Oscar Animation Nominations 2010

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”…

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Animation Therapy

Are 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…

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The Secret of Kells Review

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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An Evening with John R. Dilworth

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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