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International Animation Day was AMAZING! – October 28, 2023 – with the Poster by Swiss animator Georges Schwizgebel, no less!! For more information about International Animation Day, click here: https://www.iadasifa.net

(oh the world of nets and orgs and coms and lions and tigers and bears oh my)

Feel free to peek around on our little site – our newsletter archives and list of public domain music is updated frequently!

ASIFA Central created a reel of international animation as part of its celebration of IAD in 2023. Screenings, ranging from community centers to educational venues, will have three versions from which to choose, permitting flexibility with existing time frames.

Here are the films that were shared in 2023 (members seeking access for local showing purposes, contact ASIFA Secretary, Jim Middleton – the reel will be available on Vimeo with password access until mid-December):

Morning Coffee – Tracy Miller-Robbins – Ohio – ASIFA Central
Building a Portfolio – Peaches Wilczak – Michigan – ASIFA Central
Deer in Traditional Arts – Toroska Salari – ASIFA Iran
Solidarity – Sara Golebiowska – Poland
Microshorts and Mental Wellness PSAs – CMU Animation Program Michigan w/Steve Leeper
Donks – Felix Colgrave – ASIFA Australia
Gorilla Tactics – Michael Long – Webster University – Missouri – ASIFA Central
Red Fire – Mona Shahi – Iran
Be Who You Want To Be – Interlochen Center for the Arts – Bri Yarhouse, director
Flip’s Circus featuring Gertie – Winsor McCay – (2023 assembly of unfinished project from 1918-1922)
Carny Obscura – Gary Schwartz (2020) – Michigan – ASIFA Central

Buster Keaton: Home – Animated Sequences – Jim Middleton – Michigan, ASIFA Central
Fortune Cookie – Fu Yang – Webster University – Missouri/Taiwan
Gnosis – Peaches Wilczak – Michigan – ASIFA Central
Elegy for an Elephant – Liao Xiangzhong – ASIFA China
Swim/Tinker – Shweta Marathe – India – ASIFA Central Ambassador from Mumbai
Through the Looking Glasses – Morgan Eng – ASIFA South
Post-Proto – Aneta Siurnicka – Poland
Stained/Iffy – Gary Schwartz – Michigan – ASIFA Central
Poems of Liberation – Interlochen Center for the Arts – Bri Yarhouse, director

ASIFA Central Updated Board of Directors – since 2022
We had our official, double counted, electronically processed election of board members from the general membership, from whom emerged a new Executive Board:
Julie Goldstein – Our President!
Stephan Leeper – Master of Vimeo Education
Michael Long – the Resident Magician
Jim Middleton – Yr Hmbl Typst and Membership Messer-Upper
Deanna Morse – ASIFA Intl President
Chris Sagovac – Vice President!
Bob Swieringa – the King of Kilts!
Tracy Miller-Robins – Social Media and Virtual Space Coordinator
Gretchen Vinnedge – her cats take no prisoners
Briana Yarhouse – Treasurer and IAD coordinator!
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AND BEFORE THAT – 2019 Included a real RETREAT! Did someone say Show Me? Well, it was in Missouri, so here it is!

ASIFA Central! We are the midwest chapter of ASIFA, and that is the oldest organization of animators IN THE WORLD, if not the UNIVERSE!  Our chapter was established in 1975.