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Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: The 2012 Northwest Animation Festival 3 weeks ago · View
The weekend of May 18-19 marks the much-anticipated return of The Northwest Animation Festival! Last year was a great time – the sheer amount of animation and animators on hand was giddying – and this year’s event raises the stakes in every regard, moving into the retro-Tinseltown cushiness of the Hollywood Theatre.The program showcases the very best of contemporary [...] -
Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: A Place Called Home: Animation in Portland 3 weeks, 1 day ago · View
This Sunday, April 29 at 1pm, The Dill Pickle Club presents an animation-themed installment of A Place Called Home, their monthly lecture series on Portland’s film heritage. Held at roving venues the last Sunday of each month, these presentations aim to orient people to our city’s lineage of film and how it informs our sense of place. The April installment [...] -
Mike A. Smith created the link Remembering John Halas (2012) 3 weeks, 6 days ago · View
A twelve-minute documentary about John Halas, one of the founders of ASIFA. The film touches on the original, global mission of ASIFA: to bring artists together from both sides of the Iron Curtain (and elsewhere). Different times, then.
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Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: Pixar Masterclass in Seattle 4 weeks ago · View
It’s not cheap ($499) and it’s not exactly on the MAX line (Seattle), but still, this is an opportunity worth weighing. This summer, you can participate in a two-day masterclass taught by Pixar artists Andrew Gordon (animator) and Matthew Luhn (head of story). From the event’s website: “Geared toward experienced animators, students and animation enthusiasts alike, the [...] -
Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: Zoo Sketch Outing 1 month, 1 week ago · View
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Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: Studio Ghibli: A Retrospective 1 month, 1 week ago · View
Beginning May 4th, the Northwest Film Center presents a month-long retrospective of Studio Ghibli. Since 1985, this legendary Japanese studio has been drawing us into rich, hidden worlds. On the big screen especially, this is staggering work. The NWFC calendar includes the Ghibli canon along with some of their lesser-seen features, showing off the creative [...] -
Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: Chico and Rita at Fox Tower 2 months, 1 week ago · View
Missed your chance to see Chico and Rita last year? Beginning March 30, it’s playing for a one-week engagement at the Fox Tower downtown. Directed by Oscar-winner Fernando Trueba ( Belle Epoque , Calle 54 ) and renowned Spanish illustrator Javier Mariscal, the film is an exhaustively researched love letter to a time, a country, and its music. Well worth catching [...] -
Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: NW Animation Fest 2012 – Entry Deadline Approaches 2 months, 2 weeks ago · View
April 1 is the final submission deadline for the 2012 Northwest Animation Festival, so get those films in! Full information is here -
Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: Karaoke Sketch Night 2 months, 2 weeks ago · View
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Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: OCI Presents The Little Baker 3 months, 1 week ago · View
On Sunday, February 12th, the Oregon Cartoon Institute is holding a public meeting at 5th Avenue Cinema. Starting at 2pm, the event’s centerpiece is a screening and discussion of the earliest Portland-made animation on record, The Little Baker , a stop-motion piece shot in the 1920s by Lewis Clark Cook. Cited as an inspiration by Will Vinton, this rarely-seen [...] -
Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: Saturday Morning Cartoons at the Hollywood 3 months, 3 weeks ago · View
Saturday Morning Cartoons at Night is exactly what it sounds like. This Monday, January 23rd, the Hollywood Theater presents ninety minutes of retro (1940s-1980s) cartoon goodness on the big screen, complete with bizarre commercials for the Mattel toys that you wish your mom hadn’t yard-saled. This promises to be a mighty fun time. The Hollywood sells [...] -
Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: An Evening with Joanna Priestley 4 months ago · View
That last weekend in January is a busy one… On Saturday, January 28, the Northwest Film Center hosts an evening with Portland’s queen of independent animation, Joanna Priestley . Starting at 7pm at the Whitsell Auditorium, the program includes three world premieres, an interactive animation and three new short films. Joanna herself will be presenting an Exposé Slideshow and [...] -
Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: Collaborative Stop-Mo Night at the Radio Room 4 months ago · View
On Saturday, January 28th, Grand Detour is hosting a collaborative stop-motion animation event at the Radio Room. Bring your friends and your friends’ friends– they aim to make this collaborative animation project as big as possible. Animator/teacher Ben Popp ( http://www.benpoppfilms.com) will be there to walk everyone through the art of stop motion. The organizers say, “Come down to [...] -
Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: Don Hertzfeldt in Person 4 months ago · View
On Saturday Feb. 4th at 7:00pm, the Academy Award-nominated, computer-eschewing independent animation icon Don Hertzfeldt brings his films and his generous Q&A skills to the Hollywood Theater. He’ll screen a selection of his work on 35mm, culminating in the exclusive regional premiere of It’s Such A Beautiful Day , the third and final chapter in a trilogy about [...] -
Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: Portland Animation Now! 4 months ago · View
Coming up on January 27 and 28, Portland Animation Now! showcases 20+ short films from local independent animators. Including both masters and remarkable amateurs, this is a line-up of new works and seldom-seen gems you won’t find anywhere else. Highlights include:
Eyeliner by Joanna Priestley (dubbed “the queen of independent animation” by Bill Plympton): A playful exploration of the organic [...] -
Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: Barton Damer Demos Cinema4D 4 months ago · View
At 6pm on January 26, 3DPDX and AEPDX welcome digital artist Barton Damer to the PCC Moriarty Arts & Humanities Building. Damer will show you what Maxon Cinema4D can do. There’s refreshments and a raffle– check the flyer here.
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Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: NW Animation Fest 2012: Call For Entries 5 months, 2 weeks ago · View
After a successful launch this past spring, the NW Animation Festival is now accepting entries for 2012. Films from anywhere in the world are welcome. The fest will be held here in Portland on the weekend of May 18-19. Early deadline for submissions is December 15, final deadline April 1. See website for details: http://www.nwanimationfest.com -
Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: Chico & Rita 7 months ago · View
On October 23rd, ASIFA Portland is proud to co-sponsor a screening of the 2010 animated feature Chico & Rita . Directed by Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal, the movie is critically praised, award-winning, and packed to the gills with Cuban jazz. The screening starts at 5pm at the Whitsell Auditorium at the Portland Art Museum. For more information and to [...] -
Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: Halloween Drink & Draw 7 months, 1 week ago · View
Save the date and brace yourself. On Friday, October 28, we’re combining International Animation Day, Halloween, Drinking & Drawing, and the unabashed oddity of The Peculiarium for an evening of animation-making strangeness. Costumes encouraged. Details to follow. Get spooky. -
Mike A. Smith wrote a new blog post: The Animation Show of Shows 7 months, 2 weeks ago · View
It’s that time of year– Ron Diamond (Acme Filmworks, AWN) returns to Portland with an expertly curated sampling of the year’s best new animated shorts. Free to ASIFA Portland members and our non-member friends, the show is at Cinema 21 (NW 21st and Hoyt) at noon on Saturday, October 15. It is not to be missed. Afterwards, [...] - Load More
