by admin | Feb 19, 2011 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Feb 18, 2011 | Uncategorized
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...
by admin | Feb 1, 2011 | Uncategorized
Thanks to everyone for coming out for another great Drinking and Drawing! This was the fifth year for the Portland event, begun by Dan Meth at the Platform festival in 2007. These evenings of collaborative animation have since been replicated all over the world- to...
by admin | Jan 9, 2011 | Uncategorized
Sylvain Chomet’s much-anticipated new feature, The Illusionist, arrives in Portland on January 28. It’s garnered rave reviews but would qualify as a don’t-miss based on The Triplets of Belleville alone. It’s screening at Cinema 21. Also in late...
by admin | Nov 22, 2010 | Uncategorized
Some members transitioning here from the old website have reported login problems, and to fix this we’ve had to delete some accounts that haven’t been used yet. So if you had an account on the old site but are having trouble activating it on the new one,...
by admin | Oct 16, 2010 | Uncategorized
Finally, officially, the new ASIFA-Portland website is open for business. We’ve got everything in one place here, including social networking, an events calendar, forums, image galleries, videos, history, and more. With your help, the site will be both a meeting...