http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com blog for San Francisco chapter of ASIFA-SF Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:11:44 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   Best of ASIFA-East Screens Friday, Nov. 67pm • San Francisco Exploratorium  It’s another busy month for animation fans and we’re kicking off the local events with a FREE screening of the winners of the 40th annual ASIFA-East Animation Festival. The longest running animation competition in the US, is predictably, a strong ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2009/11/04/west-meets-east/ Spend the day at Pixar Animation StudiosFor the Sixth Annual Cartoon Art Museum Benefit!Saturday November 14, 2009   The Cartoon Art Museum, the only museum in the western United States dedicated to all forms of cartoons and comics, is delighted to host its sixth annual benefit onSaturday, November 14, 2009 at Pixar Animation Studios. ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2009/10/30/cartoon-art-museum-benefit-at-pixar-animation-studios-1114/ New from the National Film Board of Canada As of October 8, 2009, NFB.ca will feature exclusive programming as part of Get Animated!, with new shorts joining over 150 NFB animation productions already online. New titles include The Brainwashers and Subservience, puppet-animated films from two-time Jutra award-winner Patrick Bouchard, as ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2009/10/13/whats-nfb/ Henry Selick presents his stop-motion masterwork On Sunday, Oct. 11, 5:30 PM  Focus Features, ASIFA-SF AND ASIFA-Hollywood cordially invite you and your family (limit 4) to a special 3-D screening of Coraline. Immediately after the screening please join us for a Q & A and light reception for director Henry Selick. ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2009/10/03/coraline-exclusivey/   The Walt Disney Family Museum Opens Oct. 1 It may seem a little unbelievable that this unique and oh-so-special attraction is opening in San Francisco. Los Angeles, Marceline, MO or Kansas City, even, would seem more likely. But go ahead, pinch yourself and call us plumb lucky. This museum, dropped into ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2009/09/26/where-dreams-come-to-life/   A Heinz Edelmann TributeSeptember 17, 8pm• SF State University Heinz Edelmann was a top illustrator for German magazines when he was tapped to design Yellow Submarine in 1968. His remarkable art direction helped make George Dunning’s film one of the standouts of animation in the 1960s, and his legacy remains influential ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2009/09/09/its-all-too-much/  Two cool shows at the PFA The Pacific Film Archive in Berkeley has two-count’em-two fascinating programs of unusual, experimental and alternative animated films, including classic pre-psychedelia by Oskar Fischinger and new works as well. Shut off the TV and go see: Tuesday, Sept. 1, ESSENTIAL VISUAL MUSIC; RARE CLASSICS ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2009/08/31/double-your-fun/   Academy of Art Prof shows his stuff Tony Claar has posted half a dozen amusing animations on YouTube. They are all under a minute in length.  They show off his ability to create very delightful looking, silly characters. Tony studied animation at the Zagreb Studio (Fulbright Scholarship) after studying ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2009/08/28/lets-be-perfectly-claar/   Wednesday and Thursday at the Red Vic If you haven’t already caught Nina Paley’s magnum opus, or, you wish to see it again, and again (attention Million Dollar Movie Alumni), the next showing is right here in S.F. August 26-27. If you can’t make it this time, mark your calendars—it’ll ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2009/08/27/sita-sings-again/ Thursday, August 20 at Playland-Not-at-the-Beach! Renowned animator Steve Segal will be conducting a two hour overview of the Art of Animation, and students will actually create a flipbook and use equipment to make an animated film. This class is $20 and includes all materials. It will start at 6:00 and go ... http://cablecartoon.blogsome.com/2009/08/19/east-bay-animation-workshop/