Tag: OIAF
OIAF Shorts Competition: Beware of Ducks, Backflips & Flying Sailors!
After much anticipation, the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF; September 21-25) has unveiled its Animated Shorts Competition as the Festival continues its selections rollout....
OIAF Announces Just for Kids Competition Lineup
On the heels of a quite adult-y selection for the television competition and the horizon-expanding feature film lineup, Ottawa International Animation Festival has risen...
OIAF Series Selections Revel in Sex, Taboos and More Sex
In 2022 there are more animated series available than ever before resulting in a high volume of submissions received by the Ottawa International Animation...
OIAF Selects 7 Diverse Features for 2022 Grand Competition
After receiving 76 submissions for this year’s Features Competition, the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) selected seven animated works representing diverse voices in animation. OIAF 2022’s Features Competition includes:
Barber...
Global Event Updates: 50th Annies Set Date, PS ShortFest Selection, Award Winners & More
The Board of Directors for ASIFA-Hollywood announced today that its 50th Annual Annie Awards, recognizing the year’s best in the field of animation. will...
People on the Move: Amy Kravitz Named OIAF Hon. Prez, Baobab Adds Top Talent, Psyop Expands to Germany & More
Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) has announced Amy Kravitz as its Honorary President for the Festival’s return to an in-person event after two years...
Global Event News: Nick India Plans Kids’ Choice Awards, GLAS Poster Debut, Roskino at EFM & More
After another rollercoaster year for people of all ages, Nickelodeon India continues to stay true to its promise of putting kids first, once again...
Joe Hsieh’s ‘Night Bus’ Makes a Stop at New Yorker Screening Room
The New Yorker has acquired award-winning animated short film Night Bus, and will release it in April as part of the award-winning “Screening Room”...
Animated Gems Head to Berlin for Reformatted Live Festival
Organizers of the Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale (www.berlinale.de/en), have announced a new concept and format adjustment for 2022. In a divergence from the...
Festival Director Chris Robinson Shares the Secrets of Enjoying OIAF ’21 from Home!
***This interview originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. '21 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 313)***
We had a chance to chat with Ottawa International Animation Festival...
OIAF Complements Virtual 45th Edition with In-Person Screenings
The virtual Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) 2021, marking its 45th anniversary edition this month, goes in-person for special screenings from September 22-26 at...
OIAF Stacks VR Competition with 5 Very Different Experiences
Organizers are putting the final touches on the Ottawa International Animation Festival, as North America's premiere toon celebration prepares to offer an extended online...
Mercury Filmworks Appoints Chief Talent Officer, Recruiting at Ottawa
Mercury Filmworks, Canada's premier animation studio, has appointed its first Chief Talent Officer, David Keneford, to build a high-performance talent management infrastructure that engages...
Fredrikstad Fest Announces Program of Representational Nordic/Baltic Animation
After a record-breaking submissions period, the Fredrikstad Animation Festival has announced the competition program selections for its Nordic-Baltic animated short film program. The 2021...
Events Round-Up: Locarno Premieres, Ottawa Retrospectives, VR at SIGGRAPH & More
The Oscar-qualifying Locarno Film Festival, taking place for the 74th year in the Swiss-Italian town from August 4-14, will include bold animation amidst its...
OIAF Opens Virtual Pitch Contest for 2021
The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) and Mercury Filmworks invite Canadian creators to join Pitch This! 2021, a competition that aims to kickstart a...
Fall in Love with Indie Animation with NFB Shorts Online & in OIAF
Later this month and throughout October, a wealth of new content will continue to be made available on NFB.ca. Streaming for free and produced...
Virtually the Same: OIAF Artistic Director Chris Robinson Dishes on This Year’s Unusual Edition
***This article originally appeared in the Sept./Oct. '20 issue of Animation Magazine (No. 303)***
Initially, the pandemic didn’t change my life all that much. Normally,...
Event Updates: ITFS Online, OIAF, Animafest, Hiroshima, Cartoon Forum & More
Oscar-qualifying festival Cinanima (November 9-15; Epinho, Portugal) has issued its call for entries, seeking animated films created after Jan. 1, 2019 for its International...
‘Don’t Know What’ and ‘Our Sound’ Win Top Prizes at Ottawa Festival
Kenji Ebisawa's acclaimed feature On Gaku: Our Sound and Thomas Renolder's Don't Know What were the winners of the Grand Prize for Feature Animation...
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