Director mixes slapstick with elegant avant-garde in ‘Dont Know What,’ his OIAF 2019 grand prize-winning experimental animated short film.
Many notable shorts and features standout in a competition artistic director Chris Robinson calls ‘weird, disorienting and divisive.’
Catching up with Judith Gruber Stitzer, whose music is as varied and exciting as the many animated and live-action films and TV productions she's created soundtracks for.
What’s new in the world of indie animators? I tracked down heavy hitter Janet Perlman at the Ottawa festival last fall and we continued by email this past week...
Build up to the big performance...
Award winning animators Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis are currently taking on the stage.
Curated by film analysts Ellen Besen and Aubry Mintz, 30 of the National Film Board of Canada’s master works by filmmakers such as Caroline Leaf, Cordell Barker, Norman McLaren, and Ryan Larkin airs on TCM on Sunday, April 9.
When do slow-moving, highly controlled choreographies approach animation?
Now in production in Paul Driessen's studio...
Theodore Ushev conducts the signal film at the Ottawa International Animation Festival 2016.
Share a bit of the fun at the annual animator's picnic at the 2016 Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Opening night, packed house...the 40th OIAF officially begins!
What do the paintings of Charline von Heyl have to do with animation inbetweens?
Why do I feel so under the gun?
Let's be really clear, it's all about absolutes
Finding the perfect holiday gift for the animator in your life.
Profiling field recordist Paul Virostek
Why is it so hard to find good, mid-priced recording gear?
Excited about Creative Field Recording
Heather Smith talks about The Great Women Animators project, a growing international archive showcasing women animators throughout history.
An in-depth look at TWO and PIG, recent experimental-narrative animations by Steven Subotnick.
Steven Subotnick is an independent animator working in a unique experimental-narrative style.
Defining what is it ACTUALLY that we do.
Wondering about copyright? Finally, a freely available guide to fair use (in accordance with American law) for the visual arts.
Jon Sasaki is the Charlie Chaplinesque little guy struggling with his Sisyphean challenges. Only the things he’s trying to achieve fall more into the realm of the bizarre and ridiculous than the practical.
