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ASIFA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION DAY 2017

Photos: ASIFA Poland, ASIFA China, and ASIFA Croatia

ASIFA created the International Animation Day (IAD) in 2002 to honor the birth of animation. October 28th was chosen in recognition of the first public performance of projected moving images: Emile Reynaud’s Theatre Optique in Paris, in 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. IAD offers us the opportunity to connect with animators and share animation across borders, across cultures, across languages - to celebrate our humanity through the art of animation.

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INTRODUCTION: Interim Coordinator R. Brad Yarhouse

I am honored and excited that I have been asked by the Deanna Morse and the board to act as interim International Animation Day coordinator for the international ASIFA organization. I want to give my thanks to Vanessa Ventura of ASIFA Portugal for many years of service as the previous coordinator of IAD. I would also like to thank Noureddin Zarrinkelk and Negar Zarrinkelk for their wonderful poster for 2017. I have been coordinating IAD for the Central USA chapter since 2012 and was recently made President of ASIFA Central. My goal as coordinator for the central chapter has always been two fold, first to provide an opportunity for members of ASIFA Central to participate in celebrating the animation artform by showing their current animation. A ‘snapshot’ of the artists, vision, and the talent that makes up our region of the world. My vision is of a world of animators each of us with our talents, desires, various skill levels from amateur to professional coming together on one day to celebrate our love of the crafted moving medium of animation. IAD is a chance to celebrate and inspire one another. Which, gets to my second goal, to participate for a moment in the global village that is our planet. Few organizations of artist span the globe through so many economic, social, cultural, and political realms as does ASIFA. In our celebration of International Animation Day, for a moment we are truly a community without borders and without fear. It is a day when large and small groups of artists share and inspire one another. It is a day that makes me proud to belong to a group that crosses so many obstacles to celebrate our shared art and humanity.

I believe that the greatest need in this world is to stop fearing our differences, and to celebrate and share in the richness of our variety. International animation day is a seed planted each year in defiance of fear.

I thank you for the opportunity to be considered for this position, I am like many of you very busy, but International Animation Day is very important to me. I don't consider this position lightly. I recognize the amount of work and grace involved when working with so many people from so many different backgrounds. But, I believe in this community and its ability to make the world a better place. After all, this is the reason I make art.

Sincerely,

To participate in IAD 2018, please contact Brad at [email protected] ​

If you wish to be included in the 2018 report, please send information about your 2018 IAD celebrations to ​ ​ [email protected] before December 1, 2018. ​ ​ ​

More information on IAD can be found at www.asifa.net ​

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ASIFA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION DAY 2017

We had a number of chapters that were involved with International Animation Day Celebrations in 2017. Participant information was gathered from Vanessa Ventura previous to the event and may not accurately reflect the chapters that eventually celebrated IAD with their communities. All chapters that responded to requests for reports are highlighted in green.

1. Australia 11. Mexico 2. China Xiamen 12. Poland 3. Croatia 13. Portugal 4. France 14. Saudi Arabia 5. Germany 15. Taiwan 6. Hellas 16. USA Central 7. India 17. USA East 8. Israel 18. USA San Francisco 9. Japan 19. USA South 10. Lithuania

It was reported that approximately 3720 people participated in this past years events around the globe. All exchange programs presented by our chapters were provided to the public free with the exception being workshops or feature films coinciding with IAD events. All the chapters used a form of the poster designed this year by - ​ Noureddin Zarrinkelk and Negar Zarrinkelk except for ASIFA Israel which had another poster designed. Below you will see a simple graph that shows attendance numbers as reported from our chapters. Poland put on the most events this year with a staggering 10 events in 9 cities not including 3 workshops, China had the most attendees.

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ASIFA AUSTRALIA

IAD Representative: Trent Ellis ​ Coordinator: Trent Ellis ​ ​

City and Theatre (s): ● Melbourne – VCA Federation Hall ● Brisbane – Event Cinemas Myer Centre

Events: 2

ST ● 1 ​ event: Melbourne ​ ○ Thurs 26 October, start 6:30pm - finish 9:30pm st nd ○ ASIFA International Animation Day 2017 Film Sampler + VCA presents 1 ​ and 2 ​ Year BFA ​ ​ (Animation) End of Year Screening ○ website: https://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/9124-international-animation-day-celebration ​ ○ Admission: Free ○ Attendance: 100 (approx)

nd ● 2 ​ event: Brisbane ​ ○ Wed 08 November, start 7:30pm - finish 9:00pm ○ Best of IAD 2017 ○ website: https://www.facebook.com/events/870182219811930 ​ ○ Admission: Free ○ Attendance: 25 ● TOTAL ATTENDANCE (Melbourne + Brisbane) = 125 people

Description of the celebrations th ASIFA Australia celebrated its 12 ​ annual International Animation Day in Melbourne and Brisbane. Events were held ​ 26 Oct and 08 Nov respectively, joining in with the rest of the world in celebrating the 16th International Animation Day (officially 28 Oct).

Screening content was shared among nations in a unique exchange of animation programs consisting of 69 short animated films from 8 ASIFA chapters from 6 different countries (China, Greece, Italy, Mexico, USA and Australia).

The Australian program (in which 6 of the 10 animated films were Queensland produced) was of interest to 8 ASIFA Chapters from China, Greece, Israel, Mexico, Poland and USA.

The complete Australian program was screened in two countries – in the USA, New York at the School of Visual Arts, 24 October and Greece, Athens at the AKTO (Art, Design and Media College), 20 December. While a selection from

ASIFA International Animation Day Report 2017 6 the Australian films – ranging from at least one film to up to seven films - were chosen for screenings in Xiamen (China) - 28 Oct., Mexico - 28 Oct., Krakow, Nowy Targ and Wroclaw (Poland) 28 Oct., and Grand Rapids (Michigan), Chicago (Illinois), St. Louis (Missouri), Atlanta (Georgia) USA – 28 Oct and Durham (North Carolina) USA – 02 Nov. Most popular animated shorts from the Australian collection were: Fish With Legs (dir. Dave Carter), and 3 ​ ​ graduate films – Habits(dir. Kathy Sarpi, VCA), Twin Peaks (dir. William Robson, QUT), and Lepidoptera (dir. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Bethanie Montano, UTS).

Melbourne – International Animation Day was well attended by at least 100 people at the VCA Federation Hall, ​ Thurs 26th October 2017. Content included 10 animated shorts from USA, Mexico and Brazil. This preceded the st nd VCA’s annual presentation of their 1 ​ and 2 ​ Year Animation Undergraduate student films. ​ ​ th Brisbane – Held at the Event Cinemas Myer Centre, 8 ​ November 2017, International Animation Day was attended ​ ​ by an audience of 25 people. Content included 16 animated short films from six countries: Australia, China, Greece, Italy, Mexico and USA. Among the new films making their Australian premiere were: The N.A.P. (dir. Adolfo Di ​ ​ Molfetta), Pittari (dir. Patrick Smith), Cop Dog (dir. Bill Plympton) and In A Heartbeat (dir. Beth David and Esteban ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ Bravo).

Promotional Material:

The International Animation Day 2017 trailer (https://vimeo.com/241435997) received 148 views on Facebook and ​ ​ th th was screened in-house over the weekend of the 4 ​ and 5 ​ November at Event Cinema Myer Centre. ​ ​ Animation Alliance Australia Inc. | ASIFA Australia had a booth in the foyer of the Event Cinema Myer Centre at the Rd Outta The Box Festival on Friday 3 ​ November to promote the IAD 2017 screening in Brisbane with banner and ​ postcards. (see attached "IAD_Stall_EventCinemasMyer_OuttaTheBox_Nov2017")

IAD 2017 banner – retractable exhibition banner containing official IAD 2017 design by Iranian artists Noureddin Zarrinkelk and Negar Zarrinkelk. Sponsors logos. 820 x 2055mm. Displayed in the foyer of Event Cinema Myer Centre for six days (3 – 8 August).

IAD 2017 postcards – Printed and cut to postcard size. Full colour front and back. Assorted cover images including the official IAD 2017 design by Iranian artists Noureddin Zarrinkelk and Negar Zarrinkelk. 240 x postcards printed and distributed.

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ASIFA CHINA XIAMEN

IAD Representative: Agnes Li ​

City and Theatre (s): ● Xiamen International Animation Festival ​ Event: 1 ○ Date (s): 20/10/17 ○ Exchange Program: ASIFA Greece, ASIFA Australia ○ Admission: Free ○ ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ■ approximately 1000

Description of the celebrations ASIFA CHINA screened films animated by local chapter members, university students, films from GREECE as a special exchange program with ASIFA GREECE as well as films from Australia provided by Mr. Trent Ellis. Three speeches were given by a teacher from Xiamen Academy of Arts and Design, a cartoonist and an employee from DJI. Ms. Sayoko KHINOSHITA of ASIFA JAPAN gave us a short, lovely opening speech for the event. No patrons were charged. But the venue was provided by the committee of the Xiamen International Animation Festival, the committee also offered staff assistance at the event.

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ASIFA CROATIA

IAD Representative: Maša Udovičić ​ ​

City and Theatre (s): ● Zagreb ​ Events: 2

ST ● 1 ​ event ​ ○ Professional Adult Program ○ Exchange Program: Not reported ○ Admission: Free ○ ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ■ approximately 120 adults

nd ● 2 ​ event ​ ○ Children's Program ○ Program: My Life as a Zucchini ○ Admission: Free ○ ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ■ approximately 80

Description of the celebrations We used the poster, but we had to adjust the design a lot, so we can put any information on it. Photos include: producer Vanja Andrijević accepting Diploma for the Best film from last year (Night Hawk, by Špela Čadež), Vesna and Bordo Dovniković attending IAD, people at party, women reading catalogue, workshop for children (teachers Juliana Kučan and Ana-Marija Vidaković, members of ASIFA Croatia), kids with parents watching “My Life as a Zucchini".

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ASIFA HELLAS

IAD Representative: Anastasia Dimitra ​ Coordinator: Anastasia Dimitra ​ ​

City and Theatre (s): ● ATHENS (French Institute) ​ Events: 2

ST 1 ​ event ​ ● Date (s): 20/10/17 ● Exchange Program: ASIFA CHINA ● Admission: Free ● ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ○ approximately 200 children attended the children films ○ approximately 300 adults attended the rest of the program.

Description of the celebrations In collaboration with French Institute in Athens , Greek festivals (Taff, animasyros 10) and ASIFA China in the course of International Animation Day 2017, presented a selection of Chinese animation films, curated by ASIFA China. On 20th of October at Athens, Greece. We celebrated successfully an animation day with screenings and a discussion ​ ​ about the future of production in Greece.

The program included a selection of children films, animasyros 10 selection (reserved for schools) French ​ Student’s Films, a selection of animation films from China and a selection of the best films curated by the TAFF festival.

nd ● 2 ​ event ​ ○ Date: 20/12/17 ○ Exchange Program: ASIFA AUSTRALIA ○ Admission: Free ○ ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ■ approximately 250 students attended the Australian program

Description of the celebrations In collaboration with AKTO art and Design College, in Athens we continued our celebration successfully with screenings. The program included a selection of animation films from Australia. The Greek students had the ​ ​ ​ opportunity to know the animation era in Australia.

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ASIFA ISRAEL

IAD Representative: Tsvika Oren ​ ​

City and Theatres: ● Tel Aviv ● Jerusalem Bezalel Academy of Art and Design ● Jerusalem AniNation Festival ● Sderot, Sapir College

Event (s): 4

ST ● 1 ​ event: Tel Aviv ​ ○ Date (s): 07/11/17 ○ Exchange Program: Best of Int’l Competition Stuttgart 2017 ​ ○ Admission: Free ○ ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ■ approximately 20. Half students, half pro.

Description of the celebrations Attaching the poster we've used for IAD 2017 event at Minshar for Art and Asifa Israel's Animation Club, TLV. Much laugh to Eshed's Common Chameleon + Greaves Big Bag. Very good reactions to Pajek's Impossible Figures ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ and Saska's Happy End. ​ ​

nd ● 2 ​ event: Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem ​ ○ Date: 30/11/17 ○ Exchange Program: Best of Int’l Competition Stuttgart 2017 ​ ○ Admission: Free ○ ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ■ approximately 70 students and faculty attended

Description of the celebrations Lecture by Yoni Salmon about the creative process of his new short ‘Nigun’; Screening of Best of Int’l Competition ​ ​ Stuttgart 2017. Enthusiastic reactions to the films “Untamed”, “Happy End” and “Big Bag”. ​ ​ ​ ​ ​ ​

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● 3rd & 4th event: 2nd annual AniNation Festival, Jerusalem & Sapir College, Sderot ○ Date: 02/11/17 ○ Exchange Program: Best of Int’l Competition Stuttgart 2017 ++ ​ ○ Admission: Free ○ ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ■ Not recorded

Description of the celebrations ++The program included a selection of children films, animasyros 10 selection (reserved for schools) French ​ Student’s Films, a selection of animation films from China and a selection of the best films curated by the TAFF festival.

ASIFA JAPAN

IAD Representative: Sayoko KINOSHITA ​ ​

City and Theatres: ● KYOTO (co-organized by Kyoto University of Art and Design ● NONOICHI (co-organized by Nonoichi Foundation for Information and Cultural Promotion) ● HIROSHIMA (co-organized by Hiroshima City, ​ ​ Hiroshima International Animation Festival, etc.) Events: 3

ST ● 1 ​ event: Kyoto ​ ○ Date (s): 20/10/17 ○ Program: "Award Winning Titles of ​ Hiroshima International Animation Festival" ○ Admission: Free ○ ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ■ 100

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● 2nd event: Nonoichi ○ Date (s): 06/11/2017 ​ ○ Exchange Program: "ASIFA-Poland ​ Special Program" and "Award Winning Titles of Hiroshima Festival" ○ Admission: Free ○ ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ■ 100

● 3rd event: HIROSHIMA ​ ○ Date (s): 29/10/2017 & 04/11/2017 ○ Program: "Award Winning Titles of ​ Hiroshima Festival" ○ Admission: Free ○ ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ■ 183 (in 4 venues)

Description of the celebrations Official poster of IAD 2017 (by Noureddin & Negar Zarrinkelk) was used, and Japanese version (information in Japanese language) was designed by Daiki Aizawa, a member of ASIFA-Japan. ASIFA-Japan always use IAD official poster.

IAD 2017 in Hiroshima" took place at four sites: Yokogawa Cinema, Hiroshima City Cinematographic and Audio-Visual Library (Eizo Bunka Library), Kure Municipal Museum of Art during October - November. IAD 2017 in Nonoichi, Event Photos on 16th Nov. 2017. At the Nonoichi Center for Interactive Edutainment "Camellia".

IAD 2017 in Kyoto, Event Photos on 20th Oct. 2017. At Chiyuu-kan, Kyoto University of Art and Design. For more ​ information and photos see: http://asifa.jp/iad17/index.html and http://asifa.jp/en/iad/index.html. ​ ​ ​ ​

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ASIFA POLAND

IAD Representative: Zbigniew Czapla ​ ​

City and Theatres: ● Krakow ○ Cinema KIKA (curator: Bogdan Balicki) ○ The Faculty of Art The Pedagogical University of Krakow (curator: Wiola Sowa) ● Wroclaw ○ Galeria Entropia (curator: Alicja Jodko) ● Sokolowsko ○ Kino Zdrowie (curator: Alicja Jodko) ● Nowy Targ ○ Municipal Cultural Center (curator: Anna Mrozek) ● Naleczow ○ Art School (curator: Konrad Rzadowski) ● Lodz ○ Cinema BODO (curator: Piotr Kardas) ● Bialystok ○ Bialystok Cultural Center (curator: Krzysztof Sienkiewicz) ● Bydgoszcz ○ Cinema EAGLE - Municipal Cultural Center (curator: Weronika Placzek) ● Kielce ○ DKF (curator: Jerzy Kenig)

Events: 10 + Workshops

ST nd 1 ​ event: Krakow The Faculty of Art The 2 ​ event: Wroclaw ​ ​ ​ Pedagogical University of Krakow ● Date: 28/10/2017 ● Date: 28/10/2017 ● Exchange Program: ITFS Stuttgart ​ ● Exchange Program: ASIFA Japan ○ Best of Tricks for Kids ​ ● ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: 32 children's audience ​ ○ 32 audience ○ Best of International Competition ​ 44 audience ​ ○ Asifa International Program 38 audience ​ ○ ASIFA Mexico 36 audience ​

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3rd event: Sokolowsko 4th event: Nowy Targ ● Date: 28/10/2017 ● Date: 28/10/2017 ● Exchange Program: ● IAD 2017 was part of a event: "I AM ○ Best of Tricks for Kids ANIMATING MY CITY" ○ Best of International Competition ● Exchange program: ○ Asifa International Program ○ Asifa International Program 40 ​ ○ ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: audience ■ Unknown ○ Asifa Mexico ?? audience ○ ASIFA Australia 30 audience ​ ○ ASIFA Greece 40 audience ​ ○ TFS Stuttgart: Best of Tricks for Kids ?? audience ● Workshops and Exhibitions: ○ THE STARTS OF ANIMATION - for children from 5 -12 years old ○ PAINTING LIGHT - for children from 10 years ○ CHILDREN'S ANIMATION WORKSHOPS - for children from 13 ​ ​ years

5th event: Krakow Cinema KIKA 6th event: Lodz ● Date: 28/10/2017 ● Date: 28/10/2017 ● Exchange Program: ● Exchange Program: ASIFA Mexico ​ ○ ITFS STUTTGART ● ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ○ Best of International Competition ○ 16 audience ​ 8 audience ​ ○ Best of Tricks for Kids 24 audience ​ ○ Baden Wurtenberg 8 audience ​ ○ ASIFA Australia 12 audience ​ ○ ASIFA Greece 7 audience ​ ○ ASIFA Japan 14 audience ​ ○ ASIFA Mexico 10 audience ​

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7th event: Bialystok 8th event: Bydgoszcz ● Date: 28/10/2017 ● Date: 28/10/2017 ● Exchange Program: unknown ● Exchange Program: ​ ● ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: unknown ○ BEST OF TRICKS FOR KIDS 130 audience ​ ○ BEST OF TRICKFILM 2017 24 audience ​ BEST OF BADEN-WÜRTTEMBERG 30 audience ​

9th event: Kielce 10th event: Naleczow ● Date: 28/10/2017 ● Date: 28/10/2017 ● Exchange Program: ● Exchange Program: ○ The Best International Program ○ ITFS STUTTGART ASIFA 2017 ● ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ● ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ○ 40 audience ​ ○ 18 audience ​

Description of the celebrations Thanks to my committed colleagues and partners, there were many shows from the ASIFA IAD 2017 program.This year, exceptionally we didn't make a Polish exchange program. The Polish film "Signum" was in the international program. All shows were promoted with official ASIFA IAD 2017 posters as well as additional information on the Internet and FB. Official shows of ASIFA IAD 2017 programs were free for our audience. Exchange programs featured were:

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ASIFA INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM 2017: 1. SIGNUM – Witold GIERSZ 00:13:54 (Poland) 2. FULIGEM – David Doutel, Vasco Sá 00:14:00 (Portugal) 3. STATE OF AMNESIA – Esteban Azuela 00:02:47 (Mexico) 4. IN A HEARTBEAT – Beth David & Esteban Bravo 00:04:05 (Florida) 5. LOVE GAME –Yumi Jung 00:15:52 (South Korea) 6. TRESPASS – Paul Wenninger 00:11:00 (Austria)

Animation programs from other countries: - ASIFA Austarlia - ASIFA Greece - ITFS Stuttgart (3 programs: Best of International Competition, Best of Tricks for Kids, Baden Wurttenberg) - ASIFA Japan - ASIFA Mexico - ASIFA Portugal

Workshops and Exhibitions: THE STARTS OF ANIMATION - for children from 5 -12 years old, PAINTING LIGHT - for children from 10 years, CHILDREN'S ANIMATION WORKSHOPS - for children from 13 years

Unfortunately, not all colleagues remembered counting the audience ...From my calculations, there were about 633 ​ audience. But, with the other screenings (without calculation) probably about 700 people, in my opinion it's pretty good …

ASIFA Mexico

IAD Representative: Arnold Abadie ​ ​

City and Theatres: ● Mexico City Event (s): 1

● 120 people approximately ● poster was used digitally ● Held open air ● international program screening ● A free screening

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ASIFA TAIWAN

IAD Representative: Alexandre HUANG ​ ​

City and Theatres: ● Taichung ○ A Theater Showing ○ Taichung Cultural Center ○ Taichung Cultural Center Cafe

Events: 3

● Date (s): 28/10/17 ● Screenings: ○ Loving Vincent ○ 2 showings of Taichung International Animation Festival Award Winning Films. ● Admission: Free ● ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ○ 200 audience

ASIFA USA CENTRAL

IAD Representative: R. Brad Yarhouse ​ ​

City and Theatres: ● Grand Rapids, MI, Wealthy Theatre ● St Louis, MO, Webster College

Events: 2

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ST ● 1 ​ event: Grand Rapids ​ ○ Date (s): 28/10/17 ○ Program: Selections from ASIFA ​ China, Greece, USA South, Australia, USA Central ○ Admission: Free ○ ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ■ 25 audience

● 2nd event: St Louis ○ Date (s): 06/11/2017 ​ ○ Exchange Program: Selections from ​ ASIFA China, Greece, USA South, Australia, USA Central ○ Admission: Free ○ ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ■ 25 audience

Description of the celebrations ASIFA Central started our celebrations with a competition among our members to create a 10 second or less bumper animation that could be used to brand ASIFA events. Winners received a prize package with the grand winner receiving 200 dollars donated generously by one of our members. Our showings were free and open to the public. Animation stills from members: Julie Goldstein, Mackenzie Mayo, and Nikki Hines.

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ASIFA USA EAST

IAD Representative: Tristian Goik ​ ​

City and Theatres: ● New York City, School of Visual Arts Amphitheatre

Event: ● Date (s): 28/10/17 ● Exchange Program: ASIFA Australia ● Admission: Free ● ATTENDANCE NUMBERS: ○ Unknown (estimate 100) ○ 101 interested ○ 197 invited

Free Public screening: Special thanks to ASIFA ​ Australia for sharing a fantastic Australian shorts ​ program.

ASIFA USA SOUTH

IAD Representative: LeeAnne Goldman ​ ​

City and Theatres: ● Atlanta, Georgia ● Durham, North Carolina

Event: ● Date (s): 28/10/17 ● Exchange Program: Mixed Local and International ● Admission: Free (Sponsorship Covered Costs) ● Attendance: Not Reported