Sneak preview: Bananaz

Article written by Justin Simonich.
Tuesday night I went to sneak preview of the documentary Bananaz, followed with a Q&A with the director Ceri Levy at the Apple store in SoHo.  The documentary takes you behind the scenes of the Gorillaz, “the most successful animated band ever.”  The Gorillaz as a band [...]

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Commercials/Promos and Sponsored Films Jury Screening

Article written by Linda Beck.
Thursday, March 12th marked the date of both our Commercials/Promos and Sponsored Films over 2 Minute Category Jury Screenings.  It was a short program, with the combo clocking in at an hour and a half.
As a televisionless audience member who relies primarily on guild screeners and Netflix for pop culture, Commercials/Promos [...]

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ASIFA-East Juries Second Night of Independents

Article written by David Levy.
After two days of independent animation screenings for this year’s ASIFA-East jury screenings there are lots of thoughts circling around in my head. Some are my impressions of the films themselves and some are from the insightful comments of friends after the screenings.
One filmmaker, who happened to have made a very [...]

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ASIFA-East Juries First Night of Independents

Article written by Timothy Rauch.
Wednesday was the first of two screenings for the entries in the Independent category to this year’s ASIFA-East Festival. What a night it was!
Speaking strictly of my own opinion, the results were all over the board. There were films from established artists and unknowns, stop-mo films, hand-drawn films and everything-but-the-kitchen sink [...]

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ASIFA-East Jury Screenings: Student Work

Recollected by Emmett Goodman.
The judging for the annual ASIFA-East festival begins with student work. This year marks the festival’s 40th year and, as Dave Levy informed me later, there were more student films this year than ever before. As with any judging (I think), it gets tricky. There is a combination of great films, technically [...]

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Japan Society Presents – KRAZY! The Delirious World of Anime + Manga + Video Games

March 13th – June 14
KRAZY! will be New York’s first major show dedicated to the Japanese phenomenon of Anime, Manga, and Video Games—three forms of contemporary visual art that are exercising a huge influence on an entire generation of American youth. The exhibition, organized by the Vancouver Art Gallery, will be presented in an environment [...]

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The Film Society of Lincoln Center Presents – $9.99, a new film by Tatia Rosenthal

Based on the Short Stories of Etgar Keret, and adapted for the screen by Etgar Keret and Director Tatia Rosenthal, $9.99 is a stop motion animated feature which offers slightly less than $10 worth about the meaning of life.
An astonishing work of stop-motion animation, $9.99 is both visually compelling and timely in its exploration of [...]

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