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.
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