This Week at ASIFA . . .
Look Back / 24 HOUR Animation Contest / George Pal’s Oscar-winning Puppetoons and The Time Machine / AEF Animation Salon / 2024 AEF Faculty Grant Recipients / International Animation Day Celebration / LIGHTBOX 2024 / JASMINE / Upcoming ASIFA Events / Amplifying Voices Initiative Introduces Sydnie Baynes / Short Film of the Month: Pussy on the Riviera |
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GKIDS Invites ASIFA-Hollywood to a Screening of "Look Back" |
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Runtime: 58 Minutes GKIDS proudly invites ASIFA-Hollywood to screen the critical and box office sensation “Look Back,” directed and adapted for the screen by Kiyotaka Oshiyama.
Popular, outgoing Fujino is celebrated by her classmates for her funny comics in the class newspaper. One day, her teacher asks her to share the space with Kyomoto, a truant recluse whose beautiful artwork sparks a competitive fervor in Fujino. What starts as jealousy transforms when Fujino realizes their shared passion for drawing.
Based on the acclaimed manga by Tatsuki Fujimoto, the creator of “Chainsaw Man”, Look Back captures the highs and lows of pursuing artistic excellence and the special bonds formed through creative collaboration. The heart-wrenching story is the stunning feature-length directorial debut from Kiyotaka Oshiyama that will leave you in tears and inspire you to chase your own artistic dreams.Sunday, October 6th - 1 PM
RSVP DEADLINE: October 4, 2024, 12:00 PM PT
To become an ASIFA-Hollywood member and RSVP for this screening, please email in...@asifa-hollywood.org. |
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24 HOUR Animation Contest for Students 2024 |
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SAVE THE DATE! 24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students 2024 begins on October 4th, 2024 at 4pm PT!
24 HOURS Animation Contest for Students is a free international event where students around the world compete in teams of 5 to complete a 30 second animated film in just 24 Hours based on a given theme. This has been such a successful event with the student’s attendance rapidly growing each year. Please review some of the amazing films that have been completed from this competition: https://www.youtube.com/@24HOURScontest
In 2023, we had over 2155 students from 104 schools around the globe compete! With consistent growth each year and participation from over 30 countries from around the world (Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hong Kong, India, Iran, Italy, Jamaica, Kenya, Lebanon, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Pakistan, Philippines,
Puerto Rico, Russia, South Africa, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkiye, the UK, and the USA!) there is no sign of stopping.
Students must register in teams of 5 and have permission from their home school (one faculty advisor for all teams is fine). All teams will start at the exact same time (Friday, October 4th, 4 pm PT) and submit a Youtube link of the completed film before the deadline (Saturday, October 5th at 4 pm PT).
Finished films will be judged by a panel of industry experts and prizes awarded to the top 5 College teams along with a special prize for Best High School Team and a Behind the Scenes Prize! Due to our extremely generous sponsorship donation in 2023, the winning teams were awarded over a staggering $165,000 in prizes (including cash) from the massive generosity of our past sponsors which have included; Toon Boom, ASIFA-Hollywood/Animation Educators Forum, Netflix, XPpen, Illumination, Cartoon Saloon, Sony Pictures Animation, Nickelodeon, DreamWorks, Bento Box, Titmouse, TAAFI, CSU Summer Arts, Animation Magazine, CTNX, TVPaint, Wacom, DigiCel, Huion, X in a Box, Xencelabs, Mac Hollywood, Stuart NG Books, CRC Press, Animation is Film, Legends Animated, Cartoon Network, Walt Disney Animation, Pixar, ILM and more!
To Register your teams, visit https://legendsanimated.org/equipment-registration/. |
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ASIFA-Hollywood Members are invited to a Special “Film Event" Featuring
George Pal’s Oscar-winning Puppetoons
and The Time Machine |
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Rated G, Runtime: 180 Minutes ASIFA-Hollywood Members are invited to a Special George Pal’s Puppetoons and The Time Machine. Prepare yourself for the 65th Anniversary screening of George Pal’s Academy Award®-winner The Time Machine, considered one of the greatest science fiction films of all time and along with 3 Pal Puppetoons. Both The Time Machine and the Puppetoons will return to the big screen restored from their original Technicolor® negatives providing a unique opportunity to see them as they were originally intended. Scheduled to appear are special guests director-producer Arnold Leibovit (The Puppetoon Movie, The Time Machine 2002) and Jerry Beck (Animation Historian and former President of ASIFA) who will offer their unique perspectives and behind-the-scenes stories illuminating the lasting impact and legacy of George Pal. The Puppetoon stop-motion shorts were ahead of their time, employing intricate puppetry and animation techniques that captured the imagination of audiences worldwide, laying the groundwork for advancements in animation and establishing George Pal as a pivotal figure in animated storytelling. The Time Machine, is widely regarded as one of the greatest sci-fi movies ever made; the best adaptation of the H.G. Wells’ novel. Saturday October 5, 2024 with
Screenings at 2PM (Doors Open at 1pm)
and 8PM (Doors Open at 7pm)
Fine Arts Theatre
8556 Wilshire Blvd
Beverly Hills, California Show Schedule (times are approximate):
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Doors Open, 1pm Special Guests Arnold Leibovit and Jerry Beck, 2pm George Pal Puppetoons, 2:30pm Intermission, 3pm The Time Machine, 3:20pm Program Ends, 4:45pm
= Evening = Doors Open, 7pm Special Guests Arnold Leibovit and Jerry Beck, 8pm George Pal Puppetoons, 8:30pm Intermission, 9pm The Time Machine, 9:20pm Program Ends, 10:45pm ASIFA-Hollywood Members can use the discount code ASIFA for discounted tickets. ASIFA MEMBERS CAN RECIEVE A DISCOUNT ON TICKETS USING DISCOUNT CODE: ASIFA
For Questions, email talk...@yahoo.com |
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Animation Educators Forum's Animation Salon “Teaching to Navigate in Stormy Seas” |
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ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Educators Forum will be hosting its sixth salon, “Teaching to Navigate in Stormy Seas,” on Sunday, October 13, 2024 at 11am PST on Zoom.
During the past year, we have witnessed the animation business in a state of flux. It has been a perfect storm of industry downturns, layoffs, canceled projects, generative Al technologies and labor strikes. Thanks to social media, animation students are more aware of the current state of affairs than in previous decades. Adding to this is the existing problem of student mental wellness since the COVID-19 lockdown. As a result, 2024 is challenging animation educators like never before. How can we inspire and encourage the dreams of young artists when so much media is telling them to get into something else?
Join our moderators Tom Sito (SO-year animation veteran and professor at USC) and Kathy Baur (assistant professor at CSU Fullerton) with guests Tamara Lusher (story artist on Moana 2), Carol Wyatt (color supervisor on Rick and Morty and instructor at CSU Long Beach) and Mark Pudleiner (former Disney animator and Vancouver Film School professor) to discuss lighting a fire under aspiring animators when all the matches seem dampened.
To join, click on the link below:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89254392363?pwd=HdjbFPbHPSaF2VChJkCdPQekPFPTab.1 |
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2024 AEF FACULTY GRANT RECIPIENTS |
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ASIFA-Hollywood recently announced its Animation Educators Forum (AEF) 2024 Faculty Grant recipients. The following six recipients received a total of $19,897:
- Kevin Cooley, Ringling College of Art and Design, $1500 for archival visit to
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Margaret Herrick Library for his
book project, Off-Model: Visions of Persistence in Queer Animation.
- Elham Doust, University of Texas at Dallas, $4966 for production and copyright
for her 2D short film, The Rabbit Story and Tomato.
- Sam Gurry, USC, NYU-LA and Cal State Los Angeles, $2905 for production on
“Reclaimed Reveries,” AI film and installation focusing on Lesbian
representation.
-M. Javad Khajavi, Volda University College, $5000 for companion website for
the forthcoming book, Animating in the Age of Spatial Computing, AI, and
Metaverses: Immersive Animation-making inside Virtual Reality (CRC Press).
- Jacqueline Ristola, University of Bristol, $526 for licensing fee of Abbey
Bennett's In Between comic for forthcoming book chapter on queer animation in
the third volume of The Encyclopedia of Animation Studies ( Bloomsbury
Press).
- Lynn Tomlinson, Towson University, $5000 for production and screening of a
large-scale, panoramic, hemispheric (fulldome) expanded animation
artwork, Firmamentality: Cyclical Stories in Shared Immersive Animation. |
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ASIFA Central invites ASIFA-Hollywood Members to International Animation Day Celebration 2024 |
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ASIFA and International Animation Day (IAD) Director Bri Yarhouse unveil the 2024 poster by legendary animator Bill Plympton! The six panel poster speaks to the weird, wild and transformational joy animation brings both to its creators and viewers. The poster will be used around the world for IAD events on or around October 28th.
ASIFA created AID in 2002, honoring the birth of animation, recognized as the first public performance of projected moving images: Emile Reynaud’s Theatre Optique in Paris, on the 28th October 1892. ASIFA coordinates and helps promote IAD celebrations all over the world, putting the art of animation in the limelight in a global worldwide celebration of animation. In recent years, this unique event has been commemorated in more than 50 countries, on every continent of the world. |
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Find Us at LightBox Expo 2024 |
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LightBox Expo returns to the Pasadena Convention Center from OCTOBER 25-27!
Join over 600 of the best artists from the ANIMATION, LIVE-ACTION, ILLUSTRATION and GAMING industries as we unite for the ultimate celebration of art. Meet your favorite artists, join in live panels with the top talent in the industry, get a portfolio review, shop the incredible artist alley and so much more!
ASIFA-Hollywood will be at LightBox Expo, at Booth #933.
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ASIFA-HOLLYOOD'S SHORT FILM "JASMINE" |
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ASIFA-Hollywood took part in our first film production that asks how to rebuild after the destructive wake of war. This is a short based on the writings of our main character JASMINE who lived through the events during the war in Syria (2011).
“The desire to tackle this sensitive subject through a child's perspective was what compelled everyone involved in making this film.” Says the film’s director Tom Caulfield, “Though the future of Syria and its inhabitants is unresolved, we wanted this film to offer hope and peace for its future.”
The film was completed in 2023 and features an incredibly talented crew of creatives (several of them ASIFA-Hollywood board members) including: direction and story by Tom Caulfield (director on Rapunzel’s Tangled Adventure and Tangled: Before Ever After and story artist on Zootopia 2, Wish, Ruby Gillman Teenage Kraken, Orion and the Dark, and animator on The Illusionist, The Secret of Kells), and co-directed by Dave Baas, Music and Sound by Judith Gruber-Stitzer (Animal Behavior, Wild Life, When the Day Breaks, Two Sisters), Written by Charles Solomon (New York Times, Rolling Stone, LA Times, Variety, Animation Magazine) and Produced by Aubry Mintz (ASIFA-Hollywood’s Interim Executive Director) with Executive Producers Frank Gladstone (ASIFA-Hollywood’s VP) and Mark Jones (Sheridan College Dean of the Faculty of Animation, Arts & Design) and production managing by Leslie Ezeh (ASIFA-Hollywood’s Director of Operations) with animation, backgrounds, compositing and effects by the talented artists from Seneca School of Creative Arts and Animation Summer Institute.
The film is currently on the festival circuit and has been accepted into :
• Children’s Cinema Awards (Semi-Finalists), Amsterdam, Netherlands
• Palm Springs Animation Festival, CA, USA
• Galway Film Fleadh, Galway, Ireland
• LA Shorts International Film Festival, CA, USA
• Montreal International Animation Film Festival - ANIMAZE – Quebec, Canada
• Anti-War International Independent Film Festival, Jõhvi, Estonia
• Breckenridge Film Festival, - Colorado, USA - September 18th, 2024
• Kaaffilm Festival – Milan, Italy - Oct 1, 2024
• Awareness Film Festival - CA, USA - Oct 2-6, 2024
• International Social Change Film Festival – Illinois, USA - October 25, 2024
“We are all incredibly proud of ASIFA-Hollywood’s first film production” says ASIFA-Hollywood’s Interim Director Aubry Mintz “We hope this film will give its audience more compassion and empathy for all of those affected by devastation during times of war.” |
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COMING SOON!
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL
PIECE BY PIECE
PANDA BEAR IN AFRICA
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Amplifying Voices Initiative Introduces
Sydnie Baynes |
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Born in Montreal, now living in the Greater Toronto Area, Sydnie Baynes is a visual artist and animator, holding a degree in Film Animation from Concordia University's esteemed Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema. Her art, blending traditional and digital mediums, explores black history and ancestry, with a focus on empowering black femininity and self-love. Through animated films, she illuminates the transformative journey of identity and heritage, aiming to inspire viewers to embrace their narratives and roots, fostering a celebration of black culture's richness and individuality.
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Short Film of the Month:
Daniel Stankler's Pussy on the Riviera |
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“Pussy on the Riviera” is a feminist, comedic reinterpretation of the 60s mystery/jewellery heist genre, inspired by the Pink Panther movies and Agatha Christie’s “Death on the Nile”.
While on her honeymoon somewhere exotic, a young, unhappy woman finds a sense of empowerment by stealing her uncaring husband’s pet cat - inspired by the cat burglar at work in the hotel.
Daniel Stankler is a frame-by-frame animator his animations come from his love of stories - old stories and new ones, myths, legends and murder mysteries. He takes these stories and makes strange and trippy animations out of them, with odd, unexpected characters, in the hopes that they’ll tell us something about modern life - be it relationships, gender equality or simply other people’s perspectives.
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