Article written by Linda Beck. Thursday, March 12th marked the date of both our Commercials/Promos and Sponsored Films over 2 Minute Category Jury Screenings. It was a short program, with the combo clocking in at an hour and a half. As a televisionless audience member who relies primarily on guild screeners and Netflix for pop…
DetailsArticle written by David Levy. After two days of independent animation screenings for this year’s ASIFA-East jury screenings there are lots of thoughts circling around in my head. Some are my impressions of the films themselves and some are from the insightful comments of friends after the screenings. One filmmaker, who happened to have made…
DetailsArticle written by Timothy Rauch. Wednesday was the first of two screenings for the entries in the Independent category to this year’s ASIFA-East Festival. What a night it was! Speaking strictly of my own opinion, the results were all over the board. There were films from established artists and unknowns, stop-mo films, hand-drawn films and…
DetailsRecollected by Emmett Goodman. The judging for the annual ASIFA-East festival begins with student work. This year marks the festival’s 40th year and, as Dave Levy informed me later, there were more student films this year than ever before. As with any judging (I think), it gets tricky. There is a combination of great films,…
DetailsMarch 13th – June 14 KRAZY! will be New York’s first major show dedicated to the Japanese phenomenon of Anime, Manga, and Video Games—three forms of contemporary visual art that are exercising a huge influence on an entire generation of American youth. The exhibition, organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery, will be presented in an…
DetailsBased on the Short Stories of Etgar Keret, and adapted for the screen by Etgar Keret and Director Tatia Rosenthal, $9.99 is a stop motion animated feature which offers slightly less than $10 worth about the meaning of life. An astonishing work of stop-motion animation, $9.99 is both visually compelling and timely in its exploration…
DetailsToday we bring you Part Two of Richard Gorey’s review of the It All Started Here exhibition, brought to you by Howard Beckerman and J. J. Sedelmaier. It All Started Here: Part 2 Review by Richard Gorey. It All Started Here took up two levels of gallery space. The first floor, dominated by a life-sized…
DetailsToday we bring you Part One of Richard Gorey’s wonderful review of the retrospective of NY’s Animation History last month, brought to you by Howard Beckerman and J. J. Sedelmaier. Stay tuned tomorrow, for Part 2. It All Started Here: Part 1 Review by Richard Gorey. Howard Beckerman, co-curator of the Westchester Arts Center’s animation…
DetailsArticle written by Elliot Cowan. A good fifty folks crammed into the back room of Matchless Bar in Williamsburg, Brooklyn for a really jolly evening of animation. There was a great energy in the room and the films for the most part reflected that. Perhaps one fed the other… Below are the films in competition…
DetailsASIFA-East Jury Screening Reschedule! No – nothing’s cancelled, just moved around a bit to accommodate the number of submissions in certain categories. All screenings at 6:30pm – Admission: FREE! TUESDAY, MARCH 10 – Student Films (3rd fl. amphitheatre) THURSDAY, MARCH 12 – Commercials/Sponsored under 2 min AND Sponsored over 2 min (3rd fl. amphitheatre) WEDNESDAY,…
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