2018 ANI-JAM

Based on the 2018 Association Internationale du Film d’Animation International Animation Day poster created by René Castillo’s studio Mandaraka in Mexico. Each face was created by a member of the studio and then reinterpreted by animators in the Central USA Chapter of ASIFA as part of an ANI-JAM. Each animator had 3 seconds to transform one face into another.

The artists who contributed the faces are: Misael Barbosa, Rita Basulto, Juan Pablo Becerra, Sofía Carrillo, Karla Castañeda, Emilia Castillo, René Castillo, Eliant Elias, León Fernández, Ricardo Niño, Mario Ruiz, Ángeles Vargas & Christian Vázquez.

The animators (in order of transformation) are Charles Wilson, Steve Leeper, Gretchen Vinnedge, Andrew Zesiger, Nathan Henriquez, Nikki Hines, Julie Goldstein, Mack-enzie Mayo, R. Brad Yarhouse, Bob Swieringa, Gary Schwartz, David Thrasher, Deanna Morse, Jim Middleton. Music by Andrew Zesiger.