The Plaza which opened in 1939 is finally celebrating its 70th birthday in style with screenings of classic films from 1939, including 35mm prints of the Fleischers’ Gulliver’s Travels and Frank Capra’s Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, plus Gone With The Wind, The Wizard of Oz and Planet Outlaws (the 1953 feature version of [...]
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Atlanta’s Plaza Theatre 70th Anniversary Celebration
January 8th, 2010 · No Comments · Film exhibition, Screenings
Mary and Max in Atlanta
November 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Screenings, Stop motion animation
ASIFA-Atlanta will be hosting a special screening of Adam Elliot’s stop-motion feature Mary and Max at the Plaza Theatre, Wednesday Monday, November 16th, at 8:00pm. This is the much-anticipated followup to Elliot’s Oscar-winning short, Harvie Krumpet and has not yet been given a theatrical booking in the Atlanta area. The film was made available through [...]
Tags: Adam Elliot·ASIFA-Atlanta·Mary and Max·Plaza Theatre (Atlanta)
International Animation Day 2009 in Atlanta
October 21st, 2009 · No Comments · Screenings
On October 28, 1892, Émile Reynaud opened his Théâtre Optique at the Musée Grévin in Paris, using a version of his Projection Praxinoscope; in addition, to being the first theatrical presentation of a motion picture (though it did not use film), it also represented the public presentation of the first animated movies. Though cinema [...]
Atlanta/L.A. Screenings: Bizarro Sat Morning & Christine Panushka/Alberto Araiza
October 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Independent animators, Screenings
This Tuesday, October 20th, at 7:30 pm, in conjunction with ASIFA-Atlanta, C. Martin Croker returns to the Plaza Theatre, in Atlanta with the second of his Bizarro Sat Morn! shows this season, featuring a program of cartoons on 16mm, which has been described as "An oddball mash-up of nostalgia and bits of o’ weird-o coolness," [...]
Tags: Alberto Araiza·ASIFA-Atlanta·C. Martin Croker·Christine Panushka·Mosca and the Meaning of Life·Plaza Theatre (Atlanta)
SCAD Stop-Mo Films at Center for Puppetry Arts
October 2nd, 2009 · No Comments · Screenings, Stop motion animation
Atlanta’s Center for Puppetry Arts is presenting a program of “Stop Motion Films from the Savannah College of Art and Design” tomorrow, Saturday, October 3rd, at 8:00 pm. According to the Center, the program, curated by SCAD Professor Hal Miles features
… a collection of award-winning stop motion animated short films created by students [...]
Tags: Center for Puppetry Arts·Hal Miles·Savannah College of Art and Design·Stop motion animation·Student films
Georgia Animation on My Mind Q&A
September 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Filmmakers, Independent animators, Screenings
On Friday night, July 10th, ASIFA-Atlanta put on a screening of locally-made animated films at the Woodruff Art Center’s Rich Auditorium. The event, which was made possible by the High Museum of Art, was put on as part of the 21st Annual Society for Animation Studies Conference being held that weekend at the Atlanta campus [...]
Tags: American animation filmmakers·ASIFA-Atlanta·High Museum of Art·Society for Animation Studies
ASIFA-Atlanta’s Animation Attack! 2009
August 18th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Screenings
Starting Wednesday, August 26th, ASIFA-Atlanta, in conjunction with the Atlanta Underground Film Festival, will be putting on Animation Attack! 2009 . Most screenings will be at the Midtown Art Cinema, in addition to a special screening of Bruce Bickford’s 47-minute, psychedelic clay animated Cas’l (see excerpt below), accompanied by a live soundtrack performed by Omelet, [...]
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ASIFA-Atlanta Blowin’ Smoke on Sunday
June 26th, 2009 · No Comments · Screenings
ASIFA-Atlanta is having its local showcase of locally-made commercial animation Blowin’ Smoke this Sunday, June 28th, at 8pm. we have our annual showcase of locally-made commercial animation, at the Five Spot. This free screening is an opportunity to see what’s happening in the local animation industry. ASIFA-Atlanta president Brett W. Thompson writes:
We’re proud to be [...]
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SAS/ASIFA-Atlanta/High Museum Free Screening of Peachtree State Animation
June 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Animation conferences, Screenings
As part of the 21st Annual Society for Animation Studies Conference being held July 10-12, ASIFA-Atlanta is putting on a screening of independent and commercial animation, “Georgia Animation on Our Mind: A Screening of Peachtree State Animation,” which is being hosted by the High Museum of Art at the Rich Theatre of the Woodruff [...]
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Nina Paley’s Sita Sings the Blues on the Big Screen in Atlanta and Online
March 7th, 2009 · No Comments · Feature films, Independent animators, Screenings
Nina Paley’s Sita Sings the Blues, the highly-acclaimed animated feature whose distribution has been hampered by copyright problems, will have a special screening sponsored by ASIFA-Atlanta at the Plaza Theatre (1049 Ponce De Leon Ave. Atlanta 30306. 404 873-1939), Wednesday, March 11th, at 7:30 p.m. Prices are $8 for ASIFA-Atlanta members and $10 for non-members [...]
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Don Hertzfeldt in Atlanta (and Elsewhere)
November 6th, 2008 · No Comments · Screenings
Cult animator and Oscar nominee Don Hertzfeldt has been making a series of one-night stands across North America, including an upcoming stop in Atlanta on Tuesday night, November 11th, at the Midtown Theater, under the auspices of ASIFA-Atlanta. He will be showing a selection of his films, including his newest one, I am so proud [...]
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International Animation Day in Atlanta
October 17th, 2008 · No Comments · Screenings
October 28 is International Animation Day, the day designated by ASIFA-International to honor the opening in Paris of Émile Reynaud’s Théâtre optique at the Musée Grévin. Once again, ASIFA-Atlanta celebrates this event with a free program of animation from around the world at the High Museum’of Art’s Hill Auditorium; the films will be selected from [...]
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