Article by Emmett Goodman. October 28 has been named International Animation Day, and it was celebrated with a special screening on October 20th. Ron Diamond (Acme Filmworks) was the man behind this particular screening. There’s a brief synopsis right there. This is one of the few events in which I am compelled to dress up…
DetailsOn Thursday October 16th, 2008, Jill Gilbert of One Plus Hub Productions in LA and Aaron Simpson of Cold Hard Flash, held an industry networking event focused on flash animation at M1- Lounge in Manhattan. Since it was primarily a networking event, I don’t have much to report. It was a fun evening of socializing…
DetailsASIFA-East presents Labor Days with Rick Lacy and Philip Gelatt Article by Sam Marlow Labor Days is a creator owned comic by writer Philip Gelatt and artist, Rick Lacy. They gave a talk for on Thursday, October 16th at NYU about the origins of their comic, and how they fell into their collaboration, as well…
DetailsArticle submitted by Stephanie Yuhas If you have ever attended the Ottawa International Animation Festival, or any animation festival for that matter, I am sure you have experienced this phenomenon – Animation Amnesia. You go to a few shorts competitions – you laugh, cry, get angry, and inspired. After the final film plays and the…
DetailsGKIDS and the New York Int’l Children’s Film Festival have announced their fall film lineup of premieres, critically-acclaimed independent features and classic retrospectives at the IFC Center and Symphony Space in NYC. Don’t miss Azur and Asmar and Sita Sings the Blues. To see the entire lineup, visit http://www.gkids.tv/intheaters.cfm.
Our good friend Debby Solomon sent us news of this upcoming web cast. Check it out this Saturday, October 4th. From Debby: Pat Cummings is a great children’s book writer and illustrator. Pat’s web cast is great as she is totally smart and HILARIOUS and she has taught an extremely popular class at Parsons for…
DetailsOn Tuesday September 23, 2008, ASIFA-East held a panel discussion on the state of NY indie animated features at the School of Visual Arts. On the panel were Emily Hubley, Dan Kanemoto, Bill Plympton, Michael Sporn, and Tatia Rosenthal. Author and historian, Amid Amidi, moderated the panel. Never before in New York’s history has there…
DetailsSeptember starts off Fall with a very exciting event in animation. The MOMA will hold a master class with Richard Williams, hosted by renowned animation historian John Canemaker. Two masters in one room, this is an event not to be missed. Details follow below: http://www.moma.org/exhibitions/film_exhibitions.php?id=10045&ref=calendar#screenings Master Class: Richard Williams in Conversation with John Canemaker September…
DetailsThe ASIFA International Board is pleased to introduce its new and updated magazine, sent twice yearly to all ASIFA international members, ASIFA Magazine: The International Animation Journal. With this new magazine, I am especially glad to say that ASIFA has once again resumed ownership and editorial authority for the direction of its publication. I am…
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