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When Did Animated Shorts Get So Long? An Investigation Into The Uncomfortable Rise Of Long Shorts
As animation directors explore longer film formats, the trend is causing headaches for producers, distributors, festival programmers, and educators.
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‘Flow,’ ‘La Voix Des Sirènes’ Win Top Awards At Ottawa International Animation Festival
The Ottawa win should help reinforce the fact that ‘Flow’ is one of the best animated films of 2024 and a real Oscar contender during the upcoming awards season.
9 Animated Shorts You Won’t Want To Miss At Ottawa 2024
We’ve put together a list of nine shorts that demonstrate the breadth and diversity available at this year’s Ottawa Festival.
Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival 2024 Lineup Announced – Full List
A total of 124 were selected from 2,308 entries.
‘When Adam Changes,’ ‘Miserable Miracle’ Take Top Prizes At Ottawa 2023
Canadian titles shone at this year’s event, and for the third consecutive year a Japanese short won the grand prize.
10 Can’t-Miss Short Films That’ll Screen At Ottawa 2023
We’ve seen all 40 of this year’s competition shorts and picked out 10 that we think everyone at the festival should watch.
Ottawa Animation Festival Announces Seven Features In Competition
Among the selections is ‘Chicken for Linda!’ which won the top feature film prize at Annecy last month.
‘Dozens Of Norths,’ ‘Bird In The Peninsula’ Take Top Prizes At Ottawa 2022
Japanese animation shone brightly at the 2022 Ottawa International Animation Festival awards on Saturday evening.
What We’re Looking Forward To At This Year’s Ottawa International Animation Festival
OIAF is back in person this year, with a jam-packed program for attendees eager to meet face-to-face after two years apart.
Ottawa International Animation Festival Unveils Seven-Feature Competition Lineup
This year’s OIAF runs September 21-25.
Short Pick Of The Day: ‘Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty, Fifty Miles A Day’ By Mathieu Georis
A slug doesn’t move any faster than a peeing scout.
Japan’s ‘A Bite Of Bone’ And Brazil’s ‘Bob Spit’ Top Ottawa 2021
“Bob Spit – We Do Not Like People” is the first Latin American feature to win the top feature prize at the Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival.
6 Unmissable Events At This Week’s Ottawa International Animation Festival
The festival’s program runs the gamut from indie to industry, tech talks to rare retrospectives.
Ottawa Animation Festival Announces Selections For Its 45th Edition, Including 7 Animated Features
The virtual edition of Ottawa will run from September 22 to October 3.
Ottawa Animation Festival Goes Virtual For 2nd Straight Year
The festival looks to build on the “huge success” of its first virtual edition.
‘KKUM’ Becomes 3rd Film In Ottawa History To Win Both Top Short And Public Prize (Full List of Winners)
Polish film “Kill it and Leave This Town” took the feature film prize.
“The Feeling Of Despair Is The Foundation Of My Creation”: A Conversation With Sarina Nihei
Nihei’s new film “Polka-Dot Boy” premieres this week at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Ottawa Animation Festival Reveals Competition Selections For 2020 Virtual Edition
The Ottawa International Animation Festival has picked 92 shorts and 6 features in competition for its 2020 edition.
‘Our Sound,’ ‘Don’t Know What’ Top 2019 Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival
An indie Japanese feature and an experimental short from Austria won the top prizes at Ottawa 2019.
How They Did It: Inventing A New Animation Technique For ‘The Physics Of Sorrow’
For his new film, acclaimed animator Theodore Ushev adopted a style of painting pioneered by Egyptians thousands of years ago.