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Mercury Filmworks Establishes ‘Kevin Kocvar Editing Award’

Created to honor the studio’s late employee, an alumnus of Algonquin College, the $5,000 annual gift will reward a Film and Media Production program graduate with passion for excellence in editing matched by leadership, mentoring, kindness, and desire to learn and grow in the editorial field.

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Festivals Events

44th Ottawa International Animation Festival Goes Virtual

Begins: September 23, 2020

Scheduled for September 23 – October 4, the event will feature screenings, virtual artist talks, workshops, and meetings with schools and recruiters.

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OIAF 2020 Official Selections Announced

A diverse group of 155 animated shorts, features, series and VR works will compete at upcoming Ottawa International Animation Festival, running online September 23 – October 4.

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Ottawa International Animation Festival Announces 2020 Jury

The now virtual event, scheduled for September 23 – October 4, will feature screenings, virtual artist talks, workshops, and meetings with schools and recruiters.

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44th Ottawa International Animation Festival Moving Online

Scheduled for September 23 – October 4, the event will feature screenings, virtual artist talks, workshops, and meetings with schools and recruiters.

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Submit Your Work to OIAF 2020!

44^th Ottawa International Animation Festival, which runs September 23-27, 2020, is now accepting submissions.

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Ottawa Animation Festival Pitch This! Deadline Extended

Canadian animators have until August 23 to submit their project proposals for the upcoming TAC forum kids' show pitching competition.

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Official Selections for OIAF 2019 Announced

Diverse group of films from 36 countries set to compete at upcoming Ottawa International Animation Festival, which runs September 25-29.

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Ottawa Animation Festival Launches Pitch This! Competition

Two finalists will present their projects to over 350 industry buyers and financiers; winner to receive $5,000 cash and other prizes.

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Ottawa Animation Festival Submission Deadline Coming May 31

Entries in all short form categories as well as features, VR and commissioned work must be received by the last day of May.

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OIAF 2019 Events

Ottawa International Animation Festival Returning September 25 – 29, 2019

Begins: September 25, 2019

OIAF brings together regional, national and international animation communities, providing a forum to share and exchange expertise.

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Submit Your Work to OIAF 2019!

43rd Ottawa International Animation Festival runs September 25-29, 2019.

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WATCH: Réka Bucsi’s ‘LOVE’ Makes Online Debut as Vimeo Staff Pick

Free-flowing non-narrative short from the writer and director of 2018’s ‘Solar Walk’ traverses the universe in three separate chapters, depicting an ensemble cast of celestial bodies and otherworldly creatures in various states of attraction toward one another.

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Motor Away: Špela Čadež’s ‘Nighthawk’ Makes Online Debut

Award-winning stop-motion short co-produced by Croatia’s Finta Film and Slovenia’s Bonobostudio takes traditional multiplane cut-out animation to a new level in a tale of a drunken badger set loose on the roads.

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WATCH: Boris Labbé’s ‘La Chute’ Makes Limited Online Debut

Produced in collaboration with Sacrebleu Productions, experimental animated short is in the running for France’s César Award.

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WATCH: Walk on the Wild Side with Alison Snowden & David Fine’s ‘Animal Behaviour’

Oscar-shortlisted animated short film from the Academy Award-winning duo behind ‘Bob’s Birthday’ available to watch online through January 12.

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TAC Turns 15: A Chat with OIAF Director of Industry Programming Azarin Sohrabkhani

The Ottawa International Animal Festival’s director of industry programming discusses highlights of OIAF’s annual industry-driven event, The Animation Conference.

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OIAF Partners with Shaw Rocket Fund To Present InGenius Jr. Day

The Ottawa International Animation Festival’s designated family day includes screenings of the feature-length ‘Captain Morten and the Spider Queen’ and Netflix animated series ‘Hilda.’

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Walk on the Wild Side: Alison Snowden & David Fine Talk ‘Animal Behaviour’

The Oscar-winning duo behind ‘Bob’s Birthday’ returns to the NFB with a new short film exploring the animal side of human nature.

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The NFB Bringing Nine New Projects to OIAF 2018

David Barlow-Krelina’s ‘Caterpillarplasty,’ Alex Boya’s ‘Turbine’ and Alison Snowden and David Fine’s ‘Animal Behaviour’ among nine films and Virtual Reality projects to be showcased in three competition categories.

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OIAF 2018: A Chat with Artistic Director Chris Robinson

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.

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The Ottawa International Animation Festival’s TAC Celebrates 15 Years

Brent Butt, Fred Seibert headline; pitching programs return to the Ottawa Festival’s industry-driven event, The Animation Conference, running September 26-28 alongside OIAF 2018.

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Ottawa Festival To Present Animation Exposé Talks at 2018 Edition

September 29 event merges Professional Development Day talks and Career Fair activities with new interactive components for an all-out art fun-day at OIAF 2018.

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ASIFA-Hollywood Issues Call for Entries for 46th Annie Awards

The Annies partner with Annecy, Zagreb, Hiroshima and Ottawa festivals to provide free submissions for grand prize recipients.

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Animation Events

2018 Ottawa International Animation Festival Begins September 26

Begins: September 26, 2018

OIF to present some of the world’s most cutting-edge, quirky and important animation while transforming Ottawa into the center of the animation universe.