ASIFA Israel’s annual event celebrating Israeli animation, held virtually August 20th, saw 209 film submissions.
ASIF (the Hebrew word for Harvest), the annual sum-up event of Israeli animation, announced its 2020 award winners at an online August 20 ceremony. Established by ASIFA Israel in 2000, the event is now part of the international ANIMIX festival. This year, ASIF saw 209 films submitted; 34 nominees were selected.
The ASIF 2020 signal film was made by Moshe Ben Avraham, with music by Atili.
Award winners include:
The Yoram Gross Award for Outstanding Achievements in Animation
Eran Hilleli
You can find a selection of his works on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/eranhill
Eran Hilleli & Finn Ericson’s Looom animation software product overview:
Best Music Video
Shredder
Talya La Lia
Oz Animation
Best Commission Film
The Tale of the Doctor Who Defied Death
Iseult Gillespie, Yael Reisfeld
TedED
Source: Out of The Animation Center online magazine #510, edited by Tsvika Oren.
Dan Sarto is Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Animation World Network.