Two years ago, Andrew Kaiko’s Orbis Park (2011) was the eighth entry of the ASIFA-East Viewseum. Andrew’s first independent film showcased his skillful abilities as a hand-drawn animator, as well as his craftsmanship as a filmmaker. Now, we are pleased to present his new opus, Norm and Cory. The films follows the two titular characters:…
DetailsOur friends at Pratt Institute are looking for 2D Animation Instructors. Send them your information! See below for all details: “Department of Digital Arts seeks qualified, artistically minded 2D animation instructors who address the creation and use of traditional and digital animation for artistic expression as well as commercial production. Candidates should have a knowledge…
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It’s Open Screening time! Have a new short to share? A work in progress to get feedback on? Bring it to our Annual Open Screening Night on December 5th, 2013. If you are screening work you must arrive by 6:30 pm with a DVD (must be playable on any regular DVD player) of any animation…
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On Oct.28th, ASIFA-East members had the exclusive chance to attend a Times Square screening of Frozen and a post-screening discussion with co-directors Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee, producer Peter Del Vecho and songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez. After a variety of teasers, deceptive trailers, and the infamous ‘Lino DiSalvo doesn’t understand women’ scandal, the story of Frozen clicked into place. When I was…
DetailsOur friends in Brookdale send us this listing: Brookdale Community College in Lincroft, NJ seeks to build a pool of qualified adjunct instructors to teach courses in 3D animation. Adjuncts will be responsible for instructing classes over the course of a 15-week semester. Classes meet once a week for 3hrs. Adjuncts are paid $2091 for…
DetailsThis just in from Maya Rudolph – I’m looking for a knowledgeable After Effects animator with a good sense of cartoon timing, with any character experience being a plus but not required. Work includes animation cleanup in already-built AE projects, mask animation & character work depending on their skill-set. I’m working with Adobe’s Creative Suite…
DetailsOur friends at The Museum of the Moving Image would like to alert the animation community to this weekend’s curated program: Computer Age: Early Computer Movies, 1952–1987. They’ve put together a program of rarely shown computer animation and a number of them will have guest speakers in attendance: November 15–17 Museum of the Moving Image…
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Sorry for the late notice but there are two events coming up in NYC that you should mark on your calendars. Long time ASIFA member Greg Ford has curated a program at the Film Forum to celebrate Mickey Mouse’s 85th Anniversary. And former ASIFA-East President David Levy has a short in the NY Documentary Film…
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It’s Open Screening time! Have a new short to share? A work in progress to get feedback on? Bring it to our Annual Open Screening Night on December 5th, 2013. If you are screening work you must arrive by 6:30 pm with a DVD (must be playable on any regular DVD player) of any animation…
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One of the better things about the beginning of the MTV music video era is that it allowed a new platform for experimental filmmaking to be seen and exposed. Indeed, music has always played an important key in animation, and in more alternative forms of filmmaking, the two are sometimes interchangeable to a certain extent.…
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