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39th Annie Awards Accepting Entries Now

August 23, 2011 by Ramin Zahed No Comments divider image

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood has announced its official call for entries’ for the 39th Annual Annie Awards. The 39th Annual Annie Awards ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, February 4, 2012, at UCLA’s Royce Hall in Los Angeles. The 2011 Annie Awards will be presented in 28 categories including [...]

ASIFA Makes New Plans for Archives

May 4, 2011 by Ramin Zahed 1 Comment divider image

ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive has temporarily suspended operation due to lack of funding this year. For the past five years, the Animation Archive has been funded by the membership of ASIFA-Hollywood ($15 from the annual dues of each member is earmarked for the archive budget). However, this year, due to the [...]

ASIFA-Hollywood Names Gladstone President; Beck is VP

March 1, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

There’s been a changing of the guard at ASIFA-Hollywood, with president Antran Manoogian and VP Tom Sito stepping down and Frank Gladstone stepping in as his successor. Also joining the group’s board is Jerry Beck as the new vice president and Jeff Wike as treasurer. Bill Turner returns for another [...]

Post-Annies Q&A with ASIFA-Hollywood’s Antran Manoogian

February 8, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The 38th annual Annie Awards were handed out Saturday at UCLA’s Royce Hall with a lot of familiar elements in place: June Foray appeared on stage to stand on her usual box and present the awards named in her honor; Tom Kenny, the voice of SpongeBob SquarePants, was back as host; [...]

Annual Remembrance of Departed Animators Set for March 5

January 25, 2011 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

The Animation Guild, ASIFA Hollywood and Women In Animation have announced their annual Afternoon of Remembrance for members of the animation community will be held March 5 at the Lasky-DeMille Barn at the Hollywood Heritage Museum, 2100 N. Highland Blvd., Hollywood, Calif. The nondenominational celebration will this year include the [...]

ASIFA-Hollywood Presents Plympton Program

October 26, 2010 by Thomas J. McLean No Comments divider image

ASIFA-Hollywood will present Thursday, Oct. 28, a special program titled An Evening with Bill Plympton at Woodbury University in Burbank, Calif. The event will be hosted by Tom Sito, who will discuss with Plympton his long career as an independent animator and his approach to filmmaking. Plympton also will speak [...]