The 2018 Edition of the Ottawa Intl. Animation Festival has announced the list of projects selected for the competition The projects selected to compete at this year’s edition (Sept 26-30) are:
Narrative Short Category
A Fly in the Restaurant| Xi Chen | China
Bloomstreet 11 | Nienke Deutz | Belgium, Netherlands
Caterpillarplasty | David Barlow-Krelina | Canada
Cyclists | Veljko Popovic | Croatia, France
Electrician’s Day | Vladimir Leschiov | Latvia
GUAXUMA | Nara Normande | France, Brazil
III | Marta Pajek | Poland
Mary and 7 Dwarfs | Riho Unt | Estonia
Mermaids and Rhinos | Viktoria Traub | Hungary
Reruns | Rosto | Netherlands, France, Belgium
Solar Walk | Réka Bucsi | Denmark
The Subject | Patrick Bouchard | Canada
Turbine | Alex Boya | Canada
Weekends | Trevor Jimenez | USA
Fest | Nikita Diaku | Germany
Jeom | Kang-Min Kim | South Korea
I’m OK | Elizabeth Hobbs | UK
Tampon | Alexandra Neuman | USA
My Dead Dad’s Porno Tapes | Charlie Tyrell | Canada
The Theory Of Sunset | Roman Sokolov | Russia
Bavure | Donato Sansone | France
Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) | Amanda Strong | Canada
Non-Narrative
Bi-Polaroid | John Morena | USA
Down Escalation | Shunsaku Hayashi | Japan
Flea Circus | John Morena | USA
Jim Zipper | Alexandre Roy | Canada, Switzerland
Journey to the Center of the Earth | John Morena | USA
Little Boy | Kristian Pedersen | Norway
NEBULA | Marcin Nowrotek | Poland
Ride | Paul Bush | Portugal, UK
String of Sound | John Morena | USA
Tear of Chiwen | Xun Sun | China
The Fall | Boris Labbé | France
WAAAH | Sawako Kabuki | Japan
Amoricania | Faiyaz Jafri | USA, Hong Kong
Ballerina | Steven Subotnick | USA
Aérobie | Bastien Dupriez | France
Commissioned Shorts
GEICO – HE MAN :30 | J.J. Sedelmaier | USA
Dairy Farmers of Canada ‘Merry Christmas’ | Rob Shaw, Tina Hsu, Adam Taylor | USA
Taste India on a Plate | Vidya Thomas | India
Tricky Women 2018 | Moïa Jobin-Paré | Canada, Austria
That Yorkshire Sound | Marcus Armitage | UK
Flying Lotus ‘Post Requisite’ | Winston Hacking | Canada
Wayside | Angela Stempel | USA
Only Slightly Exaggerated | Kylie Matulick & Todd Mueller | USA
The Marshmallow Test | Marcie LaCerte | USA
Mad Love | Ryoji Yamada | Japan
GLAS Animation Festival 2018 ‘Signal Film’ | Ori Toor | USA
Rick & Morty ‘Equisite Corpse’ | Matt Taylor | USA
There’s Magic at the Met | Carolyn London, Andy London, Michael Vadino | USA
Kensington Market | Bruce Alcock | Canada
Freak Heat Waves – Toxic Talk Show | Jordan Minkoff | Canada
Soon Goodbye Now Love | Daniela Sherer | Israel, UK
The Decent Tapir ‘EP03: Cry for Help’ | Anselm Pyta & Benedikt Hummel | Germany
BIFAN 2018 ‘Leader Film’ | Kangmin Kim | USA
[You can watch Rick & Morty: Exquisite Corpse here.]
Student Shorts
A Chronic Circus | Helen Woolston | Estonia
A Love Letter to the One I Made Up | Rachel Gutgarts | Israel
Bless You! | Paulina Ziolkowska | Poland
Cops & Robbers | Florian Maubach | Germany
Flower Found! | Jorn Leeuwerink | Netherlands
Hedge | Amanda Bonaiuto | USA
You Are Overreacting | Karina Paciorkowska | Poland
Enough | Anna Mantzaris | UK
Moments | Kiana Naghshineh | Germany
CatPlanets | Yi Luo | Germany
Facing It | Sam Gainsborough | UK
Bird Milk | Christoper Strickler | Canada
The Missing Pig | Cecilia Corzo | UK
For more info, visit www.animationfestival.ca