The International Animated Film Association (Association Internationale du Film d'Animation) or ASIFA is an international non-profit organization founded in 1960 in Annecy

Annecy

Annecy is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.It lies on the northern tip of Lake Annecy , 35 kilometres south of Geneva.-Administration:...

, France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 by the best known animation artists of the time such as the Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 animator

Animator

An animator is an artist who creates multiple images that give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence; the images are called frames and key frames. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, video games, and the internet. Usually, an...

, Norman McLaren

Norman McLaren

Norman McLaren, CC, CQ was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada...

. There are now more than 30 chapters of the Association located in many countries of the world.

The organization's ASIFA-Hollywood

ASIFA-Hollywood

ASIFA-Hollywood, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California, USA, which is a branch member of the "Association Internationale du Film d'Animation" or "ASIFA"...

 chapter presents the annual Annie Awards.

ASIFA's board of directors compromise animation professionals from all over the world and they meet at ASIFA-sponsored animation film festivals on a regular basis. Some of the most well-known festivals include the Annecy International Animated Film Festival

Annecy International Animated Film Festival

The Annecy International Animation Film Festival was created in 1960 and takes place at the beginning of June in the town of Annecy, France. Initially occurring every two years, the festival became annual in 1998...

 in France, the Ottawa International Animated Film Festival in Canada, the Hiroshima International Animation Festival

Hiroshima International Animation Festival

The International Animation Festival Hiroshima is a biannual animation festival hosted in Hiroshima, Japan.The festival was found in 1985 by Association International du Film d'Animation or ASIFA as International Animation Festival for the World Peace...

 in Japan

Japan

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, and the Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films

Zagreb World Festival of Animated Films

Animafest Zagreb, also known as World Festival of Animated Film in Zagreb, is an annual festival dedicated to animated film held in Zagreb, Croatia. Initiated by the International Animated Film Association, the event was established in 1972 at the time when Croatia was part of SFR Yugoslavia)...

 in Croatia

Croatia

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. The annual Annie Awards are presented by the Hollywood branch of the International Animated Film Association.

ASIFA chapters

• Argentina
• Austria
• Bosnia & Herzegovina
• Canada
• Colombia
• Egypt
  ASIFA-Egypt
  ASIFA-Egypt is the regional African and Arabian chapter of The International Association of Animation Filmmakers ASIFA based in Alexandria.-External links:* *...
  
  
• England
• France
• Germany
• Iran
• Israel
• Italy
• India
• Japan
• Switzerland
• USA – Hollywood
  ASIFA-Hollywood
  ASIFA-Hollywood, a non-profit organization in Los Angeles, California, USA, which is a branch member of the "Association Internationale du Film d'Animation" or "ASIFA"...
  
  
• USA – Central
• USA – East
• USA – Atlanta

ASIFA presidents

• Norman McLaren
  Norman McLaren
  Norman McLaren, CC, CQ was a Scottish-born Canadian animator and film director known for his work for the National Film Board of Canada...
  
   (1960–?)
• John Halas
  John Halas
  John Halas was a Hungarian animator. . He learned his craft under George Pal, but launched his own career in 1934, and two years later moved to England where he and his wife Joy Batchelor founded Halas and Batchelor.Over the years they made over 70 short subjects during the war, using propaganda...
  
   (?–1988)
• Raoul Servais
  Raoul Servais
  Raoul Servais is a Belgian filmmaker. He was born in Ostend.-Filmography:* 1963: The False Note* 1966: Chromophobia* 1968: Sirene* 1969: Goldframe* 1970: To speak or not to speak* 1971: Operation X-70...
  
   (1988–93)
• Michel Ocelot
  Michel Ocelot
  Michel Ocelot is a French writer, character designer, storyboard artist and director of animated films and television programs and a former president of the International Animated Film Association...
  
   (1994–99)
• Abi Feijò (1999–02)
• Thomas Renoldner (2002–04)
• Noureddin Zarrinkelk
  Noureddin Zarrinkelk
  Noureddin Zarrinkelk is a renowned Iranian animator, concept artist, editor, graphic designer, illustrator, layout artist, photographer, script writer and sculptor....
  
   (2004–06)
• Sayoko Kinoshita (2006–2009)
• Nelson Shin
  Nelson Shin
  Nelson Shin is an animation director who is the founder and president of Akom Production Co., Ltd., in Seoul, South Korea. He founded Akom in 1985....
  
  (2009–2012)