The AFA Podcast 136: Animation First and The Importance Of Festivals

On this week's AFA Podcast Yvonne is joined by Nina and Kelly to talk about their experiences at the Animation First French Animation festival in New York (0:01). They also discuss the importance of festivals for animation. We also bring you their reactions recorded live at the festival itself (0:33). In the Watercooler discussion (0:41) they talk about Ride Your Wave, Sonic The Hedgehog, The English Teacher and more.     The Team:    • Yvonne Grzenkowicz @eyesnare_inc • Nina Balton @ninanIchi • Kelly Barahona   SHOW NOTES   Animation Nights New York (ANNY)  Monthly screening events Annual Festival Additional Projects ASIFA East Debut 1969 Usually end of July https://www.asifaeast.com/festival-2/ Animation Block Party http://www.animationblock.com/ BAM Usually end of July New York International Children’s Film Festival Feb 21 - March 15 https://nyicff.org/  Tribeca Film Festival April 15-26 Real Time Conference April 6-7 Ottawa International Animation Festival Sept 23-27 https://www.animationfestival.ca/ Annecy  June 15-20 https://www.annecy.org/home Cartoon Movie Mar 3-5 http://cartoon-media.eu/cartoon-movie-event/cartoon-movie-2020.htm Animation is FIlm Festival Oct 18-20 https://animationisfilm.com/ GLAS Animation Festival Mar 19-22 https://www.glasanimation.com/   SIGGRAPH  https://www.siggraph.org/ Cartoons on Film Tommy Stathes https://www.facebook.com/cartoonsonfilm/ Comprehensive list from animation-festivals.com https://www.animation-festivals.com/ Short Films Qualifying Festival List OSCAR https://www.animation-festivals.com/wp-content/uploads/Academys-Short-Films-Qualifying-List-here-2020.pdf Short Films Qualifying Festival List BAFTA https://www.animation-festivals.com/wp-content/uploads/Academys-Short-Films-Qualifying-List-here-2020.pdf Best Of Annecy Shorts  Brazen Shorts  Marona's Fantastic Tale  The Prince's Voyage   <a href='http