Article written by Dayna Gonzalez. This past Friday night, ASIFA-East was treated to a very special and entertaining evening with The Singing CPA, Steven Zelin. I cannot believe that we spent 3 hours talking about taxes and the evening just flew by! Animators and artists came armed with questions regarding every possible scenario we encounter…
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Article written by Dayna Gonzalez. Acclaimed Russian animator, Yuri Norstein stopped by the SVA theatre last night, to show his films and have a Q & A with the audience. The animation community here heavily anticipated the evening, and the house was packed. It had been 10 years since Yuri’s last visit. Many well-known NY…
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Steven Zelin is the Singing CPA. He writes and performs funny songs about taxes and accounting, and he’s been a certified public accountant for over 10 years. He started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers and currently is the principal of a practice specializing in providing high quality tax and accounting services to individuals, small businesses and…
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A Worldwide Showcase of International Short Films, Videos, and Digital Works Curated by Microcinema International and Bill Plympton Presented by Panasonic Broadcast Independent Exposure 2010 is the 14th annual showcase for contemporary, progressive, artistic, and culturally relevant short films and videos by some of the most compelling artists and filmmakers from around the globe. Independent…
DetailsIn December, ASIFA International announced the results of our tri-annual elections for President, General Secretary, and Treasurer. Succeeding Sayoko Kinoshita (ASIFA-Japan) as President is Nelson Shin (ASIFA-Korea); Vesna Dovnikovic (ASIFA-Croatia) was re-elected Secretary General; and Anastasia Dimitra (ASIFA-Greece) was elected to succeed outgoing Treasurer Thomas Renoldner (ASIFA-Austria).President of ASIFA-Korea, Nelson Shin is an internationally known…
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We were treated to a Secret of Kells screening a few weeks back. The film, now nominated for best animated film of the year (which I think it deserves) was directed by Tomm Moore. Friends of ASIFA-East, Spoiler Alert Radio, interviewed him recently and you can listen to it here.
DetailsMembers Fran Krause and Will Krause and Chris Siemasko (and others) did some work on this fun spot for Pioneer. (The feller with the full beard looks like Dan Meth).
Hearty congrats to Irra Verbitsky whose film “The Portrait” was recently given the Directors Choice Award at the Black Mariah Film Festival.
John Dilworth tells us of this screening that includes is his new short “Rinky Dink”. Films Announced for the 3rd Annual Love Actually: Short Films about Love, Sex & Romance NEW YORK – SCENEPR has announced the films that will be screened at their third annual Love Actually: Short Films about Love, Sex & Romance,…
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ORDER YOUR VERY OWN ASIFA-EAST (full color) 12 MONTH WALL CALENDER NOW! With original artwork by a who’s-who of NYC animation legends, this calender will delight and inspire you to have a very animated 2010! Featuring artwork from: Bill Plympton, John Dilworth, Michael Sporn, Mo Willems, Kristy Caracas, Candy Kugel, George Griffin, Emily Hubley, Debra…
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