Toon Boom Software Demo in S.F.

ASIFA-SF Members and guests are invited to learn about how to maximize their work using the Toon Boom line of animation software. Toon Boom is coming to SF on their “Animate More for Less Tour.”  Learn about the current state of the worldwide animation industry and find out how you can access the Toon Boom global corporate network.  Toon Boom says the best animation talent is still in North America (they’re based in Canada) so learn how you can maximize your potential through their Animate software. Toon Boom’s CEO Joan Vogelesang and CTO Francisco Del Cueto will be presenting the “More for Less” seminar. Francisco will demonstrate why Animate is quickly being recognized as the tool of choice by animators and studios around the world. Vouchers to buy Animate for $399.99 will be given to attendees along with appetizers and drinks. There will also be one free prize, a copy of Toon Boom Animate!

Monday, July 13, 2009, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Marriott San Francisco, Room: Foothill G, 55 Fourth Street, San Francisco

Pre-register at: toonboom.makeswebsites.com/
(click on RSVP)

ASIFA-SF Potluck Party

It’s our annual sumer get-together for food, drink and animated fun in real (or is that reel?) 16mm. Come welcome the arrival of summer—network, eat, drink and laugh. Have fun with Felix, Betty Boop, Popeye, Bugs, Daffy and other great stars at Oddball Films (where else?), doors open at 6 pm, movies start around 8.

This Sunday, June 21, 6pm - ???

Oddball Films 275 Capp St. San Francisco, third floor, FREE! Bring a friend!

Drawn and Quarterly artists Adriane Tomaine & Seth are traveling together and each will be presenting their own slide shows, which are more than comics, less than animation, but absolutely fascinating in their own right. They’re promoting their latest books, new editions of Shortcomings and 32 Stories by Tomine and Seth’s new graphic novel George Sprott 1894-1975–as well as the releases of the books they have each edited and designed–Yoshihiro Tatsumi’s A Drifting Life (Adrian Tomine) and The Collected Doug: Canada’s Master Cartoonist (Seth). The two authors will present slide shows, chat with each other, take questions from the audience and sign books.

Thursday, June 18 at 7:30 pm at the Park Branch Library, 1833 Page St. in San Francisco. Presented by The Booksmith in San Francisco.

A Week of Miyazaki in July

Don’t miss the premiere of PONYO, a film retrospective, and more special events in Berkeley honoring renowned animation director Hayao Miyazaki! In conjunction with The Center for Japanese Studies at the University of California, Berkeley, which is awarding the 2009 Berkeley Japan Prize to internationally acclaimed filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki.

BAM/PFA is very happy to be a co-presenter of the Northern California premiere of PONYO, Miyazaki’s prize-winning newest film. The Center for Japanese Studies and BAM/PFA will co-present the Northern California Premiere of PONYO at Wheeler Auditorium on the UC Berkeley campus at 6 p.m. on Friday, July 24. Tickets to the premiere are sold out, and tickets for the retrospective are going fast.

Even if you already treasure Miyazaki’s films on DVD, you won’t want to miss this chance to appreciate their beauty as it was meant to be seen: on the big screen. Sunday, July 12, 2009 4:00 p.m.: My Neighbor Totoro/Totari no Totoro (Japan, 1988) Tuesday, July 14, 2009 7:00 p.m.: Porco Rosso/Kurenai no buta (Japan, 1992) Sunday, July 19, 2009 2:30 p.m.: Castle in the Sky/ Tenku no shiro Laputa (Japan, 1986) Tuesday, July 21, 2009 7:00 p.m.: Princess Mononoke/Mononoke Hime (Japan, 1997)

The PFA Theater is located at 2575 Bancroft Way, on the southern edge of the UC Berkeley campus. Films shown at the PFA Theater are presented in 35mm prints, in Japanese with English subtitles.