June 16th, Tuesday, 7pm Presented by Lisa LaBracio, the program will include Gilat Parag’s documentary, The State of Israeli Animation. Along with this, we will be screening selected shorts from graduates of Minshar for Art (school of art in Tel Aviv), from the more famous Bezal’el Academy of Art, and other various Israeli independents. Admission:…
Details[vodpod id=ExternalVideo.824975&w=425&h=350&fv=clip_id%3D4659138%26server%3Dvimeo.com%26autoplay%3D0%26fullscreen%3D1%26md5%3D0%26show_portrait%3D0%26show_title%3D0%26show_byline%3D0%26context%3Duser%3A1354295%26context_id%3D%26force_embed%3D0%26multimoog%3D%26color%3D00ADEF%26force_info%3Dundefined] more about “ASIFA East Festival on Vimeo“, posted with vodpod Justin Simonich and Linda Beck of Camping Trip Productions present to you their first festival highlights reel of the 40th Annual ASIFA-East Animation Festival. It was an amazing night and now here it is, all caught on tape for prosperity! Enjoy!
Details[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ja-c-kiyW6o] Our friends from Siggraph passed this along. MetroCAF 2009 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ************************************************ DEADLINE: June 1st, 2009 (postmarked) http://www.metrocaf.org/2009 MetroCAF is the annual NYC Metropolitan Area College Computer Animation Festival organized by the New York City chapter of ACM SIGGRAPH. Started in 2003, MetroCAF has grown into the most important local festival of its…
DetailsPanel reported on by Dayna Gonzalez. On May 5, 2009, The City of New York Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre, and Broadcasting, held a career panel on animation. On the panel were Independent Filmmaker, Bill Plympton, Founder of Augenblick Studios, Arron Augenblick, Animation Sales Rep, Catherine Branscome, and Animation Directors/Filmmakers, David Levy, Debra Solomon, and…
DetailsImpressions on our screening by Rich Gorey. Forty years of creativity, imagination and animation. It’s quite an accomplishment, and on May 3rd, ASIFA East threw itself quite a party, to celebrate the fortieth running of its’ annual festival. Over five hundred fans, filmmakers, and industry professional – a record number of guests for an ASIFA…
DetailsMany thanks to all who showed up and helped celebrate our 40th Birthday last night, at the 40th Annual ASIFA-East Animation Festival. It was a packed house and tons of fun as always!! Congratulations to all our festival winners!! A full list of winners is now up on our web site. Stayed tuned for a…
DetailsThoughts on the Be Film Festival, by Adam Ansorge I had to do work on the opening night, but every night since has been a really, really great show. Laurence Asseraf and Dimitris Anthos, the festival curators, have put together an amazing week of short indie films and animations that are a wonderful mix in…
DetailsMay 3rd, Sunday 6pm ASIFA-East Presents – The 40th Annual ASIFA-East Animation Festival! Yes, that’s right – 40 years! Please join us in celebrating our most anticipated and exciting night of the year. We have a lot in store for you this year. Open to all, free admission and reception to follow! Flyer design by…
DetailsArticle written by Katie Cropper. On Wednesday April 22, ASIFA-East held a panel discussion about the current state of the New York Animation industry. Moderated by the lovely Linda Beck, the main contributors were Steven Conner, Howard Beckerman, David Levy, David Wachtenheim, and, via email, Linda Simensky. All of which are pretty heavy names in…
DetailsCareers in Animation – Free Panel to be Presented by Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, School of Visual Arts and Branscome International April 23, 2009 – On Tuesday, May 5, the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, in conjunction with the School of Visual Arts and Branscome International, will host Careers in…
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