The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood is honored to announce that Annecy International Animation Film Festival has officially become a festival partner with the Annie Awards. Also joining the Annie Awards’ festival partnership is Ottawa, Hiroshima and Zagreb festivals. Annecy was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town […]

ASIFA-Hollywood, announced nominees today for its 46th Annual Annie Awards recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. For a complete list of nominations, check the list list below – or visit www.annieawards.org. This year’s Best Animated Feature nominations include: Early Man (Aardman Animations), Incredibles 2 (Pixar Animation Studios), Isle of Dogs (Fox Searchlight […]

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood recently announced new officer appointments to its Executive Board of Directors. ServIng as Second and Third Vice Presidents, respectively, are Sue Shakespeare, President of the highly successful independent animation studio, Creative Capers Entertainment and Brooke Keesling, former Talent Development Director at Cartoon Network and more recently, Director of Community […]

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood, announced today its ‘Call for Entries’ for the 46th Annual Annie Awards to begin today,Wednesday, August 1st. Honoring excellence in the field of animation, the Annie Awards will be presented in 10 Production categories (Best Feature, Broadcast Production, Short Film, Virtual Reality, etc.) and 22 Achievement categories (Best Animation, […]

ASIFA-Hollywood and the Animation Educators Forum (AEF) are proud to announce the scholarship winners for academic year 2018-2019. This year’s scholarships total $40,000 and will be distributed to ten (10) students, both graduate and undergraduate, and include narrative and documentary animation projects, and formal academic research. According to the AEF judges, applications came in from […]

The International Animated Film Society, ASIFA-Hollywood continues its commitment to open source animation technology this month with a special development sponsorship to Synfig, a 2D vector graphics animation program. The amount awarded was $2000. This grant will help keep their new developer employed full-time, working on bug-fixes and improving stability of the free and open […]