Today, the short lists for the Oscars was revealed today. Here’s the animation stuff. In the feature category: “Coraline” Henry Selick “Fantastic Mr. Fox” Wes Anderson “The Princess and the Frog” John Musker and Ron Clements “The Secret of Kells” Tomm Moore “Up” Pete Docter Shorts: “French Roast” Fabrice O. Joubert “Granny O’Grimm’s Sleeping Beauty”…
DetailsASIFA-East is very excited to announce the debut of the aNYmator online! Moving from print to online, the aNYmator will feature a full team of bloggers reporting on the animation industry. Come February 1st, we are expanding to cover much more than the usual events reportage seen on the Exposure Sheet –– everything from film…
DetailsIn the last year many of us have produced spots for The Electric Company. Here’s one from the Rauch Brothers. Let me know if you find anymore online.
DetailsAre you working on a personal film project and feel like you need to share your progress on a regular basis with others to keep focused and motivated? This group might be just for you! Looking to meet on a weekly basis. Simple premise: Show what you’ve done last week. Talk about what you will…
DetailsIn this Sunday’s Daily News, Jacob Osterhout spoke of the “Avatar blues,” whose symptoms seemed to be the vague depression avid fans of the film felt when the movie ended. I wondered if the article was a serious examination of the effect the movie has on the popular culture or another example of the efficient…
DetailsArticle written by Elliot Cowan. Animation, animation, animation. We live and breath it every day, but the majority of us are, for the most part, active in only a small part of this vast medium. There’s a big wide world of animation out there and ASIFA-East invited some of that world to come and chat.…
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Article by Katie Cropper. Pardon this review if you’ve already read the thoroughly well written review by Charles Kenny, I’ll try to take another perspective on this one. On Wednesday night, The Children’s International Film Festival hosted a screening night at the Soho House in Hell’s Kitchen. The screening room was small and I happened…
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January 19th, Tuesday 7pm ASIFA-East presents – A Spotlight on CGI & FX Studios Join representatives from NYC’s leading CGI and FX Houses in a panel discussion about current work trends and what they look for in forming partnerships with artists and producers like you. Admission: Free! SVA School Of Visual Arts 209 East 23rd…
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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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Article by Emmett Goodman. This wasn’t a typical ASIFA-East event. The only thing that made this seem like an ASIFA-East event was it took place in the SVA amphitheatre. This was more theatrical. More unpredictable. This was somewhere inside the mind of animator/director John R. Dilworth. Here, the ideas of silliness and anarchy couldn’t have…
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