About ASIFA Thailand

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ASIFA Thailand is the 40th Chapter founded in 2015 of ASIFA  (Association Internationale du Film d’Animation) founded in 1960 in Annecy, France as an association of individual animation artists. Today ASIFA can be described as an international network of numerous local ASIFA Chapters, which have developed their own local identities and special activities.
ASIFA was established in 1960 as a non-profit corporation devoted to cultivating and promoting the art, craft and profession of Animation.

Target Goals
  • ASIFA promotes opportunities for professionals in animation to share information and network globally through our publications and public communications.
  • ASIFA is concerned with sustaining and preserving the rights of animators and the art of animation by promoting, educating, cooperating, and assisting others.
  • ASIFA promotes progress toward peace and mutual understanding through the unified interest of the art of animation with workshops, gatherings, and worldwide projects.
  • ASIFA pursues these goals through a variety of activities both internationally and through local chapters. Follow the links below to discover what’s going on.
  • International Animation Day
  • Animation Workshop Group
  • ASIFA Prize
  • Local Chapters

ASIFA International (http://www.asifa.net) is the first-established and farthest-reaching international organization founded for the very purpose of connecting animators across cultures and countries. Regional ASIFA Groups all over the world are working for the benefit of animation in different ways, then these groups and individual members come together, in order to work for the benefit of animation on the international level. We are volunteer run and our members have a say in our activities and advocacy through their chapter representatives and the ASIFA General Assembly meetings (which can be attended by any ASIFA member). In addition to being connected to animators all over the world, your membership supports global projects like UNESCO’s Africa Animated, International Animation Day, the ASIFA Prize, ASIFA Workshop Groups and other special projects.

If you are interested in becoming a member it costs just 600 baht please fill in the form and you will be sent details how to pay.

Membership benefits:
As a member of  ASIFA Thailand you will be represented on the ASIFA Thailand blog.
Your will receive administrative support and help to submit your films to ASIFA linked festivals (see below)
Your work will become part of ASIFA Thailand Archive and will be available for ASIFA Thailand screenings (subject to preferences and agreements) both in Thailand and Internationally through the ASIFA International Animation Day network (there are 40 chapters of ASIFA)
You will be encouraged to have involvement and representation in all ASIFA Thailand activities, screenings and publications
There will be an annual International Animation Event on or around October 28th each year concurrent with the ASIFA International Animation Day. Including selecting works for international screening availability.
You are welcome and encouraged to submit your own ideas for events, screenings, activities and publications and sharing of news.

AS well as the ASIFA Thailand benefits you will be a member of the International ASIFA body with the following benefits:


  • Subscription to ASIFA MAGAZINE, published quarterly online with one printed issue annually.
  • Access to ASIFA’s Film Archive.
  • Present your membership card for free entry and discounts at animation festivals:Discount on festival tickets and passes at Ottawa International Animation Festival
  • 15% off festival passes at GLAS Animation Festival
  • Free attendance  “Cyber Sousa” Xiamen International Animation Festival
  • Free attendance Hiroshima International Animation Fesetival
  • Discount on passes to Ottawa Animation Festival
  • 20-30% discounts on CRC Press animation books
  • Film exchange program between ASIFA chapters.
  • ASIFA Workshops Group, an international community of Workshop Instructors that facilitate the creation of one children’s animation per year. This includes coordinated events, screenings, and support of conferences.
  • To access discount codes and magazine issues, members should contact their chapter representative.


If you are interested in becoming a member it costs just 600 baht please fill in the form and you will be sent details how to pay.

Please fill in the form and submit. Please complete the questions with a * all other questions are optional and are for ease contact purposes only. We will NOT pass on ANY personal information to other parties outside of ASIFA.
On receiving the acceptance email please arrange transfer payment of 600 baht for membership costs, details will be in the email.

ASIFA Thailand is open to all nationalities with affiliations to Thailand and nearby countries. Any questions about ASIFA Thailand please contact Millie Young <millimations(at)gmail.com>


ASIFA International (http://www.asifa.net) are continuing to add benefits and discounts for ASIFA members. If you are part of an organization that would like to partner with ASIFA through a discount or benefit offer, please Corrie Francis Parks <technical(at)asifa.net>

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