Ottawa International Animation Festival

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

YouTube

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