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About ASIFA-Hollywood

What is ASIFA?What is ASIFA?What Is ASIFA-Hollywood?

We are the Los Angeles chapter of the international organization, ASIFA: The International Animated Film Society. Founded by a group of animators in 1957, and chartered by UNESCO in 1960, ASIFA encourages the art of animation and futhers international understanding and goodwill through the medium. Today, there are about thirty chapters of ASIFA all over the globe. ASIFA is a French acronym... "Association Internationale du Film D'Animation".

ASIFA- Hollywood was established over thirty years ago as a 501(c)(3) California non-profit organization. It is the largest chapter of ASIFA in the world. We are self-sustaining through our membership dues and the proceeds from our various projects and events.

Can I Please Be A Member?Can I Please Be A Member?Can I Please Be A Member?

Certainly! ASIFA-Hollywood membership is open to animation professionals, students and fans of animation. Anyone who loves animation can be a member of ASIFA!

There are three types of membership categories... General Member, Patron and Student Member. To find out about these and read about our goals and ongoing projects, read on...

What's The Concept?What's The Concept?What's The Concept Behind ASIFA-Hollywood?

ASIFA-Hollywood is the place where professional animators and fans, employees from competing studios and artists of different disciplines can join together on neutral ground where the common denominator is a passion for animation.

ASIFA-Hollywood's Goals
  • To support and encourage animation education
  • To support the preservation and critical evaluation of animation history
  • To recognize the achievement of excellence in the art and industry of animation
  • To increase public awareness of animation
  • To act as a liason to encourage the free exchange of ideas within the animation community
  • To encourage journalism documenting current trends and activities in animation
  • To encourage the social interaction of professional and non-professional animation enthusiasts
  • To encourage the development and expression of all forms of animation
What Does ASIFA Do?What Does ASIFA Do?So What Does ASIFA Do?

If you love animation, you'll find lots to do as a member of ASIFA-Hollywood. Here are just a few of our ongoing projects and programs...

MEMBER EVENTS AND SCREENINGS

Throughout the year, we host a packed calendar of events, including screenings of rare cartoons, members-only sneak peeks at current animated features and shows, lectures and workshops by noted animation professionals and social networking meetings. For up to date info on our activities, bookmark our Calendar of Events for more info.

Annie TrophyAnnie TrophyTHE ANNIE AWARDS

First held in 1972, the Annie Awards have grown to become animation's highest honor. The Annies are dedicated to honoring the best animated films of the year, as well as recognizing individual achievement. All members of ASIFA-Hollywood may vote for the winners. See AnnieAwards.org for more info.

THE ANIMATION ARCHIVE

Animation ArchiveAnimation ArchiveThe ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive has been collecting material related to the art of animation for over thirty years. Recently, the Board of Directors resolved to create a world-class archive, library and museum dedicated to the artform. Work is underway to build a digital archive- a database containing hundreds of thousands of image files, biographical sketches, filmographic data and animated films- all searchable by keyword. You can read about the day by day progress of this project on the Archive Blog located at AnimationArchive.org.

AND THAT'S NOT ALL FOLKS...

ASIFA-Hollywood is at the forefront of the LA animation scene. We preserve films in danger of being lost to nitrate deterioration through our Animated Film Preservation Project. We maintain a charitable fund, The Animation Aid Foundation, and we foster education through the Stephen Bosustow and Art Babbitt Educational Endowment Funds.
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ASIFA membership is available in three levels...

Patron Membership includes International Membership and provides a donation for the Animation Archive and Film Preservation projects.

General Membership ($75/year within the US/$100 outside the US) includes International Membership

Student Membership ($30/year) does not include International Membership. Student ID required.

Volunteer opportunities are available in the following areas: Annie Awards, Comic Con, Publicity, Animation Archive, Events & Screenings and the Animation Rescue Team. Please let us know if you are interested in volunteering by sending an email to... volunteer@asifa-hollywood.org

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ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD
2114 W Burbank Bl
Burbank, CA 91506


Inquiries about membership status should be directed to... membership@asifa-hollywood.org


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ASIFA membership is available in three levels...

Patron Membership includes International Membership and provides a donation for the Animation Archive and Film Preservation projects.

General Membership ($75/year within the US/$100 outside the US) includes International Membership

Student Membership ($30/year) does not include International Membership. Student ID required.

Volunteer opportunities are available in the following areas: Annie Awards, Comic Con, Publicity, Animation Archive, Events & Screenings and the Animation Rescue Team. Please let us know if you are interested in volunteering by sending an email to... volunteer@asifa-hollywood.org

Print Out The Membership Form
Mail It With Payment To...

ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD
2114 W Burbank Bl
Burbank, CA 91506


Inquiries about membership status should be directed to... membership@asifa-hollywood.org


Drawing on this page by Grim Natwick and Tissa David.

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ASIFA International Contact Directory

ASIFA INTERNATIONAL CONTACTS

ASIFA INTERNATIONAL
c/o Vesna Dovnikovic
Secretary General, ASIFA
Hrvatskog Proljessa 36
41040 Zagreb, CROATIA
E-mail: dovnikovic@asifa.net

ASIFA CHAPTERS IN THE USA

ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD
2114 W Burbank Bl
Burbank, CA 91506
Tel. 818.842.8330
Email: Antran Manoogian info@asifa-hollywood.org

ASIFA-HOLLYWOOD ANIMATION ARCHIVE
2114 W Burbank Bl
Burbank, CA 91506
Tel. 818.842.4691
Email: Stephen Worth sworth@animationarchive.org

ASIFA-SAN FRANCISCO
P.O. Box 14516
San Francisco, CA 94114
E-Mail: Karl Cohen karlcohen@earthlink.net

ASIFA-EAST
c/o Michael Sporn Animation
632 Broadway
New York, NY USA 10012
Tel. David B. Levy (917) 833-1483
E-Mail: David Levy dbl1973@earthlink.net

ASIFA-ATLANTA
c/o Brett W. Thompson
410 Candler Park Dr #B3
Atlanta, GA 30307
E-Mail: brett@fluidtoons.com

ASIFA CENTRAL
c/o Deanna Morse
School of Communications, Lake Superior Hall
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI 49402
Tel. (616) 895-3101
E-Mail: Deanna Morse asifa@asifa.org

ASIFA PORTLAND
Brian Larson
E-Mail: Brian Larson asifa-nw@hotmail.com

ASIFA SEATTLE
P.O. Box 4752
Seattle, WA 98194
E-Mail: Suzanne Kaufman asifa-nw@hotmail.com

ASIFA COLORADO
Ed Desroches
6585 W. 62nd Place
Arvada, CO 80003
E-Mail: Ed Desroches webmaster@asifa-colorado.org

ASIFA CHAPTERS AROUND THE WORLD

ASIFA AUSTRIA
Thomas Renoldner
Hauptstrasse 59/2/6
A-1140 Wien
E-Mail: austria-@asifa.net

ASIFA BULGARIA
Pencho Kunchev
Union of Bulgarian Filmmakers,
67, Kniaz Dondukov Blvd.
1504 Sofia
Fax: +359-2-946 10 69
E-Mail: bulgaria-@asifa.net

ASIFA CHINA
r. Li Zhongqiu
Daheng Technology Building
Room 601, North Suite,
No.3 Suzhou Street, Haidian District
Beijing, China 100080
Fax: 86-10-8282-7252
Phone: Office: 86-10-8282-8795
Mobile: 86-137-0129-6129
E-Mail: china-@asifa.net

ASIFA CROATIA
Vesna Dovnikovic
Hrvatskog proljeca 36
10040 Zagreb
E-Mail: croatia-@asifa.net

ASIFA FINLAND
Heikki Jokinen
Pengerkatu 9 A 33
FIN-00530 Helsinki
Fax: +358-9-75 94 2011
Phone: office: +358-9-7594 2018
Phone: mobile: +358-50-583 4256
E-Mail: finland-@asifa.net

ASIFA FRANCE
Olivier Catherin
A.F.C.A.
53 bis rue Rodier
75009 Paris
Fax: +33- 1 40 23 09 17
Phone: +33- 1 40 23 08 13
E-Mail: france-@asifa.net

ASIFA HUNGARY
Patrovits Tamás
Orbottyán, Arany János utca 110.
H-2162, Hungary
Phone: (36)30 98 47 394
E-Mail: hungary-@asifa.net

ASIFA INDIA
Bill Dennis, Vani Saraswathi
c/o Rhythm & Hues Studios India
Prism Towers, A-Wing, 3rd Floor
Mindspace, Goregaon-Malad Link Road
Goregaon (West), Mumbai India 400062
Phone: +91-22-25 00 34 564
E-Mail: india-@asifa.net

ASIFA IRAN
Noureddin Zarrinkelk
No 14, Nezami Street/Gheytarieh
Teheran 19336
Phone: +98-21-22 03 971
Fax: +98-21-22 09 423
E-Mail: iran-@asifa.net

ASIFA ITALY
Luca Raffaelli
Via del Casale Strozzi 33
00195 Roma, Italy
E-Mail: italy-@asifa.net

ASIFA JAPAN
Sayoko Kinoshita,
5-13-14-405 Roppongi,
Minato-ku, 106-0032 Tokyo
Fax: +81-3-3585 8665
E-Mail: japan-@asifa.net

ASIFA KOREA
Nelson Shin
AKOM Prods. Co.
71-6 Munjung Dong, Songpa-Ku,
Seoul 138-200
Phone: +822-400 2566
Fax: +822-406 8950
E-Mail: korea-@asifa.net

ASIFA ROMANIA
Genevieve Georgesco,
Mendeleev street, 28-30
sector 1, Bucharest, Romania
Fax: +40-21-311 12 46
Phone: +40-21-316 80 84
E-Mail: romania-@asifa.net

ASIFA SERBIA
Nikola Majdak,
Krunska 26
11000 Beograd
Phone: +381-11-32 32 285
E-Mail: serbia-@asifa.net

ASIFA SWITZERLAND
GSFA-STFG
2, rue du Maupas
CH-1004 Lausanne
Fax: +41-21- 323 59 45
Phone +41-21- 351 18 50
E-Mail: switzerland-@asifa.net

ASIFA UNITED KINGDOM
Pat Raine Webb
94 Norton Gardens, Norbury
London SW16 4TA
E-Mail: uk-@asifa.net

ASIFA NATIONAL OFFICES
(Less Than Ten Members)

ASIFA BELARUS
Michael Tumelya
AFC Studio,
Tikotsky Str. 2-446, Minsk
Fax: +375-17-22 71 945

ASIFA BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
Berin Tuzlic
E-Mail: bosnia-herzegovina-@asifa.net

ASIFA CANADA
Anouk Prefontaine
C.P. 5226
Ville St. Laurent, Quebec
CANADA H4L 4Z8
E-Mail: asifacanada@mail.com

ASIFA CATALUNIA
Jordi Artigas,
c/Arago 399
pral. 1a, 080 13 Barcelona
Fax: +349-3-207 65 10
Phone: +349-3-207 65 10

ASIFA COLOMBIA
Ricardo Arce
E-Mail: columbia-@asifa.net

ASIFA CUBA
Estudios de Animacion ICAIC,
Calle 23, No 1197
Vedado Habana
E-Mail: cuba-@asifa.net

ASIFA CZECH REPUBLIC
Jiri Kubicek,
Strekovska 1342
18200 Praha
Phone/Fax: +420-2-67091 212
E-Mail: KubicekJ@seznam.cz

ASIFA EUSKADI
Juan Bautista Berasategi
Avda. Alcalde Elosegi 82 bajo
San Sebastian 20015, Spain
Phone: 943 29 22 55
E-Mail: lotura@clientes.euskaltel.es

ASIFA INDONESIA
Gotot Prakosa
E-Mail: indonesia-@asifa.net

ASIFA ISRAEL
Tsvika Oren
Frug St. 22
Tel Aviv 63417
Fax: +972-3-696 28 41
E-Mail: israel-@asifa.net

ASIFA MONGOLIA
Myagmar Sodnompil,
P.O.Box 24/711, Ulan Bator
Fax: +976-1-73 24 270
E-Mail: mongolia-@asifa.net

ASIFA POLAND
Thomasz Wojtkowski
Pol ASIFA
Ul. Czestochowska 44m5
02350 Warszawa
Phone/Fax: +48-22-65 80 584

ASIFA RUSSIA
Stanislav Sokolov
12-1, Apt. 26
2d Verhnij Mikhajlovskij pr.
Moscow 117 419
E-Mail: animatheka@mail.ru

ASIFA SLOVAKIA
Gabriela Klaucova
Budatinska 51
85106 Bratislava
Phone: +421-2-63 82 88 15
Fax: +421-2-54 78 95 04
E-Mail: gabika@pobox.sk

ASIFA SLOVENIA
Igor Prassel, Slovenska kinoteka
Miklosiceva 38
SI-1000 Ljubljana
Phone: +00386-1-4343506
E-Mail: slovenia-@asifa.net

ASIFA SWEDEN
Par Berg
E-Mail: sweden-@asifa.net

ASIFA UKRAINE
Eugene Sivokon
Ul. Radushaya 47
kv. 28, Kiev 218
Phone: +7-044-51 49 770


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What Is ASIFA International?

A Worldwide Organization Dedicated To The Art Of Animation

ASIFA (Association Internationale du Film D'Animation) was founded in 1957 in France, and chartered under UNESCO in 1960 as a membership organization devoted to the encouragement and dissemination of film animation as an art and communication form. In its 40 year existence, it has grown to over 5000 members in 55 countries, with national chapters in such unlikely places as UlanBaatar, Mongolia and Tehran. The national chapters maintain the most immediate and direct contact with our members, many, like the American regional groups, with their own monthly newsletters and screenings. ASIFA provides the linkage between all the chapters as well as a direct connection to International events such as animation festivals and seminars.

ASIFA's CONNECTION WITH FESTIVALS

When you send your film to an animation festival and it is lost or damaged, it is ASIFA that will confront the festival organizers to either locate the film, or obtain payment for the destroyed or lost film. Conversely, ASIFA's support of an animation festival aids them immeasurably with mailing lists, the securing of film retrospectives and animation artwork exhibitions. ASIFA maintains a booth at many animation festivals, which offers advice and publications, serves as an agent for animators who wish to offer their artwork for sale, and serves to bring animators and animation lovers from throughout the world together to meet, talk, drink and even sing. And at all major festivals, ASIFA , under the leadership of its President, Michel Ocelot, hosts the CONVERSATIONS WITH A MASTER series that gives a chance to our younger colleagues to have intimate discussions with the greatest artists in our field.

CARTOON MAGAZINE

ASIFA publishes a full color magazine titled CARTOON, three times a year. ASIFA's publication has become a source of some of the field's most interesting articles and interviews and is distributed all over the world to all of our members. Recent issues have featured an articles by John Canemaker on the Disney artist J.P. Miller and Felix the Cat animator Dana Parker, reports from ASIFA chapters all over the world, and features on animation from China, Argentina and Israel.

ASIFA.NET

In the last year, the ASIFA website moved from its original home in Volda Norway to Vienna, Austria. With Austrian Board member, Thomas Renolder as the editor, ASIFA.net offers a wide variety of services to the animation community. In addition to Festival previews interviews with festival directors) and Festival reports (by our members throughout the world) we provide links to a multitude of national and regional ASIFA groups and artists' websites, and we feature a Communication Zone open to anyone who wishes to bring up issues of discussion. You will find monthly changing animated gifs of international artists at the entry page and then in the ART ZONE's gallery. More new projects and initiatives are 'under construction' and need your active collaboration.

ASIFA FILM & VIDEO ARCHIVE

Our Animation Archive in Berlin is now affiliated with a University in Babelsberg which has been transferring all our many film holdings to VHS. The films are kept permanently in the Archive and are available to students and historians to view there, while the videos will be freely circulated to ASIFA groups and members around the world. At the moment, the transfers are being made in PAL , but we have hope of NTSC transfers in the near future.

ASIFA CHILDREN'S ANIMATION WORKSHOPS

Since 1982, one ASIFA committee has continued to run effective and self-sustaining programs. The ASIFA WORKSHOP Group, comprising of children's animation workshops in over thirty countries, each one run by a professional ASIFA animator, produces one international collaboration each year, created by hundreds of children on particular themes. These films have been screened widely at festivals and have been sold to television stations in the United States, and abroad. Children around the world have been making friends with children in distant lands and working together to create something important to them. The project for 1999 was a series of segments based on on pollution of our water.

VISITING ANIMATORS PROGRAM

Once a year, we bring a visiting animator to the United States to tour and screen films. In the past few years, Bordo Dovnikovic (Croatia), Michel Ocelot (France) and Rao Heidmets (Estonia) have toured the United States lecturing at museums, schools and churches.

BECOME AN ASIFA MEMBER

ASIFA membership is open to all individuals interested in animation. Besides professionals, students and teachers, aficionados are also most welcome. No American has ever been rejected for membership in ASIFA. You get a lot of concrete benefits for your dues. And you also get the knowledge that you are supporting a world-wide organization that lobbies effectively for the best in animation, that brings the outside world a little closer to our shores and that brings hope to hundreds of our colleagues living in poorer circumstances. We need you and we hope that you need us. Give us a chance to show you what we can do together.

David Ehrlich
ASIFA Executive Board

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