May 20, 2013
ASIFA-East Animation Festival 2013: Winners List
The ASIFA-East Animation Festival Awards were held last night in New York City, now in its 44th year. The Best in Show award went to "Based on a True Story," a student short from NYU directed by Jacob Kafka. In the Independent Film category, "Sidewalk," directed by Celia Bullwinkel, took first place. Other awards in the independent category went to films by Mark Kausler, Arthur Metcalf, Bill Plimpton, Richard O'Connor, and David Chai.
New York veteran Candy Kugel won first place in the commissioned film category for her TEDEd short "Sex Determination," while first place in the student film category went to Michelle Ikemoto's "Tule Lake," produced at San Jose State University.
The full list of winners is as follows:
BEST IN SHOW Films based on true stories Directed by Jacob Kafka
INDEPENDENT FILM AWARD 1st Place - Sidewalks Directed by Celia Bruinkel
INDEPENDENT FILMS: 2nd Place - There Must Be Some Other Cat Directed by Mark Kausler
INDEPENDENT FILMS: Third Place (Parallel) It Took A While To Figure Shit Out Directed by Arthur Metcalf
INDEPENDENT FILMS: Third Place (tie) Drunker Than A Skunk Directed by Bill Plympton
EXCELLENCE IN ANIMATION It Took A While To Figure Shit Out Directed by Arthur Metcalf
EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN Christmas Day Director: Richard O'Connor, Design: Kelsey Stark
EXCELLENCE IN WRITINGA Knock On My Door Directed by David Chai
EXPERIMENTAL FILMSThe Productive AniJam Produced by Katie Cropper & Cynthia Diaz
COMMISSION FILM: FIRST PLACETED Sex Determination Directed by Candy Kugel
COMMISSIONED FILMS: 2nd PLACE QUIET LOUD (Sesame Street) Directed by Bob Boyle
COMMISSIONED FILMS: Third Place Dir: David Cowles & Jeremy Galante
STUDENT FILMS: First Place Director: Michelle Ikemoto
STUDENT FILMS: Second Place: Chasing Unicorns Director: Dina Beck
STUDENT FILMS: Third Place (tie) The Crawler The Crawler Director: Seth Brady
STUDENT FILMS: 3rd Place (tie) The Goodnight Guard Director: Janice S. Lim
STUDENT FILMS: Honorable Mention (tie) Mirror Director: Kyu Hyun Kim
STUDENT FILMS: Honorable Mention (tie) Register Rap! Dir: Josh Weisbrod [41] [41] STUDENT FILMS: Josh Weisbrod [41] [41
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