World Animation Day at the National Film Board

October 28 is World Animation Day and our National Film Board is hosting Get Animated!, a series of screen­ings and present­a­tions on the sub­ject across the country. The best part? Everything is FREE! (Our tax dol­lars at work, yet again!). The Toronto Mediatheque at 150 John Street (at the corner of Queen, across from the nasty “Scotiabank” mega­plex cinemas) has a full pro­gramme run­ning from Thursday October 25th through Sunday the 28th.

I’d par­tic­u­larly recom­mend the October 25th present­a­tion and dis­cus­sion of Madame Tutli Putli, a jaw-dropping and eerie puppet anim­a­tion that fea­tures the most real­istic eyes I’ve ever seen in an anim­ated film. The film has already picked up two awards and is a favourite to win an Oscar.

More inform­a­tion about other coun­tries’ par­ti­cip­a­tion is avail­able at the web site of the Association Internationale du Film d’Animation, where it is referred to as International Animation Day.

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