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Ottawa International Animation Festival
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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.
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©Photos by
Lois Siegel
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2010
The National
Gallery of Canada
2011 |
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Demonstration of Sandde 3D Animation
Stereo Animation Drawing Device
Hand-Drawn 3D-Animation Technology
2010
Roman Kroitor, co-founder of IMAX and creator of
the Sandde hand-drawn, stereoscopic animation system, was a
presenter at the Ottawa International Animation Festival October
23.
A fascinating demonstration of Sandde 3D Animation took place at
Saw Video at Arts Court.
Viewers wore special 3D glasses and saw animated birds zoom
towards them right before their eyes.
The multi-dimensional effect of the layered animation was
amazing.
History
Kroitor, with Wolf Koenig, co-directed the Candid Eye direct cinema
documentary series for the National Film Board of Canada. Films
in the series included the Cinema vérité-style documentary
"Lonely Boy, featuring singer Paul Anka and "Glenn Gould: On the
Record," and "Glenn Gould: Off the Record."
His large-scale multi-screen work, "In the Labyrinth,"
co-directed with Colin Low and Hugh O'Connor, premiered at Expo
67 in Montreal.
The National Film Board of Canada
production was showcased in a five-story building that could
accommodate 720 people at a time, projecting a 45-minute film
about the story of man. In the same year, he co-founded the
Multiscreen Corporation, which later became the IMAX
Corporation. In 1991, he co-directed Rolling Stones: "At
the Max," featuring the 1990 Rolling Stones "Steel
Wheels" concert, the first feature film produced in the IMAX
format.
A true visionary, Roman Kroitor was credited by George Lucas,
creator of the "Star Wars" films,
as being the origin of the concept of "The Force."
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Sandde 3D Animation
"Falling in Love Again"
by
Munro Ferguson
The National Film Board of Canada
"June"
by Munro Ferguson
Produced by The National Film Board of Canada
In memory of Canadian artist and filmmaker Joyce June
Wieland,
the film is the director's attempt to capture his experience of
knowing Joyce.
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"Moon Man"
by Paul Morstad
The National Film Board of Canada
This animated short was inspired by the song “Moon
Man Newfie,”
composed and sung by Canadian music legend Stompin' Tom Connors.
3D Glasses
Peter Stephenson, Nova Scotia College of Arts and Design (NSCAD)
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Claire Blanchet
Animator
National Film Board of Canada
Montreal |
Andy Blazdell
CelAction Ltd.
U.K. |
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Rob Anderson
Head Cheese
New Brunswick |
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Greg Labute
Chief Software Architect
Janro Imaging Laboratory |
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2009 |
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Brian Duchscherer and Stephen Evans
Montreal
2008 |
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2008
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The Walt Disney Company
2006
Dawn Rivera-Ernster
Director, Talent Development
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Greer McNally
Algonquin College Animation Student
2011 |
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2006 |
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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
2007 |
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Nerd Corps
Entertainment
Vancouver, Canada
2009
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Seneca School
of Communication Arts
Toronto
2008 |
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Cecropia
"The Act"
Cecropia
2006
Gerry Paquette, Algonquin College (left)
CEO and Company Founder Omar Khudari (right) |
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Marjan Farsad Rasoulzadeh
Concordia University
2011 |
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2006 |
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Savannah College of Art and Design
Georgia, USA
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©
Photo by
M. Hambledon
Michael Dudok de Wit
London, England
Films
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Fletcher Shelton Delaney
"Germ"
Actifed Cough Medicine Commercial
Father and Daughter
2000 Academy Award - Animated Short Film
Independent Film Award, Ottawa
International Animation Festival, 2000
Monk and the Fish
1994 Academy Award Nominee |
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Chris Robinson
Book Launch
"Unsung Heroes of
Animation"
2009
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Blue Sky Studios
2008 |
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Durham College
Logan Coupland
2010 |
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"Saloon"
Thiago
Martins
2011
Vancouver Film
School
"Budding Love"
Mike Tse
YouTube
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Max the Mutt Animation
School
Toronto, Canada |
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2006
Algonquin College
Adam Massicotte
2009
Mayrhosby Yeoshen
2009
Dann
McNaughton
2011 |
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2006 |
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Toon Boom
2011 |
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Elodre Moog, Communication Manager
TVPaint
Developpment
Maizieres-Les-Metz
France
2011 |
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2011 |
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Nelvana
2008 |
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©
Photo by Lois Siegel
Steve Woloshen
Scratch Film Artist
Montreal, Canada
2005 |
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Sheridan Institute
of Technology and Advanced Learning
Ontario, Canada
School of Animation Arts and Design
Seo
Kim
2010
"Lucian"
Randolph Lizarda
YouTube
"The Arctic Circle"
Kevin
Parry
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Eric Armstrong
Senior Animation Director
Electronic Arts Canada
Theodore Pratt
Electronic Arts Canada
Animation & Gaming: The Role of the Animator
2006 |
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Teen Filmmaker First Local
to Win
at Ottawa International Animation Festival
2008
©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 |
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