By Jake Friedman John Culhane had a way of teaching History of Animation that made animation the least important part of his class. He showed us clips of the Berlin Wall coming down as a general blew a war whistle to herald an age of peace. He showed classic movie clips about soldiers reuniting with…
DetailsFrom ASIFA-East member Signe Baumane: Animation Meets Mental Health on VHX Finally, a film where Art, Humor and Animation meets Mental Health is available on VHX, Vimeo On Demand and iTunes! “With ‘Rocks In My Pockets,’ Signe Baumane presents a sharp, surprising and funny animated feature, plumbing the depths of depression via her family history.…
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From our friends at Northwest Animation Festival: The Northwest Animation Festival is now accepting submissions for 2016. Entry is FREE if you get your film in by Sept 1. Complete the online entry form in under five minutes. Send your film using Vimeo, Dropbox, or whatever service you like best. Submit here: www.nwanimationfest.com/2016-entry-form NW Animation…
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Tess Barker: That’s a popular thing with booze, you just gotta do a one to one ratio… Welcome to the secret to your life. Barbara Gray: What do you mean one to one? Brandie Posey: With water. Tess: For every cup of coffee, you drink a cup of water, for every alcoholic drink, you have a cup…
DetailsOur good friend Edward Bakst, Director and Designer at Ideaforia and Professor, has a lot of film equipment for sale. Please read below and share amongst your colleagues and friends who might be interested in this offer. Equipment list: Mitchell Camera 35 mm # 1332 HS-STD rock over 4 primary lenses 115 VAC DC Live…
DetailsHello all! I hope you’re enjoying your summers! We here at ASIFA are still on hiatus but I wanted to send a little reminder of some fun summer happenings going on. Rooftop Films, which is offering our members a discount off tickets all summer long (email us for your code), sends us news of next…
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Most corporate offices are content to dress their entrances with glass doors, frigid marble and post-9/11 turn-styles, which means Viacom is not most corporations. The 1515 Broadway lobby has those features and more: a leviathan of a yarn sculpture, which adamantly refuses to camouflage itself. Porous and vibrant, it winds its way past you…
DetailsOur good friend, world-renowned animation historian and Oscar-winning animator John Canemaker, who has just completed a new book on Disney’s feature film Fantasia, will speak at Museum of Modern Art Saturday, August 1, in conjunction with a screening of the 1940 classic. Fantasia —even 75 years after its premiere—continues to fascinate and dazzle audiences. It was a bold experiment from…
DetailsYou’re invited to a screening of Nickelodeon’s brand-new animated series, Pig Goat Banana Cricket! Followed by a Q&A with series co-creators and co-exeuctive producers Dave Cooper and Johnny Ryan and executive producer David Sacks. Pig Goat Banana Cricket is a series of absurd interwoven stories that follows the eponymous characters Pig, Goat, Banana and Cricket,…
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Warm weather has finally come to New York City and that means the Rooftop Film Festival is in full swing! This wonderful festival shows outdoor films all summer long throughout New York City. Many of these include animated shorts and amazing independent productions, both short form and feature length. ASIFA-East members qualify for a special…
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