Ottawa International Animation Festival

The Ottawa International Animation Festival
 was founded in 1975 by the Canadian Film Institute.
The first festival was held in 1976 and created a gathering place
 for North American animation professionals and enthusiasts
 from around the world.

It's become the largest event of its kind in North America.

©Photos by Lois Siegel

Teen Filmmaker First Local to Win

at Ottawa International Animation Festival

 


©Photo  by Lois Siegel
 

 Will Inrig's short, animated film
 "The Depose of Bolskivoi Hovhannes" won the
Adobe Prize for High School Animation

 

This is his first animated film and tells the story of a humble shepherd
on a wind-swept heath in Armenia, whose sheep begin to conspire against him.

 

Inrig gained significant attention last summer with his debut feature documentary film
 
"The Exceptional Jivatma Valettas" that chronicles his very eccentric next-door neighbours.
 The film
premiered at the Library and Archives Canada.

He is currently working on another feature documentary
 "The Fantastic Ballet of the Mind and Its Master," exploring the inner fantasies of the autistic mind.

The film is inspired by his younger brother who has been diagnosed with severe autism.
Inrig is working with
the National Film Board of Canada through
 the assistance of Oscar-winning producer Adam Symansky.
Acting as the film’s executive producer is renowned Canadian filmmaker
 and Order of Canada recipient Allan King ("Warrendale," "A Married Couple").
 

Inrig is mentored by Order of Canada recipient Alanis Obomsawin,
one of Canada’s most distinguished documentary filmmakers
 and Ottawa filmmaker Lois Siegel.

 

Inrig's first dramatic feature about an enigmatic alien landing in northern Ontario,
 is also being supported by the National Film Board of Canada



 

 "The Depose of Bolskivoi Hovhannes" was made as part of
Canterbury High School's Media Arts Program 

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Director: Will Inrig
Camera: Gordon Bailey

AUDIO: Will Inrig talks to All in a Day host Adrian Harewood on CBC Radio July 23, 2008


Brian Duchscherer and Stephen Evans
Montreal


The Walt Disney Company


Stephanie Duong and Helene Tanguay (The National Film Board of Canada)


Kutoka Interactive
Montreal, Canada

Makers of CD-ROM software for children
 covering several subjects
 in English, French and other languages

New York Festivals Announces Grand Winners of the
 2007 Interactive New Media Advertising Awards

Top honors for Best Application was awarded to Kutoka Interactive of Montreal, Canada
 for their educational CD-ROM "Didi & Ditto: The Wolf King."
The colorful learning package targeting first-grade children uses games
 and hands-on activities to promote literacy, problem solving and other skills
 which make up the first-grade curriculum.


Rick Vincent
CEO + Creative Director


Nerd Corps Entertainment
Vancouver, Canada

Seneca School of Communication Arts
Toronto


Cecropia
"The Act"


Cecropia
Gerry Paquette, Algonquin College (left)
CEO and Company Founder Omar Khudari (right)



Savannah College of Art and Design
Georgia, USA


© Photo by M. Hambledon
Michael Dudok de Wit
London, England

Films


© Fletcher Shelton Delaney
"Germ"
 Actifed Cough Medicine Commercial



Father and Daughter
2000 Academy Award


Monk and the Fish
1994 Academy Award Nominee


Chris Robinson
Book Launch
"Unsung Heroes of Animation"


Blue Sky Studios


Studio B Productions
Vancouver, Canada


Vancouver Film School


Max the Mutt Animation School
Toronto, Canada


Algonquin College


BioWare Corp
An electronic entertainment company
 specializing in creating computer and console video games
Edmonton, Canada


Toon Boom Animation
2D Animation Software
Montreal, Canada


Nelvana


© Photo by Lois Siegel
Steve Woloshen
Scratch Film Artist
Montreal, Canada
2005


Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Ontario, Canada


School of Animation Arts and Design


Eric Armstrong
Senior Animation Director
Electronic Arts Canada


Theodore Pratt
Electronic Arts Canada


Angela Love
 Art Institute of Pittsburgh
Media Arts & Animation


Animation & Gaming: The Role of the Animator

 
Lunarpages Affiliate Program


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