Tag: Ottawa International Animation Festival
‘A Crab in the Pool’ Directors Jean-Sébastien Hamel & Alexandra Myotte Dive into Life’s Deep End in Their Award-Winning Short
***This article was written for the January '25 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 346)***
A teenage girl and her younger brother deal with the boring details of...
‘Flow’ and ‘La Voix des Sirènes’ Swim Home with Ottawa Intl. Animation Festival’s Top Prizes
Gintz Zilbalodis animated feature Flow and Gianluigi Toccafondo’s short La Voix des Sirènes (The Sirens’ Voice) were honored with the top prizes at this year’s...
Julian Glander Makes a Splash with Out-of-This-World Indie Movie, ‘Boys Go to Jupiter’
Among the many animated gems unspooling at the Ottawa Intl. Animation Festival is indie artist Julian Glander’s self-produced feature, Boys Go to Jupiter. Animated...
‘Percebes’ Directors Alexandra Ramires & Laura Gonçalves Discuss Their Annecy Cristal-Winning Short
Last June, the year’s top narrative short winner at Annecy was a beautifully drawn, 2D-animated documentary about the life cycle of an unusual shellfish...
OIAF Artistic Director Chris Robinson Shares the Animated Highlights of This Year’s Festival
Now in its 48th year, the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) returns September 25-29. Who better to guide you through this year’s highlights than...
Molang ‘Kindness Club’ Capsule Toons Coming to YouTube
Independent French animation studio Millimages has announced the launch of the first Kindness Club episodes on its maverick Molang YouTuber Channel. The 10-episode series...
Dulcie Clark to Receive First-Ever TAC Lifetime Achievement Award
Jam Filled Entertainment, a Boat Rocker company, will present the inaugural TAC Lifetime Achievement Award to Ottawa’s PIP Animation Studios Founder and CEO Dulcie...
OIAF Programs Session on the Making of ‘The Wild Robot’
The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) will host a behind-the-scenes look at the story and artistry of DreamWorks Animaton’s The Wild Robot on September 28 at the National...
OIAF’s Animation Conference Celebrates 20 Years with Spotlights on Ireland and Spain
The Ottawa International Animation Festival’s (OIAF) industry counterpart, The Animation Conference (TAC), celebrates 20 years as an industry hotspot, focusing on international partnerships, including...
OIAF Announces 69 Animated Shorts in Competition
The 2024 Ottawa International Animation Festival once again highlights animation as a medium of mature and comedic themes with the announcement of its Commissioned,...
OIAF Puts Seven Animated Features in the Spotlight
The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) today announced the seven animated films selected for this year’s official Features Competition. The selection includes both emerging and established...
Animation Event Updates: ASIFA Student Showcase Panel, OIAF TV Competition, Collision Awards & More
Tonight (Friday, June 28) ASIFA-Hollywood’s Animation Educator’s Forum (AEF) presents the 2024 Student Animation Showcase premiere panel event, from 7 to 8:30 p.m. PDT....
OIAF Kicks Off Official Selections with Teen & Young Audience Picks
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...
Poetry in Motion: Ryo Orikasa’s ‘Miserable Miracle’ Animates the Musings of Henri Michaux
Ryo Orikasa, whose latest work, Miserable Miracle, won the top animated short prize at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in September, first became interested...
‘Miserable Miracle’ and ‘When Adam Changes’ Win Top Prizes at Ottawa Intl. Animation Festival
Ryo Orikasa's Miserable Miracle was the winner of the Grand Prize for Short Animation and director Joel Vaudreuil's Adam change lentement (When Adam Changes)...
OIAF: Panel Discusses How to Thrive During Downturns in the Animation Business
How do you say resilient and productive during a tough period in the animation industry? That was the timely topic of a panel discussion...
‘Hilda’ Season 3 to Premiere at Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival
Sony Pictures Television - Kids, producer of the Emmy, BAFTA and Annie Award-winning Netflix series Hilda, in collaboration with Canadian animation studio Mercury Filmworks,...
Mind Games Galore: A Preview of Next Week’s Ottawa Intl. Animation Festival
After returning to in-person activities last year, the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) has settled back into its annual routine. Last year’s OIAF was...
‘Daffy in Wackyland’ Director Max Winston on Reimagining the Delirious Duck in Stop-Motion
The new stop-motion Looney Tunes short, Daffy in Wackyland, was the toast of the town when it premiered at Annecy last June. This month,...
A Day in the Life: Janet Perlman, Director of ‘The Girl with the Red Beret’
Canadian indie animator Janet Perlman is best known for her 1981 Oscar-nominated short The Tender Tale of Cinderella Penguin, as well as My Favorite...
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