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

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