Animation Torrent: Call for entries!

Hey everyone!  A brand new festival is launching and they want your entries! The inaugural Animation Torrent invades Park Ridge, IL at the historic Pickwick Theatre on April 17, 2014 for one night only; featuring two programs of fresh and alternative, independent animated shorts. The first program will cater to a more general audience, with content…

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“Only Love” by Lev Polyakov

(Warning NSFW: Images of violence, gore, nudity, and improper use of paint brushes.) The Viewseum finally makes a return after a(-n unintentionally) long break! Lots of personal, professional, and assorted other issues aside, the Viewseum is up again to ring in the next season of ASIFA-East! This season opens up with animator Lev Polyakov’s opus,…

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MetroCAF 2013

Splitting categories in computer animation is becoming a fool’s errand these days.  But you have to define genres somehow, and printed programs with thumbnails can set off the right neurons.  I’ve been cleaning out a lot of closets, and when you collect tickets and promo postcards, it can seem easy to quantify.  After I saw…

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Am I Truly the Last?

[Editor’s note: This movie-review was written by my friend Ivey Ao, a cool animator from Jackson Heights.] The Last Unicorn (1982) was shown for the first time in a gorgeous new 2K Digital Cinema Print, looking absolutely stunning on the big screen. Peter S. Beagle, the writer and creator of The Last Unicorn novel, was…

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Job Posting: Chair of Animation

SCAD has the following position available. Title: Chair of Animation Location: Savannah Posting Number: F00062 SCAD has been named among the world’s top animation schools and among the “Ivy League of Animation” by 3D World magazine. Join the team that makes this happen as the chair of the animation department at SCAD Savannah. Requirements: –…

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