From our good friends at Project Twenty1! Philadelphia…April 25, 2012. Project Twenty1, a 501(c)3 non-profit arts organization, has opened its call for entries for live-action and animated shorts, features, and music videos for the annual international Philadelphia Film & Animation Festival. Judges for this year’s Festival have not yet been released, but past judges include…
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The Athens Animation Festival is now taking submissions! Deadline to submit is July 1st 2012. From their site: The Athens Animation Festival is a first year festival that will screen animations that thematically speak to the human condition. In a time when animation is often created primarily to serve commercial needs or presented strictly…
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If there is an animated short that should keep one’s eyes on it through every frame, Andy Kennedy’s Accumulonimbus is that film. An experimental stop-motion piece, every frame is part of some movement that should keep even the most casual stop-motion viewer mesmerized. Andy refers to the film as a meditation of motion and the…
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This week, we are gearing up for ASIFA-East’s ultimate event, the annual ASIFA-East Animation Festival and Awards Ceremony. In preparation and celebration, the Viewseum will be looking back at a few previous winners. The Rauch Brothers, Mike and Tim, calmly entered the New York animation scene. And in just a short period, they took ASIFA-East,…
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You are most cordially invited to attend the 43rd ASIFA-East Festival Awards! Awards will be presented, bashful thank you’s will be recorded for all posterity, and a raucous reception will follow. And then there’s even an after-party! Be there or be square! Sunday, April 29, 2012 7:00pm – 11:00pm Tishman Auditorium 66 West 12th Street…
DetailsOur friends at Stop Motion in NY sent us this really cool exhibition news! Read below for all information on how to submit your piece! The purpose of this exhibit is to showcase work created by stop motion artists and animators working in New York City. We’d like to present a range of works involved…
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With the rise of freelance in the workforce, has come a need for a new kind of workspace; a workspace that operates and can look like your typical office environment, but within which everyone works independently of one another. These shared spaces are part of a new phenomenon called coworking. The idea behind it is…
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ASIFA-EAST is sad to report the passing of long-time Executive Board Member Iris Beckerman, beloved wife of Howard Beckerman, on April 8, 2012. Iris was an active and ever-present Board Member from the 1970s to the 1990s. Howard and Iris. Iris and Howard. But then, they had it easy – – Beckerman Animation was in…
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You are most cordially invited to attend the 43rd ASIFA-East Festival Awards! Awards will be presented, bashful thank you’s will be recorded for all posterity, and a raucous reception will follow. And then there’s even an after-party (TBA)! Be there or be square! Sunday, April 29, 2012 7:00pm – 11:00pm Tishman Auditorium 66 West 12th…
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The Tribeca Film Festival starts soon and we are very excited to announce that the festival has generously offered us 3 tickets to each of the 3 screenings of the World Premiere of Consuming Spirits! The director, Chris Sullivan, will be at all screenings. This is a wonderful opportunity and I’d encourage you to see…
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