Yesterday, October 28, it was the International Animation Day*, and we celebrate it by dealing with a Netflix original series: ‘Blood of Zeus’.
A quite interesting one, ‘Blood of Zeus’ is based on the Greek mythology, and on the Greek mentality for the human beings were to live submitted to the Gods and to the Fate. And the poor to the powerful. Heron is the son of Zeus, born amid one of the relations outside the official marriage the king of the Gods used to do to fill the Earth with people, especially the ones born to become heroes. However, Heron is not aware of his origins, and lives in a miserable context. He discovers who he actually is throughout his everyday adventures, and finds out the goal of his existence: to save humanity from a demonic army.
Created by Charley Parlapanides and Vlas Parlapanides, ‘Blood of Zeus’ is admirable for design, original, well animated, and well characterized.
As for the International Animation Day 2020* into specifics, it is to have a look at the website, and at the poster, designed by “Regina Pessoa”.
Regina Pessoa… what a wonderful art name…
* ASIFA created the International Animation Day (IAD) in 2002, honoring the birth of animation, recognized as the first public performance of projected moving images: Emile Reynaud’s Theatre Optique in Paris, on the 28th October 1892.
ASIFA coordinates and helps promote IAD celebrations all over the world, putting the art of animation in the limelight in a global worldwide celebration of animation. In recent years, this unique event has been commemorated in more than 50 countries, on every continent of the world. Find out what’s happening this year at http://iadasifa.net/
Every day we witness the importance and beauty of animation in a variety of media. It spreads in commercial theatres – featuring 3D animation and special effects, on TV, publicity, music industry, cross media, internet, but, and most specially, it develops and grows as an art form, through shorts, multimedia and feature films, created by independent authors, artists, students, and children from all over the world.
Animation includes an impressive range of approaches, techniques and goals. Created by drawing, painting, animating puppets and objects, using clay, sand, paper and computer, working with multiple narratives and non-narratives, reflecting a diversity of themes and performances, presented on a variety of platforms. All of this confirms that ANIMATION is an extraordinary and powerful medium of art, cultural expression and communication. And, as a visual storytelling medium, animation can communicate across cultures without verbal language. It truly is a means for cultural connection.
ASIFA strives to support the opportunities for exchange and celebration that this event offers. Stimulating dynamics and collaborations between chapters, groups and agents from different countries, we try to assist in connecting animators to each other, celebrating our unique art form, and bringing animation art to the general public.
IAD CELEBRATIONS
ASIFA Chapters and other institutions dedicated to animation are invited to join us on the promotion of suitable projects for IAD celebrations: screenings, workshops, conferences, and exhibitions. There are countries that promote a big event for the occasion, others simply point out this symbolic moment with one day of screenings and encounters. The important thing is to participate.
FILM PROGRAM EXCHANGE
To enhance the events and really contribute the diffusion of animation films, each IAD promoter has the possibility of trading animation programs between countries/partners. To organize, facilitate and help promote trades, please contact IAD curator. Also, please tell the coordinator what activities you organized.
Following IAD, a short report on the IAD celebrations and trades will be sent to all members and partners.
IAD IMAGE
Each year, ASIFA calls upon an important animator to create the poster for International Animation Day. It is then adapted for each country in order to guarantee a worldwide view of the event. The 2020 IAD poster was generously created by Regina Pessoa. Past posters can be seen in the poster gallery on iadasifa.net.
Each organizer that promotes IAD event may use the poster and the labels to create its own communication tools according to its needs: printed posters, flyers, booklets, etc. To assure the coherence of IAD announcements and communication, these tools must include: the original IAD image (of the poster), the signature of the artist and ASIFA logo.
For further questions about participating or to download a the poster for your event, please contact please contact IAD Coordinator: Brad Yarhouse – brad {at} yarhouse.com (from Asifa official website)