Hello, and welcome to the year 2023! It’s me! Your friendly neighborhood ASIFA-East President, Tristian Goik! We are looking forward to a new year of bringing together amazing animation and talented animators. Last year, our 52nd annual Animated Film Festival adapted to new virtual screenings and concluded with a lovely in-person gathering at the Museum…
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The ASIFA-East Animation Festival is now open for entries! Submissions Open: December 2022. Final Deadline is February 20th, 2023. Films produced before July 1, 2021 are not eligible. FESTIVAL OPEN! Attention Members: check your email inboxes for an exclusive discount code! READ MORE about our Festival rules and how to submit! Debuting in 1969, the…
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Congratulations to all the winners of this year’s 52nd ASIFA-East Animation Festival! Thank you to our board for all their hard work, and the Museum of Moving Image for having us for the Awards Ceremony. Stay tooned for photos! Independent Films3rd Place, The Waltz – Yulia Ruditskaya2nd Place, Buzzkill – Peter Ahern1st Place, Pour 668…
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A sunset film screening of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender People, Queers, Asexuals, Intersex, Questioning, even Demisexuals… they all make animations too! Brought to you by ASIFA-East, an international community of animators, and in partnership with Metropolitan Bar in Brooklyn. RSVP on Facebook! Thursday June 23th 2022, 7-10 PM EST, Metropolitan 559 Lorimer St, Brooklyn, NY…
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You’re invited to ASIFA-East’s 52nd Annual Animation Awards Ceremony! Join our animation celebration on Thursday, June 2nd at 7:00pm EST. This year, our show will be held at the wonderful Museum of Moving Image, in Queens, New York! Awards will be presented, bashful thank you’s recorded, winning films screened, and a lively reception at 9:00…
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ASIFA-East Fest #52 – Virtual Jury Screenings Hello! Welcome to another edition of the ASIFA East Animation Film Festival. It is our 52nd festival, and we are keeping it virtual! We bring you 3 nights of animated short films, ready for viewing and voting! FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Please file into our delightful Vimeo…
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Festival Submissions Closed! The 52nd ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival! Awards will be given out across a variety of categories from Student, Experimental, Commissioned, Music Video and Independent entries, as well as crafts of excellence in writing, design, and animation. All films are due by the final deadline of February 14, 2022. We are now waiving all…
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Friends, passionate and accomplished film historian and friend, Giannalberto Bendazzi, just left us, last night, at age 75. Matchless in his command of world animation history, it seems impossible to overstate Professor Bendazzi’s importance, influence, or reach. Had he accomplished nothing but his excellent (and inauspiciously titled) 1994 animation history Cartoons, we would celebrate him. But, remarkably,…
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Celebrate Pride month with “Queer Animation 4: From A to Z”! A sunset film screening of Lesbians, Gays, Bisexuals, Transgender People, Queers, Asexuals, Intersex, Questioning, even Demisexuals… they all make animations too! Read more about how the show came to be here. Now available to stream online, FOR A LIMITED TIME ONLY! ASIFA-East Queer Animation…
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Congratulations to all the winners of the 51st ASIFA-East Animation Awards! This year we had an exciting new virtual festival, and it was quite a flashback to 2019 to see some of these films. Awards were presented for best in independent animation, commissioned work, experimental and student films, as well as the special craft categories…
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