What is ASIFA?
ASIFA is the Association International du Film d'Animation (International Association of Animated Film), an organization founded in 1960 in Annecy, France, by the most famous animation artists of that time.
The Association is founded in the firm belief that the art of animation can be enriched and greatly developed through close international co-operation and the free exchange of ideas, experience and information between all who are concerned with animation.
Today the association is the oldest animation organization in the world. It has more than 30 chapters worldwide working to coordinate and increase worldwide visibility of animated film.
ASIFA sponsors animation festivals in Annecy, Ottawa, and Hiroshima.
About ASIFA-Portland
ASIFA Portland is based in Portland, Oregon, a city gifted with an established, world-class animation community. Award-winning independent animators Joan C. Gratz, Rose Bond, Joanna Priestley, Will Vinton, Chel White, David Daniels, Laura DiTrapani, Marilyn Zornado (and more) call Portland home, as well as respected international multi-media studios and institutions such as Laika Studios, Bent Image Lab, Happy Trails Animation and The Art Institute of Portland.
ASIFA Portland was originally founded by members of this community 1991 as ASIFA-NW, an organization that grew to include members from throughout the Pacific Northwest.
ASIFA International
The art of animation is the creation of moving images through the manipulation of all varieties of techniques apart from live action methods.
The Association is founded in the firm belief that the art of animation can be enriched and greatly developed through close international co-operation and the free exchange of ideas, experience and information between all who are concerned with animation.
This independent art, whatever its manner of expression - in theatres, on television, in education or children's film etc. - should make an extensive and important contribution to the world's cultural heritage, while playing its part in the search for new ways of artistic expression. It should help to promote progress towards peace and mutual understanding between all people.
ASIFA has more than 3000 Members
In Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kazakstan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Macedonica, Malaysia, Macedonia, Mongolia, The Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, South Africa, Spain, Switzerland, Turkmenia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States of America......
ASIFA International Board of Directors
The president lives in Iran, the vice-presidents in Japan, the United States of America and Austria, the secretary general in Croatia, the treasurer in Canada, the magazine editor in Canada. Other board members live in other countries of the world. The Film Archive is in Switzerland.
For more detailed information about statues, purpose and program, as well as other ASIFA International links and details, please visit www.ASIFA.net.
