See our previous programming below!
Submissions end Sept 30th.
Professional Development Sessions
Come get your portfolio reviewed and get a 20 mins tune up! Don't have a portfolio but curious and want to learn about animation? Come chit chat with our industry professional and ask them anything you've always wanted to know about the industry. Preregistration now closed. Walk-in available based on availability at room 2005 (second floor) onsite
4 Short Blocks of Screenings
+Special Feature Select
Catch our special feature selection "The Concierge" by director Yoshimi Itazu powered by Crunchy Roll along with our three animated shorts film blocks: Saturday Morning Cartoon, (signature-made in the South) Southern Spotlight, and International Selections.
Panels, Roundtables, Workshop
Our roundtables are designed to maximize engagement and foster community involvement where attendees get to get up close and personal with our experts, providing a platform for voices from across the industry.
Exhibition Booths+ ASIFA-South Pop-up Museum
Meet local organizations and studios such as Moonshine Studio, The Paper Museum, Momocon. Test out a demo of XP Pen station. Special this year, visit our pop up ASIFA-South museum to learn about our historical journey from starting out as ASIFA-Atlanta to where we are now with some relic exhibits!
SCREENING BLOCKS
JUNE 28
INTERNATIONAL
SELECTIONS
11:00 AM-12:00 PM
FEATURE SELECT:
THE CONCIERGE
2:10 PM- 3:20 PM
JUNE 29
SATURDAY MORNING CARTOON
11.00 AM - 12:00 PM
SOUTHERN SPOTLIGHT
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
THANK YOU TO OUR BEST IN SHOW JURORS
THITAPHON PIRABAN
LEAD VFX ARTIST,
SLOTHIQUE
VINOD KRISHNAN
TECHNICAL DIRECTOR,
DISNEY ANIMATION
SONYA HASSAN-CAREY
PRODUCER & FOUNDER OF THE ANIMATION LOUNGE
PERRY HULL
2D ANIMATOR,
SMILING FRIENDS
PANELS & ROUNDTABLE
JUNE 28
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Preregistration now closed for Professional Development.
Walk-in available based on availability at room 2005 (second floor) onsite
INDUSTRY GUESTS
Sandee Chamberlain
Professor, KSU
Mary Kathryn Lopez
Video Editor, KSU
Desmond Du
MoGraph Designer, Turner
Rian Penrod
Background Painter, Bento Box
Min Kyung Cho
Committee, ASIFA-South
Neko Pilarcik-Tellez
Compositor, Hit Monkey
Wasan Hayajneh
Professor, KSU
Nicole Britton
Voice Talent & Actor, Various
Brad Lee Zimmerman
Editor, Blue Eye Samurai
Steve Mank
Composer, SFX Primal Screen
Michael Kohler
Composer, Producer, Blue Tube
Ashley Kohler
EP, Awesome Inc
Adrian Maruri
Composer, Rec Engineer, PIXAR
Jennifer Keister
Voice Talent & Actor
Bob Carter
Founder,Neighborhood Studios
Colin Wheeler
ASIFA-South Programmer
Zane Everett
Ambassador, Unity
Palm Piraban
Lead VFX Artist, Slothique
Joel Mack
Motion Cap Artist, Actor Capture
Jeff Yu
VR Technical Artist, Pulseworks
Joshua Leonard
Character designer, Lionsgate
James Von Gravely
Production Manager, Awesome
Tiffany Rishel
Lead BG Designer, Awesome Inc
Lauren Brown
Art Director, Wizard of the Coast
Perry Hull
2D Animator, Smiling Friends
Christos Perry
2D Animator, Dynasty Animation
Fatimah Abdullah
Head of Studio, BWA Studios
Elizabeth Strickler
Professor Media Innovation, GSU
Chris Malone
Professor of Animation, KSU
Lisa Ferrell
ASIFA-South Board of Director
Peter Hriso
Professor of Animation, KSU
Thy Vo
2D Animator, Primal Screen
Ian O Donnell
Game Show Host, Various
Jack Huang
2D Rigger, Awesome Inc
Asante Bradford
Sr Engage Manager, GDEcD
Mark Simon
Founder, Animatics&Storyboards
Chris Le Doux
Head of Studio, CraftyApes
Brantly Watts
Production Manager, MEPTIK
Directions & Parking
Address
Kennesaw State University
Social Science Building
402 Bartow Ave NW, Kennesaw, GA 30144
Complimentary Parking: West Deck
Contact
Event Dates
Saturday
11:30 am – 6:00 pm
Friday
11:30 am – 6:00 pm
ONSITE REGISTRATION/
CHECK IN
10.30am -4:00 pm
