ASIFA Portland presents:

How to Finish an Animated Film:
Featuring:
Mike A. Smith’s “Cooped”,
Temris Ridge’s “Zombie Fairy”,
work from Sam Niemann, and more!

Saturday, Dec 7th, 7pm
5th Avenue Cinema
510 SW Hall St, Portland

Cost: Free!*

Come enjoy a screening of works in progress and a discussion of the process of starting and finishing an animated film on your own time. The evening will include: a screening and discussion by Mike A. Smith on his film “Cooped”, a presentation by Temris Ridge on her film, “Zombie Fairy”, and work by Sam Niemann. More presenters to be announced in the near future. Please join us for ASIFA Portland’s last get-together of the year!

*This presentation is free and open to the public. Please consider supporting ASIFA Portland by joining or renewing your membership, bringing a few dollars donation, or buying a T-shirt.

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From Mike A. Smith's "Cooped"

From Temris Ridge's "Zombie Fairy"

GKIDS and ASIFA Portland proudly present ERNEST & CELESTINE, the César Award-winning animated feature and Official Selection of the Cannes International Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, and Los Angeles Film Festival. Based on the popular books by Belgian author Gabrielle Vincent, ERNEST & CELESTINE tells the tale of an unlikely friendship that spans worlds and species, recreating the books’ lush and expressive watercolor illustrations.

Director Benjamin Renner is flying in from France to give a unique presentation about the making of the film. This exclusive, one-time-only event takes place prior to the American release of the film.

Ernest & Celestine Screening with Benjamin Renner
Tuesday Nov. 19 @ 7:00pm
Cinema 21
616 NW 21st Ave
Portland, OR 97209
ASIFA Portland members only – FREE!

This members-only event is FREE for current ASIFA members — which includes all employees of LAIKA, Bent Image Lab, SuperGenius, and PNCA animation students. If your membership card is past-date, be sure to rejoin now: click here to join ASIFA Portland.

The Story: Celestine is a young mouse who lives in the underground world of rodents. At the orphanage where she lives, the caretaker tells scary stories about the evil nature of the bears that live in the outside world, though Celestine doubts the stories are entirely true. She loves to draw but must soon study dentistry, the occupation all rodents hold. In preparation, she must travel above ground to collect bear cubs’ lost teeth from underneath pillows. On one such occasion, the cub’s family catches Celestine in the act and chase her into a trash can where she spends the night. The next morning, a destitute and starving bear named Ernest discovers Celestine and attempts to eat her. When she convinces him not to and leads the way to a cellar full of food, an unlikely bond forms between the two. But as they soon discover, not everyone – above ground or below – is so accepting of their unprecedented friendship.

About the Film: Ernest & Celestine (French: Ernest et Célestine) is a 2012 French-Belgian animated filmdirected by Stéphane Aubier, Vincent Patar and Benjamin Renner. The film is based on a series of children’s books of the same name published by the Belgian author and illustrator Gabrielle Vincent.

The film was selected to be screened in the Directors’ Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival, as part of the TIFF Kids programme at the 2012 Toronto International Film Festival and at the 2013 Hong Kong International Film Festival. It was selected for the grand competition at feature film edition of the 2013 World festival of animated film Animafest Zagreb and was screened as the opening film. The film will be released in the United States in 2013 by GKIDS.

(source: wikipedia)

On Saturday Nov. 9, please join us for a stirring presentation about the art, business and life-in-animation of local pioneer David Daniels. He’ll present personal work history with verbal and visual stories, and bring some displays of his own innovative methods for making things move in unusual and utterly fascinating ways. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to take in some living local art history and get inspired about the future of art in animation!

$3 General Admission
FREE for ASIFA members

Come join us for a celebration of art, animation and drawing! Animated Arts PDX is a one-night-only exhibition of creations by local animators and illustrators — PLUS a fantastic revue of live performrs gathered together for a unique “drinking and drawing” party upstairs. There will be hoopers, a juggler, a contortionist and Aikido demonstrations!

(Don’t forget to bring along your own art supplies to participate in all the fun!)

Animated Arts PDX
Wednesday November 6
@ Analog Cafe
720 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Portland, OR 97214

8:30pm Opening Reception
9:30pm-12midnight Inebriate and Animate

FREE admission
Drink and Draw (upstairs): $10

Gallery Show features artwork by:

• Christina Beard
• Christopher Creath
• Clint Deadmond
• Skull Dixon
• Dan Green
• William Hack
• Kenneth Huey
• Grace Levine
• Peter Litster
• Damien Lopez
• Guy Moore
• Curtis Randolph
• Temris Ridge
• Morgan Sheffield
• Becky Steele
• Sophya Vidal

Drink & Draw features live performances by:

• Austin Wilde
• Bridgetown Revue
• Erin Nilles
• Surreal DeSade
• Trip the Dark
• Valkyrie Macabre

Hooping by:

• Rage Hoops
• Shell Bell
• Shpongled Hoops

And also:

• Contortionist Brittany M. Walsh
• Juggler Curt Carlyle
• Aikido Demontrations by Multnomah Aikikai

Visit the Animated Arts PDX Facebook Event Page
Visit the “Drink & Draw in Portland” Meetup Page

It’s that time of year again! Ron Diamond is bringing a cream-of-the-crop batch of new animated shorts to Cinema 21. The show takes place at 10:30am this Sunday, November 3…. Don’t forget about Daylight Savings Time!

FREE! Come for the animation, migrate to McMenamins afterwards for a nosh. For more info on what you’ll see, click the pic!

ASIFA Portland and Oregon Cartoon Institute present…

More About Goofy: Pinto Colvig, Oregon Animation Pioneer

“I didn’t know when I was going to school whether I wanted to be a clown, draw cartoons, write, hobo, or be a musician. So I wrapped it all up and made stew out of it.” Pinto Colvig

Born in Jacksonville, Oregon in 1892, Vance DeBar “Pinto” Colvig is best known for providing the voice of Goofy, Bozo the Clown, Practical Pig in The Three Little Pigs, and Sleepy & Grumpy in Snow White. His fame as a voice artist during the second half of his life overshadows the pioneering animation he created at the beginning of his career. He died in 1967.

Medford historian Ben Truwe is coming to Portland on Oct. 12 to tell us what he knows about Pinto’s early life and career. He will share selections from his collection of Pinto’s work, and Oregon Cartoon Institute film archivist Dennis Nyback will do the same.

Admission free for ASIFA members and for students.

Admission $3.00 for non-ASIFA members and for non-students.

Pinto began performing on stage as a child in Jacksonville and Medford. He dropped out of OSU to join a circus, then worked as a newspaper cartoonist in Nevada and in San Francisco. Performing chalk talks in vaudeville prepared him to enter the brand new field of animation.

Nothing survives of his 1915 animated feature, Creation, except five 35mm frames, housed in the Southern Oregon Historical Society. His animation also made early use of color film, as in his 1919 Pinto’s Prizma Comedy Revue. Pinto moved to Hollywood in 1923, working first for Mack Sennett, then Walt Disney.

The evening will contain films and a presentation by Ben Truwe. Dennis Nyback will supply archival back up. As with all Oregon Cartoon Institute events, the presentation will be followed by Q & A.

Saturday October 12 @ 7:00pm
5th Avenue Cinema
510 SW Hall St.
Portland, OR 97201

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ASIFA Portland, Pacific Northwest College of Art and MAGDolls Hair parlor presents:

Monsters in the Thrift Store

Day of Painting

Saturday, Sept 28th
2pm – 5pm

Select one or more pieces of art from your favorite thrift store. Bring it and your own art supplies and we’ll add in whatever fantastical creatures, beasts, monsters, robots, or fairies that you desire.  This is an open painting session, so it’s free and open to the public. Seating is first-come-first-serve.

Pacific Northwest College of Art
Classroom #205
1241 NW Johnson Street

Day of the Gallery

Saturday, Oct 19th
5pm – 10pm
(Arrive at 4pm if you are bringing a painting to show!)

Everyone is welcome to come enjoy! Free drinks and snacks. You may choose if you would like to sell or keep your work. Art may be left to show at the gallery location.

MAGDolls hair parlour
1210 SE 7th Ave
MAGDolls.com

CLICK HERE to buy tickets

NW Animation Fest presents twelve of this year’s best animated shorts from around the world! Here’s some of what you’ll see…

An eccentric thief eats the paintings that he’s stealing from museums and is transformed into fantastical creatures. A wolf hunter rescues a wild boy who grew up alone in the forest, but can’t save him from civilized society. Excited by the rhythms of traffic, the driver of a trolley bus entertains whimsical erotic fantasies about her male passengers. Threatened by a volcano, two bumbling cavemen seek assistance from a fabled tyrannosaur practicing the skills of trigonometry and long division—the mighty Pythagasaurus.

This spring, NW Animation Fest hosted the largest showcase of short animations in the USA: over 150 films. Audience members helped create “Best of the Fest” by voting for their personal favorites. Special award winners will be announced on Sept 7. One night only!

Mature themes: playful sexuality, urban squalor, drug use