This Week at ASIFA . . .
SDCC 2025 / GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING / THE BAD GUYS 2 / AEF STUDENT SCHOLARSHIP 2025 / AEF FACULTY GRANT 2025 RECIPENTS / AEF ANIMATION SALON / UPCOMING EVENTS |
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ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD AT SDCC 2025 |
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Thank you to everyone who visited our booth and attended our panels at San Diego Comic Con! Check out some of the highlights from this year's panels.
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Worst Cartoons Ever! Panel |
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Celebrating its 19th appearance at San Diego Comic-Con, esteemed animation historian Jerry Beck ( CartoonResearch.com) and ASIFA-Hollywood once again presented a selection of the most poorly written, badly drawn, and unintentionally hilarious animated films ever created. |
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Villains We Love:
Why We’re Drawn to the Dark Side Panel |
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ASIFA-Hollywood explored why we found ourselves rooting for the bad guys, how villains propelled unforgettable storytelling, and why the most memorable ones lingered in our minds long after the final scene had faded. Moderator John Omohundro (Bravest Warrior, Tokyo Revengers) led the discussion alongside an exciting lineup of panelists: Charlotte Fullerton (Ben 10, My Little Pony), Jim Krieg (Watchmen, Justice League), Craig Miller (Godzilla: The Series, Curious George), and John Semper Jr. (Spider-Man: The Animated Series, Green Lantern: Beware My Power).
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Beyond Solo: The New Digital Era of Creator Collaboration Panel |
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Stepping inside the evolving world of digital storytelling with “Beyond Solo,” this powerhouse panel explored how today’s creators are teaming up across platforms to shape the future of animation, voice acting, and entertainment IP. Moderator Hunter Peterson led the discussion with producer and actor Christopher Sean (Ultraman: Rising, Star Wars: Visions), creative director Nicholas Cabana (Claynosaurz), lead animator Kevin Temmer (Glitch Productions, The Amazing Digital Circus), producer and voice actor Dina Sherman (Bleach, Genshin Impact) and YouTube creator Victoria Vincent (VEWN)
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How Indie Animation Challenges the Industry Panel |
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The MechWest Show creator David Gallagher (AnimSchool Studios), Noah Gallagher (story, MechWest), Brooke Keesling (head of animation talent development at Bento Box Entertainment & Vice President of ASIFA-Hollywood), and Lord Spew (Sean Glaze) took an unfiltered peek behind the animation curtain. This panel was moderated by Katcy Stephan (Variety). |
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Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation invites ASIFA-Hollywood members (+2 Guests) to a Special Screening of The Bad Guys 2 |
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Join us for ASIFA-Hollywood's Annual General Membership Meeting!
Set your calendars and RSVP below for the ASIFA-Hollywood Annual General Membership meeting!
Take an active part in ASIFA’s ongoing growth. Get an insight into our current financials, animation aid, membership numbers, community activities, film preservation efforts, diversity priorities, open source initiatives, the Animation Educators Forum, and, of course, the Annie Awards.
There will also be ASIFA board of directors elections and entertainment too!
Wednesday, August 20th, 2025
Meeting starts at 7pm PT
In-person Membership Mixer starts around 8:30pm PT
If you'd like to attend in person, please RSVP by 12pm PST on August 13th. |
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Universal Pictures and DreamWorks Animation invites ASIFA-Hollywood members (+2 Guests) to a Special Screening of The Bad Guys 2 |
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Rated PG, Runtime: 94 Minutes
Everyone’s favorite felons are back, and this time, they’ve got company. In the new action-packed chapter from DreamWorks Animation’s acclaimed comedy smash about a crackerjack crew of animal outlaws, our now-reformed Bad Guys are trying (very, very hard) to be good, but instead find themselves hijacked into a high-stakes, globe-trotting heist, masterminded by a new team of criminals they never saw coming: The Bad Girls.
Post-Q&A with Pierre Perifel (director), JP Sans (co-director), Damon Ross (producer), Matt Baer (VFX Supervisor), Floriane Marchix (Art Director), and Ben Willis (Head of Character Animation)
Saturday, August 2nd, 11am
Los Angeles, CA |
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Animation Educators Forum 2025 Student Scholarship |
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Animation Educators Forum's Faculty Grant 2025 Recipents |
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ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educators Forum (AEF) is proud to announce the ten recipients of this year’s AEF Faculty Grants program. The Faculty Grants Committee of the Animation Educators Forum awarded a total of $30,000 to the recipients. Applications came from seven states, six countries, and four continents from a variety of animation artists, educators, and scholars.
The recipients of this year’s AEF Faculty Grants are: - Meghdad Asadilari, Rochester Institute of Technology - $5000 for Living Afar, a 3D animated short film that reimagines Persian heritage and the immigrant experience through the symbolic narrative of a handwoven carpet.
- Monireh Astani and Benjamin Rimmer, University of Staffordshire - $1365 for a project that investigates the pedagogical impact of introducing real-time animation pipelines to undergraduate animation students.
- Andy Buchanan, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology - $2592 to support the development of a digital infrastructure for collaboration and a bi-monthly mini-symposium series on AI issues for animation educators.
- James Calvert and Ari Chand, University of South Australia - $4800 for Run Koala Run, an animated short film that explores what happens when a traditionally animated cartoon character comes up against generative AI.
- Tom Eaton, Kingsborough Community College - $1000 to fund rental space for the college's annual Rarebit Animation Festival.
- Ana Estarita, University of Pennsylvania - $4840 for Home-Place, an interactive animated installation that explores immigration through the lens of our relationship to the landscape.
- Tabitha Fisher, Sheridan College - $1000 for Most Fun Podcast, an interview-based radio show that uncovers the surprising ways that animation artists stay creatively motivated by "finding the fun" in their work and life.
- Annapurna Kumar, CalArts/UCLA - $2133 for The Pioneer Woman, an animated story of Appalachian quilts, natural gas, and an estranged family.
- Mary Martins, University of Greenwich - $2270 for House of this World, an animated documentary that explores the history of the enslaved Africans taken from Nigeria to Brazil through two carnival groups, one in Lagos and
one in Salvador. - Ji Yoon “Guava” Rhee, University of Pennsylvania - $5000 for Signs of Life, a 3D animated film for digital dome projection that explores speculative atmospheres and environmental conditions on Exoplanet K2-18b.
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Animation Educators Forum's Animation Salon |
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COMING SOON
ZOOTOPIA 2
BIG MOUTH: SEASON 8
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