The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) announces the Official Selections for its Young Audiences 7+ and Teen Audiences 13+ competition categories. OIAF’s newest competition category consists of 10 animated works that bridge the gap between adult and child audiences, including the latest from Pixar Animation Studio’s SparkShorts program, Self. This year’s Young Audiences 7+ includes nine selections, including a film from Portuguese high school students.
“Each year we try to find an array of voices and visions to introduce younger audiences to sides of animation that they can’t easily access,” says OIAF Artistic Director Chris Robinson. “These films will hopefully inspire and encourage a new generation of artists to follow their own creative paths.”
Teen Audiences 13+
- The All-Nimal – dir. Nick Edwards, United States
- Girls in Real Life Situations – dir. Ofre Sparrow Vaknin, United States
- Hairy Legs – dir. Andrea Dorfman, Canada
- The Last Drop – dirs. Constance Braun, Mathilde Zupancie, Lauriane Devaux, Timothée Adens, Charlie Bossuyt, Raphaël Debroize and Baptiste Janusz; France
- My Teenage Blackout (J’ai avalé une chenille) – dir. Basile Khatir, France
- Nabu – dir. Joanna Rusinek, Poland
- Out for Ice Cream (Crème à glace) – dir. Rachel Samson, Canada)
- Self – dir. Searit Huluf, United States
- Unblending – dir. Michelle Ku, Canada
- Wormhole (Crvotočina) – dir. Tara Klepac, Croatia
Young Audiences 7+
- About a Cow (O krávě) – dir. Pavla Baštanová, Czech Republic/Switzerland
- Freak of Nature – dir. Alexandra Lermer, Germany
- The Great Annual Party of the Creatures of the Moon (Le grand party annuel des créatures de la Lune) – dir. Francis Desharnais, Canada
- Hoofs on Skates (Kanopos ir pačiūžos) – dir. Ignas Meilūnas, Lithuania
- Just Little Imps (São só diabretes) – directed by students from the High School of Escola Básica Maria Pais Ribeiro, Portugal
- Marie – dir. Jan B. Piskač, Czech Republic
- Nube – dirs. Diego Alonso Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada and Christian Arredondo Narvaez; France/Mexico/Hungary
- Tuu Tuu Til – dir. Veronica Solomon, Germany
- Yuck! (Beurk!) – dir. Loïc Espuche, France
The Teen Audiences 13+ will be judged by teens in the audience at the Festival on September 27, 2024, at Teens @ OIAF Day. The Young Audiences 7+ category will be judged by the OIAF 2024 Kids Jury, which is formed by animation enthusiasts aged 8 to 12 from the Ottawa area. The application process for kid jurors is now open and closes on July 29, 2024, at 11:59 pm EDT.
OIAF 2024 takes place September 25-29. Visit animationfestival.ca for more information.
