Director mixes slapstick with elegant avant-garde in ‘Dont Know What,’ his OIAF 2019 grand prize-winning experimental animated short film.
From September 25-29, Ottawa plays host to kindred spirits, collaborators and experts in all things animated, sharing tall tales and lots of good Canadian ale.
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...
Nina Paley’s extraordinary second feature is a biblical epic that you can dance to.
From hands-on tools and supplies to digital software and cutting-edge AI games, the AWN 2017 Holiday Gift Guide has everything you need for your indie animator.
The latest short by the renowned hands-on animator is inspired by his father’s obsessions and the work of legendary director Norman McLaren.
Director Dorota Kobiela details the production process for creating 65,000 oil paintings comprising the film’s 853 shots alongside co-writer, co-director and producer Hugh Welchman for their first animated feature about the life of celebrated Dutch post-Impressionist Vincent Van Gogh.
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
