Article written by Elliot Cowan. Last night we wrapped up the last of 4 jury screenings for the upcoming ASIFA-East animation festival. Student Films First of all, a big congratulations to every student who had the belief in their film to step up, pay an entry fee and have it screen for their peers. There…
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Cinebeasts and Vaudeville Park are quaking with excitement to present The Tom Stathes Cartoon Carnival for your viewing pleasure! On Saturday, March 20th, the Cartoon Carnival will overrun Vaudeville Park for its fifth installment: a two-part program of hand-selected 16mm treasures abandoned by history and reactivated by whiz kid curator Stathes. Luddites, romantics, nostalgists, pop…
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2010 ASIFA-East Animation Festival Now Accepting Films! Deadline March 1st Download Entry Form The festival is a unique showcase for the most groundbreaking independent and commercial animation being produced in the industry today. Enter your film today!!! Jury Screenings for ASIFA-East’s 41st Annual Animation Festival! Free and open to all, but only up-to-date ASIFA-East members…
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“WAKING SLEEPING BEAUTY” Movie review by Emmett Goodman I was lucky enough to attend a preview of Don Hahn’s new documentary, “Waking Sleeping Beauty”. The Dolby Screening Room is a small theater, which is mostly used for critical viewings. Honestly, I felt out of my league there, as possibly the youngest audience member. Still, I…
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Article written by Dayna Gonzalez. This past Friday night, ASIFA-East was treated to a very special and entertaining evening with The Singing CPA, Steven Zelin. I cannot believe that we spent 3 hours talking about taxes and the evening just flew by! Animators and artists came armed with questions regarding every possible scenario we encounter…
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Article written by Dayna Gonzalez. Acclaimed Russian animator, Yuri Norstein stopped by the SVA theatre last night, to show his films and have a Q & A with the audience. The animation community here heavily anticipated the evening, and the house was packed. It had been 10 years since Yuri’s last visit. Many well-known NY…
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Steven Zelin is the Singing CPA. He writes and performs funny songs about taxes and accounting, and he’s been a certified public accountant for over 10 years. He started his career with PricewaterhouseCoopers and currently is the principal of a practice specializing in providing high quality tax and accounting services to individuals, small businesses and…
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A Worldwide Showcase of International Short Films, Videos, and Digital Works Curated by Microcinema International and Bill Plympton Presented by Panasonic Broadcast Independent Exposure 2010 is the 14th annual showcase for contemporary, progressive, artistic, and culturally relevant short films and videos by some of the most compelling artists and filmmakers from around the globe. Independent…
DetailsIn December, ASIFA International announced the results of our tri-annual elections for President, General Secretary, and Treasurer. Succeeding Sayoko Kinoshita (ASIFA-Japan) as President is Nelson Shin (ASIFA-Korea); Vesna Dovnikovic (ASIFA-Croatia) was re-elected Secretary General; and Anastasia Dimitra (ASIFA-Greece) was elected to succeed outgoing Treasurer Thomas Renoldner (ASIFA-Austria).President of ASIFA-Korea, Nelson Shin is an internationally known…
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We were treated to a Secret of Kells screening a few weeks back. The film, now nominated for best animated film of the year (which I think it deserves) was directed by Tomm Moore. Friends of ASIFA-East, Spoiler Alert Radio, interviewed him recently and you can listen to it here.
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