Today we are clearing the docket. Step Inside: the BoxHead/Roundhead movie with Elliot Cowan [how to turn a story into a movie], Cartoon Monsoon at the Annoyance Theatre [where we recreate PeeWee’s aesthetic], and DarkMatter presents: Pom Poko [why racoons represent colonialization]. Tuesday, Jan. 19th The Stressful Adventures of Boxhead & Roundhead – Screening…
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Drinking and drawing go hand in hand, but I’m sure I’ve never been to a bar that would accept a sketch as payment for a beer. Although ASIFA-East offers its own wonderful life drawing classes to it’s members (free, every Thursday night at The Productive) since the spring I have been attending DrinkNDrawBK in Williamsburg,…
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by David Howard NYPDQ tackles the dirty streets of New York and the work of two hard-nosed detectives as they clean up the city one case at a time. Except one of them is a bird so he’s more “hard-beaked.” The other is a rat. In fact, this concrete jungle is full of animals. NYPDQ…
DetailsDue to popular demand, we are extending our deadline another week to (midnight) Sunday, Feb 7th!!! This is great news for any studio/company with public films from the last two years, as well as students, independents, and music video artists! APPLY HERE Debuting in 1969, the ASIFA-East Animated Film Festival is one of the longest…
DetailsHello! Just giving you a heads up about upcoming events, parties, and festival: Our film festival is coming up, and we will be accepting submissions from January 1st-31st. In brief, you can submit digital copies, as an MOV/MP4, preferably with a H264 codec. More info coming soon. The Post-Holiday Party is in early January! A…
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By Asim Khan The second installment of Animation Nights New York: New York Independents was held this past Wednesday, December 9, in partnership with host venue The Fulton Stall Market at 207A Front Street in the Fulton Seaport district of Manhattan, and Little Water Radio. Yvonne Grzenkowicz was the host and curator for this standing…
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The conclusion of Boy and the World brings us back to Alê Abreu and our world, face to face with a boy and his question. “How long has it been?” the boy asked. “44 years,” Abreu replied, “I’ve been drawing since your age.” It is opening night at the IFC Center theatre in downtown Manhattan,…
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Show goin’ up, on a Sat’day Got your flip in a book and she toon’ay… I traveled to Brooklyn on December 5th to see the opening of the FlipBooKit exhibit at GrumpyBert, a quaint shop/art-gallery in Boerum Hill. FlipBooKit is a customizable mechanical flip-book, essentially a modified mutoscope with a split-flip design. Each square-box kit…
DetailsOur friends at Eye Pop Productions have a job listing for us! Please see below for all details and contact information. Thanks! We are looking for a motion graphics artist to work with us on a feature documentary about the same sex marriage movement. We are telling the story of the 30 year journey, through court…
DetailsRichard Protovin (1945 – 1991) was a prolific painter, filmmaker, and, in the late 1970s, he founded the NYU Animation program that is now an important component of the NYU TSOA Kanbar film department. The Protovin Animation Award is given annually in his honor. On November 24 at 7 pm, the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)…
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