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A Preview of ‘Encanto’ and Much More at the Animation is Film Festival 2021

November 11, 2021 by Jeanine Yamanaka

After a year off, GKIDS, in partnership with Annecy International Animation Film Festival, and Variety once again held the 2021 “Animation Is Film (AIF) Festival” at the TCL Chinese 6 Theater in Hollywood. The three-day festival featured twelve international films premiering in competition in parallel with the “Studio on the Big Screen” series which presented … Continue reading "A Preview of ‘Encanto’ and Much More at the Animation is Film Festival 2021"

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Anime Expo 2019: A Multifaceted Look at Japanese Pop Culture

July 26, 2019 by Jeanine Yamanaka

Anime Expo, the largest celebration of anime pop culture in North America, took place at the Los Angeles Convention Center this month. Virtually every facet of Japanese popular culture was represented with gusto as nearly 350,000 fans devoured content for five days on video games, film, TV, cosplay, animation, music, and traditional arts.

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Animation Is Film Festival: Displaying the Range of the Medium

November 7, 2018 by Jeanine Yamanaka

Last month, GKIDS in partnership with Annecy International Animation Film Festival, held the “Animation Is Film (AIF) Festival” — a celebration of animation’s infinite possibilities as a medium, and a counter-argument to the misguided view of animation as an art form inferior to live-action film making. For three days, festival-goers enjoyed four world premieres, six … Continue reading "Animation Is Film Festival: Displaying the Range of the Medium"

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