The 45th ASIFA-East Animation Awards!

The 45th Annual ASIFA-East Animation Awards Ceremony was held last night, May 18th, in NYC.   BEST IN SHOW PEGBAR (PEGGY) AWARD: Arthur Metcalf “In the Beginning”   INDEPENDENT FILMS: 1st prize: Eye in Tuna Care John Walter Lustig 2nd prize: Monkey Rag Joanna Davidovich 3rd prize: My Kingdom Debra Solomon CRAFT AWARDS: Excellence in Writing: A Life with Asperger’s Jaime Ekkens Excellence in…

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Twillerama

On the last day of April, Brooklyn had a desperate last minute shower, getting ready for whatever hipster flowers might bloom in May.  Left-turning SUVs scattered light over sheets of water and uneven asphalt in front of Legion bar, the last outpost before the edge of ‘East Williamsburg.’  Obscured by rain and norm-core style, the bar was…

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JOHN HUBLEY: Two Centennial Tributes

Don’t miss John Hubley: Two Centennial Tributes at the Film Forum coming up later this month! From the Film Forum website: Tuesday, May 20 & Tuesday, May 27 An up-and-coming art director at Disney, where he worked on Snow White, Bambi, and Fantasia, John Hubley (1914-1977) left the studio following a bitter animator’s strike. In…

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LAIKA Enchanted

On March 29th, at the Scholastic Theatre in SoHo, NY, Mark Shapiro (director of entertainment brand marketing for LAIKA) gave a special presentation of the movie Coraline. It was “LAIKA: Behind the Magic,” part of the New York International Children’s Film Festival. The movie Coraline is a 24 FPS stop-motion animated feature, based on a…

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45th Annual ASIFA-East Animation Festival Awards Ceremony

You are cordially invited to The 45th Annual ASIFA-East Animation Festival Awards Ceremony! Awards will be presented, bashful thank-you’s recorded, winning films screened, and a lively reception will follow. Sunday, May 18th, 2014 6:00pm – 11:00pm Tishman Auditorium at The New School 63 5th Avenue, NYC (NE corner of 13th Street & 5th Ave) Reception…

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