Winners From The Great White North

Ottawa Inter­na­tional Ani­ma­tion Fes­ti­val (OIAF)

The Ottawa Inter­na­tional Ani­ma­tion Fes­ti­val (OIAF) came to a close late last night, with clos­ing cer­e­monies held at the National Arts Cen­tre. This years fes­ti­val, which ran Sep­tem­ber 19th-23rd, fea­tured a spe­cial jury of chil­dren who voted on-appropriately– Best Short Ani­ma­tion Made for Chil­dren and the Best Tele­vi­sion Ani­ma­tion Made for Children.

This years fes­ti­val fea­tured sold out work­shops, packed screen­ings, and many high pro­file net­work­ing events for indus­try pro­fes­sion­als. Although atten­dance fig­ures have not been offi­cially released and final­ized, rumors hold that this year’s Fes­ti­val reached its high­est atten­dance to date. The OIAF brings over 1500 indus­try pass hold­ers from across Canada and around the world to Ottawa. Total atten­dance at the events is esti­mated at 30,000.

This years winners:

Nel­vana GRAND PRIZE for Best Inde­pen­dent Short Ani­ma­tion: Junk­yard– directed by Hisko Huls­ing, Netherlands

GRAND PRIZE for Best Ani­mated Fea­ture: Arru­gas (Wrin­kles), directed by Igna­cio Fer­reras, Spain

Walt Dis­ney GRAND PRIZE for Best Stu­dent Ani­ma­tion: I Am Tom Moody– directed by Ainslie Hen­der­son, Edin­burgh Col­lege of Art, UK

GRAND PRIZE for Best Com­mis­sioned Ani­ma­tion: Primus “Lee Van Cleef” — by Chris Smith, USA

Best Ani­ma­tion School Showreel: Supin­fo­com (France)

BEST Nar­ra­tive Short: A Morn­ing Stroll — by Grant Orchard, STUDIO AKA, USA

BEST Experimental/Abstract Ani­ma­tion: Riv­ière au Ton­nerre – directed by Pierre Hébert, Canada

Adobe Prize for BEST High School Ani­ma­tion: The Bean – by Hae Jin Jung, Gyeonggi Art High School, South Korea

Hon­ourable Mention:

La Soif Du Monde (Thirsty Frog) – by a Col­lec­tive: 12 Chil­dren, Camera-etc, Belgium

BEST Under­grad­u­ate Ani­ma­tion: Reizwäsche — by Jelena Walf & Vik­tor Stickel, Germany

BEST Grad­u­ate Ani­ma­tion: Ball­pit – directed by Kyle Mowat, Sheri­dan Col­lege, Canada

BEST Pro­mo­tional Ani­ma­tion: Red Bull ‘Music Acad­emy World Tour’ – by Pete Can­de­land, Pas­sion Pic­tures, UK

BEST Music Video: The First Time I Ran Away — by Joel Trussell, USA

BEST Tele­vi­sion Ani­ma­tion for Adults: Port­landia: Zero Rats – by Rob Shaw, USA

BEST Short Ani­ma­tion Made for Chil­dren: Beethoven’s Wig, directed by Alex Haw­ley & Denny Sil­ver­thorne, Canada

Hon­ourable Mentions:

Au Coeur de L’Hiver — directed by Isabelle Favez, Switzerland

Why do we Put up with Them? — directed by David Chai, USA

BEST Tele­vi­sion Ani­ma­tion Made for Chil­dren: Reg­u­lar Show: Eggs­cel­lent — by JC Quin­tel, Car­toon Network

Hon­ourable Mention:

Adven­ture Time: Jake vs. Me-Mow — by Pendle­ton Ward, Car­toon Net­work, USA

The National Film Board of Canada PUBLIC PRIZE: It’s Such a Beau­ti­ful Day — directed by Don Hertzfeldt, USA

Cana­dian Film Insti­tute Award for BEST Cana­dian Ani­ma­tion: Nightin­gales in Decem­ber, directed by Theodore Ushev, Canada

Hon­or­able Mentions

Ball­pit – directed by Kyle Mowat, Sheri­dan Col­lege, Canada

MacPher­son — directed by Mar­tine Char­trand, National Film Board of Canada, Canada

BEST Cana­dian Stu­dent Ani­ma­tion Award: Gum — By Noam Suss­man, Sheri­dan Col­lege, Canadaa

Hon­or­able Mentions

Ball­pit — By Kyle Mowat, Sheri­dan Col­lege, Canada

Ten­gri — By Alisi Telengut, Con­cor­dia Uni­ver­sity, Canada

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