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Ottawa Fest. to Offer Adam Elliot Retrospective
The awesome team at the Ottawa 2013 International Animation Festival, which takes place September 18-22 this year, has revealed a few tidbits about the new edition of the world-class event: First up, Oscar-winning Australian stop-motion animator Adam Elliot (Harvey Krumpet, Mary and Max) will offer a special master class and [...]
‘The Nut Job’ Announces Key Voice Cast
Katherine Heigl, Will Arnett, Brendan Fraser, Stephen Lang and Jeff Dunham are among the voice talent lined up for the new animated feature The Nut Job, directed by Peter Lepeniotis. Co-produced by Toronto’s ToonBox Entertainment and Korean house Redrover Co., the film is based on Lepeniotis’ 2005 comedy short Surly [...]
‘Junkyard,’ ‘Wrinkles’ Are Ottawa’s Top Prize Winners
Dutch animator Hisko Hulsing’s powerful short Junkyard took home the Grand Prize for Best Independent Short Animation at the Ottawa Intl. Animation Festival on Sunday (Sept. 23). The painterly project tells the story of a man who recalls a friendship from his youth in the moments after who is robbed [...]
Tartakovsky and Hartman Lift Spirits in Ottawa
We had plenty of sunshine and lots of inspiring panels on the first two days of the Ottawa International Animation Festival and the TV Animation Conference (TAC) held this week in the charming capital city in Ontario, Canada. On Wednesday morning (September 19), Moira Marguin, head of animation at the [...]
Platform Animation Festival Comes to L.A.’s REDCAT
We were thrilled to learn that the acclaimed Platform International Animation Festival, which took place in Portland in 2007, is scheduled to arrive in Los Angeles in October. Curated by the talented Irene Kotlarz, the event will take place at Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater in downtown Los Angeles on [...]
‘The Banker,’ ‘Tableau’ to Screen at Ottawa
Phil Mulloy’s The Banker, Jean-Francois Laguionie’s Le Tableau (The Painting) and Don Hertzfeldt’s latest short It’s Such a Beautiful Day are part of the terrific lineup for this year’s Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), it was announced today. Ignacio Ferreras’ Arrugas (Wrinkles), Paul Bush’s Babeldom, Chris Sullivan’s Consuming Spirits and [...]
Butch Hartman to Give Keynote Address at Ottawa
The Fairly OddParents creator Butch Hartman will be delivering one of this years keynote addresses at the 2012 Ottawa Intl. Animation Festival’s industry event this September. Hartman developed The Fairly OddParents, which tells the story of Timmy Turner, a boy who is granted fairy godparents in 1998. The show immediately [...]
Ottawa Festival Unveils Yamamura’s 2012 Poster
The Ottawa International Animation Festival revealed its very cool 2012 poster yesterday. Created by acclaimed Japanese animator Koji Yamaura (Mount Head, Muybridge’s Strings) who won the grand prize in 2007 for his short A Country Doctor. “Drawing a poster for Ottawa 2012 is a great honor for me, “says Yamamura. [...]
Ottawa Fest Plans Tribute to Ralph Bakshi
The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) has announced some of its major plans for the 2012 edition of North America’s premier animation festival. Running from September 19th-23rd, Ottawa 2012 will pay tribute to the work of animation legend Ralph Bakshi, who ignited the imagination of future animators and became a [...]
Ottawa Fest Reveals Official Selection
William Joyce and Brandon Oldenburg’s award-winning The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore, the new Pixar short La Luna directed by Enrico Casarosa, Bill Plympton’s Guard Dog Global Jam and Fernando Trueba & Javier Mariscal’s Spanish film Chico & Rita are some of the highlights of this year’s Ottawa [...]
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