From our friends at the Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival: PRESS RELEASE For Immediate Distribution 2015 Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival – Call for Entries Now Open! New this year: Pixilation Montreal – March 18, 2015 – The Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival is proud to announce its return for its 7th edition, which will…
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One year ago, the New York animation community lost a monumental figure. Animator and director Michael Sporn made short films and TV specials, ran a prominent animation studio for over 30 years, and wrote a blog that enlightened newer generations of animators. His films are noted for using illustrative animation to bring to life not…
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Thanks to all who entered the 46th Annual ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival!! This year, we upgraded to accepting digital entries and the response was outstanding! Thanks to your enthusiasm, we’ve had a record amount of entries, totaling out to 5 nights worth of jury screening time! All entrants should have received an email confirming their…
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“I hate myself.” ~ Anna Sasaki On Friday, Feb. 27th, the Director’s Guild of America New York Theatre threw open its doors and welcomed the start of the New York International Children’s film festival. Opening night included the east coast premiere of Shaun the Sheep The Movie and the North American premiere of When Marnie Was There.…
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2015 ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival Entries are now closed. Thanks to all who entered the 46th Annual ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival!! Judging begins March 17, 2015! All current ASIFA-East members are eligible and strongly encouraged to participate in our juror screenings. Now is the time to become a member and participate in selecting our 2015…
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Michael Sporn was one of the giants of the New York animation community. From 1980 until his untimely death last year, Michael Sporn’s studio produced many acclaimed television specials, most of them animated entirely here in New York. To commemorate the first anniversary of his passing, The School Of Visual Arts Film and Animation Department…
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On February 3rd, 2015, ASIFA-East welcomed back Steven Zelin, The Singing CPA, for a rousing workshop centered around taxes for artists and freelancers. We hold this workshop every year and there’s always a variety of questions to be asked. Attendees come from all backgrounds, but mostly the arts and enjoy singing along to Steven’s funny…
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It was a cold winter evening on Thursday, February 5, 2015 as animators descended upon The Museum of the Moving Image to hear Glen Keane speak. He was in town to do a presentation on The Duet of Animation and Technology. He told us much about what it was like growing up, the middle of…
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As the event’s title suggests, Matt Groening (The Simpsons, Futurama, Life in Hell) and Lynda Barry (Ernie Pook’s Comeek, The Good Times Are Killing Me, What It Is) took the stage of the historic BAM Howard Gilman Opera House on Thursday night to tell stories of creative inspiration, artistic struggle, and their decades-long friendship with…
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2015 ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival ASIFA-East is currently accepting entries for the 2015 ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival until February 27th, 2015. Awards will be given out across a variety of categories and craft from Student, Commissioned, and Independent entries to excellence in writing, design, and animation. Please visit https://asifaeast.com/festival/ to learn more about submission requirements…
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