Out of 2,165 entries from 85 countries, 40 films will compete in the Commissioned, Narrative, Non-Narrative, and Student categories; the festival runs September 20-24.
Many notable shorts and features standout in a competition artistic director Chris Robinson calls ‘weird, disorienting and divisive.’
Shorts remain the heart and soul of the festival, and these films should contend for awards, applause and free drinks.
Seventy-six short films selected from 2,043 submissions to compete across five categories.
From the international competition to this year’s Collideoscope program spotlighting collage animation, the 2018 Ottawa International Animation Festival is packed with screenings, talks, master classes, parties and more.
22 narrative and 15 non-narrative animated 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.
Every Wednesday, Chris Robinson takes a look at short animation films. Today: Xi Chen's 'The Swallow' (2014)
Tribute to Chinese animation to include a retrospective screening of ‘Princess Iron Fan’ by brothers Laiming and Guchan Wan, three programs of historical short films, a retrospective of Sun Xun, a program of short films from contemporary artists, a retrospective of the work of Xu An and Xi Chen, and the best shorts from Chinese schools.
Selections announced for Narrative, Non-Narrative, Graduate, Student and Commissioned Film competition categories.
