Pop Cultural Literacy 101: Summer Screening Series At Woodbury

Spike Jones and Doodles Weaver
Spike Jones: Clink, Clink Another Drink
Spike Jones: Pass The Biscuits Mirandy
Doodles Weaver: A Day With Doodles
I've written before about the creative explosion in the arts that occurred around the first half of the 20th century. It always surprises me when I meet a college student who is studying animation who doesn't know anything about the music that came before the Beatles or movies before Star Wars. This Summer, thanks to Woodbury University and the Walter Lantz Foundation, I have a chance to share the work of some of the most amazing entertainers who ever lived with a new generation of artists.


Maria Callas
Maria Callas: Habanera From Bizet's Carmen
The Golden Age animators knew and loved these performers. They studied them and incorporated elements of their style and caricatures of them into their cartoons. There is a lot to learn from this old stuff. The first thing you will learn is that it is surprisingly skillful and entertaining. Isn't that something you want your animation to be?


Buck Owens
Buck Owens: I've Got A Tiger By The Tail
Buck Owens: Foolin' Around
Another thing you'll discover is that the music of the 20th century is unbelievably diverse. Today, we have a million names to describe basically the same type of music. Back then, the names defined a myriad of sounds... country, opera, jazz, folk, blues, rock and roll... more kinds of music than existed in any other time period. We'll sample a little bit of this ocean of great stuff in a series of screenings this Summer at Woodbury.


Cab Calloway
Cab Calloway: The Reefer Man
Cab Calloway: Minnie the Moocher
In this post, I've given you an idea of the musical performers you'll discover at these screenings, but there's much more... rare examples of dance, comedy, drama... all kinds of entertainment that directly applies to your work as an animator... up on the big screen the way they were intended to be seen. I'll tell you more as the time gets nearer. Mark these dates down on your calendar, and plan to attend. It's FREE to students, the animation community and the general public courtesy of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, Woodbury University and the Walter Lantz Foundation.


Muddy Waters
Muddy Waters: Hoochie Coochie Man
Muddy Waters: I Can't Be Satisfied
Pop Cultural Literacy 101
A Series of Summer Screenings
Friday, July 10th, 2009
Friday, August 14th, 2009
September Date To Be Announced
Short Subjects Start At 7pm, The Feature Film Starts At 8:30.
Admission FREE to the animation community
Woodbury University
School of Business / Fletcher Jones Foundation Theater
7500 Glenoaks Bl
Burbank, CA 91510
(Click for printable map)


Dave Brubeck
Dave Brubeck: Take The A Train
Dave Brubeck: It's A Raggy Waltz

See you at Woodbury this Summer!

Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
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Screening: Battle for Terra

ASIFA-Hollywood invites members and a guest to a special screening of...

BATTLE FOR TERRA
Thursday, April 30, 2009 7:30pm
Arclight Hollywood Cinema
6360 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028

MEMBERS ONLY. Q & A with Director Aristomenis Tsirbas immediately following the screening. The deadline to RSVP is Monday, April 27, 2009. Members, see your email box for RSVP info.

ABOUT THE FILM

When the peaceful inhabitants of the beautiful planet Terra come under attack from the last surviving members of humanity adrift in an aging spaceship, the stage is set for an all-out war between the two races for control of the planet. But will an unlikely friendship between a rebellious young Terrian (voiced by Evan Rachel Wood) and an injured human pilot (Luke Wilson) somehow convince their leaders that war is not the answer?

A CG-animated science fiction action adventure, Battle for Terra is directed by Aristomenis Tsirbas (The Freak, Terra) from a screenplay by Evan Spiliotopoulos (The Jungle Book 2) and Tsirbas. The film is voiced by an all-star cast including Evan Rachel Wood, Luke Wilson, Brian Cox, David Cross, Justin Long, Amanda Peet, Dennis Quaid, Chris Evans, James Garner, Danny Glover and more. The film is produced by Keith Calder, Ryan Colucci, Dane Allan Smith and Jessica Wu, with original music by Abel Korzeniowski. The film's editors are J. Kathleen Gibson and Jim May.

Living in perfect harmony in gravity-defying cities above the clouds, the inhabitants of the planet Terra are complete strangers to war. So when Terra is invaded by human beings fleeing a civil war and environmental catastrophe, many of the Terrians at first welcome the invaders as gods. Only the feisty young Mala (Evan Rachel Wood) fights back, luring one of the invading spacecrafts to destruction after her father is abducted, then rescuing its pilot- a human named Jim (Luke Wilson).

In return for saving his life, Jim promises to help Mala find her father, taking her on a perilous journey to the Ark- the humans' aging mother ship. Along the way, Mala and Jim learn that their people really aren't so different from one another. But with the Earthforce army poised to invade Terra and render it uninhabitable for Terrians, Mala and Jim must find a way to help the two races coexist- before it's too late.

85 min. / PG / In RealD 3D
http://www.battleforterra.com
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Animation Salon: SAY SOMETHING DAMMIT! March 21

Woodbury University has graciously invited ASIFA-Hollywood to host events at their newly opened Fletcher Jones Foundation Auditorium. These events are free and open to the animation community.

AN ANIMATION SALON
Saturday, March 21st, 2009 7:30pm
Admission FREE
Woodbury University
7500 Glenoaks Bl
Burbank, CA 91510


Jean Francois de Troy, "Reading from Moliere" 1728
On Saturday, March 21st at 7:30pm, we will be holding an Animation Salon to encourage animated filmmakers to...

SAY SOMETHING, DAMMIT!
Yesterday at Animation Nation, Don Bluth asked, "How did traditional animation come to be viewed by almost every American household as children's entertainment?"

It's a good question... one that we will be discussing this Saturday March 21st at 7:30pm at Woodbury University.

Animation didn't start out as a vehicle for fairy tales and trite moral platitudes. Pioneers like Winsor McCay saw animation as an outgrowth of print cartooning, a powerful medium for challenging social comment going all the way back to Thomas Nast.

In the years since McCay, animation has proven itself to be effective for education and persuasion. Animated propaganda films helped to win World War II, and animated commercials have sold billions of dollars worth of products.


In some countries, animation is a powerful tool of persuasion and enlightenment. Even though animation is by its very nature collaborative, some filmmakers have been able to use it as a medium of personal expression.

Why has it come to be perceived as children's entertainment then?

Not that children's entertainment is necessarily a bad thing. There have been animators who have pushed the envelope to create kids' TV that not only entertains, but has something interesting to say as well. But on the whole, animation that has a point is the exception, not the rule.

This Saturday, we will be screening some examples of animated films that successfully merge entertainment with meaningful comment on life and the world around us.

Some of them take a wide ranging view, tackling immense subjects...

...Others take the opposite approach, using a small scale to make a large point. Both are valid.

But when it comes to feature animation, films with something to say are as rare as hen's teeth. Sprinkled in amongst the talking dogs and fairy tale princesses are occasional sparks of life. But often those sparks are extinguished before the film even reaches the theater.

For instance, do you know about the hidden link between Disney's Fox and the Hound...

...and Ralph Bakshi's Coonskin?

You'll find out the secret if you attend ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Salon at Woodbury this Saturday night!

Don't miss it!

Here as a little sneak peek is a clip from Bakshi's Coonskin. This sequence was designed by Mark Kausler and animated by Charlie Downs and John Walker. Here is a bit of Mark Kausler's storyboard for the sequence...


And here is the sequence as it appears in the film...

Malcolm the Cockroach
from Ralph Bakshi's "Coonskin" (1975)
(Quicktime 7 / 6.5 MB)

PLEASE NOTE The text and media files on the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Blog are not to be duplicated, redistributed or hosted on other websites without the prior written permission of the Board of Directors of ASIFA-Hollywood.

We'll be discussing and screening examples related to these and many more topics at Woodbury University on March 21st. I hope you can join us.

Animation Salon: SAY SOMETHING, DAMMIT!
Saturday, March 21st, 2009 7:30pm
Admission FREE to the animation community
Woodbury University
School of Business / Fletcher Jones Foundation Theater
7500 Glenoaks Bl
Burbank, CA 91510
(Click for printable map)

Thanks
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
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Animation Salon: Acting For Animation Feb 21st

Woodbury University has graciously invited ASIFA-Hollywood to host events at their newly opened Fletcher Jones Foundation Auditorium. For the next several months, the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive will be hosting Animation Salons on the third Saturday evening of every month. These events are free and open to the animation community.

AN ANIMATION SALON


Jean Francois de Troy, "Reading from Moliere" 1728
On Saturday, February 21st at 8pm, we will be holding an Animation Salon on the subject of...

Acting For Animation
What is "acting"? What constitutes a well acted performance?



What are the differences between acting for animation and acting in live action?



Are there things that can be done in live action that can't be done effectively in animation?



Are there are other ways to convey mood, emotion and personality besides acting?



What sort of inspiration did golden age animators look to for creating an animated performance? What do these models of pantomime acting have to inform modern animation?

Who was the greatest actor of all time? Was it John Barrymore who received acclaim for his performances in Hamlet and Richard III?



...Or was it the "wascaly wabbit", Bugs Bunny?






Acting For Animation
John Barrymore "Twentieth Century (1934)
Bugs Bunny in "Tortoise Wins By A Hare" (1943)
(Quicktime 7 / 6.7 MB)

PLEASE NOTE The text and media files on the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Blog are not to be duplicated, redistributed or hosted on other websites without the prior written permission of the Board of Directors of ASIFA-Hollywood.

We'll be discussing and screening examples related to these and many more topics at Woodbury University on February 21st. I hope you can join us.

SPECIAL GUEST: EDDIE FITZGERALD


Joining us for this Animation Salon will be cartoonist/story artist Eddie Fitzgerald, the creator of Uncle Eddie's Theory Corner and story artist on Ren & Stimpy. Eddie will be screening one of his favorite films and sharing his theories on acting and building a characterful performance.

Don't miss it!

Animation Salon: Acting For Animation
Saturday, February 21st, 2009 8pm
Admission FREE to the animation community
Woodbury University
School of Business / Fletcher Jones Foundation Theater
7500 Glenoaks Bl
Burbank, CA 91510
(Click for printable map)

Thanks
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
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Screening: Dragon Hunters

Futurikon Films and ASIFA-Hollywood invite members and a guest to a screening of



DRAGON HUNTERS
Monday, January 5, 2009 7:00 p.m.
Raleigh Studios Hollywood - Chaplin Theatre
5300 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90038

Members only. See your email box for RSVP instructions. The deadline to RSVP is January 8, 2009.

Please Note: It's important for members to keep their email addresses current on our mailing list. Most correspondence between ASIFA-Hollywood and its members goes out via email. To update your contact info, please email membership@asifa-hollywood.org.

ABOUT THE FILM

DRAGON HUNTERS is a family feature film in animation, starring Academy Award winner Forest WHITAKER. Music by Klaus BADELT (Pirates of the Caribbean, Miami Vice)

Zoe is a little girl who believes in fairy tales. Not because she is naive, but because she likes fairy tales. So in order to help her uncle Lord Arnold get rid of a terrible dragon, Zoe decides she has to find some heroes. And when she meets Gwizdo and Lian-Chu- a couple of two-bit, fly-by-night dragon hunters ñ well what the heck, she decides that she's going to believe in them anyway!

82 min. / In English
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Screening: $9.99

ASIFA-Hollywood cordially invites
members and a guest to an advanced screening of

$9.99
Tuesday, January 6, 2009 - 7:30 p.m.
Laemmle Sunset 5
8000 Sunset Blvd.
West Los Angeles, CA 90046

See your email box for RSVP instructions. If you did not receive an email, you can check your member status and address on file with membership@asifa-hollywood.org. We are unable to help you with membership inquiries by phone.

ABOUT THE FILM

Based on the Short Stories of Etgar Keret, $9.99 is a stop motion animated feature which offers slightly less than $10 worth about the meaning of life.

Have you ever wondered "What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?" The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! You'll find it in a small yet amazing booklet, which will explain, in easy to follow, simple terms your reason for being! The booklet, printed on the finest paper, contains illuminating, exquisite colour pictures, and could be yours for a mere $9.99.

This is the ad that alters the life of the unemployed 28 year old who still lives at home, Dave Peck. In his struggle to share his find with the world, Dave's surreal path crosses with those of his unusual neighbours: an old man and his disgruntled guardian angel, a magician in debt, a bewitching woman who likes her men extra smooth, a broken hearted man who befriends a group of hard partying two inch tall students, and a little boy who sets his piggy bank free. Their stories are woven together, examining the post-modern meaning of hope.
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January 9: Waltz With Bashir Screening

Sony Pictures Classics and ASIFA-Hollywood invite members and a guest to a screening of...


WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Friday, January 9, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Sony Studios Backstage Theater
10202 W Washington Blvd.
Culver City, CA 90232

Immediately following the screening will be a Q&A with Writer/Director Ari Folman. Please park at the Madison gate of the Sony Studios lot.Seating is limited. Members only. Reservations required. Please see your email box for RSVP instructions.

Please Note: It's important for members to keep their email addresses current on our mailing list. Most correspondence between ASIFA-Hollywood and its members goes out via email. To update your contact info, please email membership@asifa-hollywood.org.

ABOUT THE FILM

This mesmerizing and gripping animated documentary begins one night at a bar, when an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there's a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can't remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images...

Rated R - 87 min. - In Hebrew with English subtitles
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Screening: Glago's Guest Dec 17

Walt Disney Animation Studios and ASIFA-Hollywood invite members and up to 3 guests to a screening of...

GLAGO'S GUEST



A Russian soldier stationed at a remote guardhouse is forever changed by a mysterious stranger.

Director: Chris Williams
Producer: Chuck Williams
Music: John Brion

Wednesday, December 17, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
Walt Disney Animation Studios Theater
2100 Riverside Drive
Burbank, CA 91506

GLAGO'S GUEST Screening followed by a Behind-the-Scenes look at the film with Chris Williams

Members only. Reservations required. Please see your email box for RSVP instructions. The deadline to RSVP is December 15, 2008

Please Note: It's important for members to keep their email addresses current on our mailing list. Most correspondence between ASIFA-Hollywood and its members goes out via email. To update your contact info, please email membership@asifa-hollywood.org.

ABOUT THE FILM

Conceived and directed by Chris Williams (who made his feature directing debut this year with Disney's animated comedy-fantasy "Bolt"), "Glago's Guest" follows the intriguing and thought-provoking story of a lonely Russian soldier stationed in a remote Siberian outpost. When the soldier's solitude is interrupted one day by the arrival of a strange new "guest," Glago is jolted out of his uneventful daily routine but soon comes to realize that things aren't always what they appear to be. With its bold art direction, stark but stylish depiction of the frozen Russian landscape, and inspired computer-animation, "Glago's Guest" is an exciting, entertaining, and original short film that uses the medium to full advantage.

The short has been nominated for four Annie Awards in the categories of:
Best Animated Short Subject
Andy Harkness for Production Design in an Animated Television Production or Short Film
Chris Williams for Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production or Short Film
Chris Williams for Writing in an Animated Television Production or Short Film
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Screening: Waltz With Bashir

Sony Pictures Classics and ASIFA-Hollywood invite members and a guest to a screening of...


WALTZ WITH BASHIR
Tuesday, December 2, 2008 7:00 p.m.
Mann's Chinese 6
6801 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028

Introduction by "Waltz With Bashir" Writer/Director Ari Folman. Seating is limited. Members only. Reservations required. Please see your email box for RSVP instructions.

Please Note: It's important for members to keep their email addresses current on our mailing list. Most correspondence between ASIFA-Hollywood and its members goes out via email. To update your contact info, please email membership@asifa-hollywood.org.

ABOUT THE FILM

This mesmerizing and gripping animated documentary begins one night at a bar, when an old friend tells director Ari about a recurring nightmare in which he is chased by 26 vicious dogs. Every night, the same number of beasts. The two men conclude that there's a connection to their Israeli Army mission in the first Lebanon War of the early eighties. Ari is surprised that he can't remember a thing anymore about that period of his life. Intrigued by this riddle, he decides to meet and interview old friends and comrades around the world. He needs to discover the truth about that time and about himself. As Ari delves deeper and deeper into the mystery, his memory begins to creep up in surreal images...

Rated R - 87 min. - In Hebrew with English subtitles
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Screening: Tales of Despereaux

Universal Pictures and ASIFA-Hollywood invites members and a guest to a screening of...


Monday, November 24, 2008 7:30 PM
Grove Stadium 14 Theaters
189 The Grove Drive L-80
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Followed by a Q&A with writer-producer, Gary Ross, and director, Sam Fell. Complimentary parking included. Seating is limited. Members only. Reservations required. Please see your email box for RSVP instructions.

Please Note: It's important for members to keep their email addresses current on our mailing list. Most correspondence between ASIFA-Hollywood and its members goes out via email. To update your contact info, please email membership@asifa-hollywood.org.

ABOUT THE FILM

Once upon a time, in the faraway kingdom of Dor, there was magic in the air, laughter aplenty and gallons of mouthwatering soup. But an accident left the King broken-hearted, the Princess filled with longing and the townsfolk without their soup. Sunlight disappeared. The world became gray. All hope was lost in this land... until Despereaux Tilling was born.

A modern fairy tale, The Tale of Despereaux tells the story of four unlikely heroes: Despereaux (Matthew Broderick), a brave mouse banished to the dungeon for speaking with a human; Roscuro (Dustin Hoffman), a good-hearted rat who loves light and soup, but is exiled to darkness; Pea (Emma Watson), a Princess in a gloomy castle who is prisoner to her father's grief; and Mig (Tracey Ullman), a servant girl who longs to be a Princess, but is forced to serve the jailer.

Tiny and graced with oversized ears, Despereaux was born too big for his little world. Refusing to live his life cowering, he befriends a Princess named Pea and learns to read (rather than eat) books- reveling in stories of knights, dragons and fair maidens. Banished from Mouseworld for being more man than mouse, Despereaux is rescued by another outcast, Roscuro, who also wants to hear the tales. But when the Princess dismisses Roscuro's friendship, he becomes the ultimate rat and plots revenge with fellow outsider Mig.

After Pea is kidnapped, Despereaux discovers he is the only one who can rescue her... and that even the tiniest mouse can find the courage of a knight in shining armor. In this tale of bravery, forgiveness and redemption, one small creature will teach a kingdom that it takes only a little light to show the truth: what you look like doesn't equal what you are.

Running Time: 93 minutes

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Screening: Bolt

Walt Disney Pictures and ASIFA-Hollywood cordially invite ASIFA-Hollywood members and their family (limit 4) to a screening of...

Saturday, November 22, 2008 3:00 pm
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Theatre
5230 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91601

Q&A with Directors Chris Williams and Byron Howard immediately following the screening, along with a special presentation of the animated short GLAGO'S GUEST

Free Parking in the structure only.

Members only. Reservations required. Please see your email box for RSVP instructions.

Please Note: It's important for members to keep their email addresses current on our mailing list. Most correspondence between ASIFA-Hollywood and its members goes out via email. To update your contact info, please email membership@asifa-hollywood.org.
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Presto Screening

ASIFA-Hollywood and the American Cinemateque invite members and a guest to a special behind-the scenes presentation of
PRESTO
by director Doug Sweetland

Monday, November 17th, 7:30 pm
The Egyptian Theater
6712 Hollywood Bl
Hollywood, CA 90028

Followed by a Q&A session with Doug and Producer Richard Hollander

Members only. Reservations required. Please see your email box for RSVP instructions.

Please Note: It's important for members to keep their email addresses current on our mailing list. Most correspondence between ASIFA-Hollywood and its members goes out via email. To update your contact info, please email membership@asifa-hollywood.org.

About The Presentation

For the past 14 years, Doug Sweetland has worked as an animator as Pixar Animation Studios and now makes his directorial debut with the Pixar short film, PRESTO. In his presentation, Sweetland will explain what it means to create a Pixar short film and why the leap from animating to writing is more of a challenge than it appears to be. With a behind-the-scenes look into the production details, Sweetland will discuss PRESTO's relationship to both classic cartoons as well as Pixar's body of work.
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Screenings: Kung Fu Panda and Madagascar 2 Members Screenings

Paramount Awards Office cordially invites ASIFA-Hollywood members and their guests to the following DreamWorks Animation screenings of KUNG FU PANDA and MADAGASCAR: BACK 2 AFRICA. Members only. Reservations required. Please see your email box for RSVP instructions.

Please Note: It's important for members to keep their email addresses current on our mailing list. Most correspondence between ASIFA-Hollywood and its members goes out via email. To update your contact info, please email membership@asifa-hollywood.org.

We are unable to update your contact info by phone.

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KUNG FU PANDA


LOS ANGELES

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 7:00PM
DreamWorks Campanile Theater
1000 Flower Street
Glendale

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2:00PM
Clarity Theater
100 North Crescent Drive
Beverly Hills

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 7:00PM
AMC CityWalk Stadium 19 with IMAX
100 Universal City Plaza
Universal City

NEW YORK

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 3:00pm
Magno Review 1
729 Seventh Avenue, 2nd Floor
(between 48th and 49th streets)
New York

SAN FRANCISCO

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2:00PM
Variety Club Screening Room
582 Market Street, Suite 101
San Francisco

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2:00PM
Dolby Laboratories Screening Room
100 Potrero Street
San Francisco

LONDON

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 7:00PM
Soho Screening Room 2
14 D'Arblay Street
London

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MADAGASCAR: BACK 2 AFRICA


LOS ANGELES

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 7:30PM
DreamWorks Campanile Theater
1000 Flower Street
Glendale

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 11:00AM
Clarity Theater
100 North Crescent Drive
Beverly Hills

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 11, 7:00PM
ICM Screening Room 1
10250 Constellation Boulevard
Los Angeles


NEW YORK

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 6:00PM
Magno Review 1
729 Seventh Avenue, 2nd Floor
(between 48th and 49th streets)
New York


SAN FRANCISCO

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 3:00pm
Delancey Street Screening Room
600 Embarcadero
San Francisco


WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 7:00PM
Delancey Street Screening Room
600 Embarcadero
San Francisco


LONDON

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 7:00PM
Soho Hotel
4 Richmond Mews
Dean Street
London
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Event: Innovative Images- Experimental Animation At Woodbury

ASIFA-Hollywood and Woodbury University invite you to the opening reception for INNOVATIVE IMAGES, an Experimental Animation exhibition curated by Angela Diamos, Asst. Professor in Animation at Woodbury University. A graduate of Cal Arts, Ms. Diamos currently exhibits as a hybrid animation artist.

This exhibition will take place Monday, Oct. 27th starting at 6PM on Woodbury University's Burbank campus located at 7500 Glenoaks Blvd. Burbank, 91510. The opening reception will start at 6PM, at the Malburg Atrium. The opening night screenings will take place from 7PM-8:30PM inside the Fletcher Jones Foundation Auditorium.

INNOVATIVE IMAGES

Innovative images is a fresh look at experimental animation focusing on the lesser known artists and filmmakers working in the medium of animation. This brief survey will offer historical references and include contemporary visual artists. This show is a broad view of the possibilities of animation.

Experimental Animation artists in this exhibition include:

Devin Bell, Chris Casady, Audri Phillips, Norman McLaren, Faith Hubley, Georges Schwizgebel, Chel White, Barbel Neubauer, Nancy Herman, Eclectic Method, Mary Ellen Bute, Duan Jia, Bauhouse, Georges Melies

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Screening; $9.99

ASIFA-Hollywood cordially invites
members and a guest to an advanced screening of

$9.99
Saturday, November 8, 2008 - 2:30 p.m.
Fine Arts Theatre
8556 Wilshire Blvd.
Beverly Hills, CA 90211

See your email box for RSVP instructions. If you did not receive an email, you can check your member status and address on file with membership@asifa-hollywood.org. We are unable to help you with membership inquiries by phone.

ABOUT THE FILM

Based on the Short Stories of Etgar Keret, $9.99 is a stop motion animated feature which offers slightly less than $10 worth about the meaning of life.

Have you ever wondered "What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?" The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! You'll find it in a small yet amazing booklet, which will explain, in easy to follow, simple terms your reason for being! The booklet, printed on the finest paper, contains illuminating, exquisite colour pictures, and could be yours for a mere $9.99.

This is the ad that alters the life of the unemployed 28 year old who still lives at home, Dave Peck. In his struggle to share his find with the world, Dave's surreal path crosses with those of his unusual neighbours: an old man and his disgruntled guardian angel, a magician in debt, a bewitching woman who likes her men extra smooth, a broken hearted man who befriends a group of hard partying two inch tall students, and a little boy who sets his piggy bank free. Their stories are woven together, examining the post-modern meaning of hope.

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Screening Madagascar Escape 2 Africa

DreamWorks Animation and ASIFA-Hollywood
invite ASIFA-Hollywood members to a special screening of

MADAGASCAR: ESCAPE 2 AFRICA

Monday, November 3, 2008 - 7:30 p.m. Screening

AMC Lincoln Square IMAX
1998 Broadway
New York, NY 10023

Thursday, November 6, 2008 - 7:30 p.m. Screening

AMC CityWalk IMAX
1000 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608

AMC Matreon IMAX
101 4th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

*Immediately following the Universal City and San Francisco screenings will be a filmmaker Q&A.

See your email box for RSVP instructions. If you did not receive an email, you can check your member status and address on file with membership@asifa-hollywood.org. We are unable to help you with membership inquiries by phone.
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Screening WALL-E

Disney/Pixar and ASIFA-Hollywood Cordially Invite You And Your Family (limit 4) to a screening of...


WALL-E
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 7:00 pm
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Theatre
5230 Lankershim Blvd.
North Hollywood, CA 91601
RSVP Required (see your email box for information)

Q&A with Director/Writer Andrew Stanton immediately following the
screening.

Seating is limited. See your email box for RSVP instructions. Most of the communication between ASIFA-Hollywood and its members is via email. If you did not receive a notice on this screening, please contact membership@asifa-hollywood.org to check your status on our mailing list.

Free Parking in the structure only.
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Screening: 10th SHOW OF SHOWS

ASIFA-Hollywood invites you and a guest to a special screening of...


10th Animation Show of Shows
October 30, 2008 7:00 p.m.
DreamWorks Animation Campanile Theater
1000 Flower Street
Glendale, CA 91201
Members Only
RSVP Required (see your email box for information)

Seating is limited. See your email box for RSVP instructions. The deadline to RSVP is October 28, 2008. Most of the communication between ASIFA-Hollywood and its members is via email. If you did not receive a notice on this screening, please contact membership@asifa-hollywood.org to check your status on our mailing list.

Photo ID is required, to be admitted onto the DreamWorks Campus. DVDs of past Animation Show of Shows films will be available at the screening for sale for $5. www.filmporium.com

This screening is generously sponsored by DreamWorks Animation. The program is sponsored by AWN.com and Acme Filmworks. Curated and presented by Ron Diamond.
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The ASIFA-Hollywood Student Animation Festival

The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Educators' Forum presents...
The ASIFA-Hollywood
Student Animation Festival
October 18th, 2008
Admission FREE to the animation community
Woodbury University
School of Business / Fletcher Jones Foundation Theater
7500 Glenoaks Bl
Burbank, CA 91510
(Click for printable map)

Festival Schedule:

• Animation Salon: What Is An Animated Film?
  10am to 12 noon
  Stephen Worth, Director of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive presents a screening of animated films that show the diversity of styles and techniques from the past century of animation.


• Portfolio Review
  12pm to 5pm
  Professional reviewers will be on hand in the following areas of expertise: Character Animation, Production Design, Character Design, Story, Storyboards, Color Styling, Animatics, Layout, Effects Animation, Lighting, Rigging and Texturing for CGI. You do not have to have a film in competition to take part in the portfolio reviews.


• Screening of Student Festival Films:
  1pm to 2pm


• State of the Animation Industry Panel:
  2pm to 3pm


• Breaking Into Animation Panel
  3pm to 4pm


• Screening of Student Films
  4pm to 5pm


• Meet the Filmmakers Reception and Party
  Hosted by Creative Talent Network
  5pm to 6pm


• Awards Ceremony and Screening
  6pm to 7:30pm

FESTIVAL SPONSORS
ASIFA Hollywood and the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Educators' Forum would like to thank the following sponsors for their support of this festival...



Woodbury University



DigiCel Flipbook 2D



Autodesk Academic Solutions


Creative Talent Network

FESTIVAL RULES
PLEASE NOTE: THE ENTRY DEADLINE HAS PASSED FOR THE 2008 FESTIVAL. NO MORE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED. It has been decided that there will be no maximum film length for the 2008 competition. We fully expect to institute a maximum film length starting in 2009.

CATEGORIES AND PRIZES
All Entry Films will be evaluated in the following categories:

Best Visual Storytelling
Award Plaque
$200.00
FlipBook Lite* ($99 Value)
Choice of Maya or 3D Studio Max Educational ($500 Value)
= $799 Total Value of Prize Package

Best Character
Award Plaque
$200.00
FlipBook Lite* ($99 Value)
Choice of Maya or 3D Studio Max Educational ($500 Value)
= $799 Total Value of Prize Package

Best Technical Achievement
Award Plaque
$200.00
FlipBook Lite* ($99 Value)
Choice of Maya or 3D Studio Max Educational ($500 Value)
= $799 Total Value of Prize Package

Judges' Choice
Award Plaque
$500.00
FlipBook Studio* ($419 Value)
Choice of Maya or 3D Studio Max Educational ($500 Value)
Choice of Motion Builder ($295 Value) or Combustion ($100 Value)
= $1,519 or $1714 Total Value of Prize Package

Emile Cohl Award for the Best Animated Short
Award Plaque
$1,000.00
FlipBook Pro* ($799 Value)
Maya, 3D Studio Max, Motion Builder & Combustion Educational ($1395 value)
= $3,194 Total Value of Prize Package

* FlipBook comes in either Windows or OS X Operating Systems

JUDGING
The Judging Committee consists of:

Jorge R. Gutierrez
Creator / Executive Producer. El Tigre

Robin Brigstocke
Director / Storyboard Supervisor, King of the Hill

Floyd Norman
Story Artist / Disney Legend

Tim Johnson
Director, Over the Hedge

Aki Umemoto
Creative Director, Mattel

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
For a film to be eligible for competition, the principal animation in the film must have been completed during the 2007 - 2008 school year. The student filmmaker must have been enrolled in a college or adult level program for at least 6 credit units during the majority of the time in which the principal animation was created (acceptable programs: College, University, For-Profit School, Adult Education Program, adult students from Occupational Program, and Online Programs. All students submitting films into the competition need to be members of ASIFA-Hollywood. Student membership to ASIFA-Hollywood is $30 per year and comes with a large number of other privileges and benefits. Students may join at the time of film submittal.

FEES AND ANIMATION PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
There are no entrance fees for students or schools to submit films to the ASIFA-Hollywood Student Animation Festival. All students submitting films and at lest one school representative need to be members of ASIFA-Hollywood. All films must be submitted through the student's educational program. Each animation program constitutes the first level of evacuation for the festival and must have a designated festival contact person who is a member of ASIFA-Hollywood. Student Membership in ASIFA-Hollywood is $30 per year and General membership in ASIFA-Hollywood is $75 per year. The Festival Contact Person will need to join ASIFA-Hollywood by the May 8th, 2008 film in progress deadline date. Students will need to join ASIFA-Hollywood by the August 29th 2008 film entry deadline.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Each animation department will select and submit the best student films to represent the program. There will be no limit to the number of films that may be submitted from each program for the 2008 festival, but we fully expect that we will have to ration the number of submissions per program in future (possibly as soon as the 2009 festival).

MECHANICAL REQUIREMENTS
10 copies of a Prejudging DVD from each animation program with all of the submitted animation accessible from an opening menu, 1 editing copy of all of the uncompressed files for all of the animations being submitted from each animation program. (DVDs or portable hard drive - hard drives will be returned to schools after the festival)

All submitted Student films must be free of any copyright infringement and each filmmaker must submit copies of release forms for music, voice actors and any other contributor to the film. NOTE: Sample fill-in-the-blank release forms and work-for- hire contracts will be shipped to all animation programs with the call for entire package (Hopefully by the end of February 2008) Filmmakers will be asked to sign a state declaring that they have clear title to all of the elements of their film.

MORE INFO AND CONTACTS
ASIFA-Hollywood Student Animation Festival Press Release

ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Educators' Forum Homepage

Email: aef@asifa-hollywood.org

ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Educators' Forum Yahoo Group
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ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Students League

I have been charged by the Board of Directors of ASIFA-Hollywood to organize and provide services to the student members of ASIFA-Hollywood. There are currently over 200 student members of the organization. Let's begin a dialogue over what ASIFA can do for its student members, and what its student members can do for ASIFA-Hollywood.

AN ANIMATION SALON


Jean Francois de Troy, "Reading from Moliere" 1728
To get the ball rolling, I am instituting a series of screenings at Woodbury University in Burbank, the first of which will take place as part of the ASIFA-Hollywood Student Animation Festival. This series will be aimed at professionals and students of the medium, and will consist of informal discussions on topics related to animation filmmaking. We'll have guest speakers, rare films from the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, panel discussions, audience participation and networking sessions. The goal is to create an animation salon to bring together the creative spirit of the animation community and foster the interaction of the student membership of ASIFA-Hollywood.

The first program, which will take place on October 18th at 10 am will address a fundamental question...

What is an animated film?
For an idea of what this program will deal with, see my current post on the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive site...

An Animation Salon: What Is An Animated Film?

• Animation Salon: What Is An Animated Film?
  10am to 12 noon
  Stephen Worth, Director of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive presents a screening of animated films and discussion about the diversity of styles and techniques from the past century of animation. If you are interested in the art of animation, you won't want to miss it.

The ASIFA-Hollywood
Student Animation Festival
October 18th, 2008
Screening starts at 10am
Admission FREE to the animation community
Woodbury University
School of Business / Fletcher Jones Foundation Theater
7500 Glenoaks Bl
Burbank, CA 91510
(Click for printable map)

If you can, please print out this info or forward it via email to other animation students you may know. Everyone is welcome to attend. There will be panel discussions, portfolio reviews and other activities throughout the day.

ASIFA-Hollywood is committed to supporting our student members. If you have any ideas for what we can be doing as a sub-group of the membership of ASIFA, email me at sworth@animationarchive.org, and I will pass your suggestions along to the Animation Students' League and the Board of ASIFA-Hollywood.

Thanks!
Stephen Worth
Director
ASIFA-Hollywood
Animation Archive
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The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Educator's Forum

The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Educators' Forum is dedicated to bringing together Southern California animation education professionals for the advancement of the quality of animation education.

PROJECT GOALS
DEFINING THE CORE SKILL SET: Even the accreditation bodies that are judging animation programs do not have a list of skills that should be taught to animation students. Programs going through accreditation have to prove their case by matching skill sets from a mixture of other semi-related programs. It would be of great service to compile a list of what is being taught at all of the animation programs in the area and have that available to all.

SYLLABUS AND TEACHING OUTCOMES: Plans are underway to create a database with lists of student teaching outcome statements that could serve as building blocks for writing syllabi.

INSTRUCTOR DATABASE: It would be a great service to animation educators and animation programs alike to have an online listing of animation teachers' profiles.

STUDENT ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL: Almost all programs demand that students create a short animation as a requirement for graduation. The timing is such that very few of the deadlines for established animation festivals match up with the academic school year. A student animation festival under the umbrella of ASIFA-Hollywood taking place on college campuses would give an affordable venue and could be the precursor to a possible recognition of student work at the annual Annie Awards.

ROTATING TRAINING SEMINARS: Coordination is beginning for a lecture series by teachers and for teachers to travel to different area campuses throughout the year.

ROTATING CLASS LECTURE SERIES: Every school sponsors lectures by industry professionals who come to campus to speak about their career. Encouraging attendance between various programs, we could increase exposure to these events and promote networking between students from different programs.

ACTING FOR ANIMATORS: The goal is to build a list of resources and contacts in the acting community to help with the development of improv games and techniques that apply to the creation of an animation performance.

COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK: Business law is often overlooked in art programs. The intent is to gather resources and build a knowledge base for artists regarding intellectual property rights.

PRODUCTION SKILLS: The actuarial process of creating animation needs to be taught. Schedules and budgets are the nuts and bolts of the production process, and students need to have the organizational skills needed to track and plan their projects.

UPCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS
September 20th, 2008
ASIFA-Hollywood Student Animation Festival Judging Breakfast
(venue to be determined)


October 18th, 2008
ASIFA-Hollywood Student Animation Festival
Admission FREE to the animation community
Woodbury University
School of Business / Fletcher Jones Foundation Theater
7500 Glenoaks Bl
Burbank, CA 91510
(Click for printable map)

Festival Schedule:
Portfolio Review: 10am to 4pm
Treasures of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive Screening: 10am to 12 noon
Screening of Student Festival Films: 1pm to 2pm
State of the Animation Industry Panel: 2pm to 3pm
Breaking Into Animation Panel: 3pm to 4pm
Screening of Student Films: 4pm to 5pm
Meet the Filmmakers Party: 5pm to 6pm
Awards Ceremony and Screening: 6pm to 7:30pm

CONTACTS
aef@asifa-hollywood.org

ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Educators' Forum Yahoo Group
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Screening: Igor

ASIFA-Hollywood cordially invites members and a guest to an advanced screening of



Thursday, September 18, 2008 7:30 p.m.
Mann's Chinese 6
6801 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028

Immediately following the screening will be a Q&A with Director Tony Leondis, Writer Chris McKenna and Producer Max Howard

Members and their guests only. To RSVP, please see the RSVP number in your email box. The deadline to RSVP is September 17, 2008.

(Most of ASIFA-Hollywood's correspondence with its members is via email. To make sure your address is current in our lists, please check with membership@asifa-hollywood.org)
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Screening: Star Wars: The Clone Wars

ASIFA-Hollywood Invites Members
and a Guest to a Special Screening of
STAR WARS:
THE CLONE WARS
Followed by a Q&A with Director Dave Filoni
Sunday, August 10 at 11:00AM
Leonard H. Goldenson Theater
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Plaza
5220 Lankershim Boulevard
North Hollywood, CA 91601

Members and their guests only
Invitation is non-transferable, names will be checked at the door
Seating is on a first come, first serve basis
RSVP on or before Thursday, August 7
Parking: The TV Academy does not validate parking and will cost $4
To attend, please see RSVP info in your email

(Most of ASIFA-Hollywood's correspondence with its members is via email. To make sure your address is current in our lists, please check with membership@asifa-hollywood.org)

www.starwars.com
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Members Only: Kung Fu Panda Screening June 3rd

DreamWorks Animation and ASIFA-Hollywood invite you and your family (limit 4 tickets) to a special screening of Kung Fu Panda.



Tuesday, June 3, 2008
7:30pm Screening

AMC CityWalk Imax
1000 Universal City Plaza
Universal City, CA 91608

AMC Metreon Imax
101 4th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

AMC Lincoln Square Imax
1998 Broadway
New York, NY 10023

MEMBERS ONLY: See your email box for RSVP info.

*Immediately following the Universal City screening will be a Q&A hosted by Directors John Stevenson and Mark Osborne.

This invitation is non-transferable and space is limited. Reservations are taken on a first come, first served basis.
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Event: Oscar Nominated Animated Shorts

OSCAR NOMINATED ANIMATED SHORTS

Thursday March 6 - Thursday, March 13
Screens nightly at 10:00 PM Egyptian Theater
(3/6 in Rigler Theater; 3/7 - 3/13 in Spielberg Theater)
Magnolia Pictures. Total running time: 85 min.

Josh Raskin's "I Met The Walrus" (Canada, 5 min). In 1969, fourteen-year-old Jerry Levitan snuck into John Lennon's hotel room with his tape recorder and persuaded him to do an interview. Chris Lavis' and Maciek Szczerbowski's "Madame Tutli-Putli" (Canada, 17 min). A timid woman boards a mysterious night train and has a series of frightening experiences. Samuel Tourneux and Simon Vanesse's "Meme Les Pigeons Vont Au Paradis" ("Even Pigeons Go To Heaven"), (France, 9 min). A priest tries to sell an old man a machine that he promises will transport him to heaven. Alexander Petrov's "My Love" (Russia, 27 min). In nineteenth-century Russia, a teenage boy in search of love is drawn to two very different women. Suzie Templeton and Hugh Welchman's "Peter & The Wolf" (United Kingdom & Poland, 27 min). A young boy and his animal friends face a hungry wolf in Prokofiev's classic musical piece. (All films have English subtitles if in another language.)

Egyptian Theatre
6712 Hollywood Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA

Tickets: $10 General / $8 Students & Seniors / $7
American Cinematheque Members
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Screening/Panel: Persepolis Jan 10th

Sony Pictures Classics & ASIFA-Hollywood
invite members and a guest to a special screening of...


Sony Pictures Classics
PERSEPOLIS

Nominated for Four Annie Awards (Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Music Score)

Thursday, January 10th at 7:30 PM
Laemmle Sunset Five Theaters
8000 Sunset Blvd. (at Crescent Heights)
West Hollywood, CA 90046
Note: please Park underneath the building.

Q/A after screening with co-writers and co-directors
Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud.

Members Only / RSVP Required
See your email for RSVP instructions. If you did not receive the email announcement, contact membership@asifa-hollywood.org to have your email address added to the list. Most ASIFA-Hollywood communications go out via email. It is vital that you keep your address on our list up to date.

Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, presented at the 2007 Telluride and Toronto International Film Festivals, and the Closing Night Film at this years upcoming New York Film Festival, Persepolis is the poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution. We meet nine-year-old Marjane when the fundamentalists first take power forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands; follow her as she cleverly outsmarts the social guardians and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden, while living with the terror of government persecution and the Iran/Iraq war; then on to Austria as a teenager, where ! her parents send her to school in fear for her safety and, she has to combat being equated with the religious fundamentalism and extremism she fled her country to escape.

Marjane eventually gains acceptance in Europe but finds herself alone and horribly homesick, and returns to Iran to be with her family, though it means putting on the veil and living in a tyrannical society. After a difficult period of adjustment, she enters art school and marries, continuing to speak out against the hypocrisy she witnesses. At age twenty-four, she realizes that while she is deeply Iranian, she cannot live in Iran. She then makes the heartbreaking decision to leave her homeland for France, optimistic about her future, shaped indelibly by her past.

Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud co-wrote and co-directed the film, which is produced by Marc-Antoine Robert and Xavier Rigault of 2.4.7. Films, and executive produced by Kathleen Kennedy of The Kennedy/Marshall Company in co-production with France 3 Cinema, Franche Connection Animations and Diaphana Distribution; in association with Celluloid Dreams, Sony Pictures Classics, Sofica Soficinema and Sofica Europacorp. Rated PG -13. 95 minutes.

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Screening: TMNT TIME CHANGE

Warner Bros. Pictures, Imagi Animation Studios
and ASIFA-Hollywood Invite Members And A Guest
To A Special Screening Of

TMNT
Saturday, December 1st, 2007
1 p.m.
AMC Burbank 16
125 East Palm Avenue
Burbank, California

The screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers.

See your email for RSVP instructions. If you did not receive the email announcement, contact membership@asifa-hollywood.org to have your email address added to the list. Most ASIFA-Hollywood communications go out via email. It is vital that you keep your address on our list up to date.

This invitation is for ASIFA-Hollywood members only and space is limited. Reservations are taken on a first come, first serve basis.
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Beowulf Members Only Screening

Paramount Pictures and ASIFA-Hollywood
Invite Members And A Guest
To A Special Screening of

BEOWULF


LOS ANGELES *
Tuesday, November 13th 7:30pm
AMC Burbank 16
125 East Palm Avenue

SAN FRANCISCO
Thursday, November 15 7:30pm
CNMK Century 9
835 Market Street

* The L.A. screening will be immediately followed by a Q&A with
Sr. Visual Effects Supervisor Jerome Chen, Animation Supervisor Kenn McDonald & Stereographer and 3D Digital Effects Supervisor Rob Engle.

See your email for RSVP instructions. If you did not recieve the email announcement, contact membership@asifa-hollywood.org to have your email address added to the list. Most ASIFA-Hollywood communications go out via email. It is vital that you keep your address on our list up to date.

This invitation is for ASIFA-Hollywood members only and space is limited. Reservations are taken on a first come, first serve basis.

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Screening: SIMPSONS MOVIE November 6th

Twentieth Century Fox
Invites ASIFA-Hollywood Members
To a Special Screening of


Tuesday, November 6, 2007
Directors' Guild of America Theatre 1
7920 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, California
6:30 p.m. Pre-Screening Reception
7:30 p.m. Screening
Post-screening Q&A and Panel Discussion with the filmmakers to follow

Starring in THE SIMPSONS MOVIE are series regulars Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, Hank Azaria, Harry Shearer, Pamela Hayden, and Tress MacNeille. Albert Brooks also stars. Producers are "The Simpsons" series executive producer James L. Brooks, creator Matt Groening, current showrunner Al Jean, as well as Mike Scully and Richard Sakai, who has been with the series since its inception. The script is written by James L. Brooks, Matt Groening, Al Jean, Ian Maxtone-Graham, George Meyer, David Mirkin, Mike Reiss, Mike Scully, Matt Selman, John Swartzwelder, and Jon Vitti-all series veterans. David Silverman, the series' supervising animation director, helmed the feature.

See your email for RSVP instructions. If you did not receive the email announcement, contact membership@asifa-hollywood.org to have your email address added to the list. Most ASIFA-Hollywood communications go out via email. It is vital that you keep your address on our list up to date.

This invitation is for ASIFA-Hollywood members only and space is limited. Reservations are taken on a first come, first serve basis.
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Screening: Raggedy Ann & Andy Reunion Nov 17th

Raggedy Ann & Andy Reunion
November 17th at 3pm
Mark Goodsen Auditorium
American Film Institute
2021 N. Western Bl
Hollywood, CA

ASIFA-Hollywood is planning a special screening and panel discussion in honor of the 30th Anniversary of Richard Williams' Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure. This event will take place on Saturday November 17th in the Mark Goodson Auditorium at the American Film Institute in Hollywood. At 3pm, a rare CinemaScope 35mm print will be screened, followed by a panel discussion at 5pm with a large group of production personnel. Light refreshments will be available.

Williams' Raggedy Ann was the subject of John Canemaker's first book, and the film was unique at the time, as it was based in New York (with satellite studios in L.A. and London). Veteran animators, such as Art Babbit, Grim Natwick, Emery Hawkins, Tissa David, Gerry Chiniquy, Willis Pyle, Corny Cole, Irv Spence and Williams himself, were joined by a who's who of talented newcomers including Michael Sporn, Eric Goldberg, Tom Sito and Dan Haskett. This event is a benefit for the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. Admission will be $15 for ASIFA members, $20 for non-members.

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Bee Movie Members Screening October 30th

DreamWorks Animation and ASIFA-Hollywood
Invite Members And Their Family (limit 4 tickets)
To A Special Screening of

BEE MOVIE

Tuesday, October 30, 2007
7:30pm

LOS ANGELES *
GRAUMAN'S CHINESE
6925 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, CA 90028

SAN FRANCISCO
AMC METREON
101 4th Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

NEW YORK
AMC LINCOLN SQUARE 12
1998 Broadway (@ 68th st.)
New York, NY 10023

* The L.A. screening will be immediately followed by a Q&A with directors Simon J. Smith and Steve Hickner.

See your email for RSVP instructions. If you did not recieve the email announcement, contact membership@asifa-hollywood.org to have your email address added to the list. Most ASIFA-Hollywood communications go out via email. It is vital that you keep your address on our list up to date.

This invitation is for ASIFA-Hollywood members only and space is limited. Reservations are taken on a first come, first serve basis.

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OCT 9th: Members Only Persepolis Screening

Sony Pictures Classics presents
PERSEPOLIS
Tuesday, October 9th at 7:30 PM
Mann's Chinese Theatre
Hollywood, CA
RSVP Required: Members, see your email box for details

Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the 2007 Cannes Film Festival, presented at the 2007 Telluride and Toronto International Film Festivals, and the Closing Night Film at this year's upcoming New York Film Festival, "Persepolis" is the poignant coming-of-age story of a precocious and outspoken young Iranian girl that begins during the Islamic Revolution. We meet nine-year-old Marjane when the fundamentalists first take power- forcing the veil on women and imprisoning thousands; follow her as she cleverly outsmarts the "social guardians" and discovers punk, ABBA and Iron Maiden, while living with the terror of government persecution and the Iran/Iraq war; then on to Austria as a teenager, where h er parents send her to school in fear for her safety and, she has to combat being equated with the religious fundamentalism and extremism she fled her country to escape.

Marjane eventually gains acceptance in Europe but finds herself alone and horribly homesick, and returns to Iran to be with her family, though it means putting on the veil and living in a tyrannical society. After a difficult period of adjustment, she enters art school and marries, continuing to speak out against the hypocrisy she witnesses. At age twenty-four, she realizes that while she is deeply Iranian, she cannot live in Iran. She then makes the heartbreaking decision to leave her homeland for France, optimistic about her future, shaped indelibly by her past.

Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud co-wrote and co-directed the film, which is produced by Marc-Antoine Robert and Xavier Rigault of 2.4.7. Films, and executive produced by Kathleen Kennedy of The Kennedy/Marshall Company in co-production with France 3 Cinema, Franche Connection Animations and Diaphana Distribution; in association with Celluloid Dreams, Sony Pictures Classics, Sofica Soficinema and Sofica Europacorp. Rated PG -13. 95 minutes.

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Event Oct 21: Archive Treasures Screening in Hollywood

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood is embarked on an ambitious project-- building a library, museum and digital archive dedicated to the art of animation. On Sunday October 21st at 2.00 pm, ASIFA-Hollywood will be presenting a screening at the Silent Movie Theater on Fairfax as part of LAAF 2007, the Los Angeles Animation Festival. The program is titled "Treasures of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive", and it will include rarely seen cartoons covering a wide spectrum of animation's rich history.


"Hollywood was the place animation reached its absolute peak" says ASIFA-Hollywood President, Antran Manoogian, "and it's still the place to be for an artist looking to break into the business. Technological advances and an upsurge in interest in the medium indicate that cartoons will be even be even more a part of our lives as time goes on. The ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive is making that happen by providing much needed resources to students and artists working in the field."


"The goal of our project is to help artists build on the accomplishments of the past, rather than reinventing the wheel." says Stephen Worth, Director of the ASIFA-Hollywood Archive. "There's no better resource for doing that than our archive." Located on Burbank Bl. in Burbank, ASIFA-Hollywood's Animation Archive is open to the public four days a week, with thousands of animated cartoons and images available for viewing in an interactive computer database. "Something like this has never been attempted before." says Worth. "Our archive is like the Library of Alexandria or the Louvre- just for cartoons!"


The program of animated films will include classic cartoons by many of the most famous names in animation. It will also put the spotlight on artists you might not have ever heard of, but who were responsible for creating the cartoon characters you know and love. After the program, there will be a reception in the Silent Movie Theater's beautiful Spanish Patio with special guests. Proceeds from this event will be going to support the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive project.


Because of the limited number of seats available, it is suggested that you purchase admission in advance. Any remaining tickets will go on sale one hour prior to showtime. Advance tickets are exclusively available online. (Click on Program 5.)

http://www.ticketalternative.com/VenueDetail.aspx?facility=542

Treasures of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive
Sunday October 21st at 2.00 pm
Tickets $10 (includes after party)
Silent Movie Theatre
611 N Fairfax Av
Los Angeles, CA 90036


For the full schedule of the Los Angeles Animation Festival 2007, visit...
www.laafest.org/

For more information on the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive, contact...
Stephen Worth, sworth@animationarchive.org
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Event Oct 20-21: The Los Angeles Animation Festival

The Los Angeles Animation Festival 2007 Oct. 20th-21st 2007
A festival run by animators for animators.

For 2 days in October 2007 Hollywood gets its first animation festival in over 5 years- The Los Angeles Animation Festival (LAAF) at the beautifully renovated art deco "Silent Movie Theatre" (611 N. Fairfax Ave., Los Angeles).

With world premiere screenings (FANTASTIC LALOUX), gala tributes (FANTASTIC PLANET) and guest speakers including Sean Lennon and director Michele Civetta, LAAF promises to be a fabulous weekend. Every screening is followed by a catered networking party in the theatre's Spanish patio. Volunteers will formally introduce everyone, so bring your business cards.

LAAF's unique competitions (GHOST STORY/ROCKIN' ANIMATION), network parties and career workshops are designed to give budding talent its first major step on the ladder of success. Its tribute screenings help promote the continuing art and craft of animation.

For full details, ticket sales and a complete schedule of events/competitions, please visit:
www.laafest.org

TICKETS on sale now:
http://www.ticketalternative.com/VenueDetail.aspx?facility=542


COMPETITION UPDATE

LAAF 2007 and KA-CHEW! Present the "Rockin Animation Contest"- putting animation back in Music Videos.

Add your animation to a video by Atlantic recording Artist TALLY HALL and/or British upstarts LEATHER HANDS. Any style and any technique. We'll cut animated music videos out of the best segments.

Sponsored by the Los Angeles Animation Festival and ka-chew! Hollywood. The results will be featured in a special screening at the festival on October 21 at the Silent Movie Theatre in L.A. You'll have a chance to win a cash prize and loads of great software.

For full details and downloads, go to:
http://www.kachew.com/clients/rockinanimation
Deadline October 10.


SPONSORS

Titmouse Inc., S4 Studios, Z-Animation, Parallax Studioworks Inc., Toon Boom, Sprecher Brewing Co., Stop Motion Pro, Animator DV, Ka-Chew!, ASIFA-Hollywood

If you wish to be a sponsor, email info@laafest.org

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July 5th: RATATOUILLE SCREENING

ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD and DISNEY - PIXAR
Invite You and Your Guests to a Special Screening of



RATATOUILLE

WHEN: Thursday, July 5, 2007 @ 7:30PM

WHERE: Writer's Guild of America Screening Room
135 South Doheny Drive
Beverly Hills, CA 90211
MEMBERS ONLY: RSVP REQUIRED
(See your email box for the reservation phone number)

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Screening: TEKKONKINKREET July 1st

ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD and DESTINATION PICTURES
Invite You and Your Guests to a Special Screening of



TEKKONKINKREET
Q&A with Director Michael Arias following the screening

Sunday, July 1 @ 2:00 pm
Mann's Chinese 6
6801 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood
(Parking at Hollywood & Highland)
MEMBERS ONLY: RSVP REQUIRED
(See your email box for the reservation phone number)

TEKKONKINKREET is the first feature-length Anime film written and directed by American filmmakers. Directed by Michael Arias (producer of The Animatrix) from a screenplay by Anthony Weintraub, TEKKONKINKREET is a riveting tale about brotherhood, love lost and the kindness of the human heart amidst the corruption of modern day society. With astounding visual effects including a hybrid of 3D CGI and traditional Japanese anime, TEKKONKINKREET is in a league of its own combining dynamic action, masterful visuals, and heart rendering tragedy. The voice cast includes Letters from Iwo Jima's Kazunari Ninomiya, and an electrifying original soundtrack from UK techno innovators Plaid (Bjork). TEKKONKINKREET will be released on July 13th in Los Angeles and New York City. The film is rated R and has a running time of 100 minutes.

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Event July 11: Woody Woodpecker Screening

"Guess Who?"

Here's an early heads up on a free event being planned with Universal Pictures. To celebrate the DVD release of WOODY WOODPECKER AND FRIENDS on July 24th a special screening with special guests in person is being scheduled at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood for July 11th.

More details to come (and will be posted here when available), but mark your calender now!

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