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#Ottawa International Animation Festival

Long shorts Long shorts

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.

By Chris Robinson | 4 months ago

Flow, La voix des sirènes Flow, La voix des sirènes

‘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.

By Amid Amidi | 8 months ago

Stampfer Dreams

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.

By Kévin Giraud | 8 months ago

Ottawa 2024 selections

Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival 2024 Lineup Announced – Full List

A total of 124 were selected from 2,308 entries.

By Amid Amidi | 10 months ago

‘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.

By Jamie Lang | 2 years ago

Ottawa 2023

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.

By Jamie Lang | 2 years ago

Ottawa 2023 Feature Animation selections

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.

By Amid Amidi | 2 years ago

OIAF Winners 2022

‘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.

By Jamie Lang | 3 years ago

OIAF 2022

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.

By Jamie Lang | 3 years ago

OIAF Features

Ottawa International Animation Festival Unveils Seven-Feature Competition Lineup

This year’s OIAF runs September 21-25.

By Jamie Lang | 3 years ago

Ten, Twenty, Thirty, Forty, Fifty Miles a Day

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.

By Amid Amidi | 4 years ago

A Bite of Bone

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.

By Amid Amidi | 4 years ago

Hazbin Hotel

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.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 4 years ago

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.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 4 years ago

Ottawa Animation Festival

Ottawa Animation Festival Goes Virtual For 2nd Straight Year

The festival looks to build on the “huge success” of its first virtual edition.

By Amid Amidi | 4 years ago

KKUM

‘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.

By Amid Amidi | 5 years ago

"Polka Dot Boy"

“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.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 5 years ago

OIAF 2020 selections

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.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 5 years ago

‘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.

By Amid Amidi | 6 years ago

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.

By Alex Dudok de Wit | 6 years ago

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