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Transcending Disney Via Ground Zero for International Animation Day

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In 2002, the ASIFA (International Animated Film Association) proclaimed October 28 as International Animation Day and the main global event to celebrate the form. Can animation transcend Disney princesses and falling anvils?

Judge for yourself. At three minutes, the stunningly minimal Student Academy Award-winning Will is a stark examination of the unstoppable nature of time. Set during the attacks of 9/11, the film asks how we choose to remember incomprehensible trauma.

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