{"id":6937,"date":"2010-08-22T02:21:35","date_gmt":"2010-08-22T09:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=6937"},"modified":"2010-09-04T04:14:20","modified_gmt":"2010-09-04T11:14:20","slug":"asif-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.midnighteast.com\/mag\/?p=6937","title":{"rendered":"Asif 2010 – Israeli Animation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Asif 2010 - logo designed by Sharon Gazit\/Image courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

If you google \u201cASIFA Israel\u201d you come up with a name: Tsvika Oren. Animation expert Tsvika Oren, initiator and co-founder of the Israeli chapter of ASIFA (Association Internationale du Film d\u2019Animation) was honored at the Asif 2010 ceremony held on Friday, August 20, as part of the Animix festival at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Artistic Director for Asif 2010 is Gilat Pereg and the event was produced by Nony Tal. Animix 2010 Artistic Director is Nissim Hezkiyahu, Curator of Animation is Dudu Shalita, and produced by Galit Berksy. Asif means harvest in Hebrew and this event, held annually since 2000, is a celebration of the diverse harvest of Israeli animation.<\/p>\n

The event was moderated by animator Guy Harlap who expressed the thanks of many who became acquainted with animation from abroad due to Oren\u2019s efforts to seek out these films and screen them in Israel. Oren has also devoted time and energy to the preservation and documentation of Israeli animation. Oren recalled the discussions that preceded the first Asif event, coordinated with animator Sharon Gazit of Pilanimation and Yael Milo who had just returned to Israel after working as a producer at Pixar Animation Studios. At the time, Oren said, they were not sure that they would find enough Israeli animated films to show. A year later, when the first screening was held, it was three hours long and the cinematheque hall was full to overflowing with animation enthusiasts!<\/p>\n

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Sandbox by Avi Ofer\/Image courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Avi Ofer was awarded the Gross Prize for Excellence in Animation. Ofer is an independent animator who has created a new film almost every year. A selection of Ofer\u2019s imaginative work, rendered in simple line drawings imbued with quirky humor can be enjoyed on his website<\/a>. The Rabinovich Foundation for the Arts awarded a development grant to Aya Amikam for \u201cFress\u201d (Yiddish: to eat), a film that will focus on the relationship of women to food and body image based on interviews and, says Amikam, \u201cnotebooks of doodles.\u201d<\/p>\n

The love of animators for their work was also expressed in the creation of a prize for Movement and Acting in Animation by illustrator and animator Yossi Abulafia (honoree of Animix 2010). The prize was awarded to Idan Vardi, for his film \u201cSeret Gmar\u201d (graduation film), which describes a difficult mother-child relationship in simple black lines, and the muted colors of an imaginary cityscape.<\/p>\n

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Seret Gmar by Idan Vardi\/Image courtesy of PR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Asif Prizes were awarded in the following categories:<\/p>\n

The Asif Prize for Best Commissioned Film was awarded to Snowball Studios for Round 6, a computer game trailer. Moti Zigman won the prize for Best Animation for Children for his film \u201cGan Sagur\u201d (based on the children\u2019s song by Jonathan Geffen from the album The 16th Lamb, describing the strange feeling of seeing a pre-school after hours, when it\u2019s closed). The prize for Best Student Film, in memory of Tal Yakobson, was awarded to Ofra Kobliner and Eli Ben David from Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, for \u201cBeDeah Zlulah\u201d (translated as “In A Clear Mind”, but alluding to swimming as the Hebrew word \u201cZalul\u201d meaning \u201cclear\u201d sounds like the verb \u201cto dive\u201d \u2013 \u201clizlol\u201d). The fine line drawings flow in and out of black and white photographic fragments, expressing a woman\u2019s interior reflective journey in relation to the city sounds and images surrounding her.<\/p>\n

The prize for Best Independent Animation Film was awarded to Nadav Tal for \u201cHave a Nice Day\u201d a look at a solitary man\u2019s search for quiet, in simple black and white line drawings. Honorable mentions were awarded to two films: Guy Harlap\u2019s colorful and dynamic \u201cBlack Swan\u201d a visual interpretation of Thom York\u2019s song by the same name, and Michal and Ori Kranot\u2019s \u201cWhite Tape\u201d an animated reflection on the occupation.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Asif 2010 is a celebration of animation, creativity\u00a0and the desire to create. The unique spirit of the event and its participants is perhaps best revealed in Tsvika Oren’s statement that “everyone in Israel who makes an animated film deserves to see it at least once on a large screen.” Amen.<\/p>\n

AYELET DEKEL<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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