ASIFA-East has been Facebooked!

Attention all Friends of ASIFA-East!  We have joined the masses at Facebook, and created our own Facebook group online.   We are so cool!!  Won’t you join our group?  http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=61591879512 On the group’s page, you’ll find a handy little calendar of events in animation (not just ours), plus you can even rsvp for said events and…

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Dance and Animation Screening Program

There’s a really cool screening program coming up featuring dance in animation.  It’s on Wednesday, February 11, 2009, with the Kinetic Cinema program at Chez Bushwick in Brooklyn, New York.   There’s a great multimedia guide to the program here: http://greatdance.com/thekineticinterface/2009/01/dance-animation-program/ Let us know how it went if you make it out there!

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Purple Violet Student Film Festival

ATTENTION STUDENT FILMMAKERS! The Purple Violet Student Film Festival at Kean University is accepting short film submissions! The Purple Violet Student Film Festival at Kean University is dedicated to the encouragement and recognition of emerging filmmakers. The one-day Festival features the screening of student short films in four unique categories (Comedic, Animation, Dramatic and Documentary)…

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40th ASIFA-East Animation Festival

Entry forms for the 40th Annual ASIFA-East Animation Festival are now available on our web site. Click here for entry form. ASIFA-East invites all members to judge the entries at our jury screenings: March 10th – 19th  6:30pm ASIFA-East Presents – Jury Screenings for ASIFA-East’s 40th Annual Animation Festival! Only up-to-date ASIFA-East members may vote…

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Remembering Pat Raine Webb

ASIFA lost a dear and devoted friend when ASIFA-UK President and animation journalist and festival programmer Pat Raine Webb died Friday, December 5, from a sudden heart attack.ASIFA thanks Karl Cohen (president of ASIFA-SF) for the following article, and Vivien Halas for the accompanying photo.-Ray KosarinASIFA-East International RepresentativePAT RAINE WEBB, PRESIDENT OF ASIFA-UKby Karl CohenPat…

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Show us your Shorts!

Our friend Stephanie Yuhas, Exective Producer of Project Twenty1 in Philidelphia, brings you a Shorts fest.  Get yourself over to Philly and represent! SHOW US YOUR SHORTS! Proudly Sponsored by Marathon Grill Presented by Project Twenty1 & FirstGlance Film Festivals Show off your short film (and short pants!) at this FREE open mic-style screening event,…

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New York’s Amazing Animation History

From January 20 – February 28, The Westchester Arts Council will be featuring an exciting exhibition on New York’s 103 year relationship with the Animation Industry.  The NY Times wrote an excellent article on the exhibition and the accompanying programs throughout Westchester County, which include not only original artwork and animation clips from various projects…

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