Animation Speak/Easy is a free, semi-monthly screening and discussion series hosted at a neighborhood bar in Brooklyn. Guests from the arts community are invited to share a short animated film that inspires them and to participate in an audience discussion. Our salon-style events bring together not only animators, but a wide range of students, educators, fans, and creative professionals of all generations and disciplines to connect, interact, and inspire one another.
Join us at Rullo’s Bar to watch a fresh batch of inspiring animated shorts and to exchange thoughts and ideas in our audience discussion!
Thursday, Nov. 19th, Doors @ 7:00pm, Screening 7:30-9:00pm
Rullo’s Bar @ 560 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11215
**No cover. Please RSVP below!
Delphine served as the Film Program Officer of Villa Albertine for over 10 years and as the Film Curator of L’Alliance NY for 11 years. In that capacity she provided artistic vision and planning for the cinema program, shepherded the launch of Animation First in 2018 and has served as its curator since. Delphine is regularly invited by film institutions, such as Film at Lincoln Center and The Metrograph, to interview film personalities. Over the years she has sat down for conversation with a wide range of filmmakers, actors and professionals including Anca Damian, Momoko Seto, Michael Dudok de Wit, Jean-François Laguionie, Juliette Binoche and Caroline Champetier. Most recently Delphine served on the Jury of the US&French Connection program for The Gotham and French in Motion and on the selection committee of the first Women in Animation Festival in New York. She is currently on the selection committee of Albertine Cinemathèque, a US grant-giving program, and on the Board of film distribution company Big World Pictures.
https://www.instagram.com/delphinesrandomthoughts
Lucija Mrzljak is a Croatian animation filmmaker and illustrator based in Tallinn, Estonia. She studied animation in Zagreb, Krakow, Prague, and Tallinn, completing her MA at the Estonian Academy of Arts. Her films, including A Demonstration of Brilliance in Four Acts, The Stork and Eeva, co-directed with Morten Tšinakov, have received widespread international recognition and numerous awards. Eeva premiered at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival (Berlinale) in 2023 and was shortlisted for the 96th Academy Awards in the Animated Short Film category. The film has received more than 30 international awards, including the Alexeïeff–Parker Award at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, the Grand Prize in the Croatian Film Competition at Animafest Zagreb and many more. Alongside her filmmaking practice, Lucija works as an illustrator, creating children's books, posters, political satire, and animated music videos. She has taught at the Estonian Academy of Arts since 2019 and has lectured internationally at institutions across the globe. In 2026, she became a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
https://www.instagram.com/lucibara
James Bascara is a New York City-based multidisciplinary artist and illustrator, working with animation, ceramics, artist books, and painting to reimagine mythic motifs through speculative world building. His films and videos engage a range of techniques spanning frame-by-frame, 3D, and stop-motion animation.
His works have been presented internationally at events and venues including Slamdance Film Festival, MoMA PS1, Fest Anča, Animation Block Party, Rooftop Films, Pioneer Works, MoCCA Arts Fest, EFA Project Space, Centre Pompidou, Bob Baker Marionette Theater, and more.
https://www.jamesbascara.com/
Congratulations for this great first event to bring together the animation community. I loved that you choose three artists from different backgrounds and interests. It made for surprising discoveries! Also the discussion was well prepared and really made it particularly interesting...
It was exhilarating and I’m so thankful for the chance to share something I’m passionate about with others, as well as be included with two amazing animators I had never had the pleasure of meeting before...
Such a treat to go in depth (if ever so briefly) on the pieces that were picked, get to hear why and see how they resonated with other people there. And really just so swell to be around live humans in real space and time talking the walk and walking the talk.
Andy London is a graphic novelist, director and animator. Since the mid nineties, he’s been writing graphic novels and making independent animated shorts. In addition to making films and comics, Andy runs an animation program at Hostos Community College in New York City and is a Visiting Lecturer in the AFVS Department of Harvard University. He is also a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
www.letitfallapart.com
Anna Samo was born in Moscow, Russia, lived and studied animation in Berlin, Germany and is currently based in Brooklyn. As an independent filmmaker she uses a variety of analog animation techniques to create emotional and poetic work. Her most recent films OBON, The Opposites Game and Conversations with a Whale and The Wild-Tempered Clavier have been screened and awarded at film festivals around the world.
www.samo-animation.com
Lisa LaBracio is a freelance animation director who specializes in handmade animation techniques. As part of the founding production team at TED-Ed, Lisa has directed dozens of educational shorts in a variety of styles, and as an educator, has taught 100+ animation workshops to communities all over the world. Lisa is based in Brooklyn, where you can find her mediating an argument between her stop motion studio and her plant children regarding how much sunlight to allow into the home studio.
www.lisalabra.com
