The Amazing Maurice is based on the popular novel by Sir Terry Pratchett. With his band of rats and pied-piper friend, Maurice is a street-smart cat who travels the countryside, swindling villagers with a staged rat plague. When the gang sets its sights on a scenic market town, they quickly realize that something more nefarious is afoot. […]
A giant talking frog and an elusive cat help a listless bank employee, his traumatized wife, and a lonely accountant seek meaning in their lives and possibly save Tokyo from catastrophe. Based on stories by Haruki Murakami, this feature by Pierre Földes has won awards at the Annecy Animation Film Festival and the Anima Festival […]
The Annecy Festival welcomes Jerry Beck, one of the leading experts in the realm of animation film, who will be taking attendees on a journey through a landscape of animated masterpieces, each film nearly lost until restored and preserved through the efforts of ASIFA-Hollywood and the UCLA Film & Television Archive. June 14th, 7pm-8:30pm CEST (10am-11:30am […]
ASIFA-Hollywood Members are invited to the RUBY GILLMAN, TEENAGE KRAKEN Screening + Q&A with Director Kirk DeMicco, Producer Kelly Cooney Cilella, Co-Director Fayrn Pearl and Head of Character Animation Carlos Puertolas. Rated PG, Run Time: 83 Minutes RSVP deadline: Friday, June 23rd, 11:59pm PST To become an ASIFA-Hollywood member and RSVP for this Screening, please email info@asifa-hollywood.org.
Miles Morales returns for the next chapter of the Spider-Verse saga, Spider-Man™: Across the Spider-Verse. After reuniting with Gwen Stacy, Brooklyn’s friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is catapulted across the Multiverse, encountering the Spider Society, a team charged with protecting the Multiverse’s very existence. But when the heroes clash on how to handle a new threat, Miles is pitted […]
After getting into the School of Fine Arts, Marinette flies to Paris with her parents to fulfill her dream to become a great fashion designer. Instead, she ends up finding love and her real destiny - to save the world with her sidekick Cat Noir. But there is a problem: Cat Noir is the son […]
THE OTHER SHAPE tells the story of Peter Press, a man who has a press in his head and is obsessed with entering a geometric world. But in order to enter this utopia, one must literally have a square head! Peter now faces the dilemma of becoming a square or unleashing the true shape that resides within […]
After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtle brothers set out to win the hearts of New Yorkers and be accepted as normal teenagers through heroic acts. Their new friend April O’Neil helps them take on a mysterious crime syndicate, but they soon get in over their heads when an army of […]
From directors Julien Chheng and Jean-Christophe Rogers, GKIDS presents "ERNEST AND CELESTINE: A TRIP TO GIBBERITIA." Following their first Academy Award®-nominated adventure, Ernest and Celestine return in this delightful and joyous story about friendship. See the film before its nationwide release on September 1st. Rated PG, Runtime: 80 Minutes To become an ASIFA-Hollywood member and RSVP for this […]
From famed director Makoto Shinkai (“Your Name” and “Weathering with You”), SUZUME is a coming-of-age story set in various disaster-stricken locations across Japan, where she must close doors against the devastation that would otherwise be caused by a powerful supernatural force. Never-before-seen scenery, encounters and farewells and a myriad of challenges await her. Despite all of the obstacles, […]
