http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com blog for San Francisco chapter of ASIFA-SF Fri, 18 Jul 2008 17:06:24 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It’s been three months since ASIFA-SF launched the CableCartoon, and your conductors are figuring out all the switches and levers in the driver’s seat. So it’s time to remind members of a benefit you can take advantage of. One of the missions of the CableCartoon is to strengthen our community and ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2008/07/18/69/   Back in the day, you could sit in your car, or bring a chair to sit outside, and watch movies "magically" projected onto a giant screen. Now you can relive those halcyon days of yesteryear with a decidedly 21st century bent. The 14th Annual Brainwash Drive-In/Bike-In/Walk-In Movie Festival is showing ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2008/07/14/get-brainwashed/ The Adventures of Prince Acmed (1926, Germany, Lotte Reiniger) is the earliest surviving feature-length animated film. Reiniger created an intricate cutout silhouette animation technique to depict the fantastic adventures of Prince Achmed on the magic island of Wak Wak. And let’s not forget—in an industry dominated by men—it’s a rare ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2008/07/11/shadows-from-the-silent-era/ Hey friends and fans of animation, don’t forget ASIFA-SF is having a private screening tonight, Wednesday July 9, at the Exploratorium starting 7:30pm! We don’t mean to be coy, but this feature-length documentary about an important bit of animation history has not yet secured its distributor—so we need to be ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2008/07/09/members-only-screening-tonight/   Bruce Conner, a San Francisco-based artist known for his assemblages of found objects as well of stock film footage, passed away Monday afternoon. Conner moved to S.F. in 1957 and quickly found his place within the city’’s vibrant Beat community, often borrowing from the town’s Victorian history and mashing-up the ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2008/07/08/look-what-he-found/ The Animation Show is a showcase for some of the world’s greatest independent animated short films.  They currently license animated short films for a variety of programs including theatrical and DVD collections, iTunes and web channels and for television (via MTV). Launched in 2003, the Show is the first festival ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2008/07/01/indoor-fireworks-july-4/    ASIFA SF President Karl Cohen has a new outlet for your animation news that needs more attention.  From the ASIFA newsletter: “CINE SOURCE MAGAZINE,” A GREAT REASON TO TOOT YOUR HORN ABOUT YOUR WORK by Karl Cohen I’m writing a monthly column about animation for the Bay Area’s new media publication ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2008/06/28/toot/   FilmClick is an online film community created to "connect filmmakers, crewmembers, actors, and film enthusiasts to encourage true filmmaking, whether it be independent, amateur or commercial film." Sounds promising, let’s hope it pans out. Regardless, there are some interesting films to see, including a fair number of animations, like Brainstorm ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2008/06/25/whats-on-the-upload/   Frameline’s 32nd SF International Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Film Festival includes a few films with crossover appeal to CableCartoon readers—they’re animated! (Or at least, unconventional..not that there’s anything wrong with that.) June 21 at 11am and on June 29 at 2 PM at the Castro, Pat’s First Kiss (Canada; Director: ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2008/06/20/g-l-b-toons-june-21-28/   Sita Sings the Blues, written, directed and animated by Nina Paley, has won first prize (Cristal) for Best Feature Film at the Annecy Animation Festival in France. Nina, as local cartoon fans may remember, moved to Santa Cruz back in 1988 to create her own independent comic strip Nina’s Adventures ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2008/06/16/nina-sings-no-blues/