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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