The feature films in official competition in the 2017 Ottawa International Animation Festival (well, four out of five of them anyway) have been revealed. The lineup includes three Asian titles — including two films from Japanese auteur Masaaki Yuasa. OIAF organizers have also revealed the Young Audiences short film competition, which is split into Preschool and Ages 6-12 categories.
OIAF is set for September 20-24 in Ottawa, ON, with the Oscar-qualifying Independent Short competition contenders yet to be announced. More info at www.animationfestival.ca.
FEATURE FILM OFFICIAL COMPETITION
My Dogs, Jinjin & Akida – Jong-duck Cho (South Korea) [Trailer]
Lu Over the Wall – Masaaki Yuasa (Japan) [Trailer]
Night Is Short, Walk on Girl – Masaaki Yuasa (Japan) [Trailer]
Torrey Pines – Clyde Petersen (USA) [Trailer]
Fifth Feature TBA
YOUNG AUDIENCES OFFICIAL COMPETITION
Young Audiences 1 – Preschool (Ages 4-8)
Big Block Singsong: Turkey – Warren Brown (Canada)
Konigiri-Kun: Kitchen Sports Day – Mari Miyazawa (Japan)
George and Paul: Sleepwalking – Erik Verkerk, Joost van den Bosch, Mirjam Plettinx & Soetkin Verstegen (The Netherlands & Belgium)
Island – Max Mörtl & Robert Löbel (Germany)
The Cloud and The Whale – Alyona Tomilova (Russia)
Melia and Jo: Marshmallow Castle – Jennifer Oxley, Billy Aronson, Brett Hall & Robert Powers (USA)
Sabaku – Marlies van der Wel (The Netherlands)
Miriam: Hen’s Dream – Andres Tenusaar (Estonia)
Hey Duggee: The Shape Badge – Grant Orchard (UK)
The Little Bird and the Caterpillar – Lena von Döhren (Switzerland)
What You Eat – Hunter Gatherer (USA)
The Pocket Man – Ana Chubinidze (France)
Sesame Studios: Celebrate Lunar New Year! – Lizzi Akana (USA)
Goats – Yekaterina Filippova (Russia)
Do the Scrub – Bradley Lambert (USA)
Young Audiences 2 – Ages 6-12
Heads Together – Job, Joris & Marieke (The Netherlands)
The First Thunder – Anastasia Melikhova (Russia)
Regular Show: Meet the Seer – JG Quintel & Mark Hamill (USA)
The Mountain of SGaana – Christopher Auchter (Canada)
The Unicorn – Rémi Durin (France)
Hedgehog’s Home – Eva Cvijanovic (Canada & Croatia)
Jiffy – Roberto Valle (Spain)
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