Spring Events

Thanks to all who made it out to the Show & Tell this weekend, and to Dan Ackerman for hosting at Stage 13. Dan has other events slated for the space that might grab you, including Star Wars animator Peter Kuran with his book “How to Photograph an Atomic...

The New Shirts Are In!

The uber-cool new ASIFA Portland shirts are making their debut at this Saturday’s ASIFA 50 screening. Designed by Kim Slate (currently at LAIKA), these are hand-screened onto a variety of sizes and styles. You will look fantastic in one. We’re selling them...

Simpsons Spoofs Shorts

Last night’s Simpsons episode, “Angry Dad: The Movie,” features fond spoofs of the current animation scene, including jabs at Pixar, Sylvain Chomet, and Aardman. Portland stop-motion maven Teresa Drilling worked on the Aardman parody with Musa...

2011 Oscar-Nominated Shorts

This week (February 19-24), the Hollywood Theater presents a showcase of the five animated short films nominated for this year’s Academy Awards, plus two additional films named to the Academy’s shortlist. Click here for showtimes. This program is appropriate for all...

ASIFA 50 for 50

Born in Annecy, France in 1960, ASIFA turned 50 last year. To mark the occasion, ASIFA Poland (not Portland) brought together an international panel of artists and experts to vote on the most outstanding 50 animated shorts of the past 50 years– apparently the...