ASIFA Magazine
In this edition
Irreplaceable: Remembering Paul Bush
August 17, 2025 marks two years since the animation community lost visionary filmmaker, Paul Bush. A true independent filmmaker, self-taught and self-...
Remembering Emma Calder
The animation world lost Emma Calder in September 2024, but her vibrant and eclectic work endures. The following excerpt is adapted from Earmarked for...
Animation as an Intimate Form of Resistance: ...
In the landscape of contemporary animation, Czech filmmaker Michaela Pavlátová stands out not only for her expressive and styl...
Frames of the Nile: Egypt’s 90-Year Animati...
As part of its vibrant 60th-anniversary celebration, Annecy International Animation Festival joyfully highlighted African animation in 2021. A sta...
I Forgot to Remember to Forget- The Films of ...
You may think that the memories themselves vanish every time there’s a disappearance, but that’s not true. They’re just floating in a pool where the s...
Resurrection - A Conversation with Hisko Huls...
Hisko Hulsing (NL) is Grand Prize winner at the Ottawa International Animation Festival and director of ‘Undone’, the first animated series for adults...
Viking Eggeling: Animation as a Universal Lan...
Despite having only one completed film, Diagonal Symphony (1924), Viking Eggeling remains one of the most important animators of the silent film era a...
Pencil Tests - Animation's Dirty Truth
The following is an adapted short excerpt from the author’s book Graphite: Animated Traces (published by the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, 2024). The b...
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Call For Entries
We're excited to invite your chapter to participate in the ASIFA Student Award 2026 Edition. Join us in celebrating emerging talent by encouraging pro...
Albania Commemorates 50 Years of Animated Cinema
A Milestone Celebration in Tirana
TIRANA, ALBANIA - From December 22 to December 24, 2025, the Albanian capital hosted a series of landmark events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of ...