The animation, created with innovative 2D and 3D techniques, portrays realistic textures mimicking rock surfaces and cracks as if carved from real stone while revealing the movie’s formidable antagonist’s origins.
18 commissioned films and 13 animated student short films selected to compete at the 2018 Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Outstanding films from a diversity of countries highlight this year’s short film competition.
Director Marcus Armitage wins the jury award for short animation for ‘My Dad’; Josh Shaffner receives an honorable mention for his short film ‘Flaws.’
Fourteen animated shorts are selected to screen in competition, as well as U.K. filmmaker Ainslie Henderson’s stop-motion animated documentary short, ‘Stems,’ and Australia’s experimental VFX short, ‘Double-Blind No.1.’
Animated short film was named Best British Film win at the 2014 London International Animation Festival.
