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International Animation Day
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Where it comes from
International Animation Day was created in 2002 by ASIFA, the International Animated Film Association, from an idea by its then president, Abi Feijó. The date honours 28 October 1892, when Émile Reynaud gave the first public show of his Théâtre Optique at the Musée Grévin in Paris, projecting a story told in…
How it's celebrated
ASIFA's national groups, in more than 50 countries on every inhabited continent, hold screenings, workshops, exhibitions and demonstrations on and around 28 October, and swap programmes of short films so that audiences see work from other countries.
Did you know
Reynaud's Pauvre Pierrot was made of 500 hand-painted images on a band 36 metres long, which he moved by hand during each show.
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