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


2010


The National Gallery of Canada
2011

The Ottawa International Animation Festival
Annual Picnic
Pumpkin Carving Competition


2019


Tom McSorley
Canadian Film Institute Executive Director
Giselle Nantais
Film Critic, TV Rogers, Ottawa
2016


2019


Judges
Frank Taylor, Caroline Leaf, Sarina Nihei
Don McWilliams, OIAF 2016 Honorary President


Judges Frank Taylor
Don McWilliams, OIAF 2016 Honorary President

 


2019


1st Place
French Kiss
Kelsie Cabral, Duncan Hatch
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston


2nd Place
Tortoise
Massachusetts College of Art and Design
Boston


3rd Place
Karl Staven
Animation Program Director
University of the Arts
Philadelphia
Films

 


"Pumpkin Head"
Trennick Walker
Ottawa


Chris Robinson
Artistic Director
Proud Parent
of


Harry Neall
Nepotism Award




2019


2019


2019


2019


2019


2019


                                    Meghan Graham
2019


2019


Marta Pajek, Poland
Don McWilliams,
Don McWilliams, OIAF 2016 Honorary President


Mark Jones, Chair, School of Creative Arts & Animation
Seneca College, Canada
Barnabas Wornoff, Director & Animator
Tainted Mustard Inc., Canada
2016


Patrick Roy
New Brunswick
NBCC Miramichi
2019


Dan Sarto, Publisher and Editor-in-Chief
Animation World Network, Van Nuys, California
Sharon Katz, Visual Artist: Animated and Still Imagery
 Ellen Besen, Former Faculty -  Sheridan College’s School of Animation
Don Perro, Design & Co-ordinate Commercial Animation Program 
Capilano University
2019


Ellen Besen, Sharon Katz
2019

David Joaquin, University of the Arts
Philadelphia
2016

Claudia Fung, Rhode Island School of Design
2016


2019


2019


2019


Morgan Gordon
2016



Cleveland Institute of Art


2016


Driver/Photographer


Sharon Katz, Film Animator
2016


Helene Tanguay, Ellen Besen
2019

Michael Crochetière
2016


Jam Filled


Off the Shelf


Numb Chucks
Ottawa


Toronto


Nickelodeon
Burbank, California

Portfolio Entertainment


Toronto


Mercury Film Works
Atomic Puppet

Ottawa




Copernicus Studios
Halifax


Guru Studio
Toronto


Max & Ruby
9 Story Media Group
Toronto


A Film by Julia Pott


Julia Pott
A Cartoon Network Studios Production
California




Cambrian College
Sudbury




Suzanne Quipp
Character Design





Algonquin College
Ottawa


Sheridan College
Oakville


Andre Joule
Falmouth University
Head of Animation & Visual Effects
Penryn, Cornwall, UK

Darren Wall
Senior Lecturer in Animation and VFX
Leeds Beckett University
Leeds, UK


British Council




Digital Effects
Framestore
Montreal


Saint Brigid's

2016

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J. J. Anzaldi, Boston; Selena Johnson, Boston; Alisa Stern, NYC


Colin Thomas Lyle


2015

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2014

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2013

 
 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."

 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

 Animated short 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)


Claire Blanchet
Animator
National Film Board of Canada
Montreal


Andy Blazdell
CelAction Ltd.
U.K.


Rob Anderson
Head Cheese
New Brunswick


Greg Labute
Chief Software Architect
Janro Imaging Laboratory


2009


Brian Duchscherer and Stephen Evans
Montreal
2008


2008


Eric Goldberg, Animator, Genie in Aladdin
2008
The Walt Disney Company


2006

Dawn Rivera-Ernster
Director, Talent Development
Walt Disney Animation Studios
Greer McNally
Algonquin  College Animation Student
2011


2006


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


Nerd Corps Entertainment
Vancouver, Canada
2009

Seneca School of Communication Arts
Toronto
2008


Cecropia
"The Act"


Cecropia
2006
Gerry Paquette, Algonquin College (left)
CEO and Company Founder Omar Khudari (right)


Marjan Farsad Rasoulzadeh
Concordia University
2011



2006

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 - Animated Short Film
Independent Film Award,
Ottawa International Animation Festival, 2000



Monk and the Fish
1994 Academy Award Nominee


2006


Chris Robinson
Book Launch
"Unsung Heroes of Animation"

2009


Blue Sky Studios
2008


Durham College
Logan Coupland
2010


"Saloon"
 Thiago Martins
2011


Vancouver Film School


"Budding Love"
Mike Tse
YouTube



Max the Mutt Animation School
Toronto, Canada


2006
Algonquin College


Adam Massicotte
2009


Mayrhosby Yeoshen
2009

Dann McNaughton
2011


2006



Toon Boom
2011


Elodre Moog, Communication Manager
TVPaint Developpment
Maizieres-Les-Metz
France
2011


2011


Nelvana
2008


© 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


Seo Kim
2010


"Lucian"
Randolph Lizarda

YouTube


"The Arctic Circle"
Kevin Parry
YouTube


Eric Armstrong
Senior Animation Director
Electronic Arts Canada


Theodore Pratt
Electronic Arts Canada




Animation & Gaming: The Role of the Animator
2006

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


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