The Graphix Project is a nonprofit educational initiative that uses comics, graphic histories, animation, podcasts, and digital media to engage young people on issues of human rights, social justice, and environmental activism. (The Graphix Project; Special Opening Screening). The project was founded by cartoonist and former United Nations public advocacy specialist Christian Clark. The project seeks to connect activists, students, educators, and artists around the world while providing educational and accessible resources that encourage community advocacy and social change.
To Gaza with Love: A Global AniJam is an international collaborative animation project spearheaded by Joanna Quinn and organized by AC4Pal. A worldwide collective of artists, animators, educators, festival directors, and curators was invited to create 10–30 second animated films expressing messages of love, hope, and solidarity with the Palestinian people. The event was created in support of Gaza-based animator Haneen Koraz, who teaches displaced children in Gaza animation as a form of storytelling and art therapy.
A short educational animation aimed to address and provide solutions to the overpopulation problem in rural farming communities. The film was created by the Films Division of India and utilizes an ‘everyman’ character to reach their audience.
(Duration: 6:35)
Gopal K. Gokhale was one of the pioneering Indian animators of the mid-20th century. He worked independently as a cartoonist and as an animator for the Films Division of India. (FDI) (Sen, 1999) He trained at the Sir J.J. School of Art before he began animating professionally. Gokhale’s animation career consisted of commercials, public service announcements, and government collaborations.