by Rob Kohr

I hardly had a chance to see the Oscars this year, though I was fortunate enough to catch the animation portion of the awards. Over all it can be seen as a major upset.

The biggest of these would have to be “The Danish Poet” winning for Best Animated Short. The lone traditional film of the bunch created by Torill Kove, was about a young poet, named Kasper, who in search of inspiration, travels to Norway to meet the celebrated writer, Sigrid Undset. The film, though it includes some 3DCG was mostly a 2d stylization and pulls from a lot of Eastern European influences. Torill Kove, among others, thanked the National Film Board of Canada and her many funders from Norway. (Read the article)

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ASIFA-East is doing its once-a-year judging screening,
you can still submit your film if you have one
to asifaeast.com to submit.
If you don’t have a film you may still coming to the
judging to view the best films on the East Coast! (Read the article)

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