Chris Robinson reflects on the epic ‘handyman’ we first came to know and love in ‘Manivald,’ talking various absurdities with filmmakers Chintis Lundgren and Draško Ivezić.
Shorts remain the heart and soul of the festival, and these films should contend for awards, applause and free drinks.
From ‘I Lost My Body’ to ‘The Swallows of Kabul,’ cultural, narrative and aesthetic diversity reign in this year’s expanded feature film competition.
Ottawa Animation Festival artistic director Chris Robinson shares a previously unpublished 2015 Pimpcast interview with the iconic Dutch musician and director, who passed away at 50 on March 7.
Filmmaker and Emily Carr University Prof, Lorelei Pepi answers some brilliant questions.
Paul Driessen's Golden Oldie ode to scribblers, The Writer (1988)
Haida filmmaker Christopher Auchter discusses the making of his 2017 fable.
Theodore Ushev finally gets around to answering some life brightening questions.
Complex, multi-layered 45-minute work is set in the late 19th century during Belgium’s colonization of the Congo Basin in West Africa.
Heino Par's saucy and playful, Nail (1972)
Kangmin Kim takes us behind the scenes of his strange and true short film, Deer Flower (2016).
Latvian hockey superstar Vladimir Leschiov steps away from the ice to tackle some hardcore questions about the decline of civilization, japanese art supplies, and the time Jimmy Page tackled Freddie Chopin at an airport.
Lorelei Pepi's Grace (1998), a mesmerizing and mysterious poetic meditation on time, mortality, and the daily difficulty of just being.
Steve Angel, co-founder of Toronto's Head Gear Animation, takes the stand to answer some pressing questions
52 Films, 1 Year: Meet John Morena.
Revisiting Georges Schwizgebel's classic, 78 Tours (1985)
Outstanding films from a diversity of countries highlight this year’s short film competition.
Jake Fried talks about the making of his trippy caffeinated short, Mind Frame (2016)
The extraordinary experimental animator/artist/soothsayer, Boris Labbé provides you with all the answers you need for a moderately content life.
