A Letter to Father (2010), a short film by Christine Chong, is about a young man writing a letter to his late father. In the letter, he describes to his father the adventures he is having on a fantastical journey, and reflects sadness at his father not being able to share the journey. Although the…
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Article by Tristian Goik. “Tales of the Night” is Michel Ocelot’s latest fairy tale adventure in blazing color and his first voyage into the stereoscopic dimension. A series of short stories, perhaps perfect for the educated child with a short attention span, the film is a panoply of world heritage. We are introduced to an…
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The New York Comic-Con is a major event for New York’s pop culture. Although it caters first and foremost to Comic Book fans and artists, it makes room for related pop culture criteria, including film and animation. This was my longest trip to the NYCC thus far, primarily because I wanted to catch a few…
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We meet with some new faces (and forces) in Animation. Interview by Richard Gorey. Animation is changing: this isn’t news to those in the business, but ASIFA East is changing, too. You’ve noticed we’re online now, and that we communicate via our blogs and websites. The ways in which people receive information—about jobs, the industry,…
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October 28th, Friday 7pm Come celebrate International Animation Day with a special screening of shorts selected by ASIFA International! SVA School Of Visual Arts 209 East 23rd Street, Rm. 502 (Bet. 2nd & 3rd Ave) NYC www.schoolofvisualarts.edu Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105757766202268
DetailsGlobal Health Media Project sends our community this job posting: Global Health Media Project seeking illustrators/animators to create content for integration into short videos on newborn care practices for developing world health workers. Specifically, we are looking for an illustrator/animator with a realistic style that captures in simple 2D line drawings the people and ambiance…
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http://vimeo.com/19078026 This week’s Viewseum exhibit is one of Robert Lyons’s many timelapse films. This particular film explores the difference between a quiet country life and the energy of a fast-paced city. Timelapse is one of the most unique tricks you can pull off with a film camera. You can capture things that a human eye…
DetailsThis is the first in a series of articles on freelancer issues. I hope that by focusing on the life of a freelancer and the everyday challenges that entails, it will foster discussion and feedback that may in turn help all of us. — Dayna Gonzalez In 1998, I graduated from college and timidly took…
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Friends, I don’t need to tell you that our country stands at a crossroads. The two paths before us lead in opposite directions, neither one easier than the other. The first, a road paved with greed and hate, is well trodden. Those traveling this path care not for those less fortunate. They see none but…
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Article by Tristian Goik. I still find it difficult to wrap my head around a world where you might be lucky to have one opportunity a year to see multiple animated films. This is what Linda Simensky (V.P. of Children’s Programming at PBS) described at the Karen Aqua retrospective and Q&A, held by ASIFA-East on…
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