The Alliance Française de Pune is organising a series of screenings of animated films from October 19 to 22, on the occasion of the 15 -Free admittanceth Fête du Cinéma d’Animation (Animation Film Festival). Every year, the festival is organised in order to sensitise the general public and media to this genre of cinema. It takes place simultaneously in hundreds of cities in 30 different countries. The festival is organised along with the World Animation Film Day, celebrated on October 28 as a tribute to Émile Reynaud, a pioneer of the “frame by frame” film and to commemorate the first public screening of animated cartoons in Paris at the Musée Grévin, precisely October 28, 1892.

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