International Animation Day: 28th of October
The 7th International Animation Day
28th October 2008
What is the International Animation Day ?
In 2002, ASIFA, the International Animated Film Association, launched a global event to celebrate the art of animation. October 28th was proclaimed as International Animation Day, commemorating the first public performance of Emile Reynaud’s Theatre Optique at the Grevin Museum in Paris in 1892.
Beyond the several national ASIFA Chapters (more than 30 different countries) which celebrate the International Animation Day, ASIFA invites cultural structures to join in by screening animated films, organizing workshops, exhibiting artwork and stills, providing technical demonstrations, and helping to promote the art of animation.
Such a celebration is an outstanding opportunity of putting the animated film in the limelight, and making this art more accessible to the public. In 2007, International Animation Day was observed in 42 different countries all over the world. For the first time, countries such as Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Mozambique and Poland participated. Some countries considerably developed the celebration and extended it to several cities and several days, especially in France and Brazil, but also in Canada, Hungary, India, Israel, Portugal, Sweden and USA
Each year, the Asifa also calls upon a famous director to create the visual of the IAD. This visual is then adapted for each country in order to guarantee a worldwide visibility of the event. Previous editions involved the work of directors such as Iouri Tcherenkov, Paul Driessen or Abi Feijo. This year, the Asifa invited Michel Ocelot to create the poster.
For any further information, please contact Juliette CROCHU, coordinator of the International Animation Day on behalf of Asifa International.
Contact : Juliette Crochu, Afca-Asifa France
E-mail : j.crochu@afca.asso.fr
Phone : 33 1 48 78 25 67 / Fax : 33 1 40 23 09 17
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Program Exchange
In 2005, a system of program exchanges was created to help participants put together culturally diverse animation programs from around the world. In 2007, 26 different free programs were proposed, coming from Argentina, Brazil, China, Estonia, France, Hungary, Israel, Japan, Korea, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Sweden and USA. The exchange was an incredible opportunity to discover films from all over the world during this great international animation celebration.
The event organisers, that wish to screen one of these programs, must contact the Asifa representative of their country to order the dvds.
USA - Asifa Atlanta
Selections from "Roll Yer Own" 2008, independent animation from Atlanta
Asifa - Atlanta presents its 2008 collection of locally produced, independent animation, a hefty sized program of seventeen pieces, representing a surprisingly broad number of techniques, even including a TI-86 Calculator(?!). It was presented at Five Spot in the Little Five Points area in Atlanta. The directors were each presented with a disc containing the entire program, which is also be submitted to ASIFA-International for participation in "International Animation Day", which is celebrated worldwide around October 28th.
Type of audience: teenagers/adults
Contact:
Asifa – Atlanta
Brett W.Thompson
Email: Brett.w.thompson@gmail.com
www.asifa-atlanta.com
USA – Asifa Central
Two programs offered by Asifa central
1. The Deanna Morse Retrospective “Move Click Move” including the experimental and animation films of Deanna Morse from1970-2001. Independent animator, she has worked with multiple styles and techniques. She demonstrates that “Anyone can animate if they just have the patience to move, click, move, click….”
2. A program of films from a Student Storyboard and Animation Competition
This short DVD features winners of the annual Helen Victoria Haynes International World Peace competition. These 6 animations were made by college students answering the challenge “How would you achieve world peace?”
Contact:
Asifa Central
Deanna Morse
Email: morsed@gvsu.edu
www.faculty.gvsu.edu/morsed
USA – Asifa Colorado
Program “Member Reel”
ASIFA-Colorado is excited to announce that it has completed its first member’s reel. Excerpts of the reel have already been shown as a pre-show to “The Animation Show” in Denver.
ASIFA-Colorado is now sending out copies to all ASIFA Groups worldwide for International Animation Day Screenings.
Contact:
Asifa Colorado
Ed Desroches
Email: ed@imagescribe.com
BRAZIL - The Brazilian Association of Animation Cinema (ABCA)
The coordinator of the International Animation Day in Brazil presents a selection of Brazilian shorts.
Last year the event, in Brazil, was held simultaneously in 50 cities at the same time on the 28th of October. For this year, when we reach our 5th edition, we estimate that more than 100 Brazilian cities will participate in this big party. Our film exchange with IAD/ASIFA is very important the Brazilian and the international animation. The event is free and has no financial aims.
Type of audience: Adults
Contact:
Associação Brasileira de Cinema de Animação - Brazilian Association of Animation Cinema
Luciana Druzina
Email: super8prod@yahoo.com.br
www.diadanimacao.com.br
CHINA – International Cartoon & Animation Festival of Hangzhou
The CICAF presents the Best shot Animated Film of CICAF 2008
The 4th China International Cartoon and Animation Festival was held from April 28th to May 3rd.
Contact:
China International Cartoon & Animation Festival-Exhibition Office
Conference & Competition Dept.
Shikun Lü
Email: cicaf@yahoo.cn
www.cicaf.com
FRANCE – French Animated Film Association (AFCA)
Afca presents a selection of student graduation films from several French animation schools.
Type of audience: All audience
Contact:
French Animated Film Association (AFCA)
Juliette Crochu
Email: j.crochu@afca.asso.fr
www.afca.asso.fr
POLAND - Kinoforma Foundation, International Animated Film Festival Reanimacja
The Best of 5th IAFF ReAnimacja 2008 - Retrospective
The fifth edition of International Animated Film Festival ReAnimacja, took place on 25-27 April 2008 in Charlie cinema in Lodz (Piotrkowska Street).
Contact :
Magdalena Wolyniec
Email: reanimacjafestival@wp.pl
www.reanimacjafestival.com
PORTUGAL - Casa da Animação
Portuguese Animation
Portuguese animation is traditionally recognised at the dimension of author film.
This program gathers a great variety of themes, techniques and concepts, from humour to drama, colour to black and white…
Type of audience: Youth / adults
Contact:
Casa da Animação
Vanessa Ventura
Email: vventura@casa-da-animacao.pt
www.casa-da-animacao.pt
RUSSIA - KOMS and Multivision festival
New young Russian animation by KOMS group (www.koms.ru)
KOMS.ru (Ideologically Distinctive Animation System) is non-commercial community of independent artists, which presents the new wave of russian flash-animation.
Koms presents intellectual flash-animations made of different styles: gothic, urban, vanguard, neo-psycho, etc.
KOMS.ru has been founded by Paul Mountian in October 2003 with the assistance of LoonART Studio, Kol-Belov (Moscow) and Amontillado (S.-Petersburg). The works by Koms became very popular amongst young people in Russia.
Contact: info@multivision.ru
KOREA – ASIFA Korea
Selection of Korean animated films
Contact:
ASIFA Korea
Nelson Shin
Email: nelshin@hitel.com
www.asifakorea.com
AUSTRALIA - 7th Brisbane International Animation Festival
A selection presented by Odyssey Creative Productions Association Incorporation.
Type of audience: Recommended for persons over 15 years old
Contact:
Trent Ellis
Contact: Trent Ellis
Email: tellis@powerup.com.au / info@biaf.com.au
Information About Previous IAD
Report about IAD 2004
Report about IAD 2005
Report about IAD 2006
Report about IAD 2007
