The Ottawa International Animation Festival has announced the finalists for its Short Films for Kids and Series for Kids which will run in competition at this year’s event, taking place September 17-21. The competing films were selected from 160 short entries and 75 series entries. The judges for these categories will be local children ages 8-11, selected through a separate essay/video competition.
Last year’s Series winner, Regular Show (Cartoon Network), returns with another hilarious episode, though French animation dominates the category with three submissions. Another OIAF winner, Angela Steffen (2009 Best Student Film), will be there with her new show Patchwork Chicken. The Short category includes films from nine countries.
Short Films for Kids Competition:
- My Mom Is an Airplane by Yulia Aronova (Russia/USA)
- Spoon by Yikun Wang (Japan)
- Zebra by Julia Ocker (Germany)
- La Petite Casserole d’Anatole [Anatole’s Little Saucepan] by Eric Montchaud (France)
- Der Kleine Vogel und das Eichhornchen [The Little Bird and the Squirrel] by Lena von Dohren (Switz.)
- Didochok Zdumav Zhenytisia [The Old Man Decided to Marry] by Yuriy Borysenko (Ukraine)
- Den Magiske Tiden [The Magic Time] by Kine Aune (Norway)
- Cowboy Dream by Lars Hegdal (Norway)
- Vol au Vent by Isabel Bouttens (Belgium)
- The Fish-Tailed Girl by Serhiy Melnichenko (Ukraine)
- Strawberry Girl Finds a True Friend by Anthony Dusko (USA)
Series for Kid Competition:
- Les Larmes du Crocodile [Crocodile Tears] by Agnes Lecreux
- Chomozem by Stepan Koval
- Das Huhn auf Meiner Schmusedecke [Patchwork Chicken] by Angela Steffen & Andreea Deppert
- La Buche de Noel [Yule Log] by Ben Tesseur
- Le Parfum de la Carotte by Arnaud Demuynck & Remi Durin
- Regular Show – The Last LaserDisc Player by JG Quintel
