (2015) opens tomorrow everywhere. I spent the first 6 months of 2015 hand drawing 3 minutes of animation for this action/gore/comedy/romance/spy thriller. At the end of the film it busts into a cartoon/end title sequence…
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Once again, SVA is holding their annual After School Special 2015: SVA’s Alumni Film & Animation Festival! ASIFA-East is honored to be part of the amazing organizations that are promotional partners of this event. There are a number of wonderful animation screenings and Q&As being held, so make sure you save the dates and don’t…
DetailsDon’t forget: ASIFA members receive a special discount on tickets to the Ottawa International Animation Festival! See you at the fest!! About OIAF 2015 From September 16-20, downtown Ottawa is the stage where you can enjoy the world’s most cutting-edge, thoughtful, funny and provocative animation films while mingling with many of animation’s most celebrated stars,…
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2ND ANNUAL CRAZY 8 CARTOON FESTIVAL Saturday Oct. 17th 2015 Arts and Craft Bar 2:30pm – 4pm 35 West 8th Street, NYC http://www.crazy8cartoonfestival.com/ SUBMISSION DEADLINE: Sept. 9th 2015. No fees! Arts & Crafts Bar, with Crazy Animated Happy Hour CRAZY 8 is a block party happening in the East Village New York City, in association with Village Alliance. ASIFA-East…
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By Jake Friedman John Culhane had a way of teaching History of Animation that made animation the least important part of his class. He showed us clips of the Berlin Wall coming down as a general blew a war whistle to herald an age of peace. He showed classic movie clips about soldiers reuniting with…
DetailsFrom ASIFA-East member Signe Baumane: Animation Meets Mental Health on VHX Finally, a film where Art, Humor and Animation meets Mental Health is available on VHX, Vimeo On Demand and iTunes! “With ‘Rocks In My Pockets,’ Signe Baumane presents a sharp, surprising and funny animated feature, plumbing the depths of depression via her family history.…
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From our friends at Northwest Animation Festival: The Northwest Animation Festival is now accepting submissions for 2016. Entry is FREE if you get your film in by Sept 1. Complete the online entry form in under five minutes. Send your film using Vimeo, Dropbox, or whatever service you like best. Submit here: www.nwanimationfest.com/2016-entry-form NW Animation…
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Tess Barker: That’s a popular thing with booze, you just gotta do a one to one ratio… Welcome to the secret to your life. Barbara Gray: What do you mean one to one? Brandie Posey: With water. Tess: For every cup of coffee, you drink a cup of water, for every alcoholic drink, you have a cup…
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