Sylvain Chomet’s new feature The Illusionist and the new Disney short film Tic Tock Tale are among the films set to screen at this year’s Ottawa International Animation Festival.
The festival, set for Oct. 20-24 in the Canadian capital city, will screen 90 film selected from more than 2,000 entries in a number of categories. The fest also will screen 56 international films out of competition.
Other highlights include Norway’s award-winning Angry Man, directed by Anita Killi; Pixar’s acclaimed short, Day and Night; Oscar-winner Logorama; German film Love and Theft from three-time Ottawa Grand Prix winner Andreas Hykade; and an episode from HBO’s The Ricky Gervais Show.
‘Aside from our usual array of funny, poignant, insane and, as always, provocative films, a real surprise was the number of excellent films from Japan,’ said OIAF artistic director Chris Robinson. ‘While Canada, the U.S. and the U.K. are continuing their strong showings at the OIAF, Japan led the way this year with films competing in experimental, student, and TV feature categories. Particularly surprising was the bold, energetic new work produced by the animators from Tokyo Art University.’
The competition includes categories for best feature, narrative, experimental and student films, TV shows, commercials, and music video. There is also a separate competition for films and TV shows made for children. Prizes will be awarded to category winners and a grand prize will be awarded to the winner of each competition.
More information and a complete listing of the film selections can be found on the OIAF website at: www.animationfestival.ca.
