Jim Trainor Retrospective Los Angeles
Jim Trainor makes deceptively simple films that inhabit the heads of creatures and characters as they go about their lives, uncovering basic truths that carry profound spiritual depth. Animating with thick, direct lines on unregistered paper, Trainor’s films are both
GLAS X PORTLAND
We're excited to announce that GLAS is coming to Portland this May! For this special weekend event we'll be bringing some of our favorite shorts from our 2019 festival edition, showcasing some special curated programs, coupled with a warm send-off
Best of GLAS 2019 // DTLA
We celebrate the closing of the 4th annual GLAS Animation Festival by presenting the ‘Best Of’ screening at the Los Angeles Downtown Independent. Don't miss your chance to see the films that picked up prizes at this year's festival (along
CONSIDER THIS
Whenever an independently-produced animated short gets nominated for an Oscar, it’s heartening and validating. The Oscars are a unique opportunity for short animated work, ordinarily an incredibly niche format, to get a spotlight of mainstream attention. There are two ways
FUNDRAISER
GLAS ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2019 FUNDRAISER We are hosting our first annual GLAS Animation Fundraiser. Join us for a night of drinks and delicious food at COMAL in the heart of Downtown Berkeley to support GLAS Animation. Headed into our fourth year,
AUTONOMOUS LA + JOHN DAKER
AUTONOMOUS LA + JOHN DAKER Thursday, September 28 Downtown Independent 8:00 pm Tickets SPONSORED BY AUTONOMOUS LA From the beginning, GLAS has always emphasized the importance of independent animation in the United States. For this screening we defined 'independent' as work made without the support of commercial funding
SENSUAL ANIMATION SCREENING LOS ANGELES
SENSUAL ANIMATION We are pleased to announce the next event in GLAS's new Los Angeles Screening Series: Sensual Animation. Animation is a medium that can express the sensuality and stickiness of our inner desires in a way that no other form can.
GEORGES SCHWIZGEBEL RETROSPECTIVE
We are proud to feature a retrospective of the work of Swiss animation legend Georges Schwizgebel, one of the most celebrated independent animators of all time. In the decades spanning Schwizgebel’s career, he pioneered original techniques to reweave the formal
HENRY SELICK DTLA
AN EVENING WITH HENRY SELICK - Sat, Oct 1st - 8pm - SOLD OUT AN AFTERNOON WITH HENRY SELICK - Sun, Oct 2nd - 2pm - Tickets Downtown Independent 251 S. Main St. Los Angeles, CA 90012 GLAS is proud to feature the work of
FUNDRAISER 2018
GLAS ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2019 FUNDRAISER We are hosting our first annual GLAS Animation Fundraiser. Join us for a night of drinks and delicious food at COMAL in the heart of Downtown Berkeley to support GLAS Animation. Headed into our fourth year,