Metro Cinema Society: World Animation Week

World Animation Week

October 28 is World Animation Day! To mark the occasion (a few days late), we're presenting a weekend of animation. We start with Scott Portingale's Animix Animation Show on Thursday, Oct 30, continue with the Punto y Raya festival of dot and line animation, on Nov 1 & 2, and finish with two FREE screenings of recent NFB animations, called Get Animated!, including one package especially for kids.

Animix Animation Show

Director: Various

Various formats

Oct 30 (2008) @ 8pm

Local Edmonton independent filmmaker/animator J. Scott Portingale in partnership with the National Film Board’s Get Animated program is pleased to invite you to The Animix Animation Show on Thursday, October 30th at 8pm at Metro Cinema. Tickets are $8 at... view more

Punto y Raya festival 0.2: Back to Basics

Director: Various

Nov 1 & 2 (2008) @ 7pm

Local animator John Osborne introduced us to the Punto y Raya festival, which focuses on the dot (punto) and the line (raya). It’s difficult to improve upon their own description: “This festival explores the ultimate synthesis of the form·movement duality... view more

Get Animated: Kids Program

53 min

Nov 2 (2008) @ 4pm

A collection of recent NFB shorts, selected especially for kids. This is a FREE screening, presented in partnership with the National Film Board of Canada.

Get Animated!

65 min

Nov 2 (2008) @ 5pm

A collection of recent NFB shorts, in celebration of World Animation Day. This is a FREE screening, presented in partnership with the National Film Board of Canada.