You’re invited to ASIFA-East’s 52nd Annual Animation Awards Ceremony! Join our animation celebration on Thursday, June 2nd at 7:00pm EST. This year, our show will be held at the wonderful Museum of Moving Image, in Queens, New York! Awards will be presented, bashful thank you’s recorded, winning films screened, and a lively reception at 9:00…
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ASIFA-East Fest #52 – Virtual Jury Screenings Hello! Welcome to another edition of the ASIFA East Animation Film Festival. It is our 52nd festival, and we are keeping it virtual! We bring you 3 nights of animated short films, ready for viewing and voting! FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Please file into our delightful Vimeo…
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Festival Submissions Closed! The 52nd ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival! Awards will be given out across a variety of categories from Student, Experimental, Commissioned, Music Video and Independent entries, as well as crafts of excellence in writing, design, and animation. All films are due by the final deadline of February 14, 2022. We are now waiving all…
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Friends, passionate and accomplished film historian and friend, Giannalberto Bendazzi, just left us, last night, at age 75. Matchless in his command of world animation history, it seems impossible to overstate Professor Bendazzi’s importance, influence, or reach. Had he accomplished nothing but his excellent (and inauspiciously titled) 1994 animation history Cartoons, we would celebrate him. But, remarkably,…
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Celebrate Pride month with “Queer Animation 4: From A to Z”! A sunset film screening of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender People, Queers, Asexuals, Intersex, Questioning, even Demisexuals… they all make animations too! Read more about how the show came to be here. Now available to stream online, FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY! ASIFA-East Queer Animation…
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Congratulations to all the winners of the 51st ASIFA-East Animation Awards! This year we had an exciting new virtual festival, and it was quite a flashback to 2019 to see some of these films. Awards were presented for best in independent animation, commissioned work, experimental and student films, as well as the special craft categories…
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You’re invited to ASIFA East’s 51st Animation Awards Ceremony! Join us for our animation celebration on Sunday, May 23rd at 6:00pm EST. Please RSVP here for free tickets! This year our show will be held virtually, although we can’t wait to see you all again in person real soon! Awards will be presented for best…
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Coming March 15th, The Best of Ottawa touring program showcases audience favourites and award winners from the 2020 Ottawa International Animation Festival competition. Brought to you by ASIFA-East in partnership with the OIAF, please check your membership email newsletter for exclusive discount codes on tickets! ● Screening dates: March 15 – 26, 2021 ● Rental…
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The 51st Annual ASIFA-East Jury Screenings! And we’re back! Cut to: another edition of the ASIFA East Animation Film Festival. It is our 51st festival, and boy is it a doozie. We bring you 5 nights of animated short films, ready for viewing and voting! But the strange year of 2020 is over, so we…
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“Spiritus Mundi: Animation the World” Premiere! A film made collaboratively by animators around the world to celebrate the 60th anniversary of The Association Internationale du Film d’Animation (ASIFA) Screening Date: October 28th, 2020 Correction Time: 9:00 AM EDT Location: IADASIFA.net Each year on October 28th, ASIFA celebrates the birth of animation recognized as the first public…
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