“People have problems everywhere,” says Wiola Sowa of ASIFA-Poland, with the light of the projector casting an ethereal glow around her. Sowa was speaking of a recent trip to a film festival in Brazil, where she had found that the content of the films were often as pensive as several of the films we had…
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Happy International Animation Day!!! International Animation Day is October 28, 2014. Each year, ASIFA calls upon a famous animator to create the poster of IAD. It is then adapted for each country in order to guarantee a worldwide view of the event. This year’s poster was created by Koji Yamamura. Continue the celebration with ASIFA-East…
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Mark your calendars! Animation historian John Canemaker will celebrate Gertie the Dinosaur’s 100th Birthday with a lecture and screening at the Museum of Modern Art this November 7th, 2014. MUSEUM OF MODERN ART “Save and Project Series” – Gertie the Dinosaur Is 100 Years Young: John Canemaker Presents Animated Masterworks by Winsor McCay 80 min.…
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Our friends at the New York International Children’s Film Festival are offering ASIFA-East members discount tickets to a special advance screening of Big Hero 6. The NYICFF puts together a ton of great programming throughout the year. If you’re not on their email list, you should be. The discount code will go out in our…
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ASIFA-East is happy to host Short Films From Ireland, 2014, presented by the Irish Film Board. The 93-minute program of award-winning shorts includes three animated and five live-action films. Wednesday, October 29, 2014 New York University 14A Washington Mews, NYC 7pm, Admission is free Here’s a map for those unfamiliar with 14A Washington Mews: The…
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Our member’s films were featured in an all day festival on 8th Street called the Crazy 8 Cartoon Festival. Thank you to David Hollander, The Village Alliance, and Tristian Goik for their great work putting this together, to Arts and Crafts Beer Parlor for having us, and to all our talented members who shared their…
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Our friends at the Animation Collaborative in Emeryville, CA want to let the ASIFA-East animation community know about a special two-day event coming to New York City. On December 6-7, 2014, Pixar Animator Michal Makarewicz will lead an Animation Demo and Lecture Masterclass in Manhattan. The location is to be determined but will be accessible via…
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Filmmakers Torill Kove and Nicola Lemay of The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) visited NYC on October 1, 2014 to talk with animators. It was all part of a screening and masterclass tour that takes place in NYC and San Francisco every year. The evening was a co-sponsorship between the NFB, The School of…
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CRAZY 8 Cartoon Festival is an annual (first annual), one day/night (Saturday, October 18, 2014 from 10:00am-Midnight) high visibility, signature comic-and- cartoon-art-themed event held on ONE BLOCK of West 8th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues) in Greenwich Village, NYC for families, tourists and cartoon enthusiasts to eat, drink, participate and be entertained. The event…
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THE POLISH SCHOOL OF ANIMATION: Next Generations 2 A retrospective of Polish animation from the last 60 years, featuring short films by Tomasz Bagiński, Anita Kwiatkowska, Jerzy Kucia and much more. *The Kosciuszko Foundation will be presenting Day 1 (10/10/14) and Day 4 (10/14/14) of the screenings. Days 2 and 3 on Saturday and Sunday…
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