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Art News:
JUNKYARD WINS BEST SHORT, ARRUGAS SELECTED BEST
FEATURE, AT OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION
FESTIVAL
OTTAWA (September 23, 2012) – The
Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) came to an end
Sunday, with closing ceremonies held at the National Arts Centre. Organizers
announced the winners of the official competition during the
ceremonies.
This year’s event, held September 19th-23rd, was a tremendous
success with packed screenings, sold out workshops, high profile networking
events such at the Television Animation Conference (TAC) and a strong weekend of
professional development.
The OIAF is a major international film event
that attracts 1500 industry pass holders from across Canada and around the world
with a total attendance of close to 30,000. Although the final numbers are not
officially in, there are strong indications that this year’s Festival reached
its highest attendance to date.
The 2012 international jury for Short
Program, Student and Commissioned Films included: Mike Fallows
(USA), J.J. Sedelmaier (USA) and Sarah
Muller(UK). The international jury for Feature Film Competition and
School Showreels included: Barry Purves (UK), Hisko
Hulsing (Netherlands) and Izabela Rieben
(Switzerland).
The Festival also featured a special jury made up of local
kids to select the Best Short Animation Made for Children and the Best
Television Animation Made for Children. This year’s kids jury included: Jordan
Quayle, Evelyn Abacra, Lucas Kelly, Jakob Boose, Zoe Monogian, Conall Sloan,
Eleanor Simonetta, Jacob Cooper, Chantalyne Leonhardt and Lauralee
Leonhardt.
List of Winners Nelvana GRAND
PRIZE for Best Independent Short Animation Junkyard– directed by
Hisko Hulsing, Netherlands
GRAND PRIZE for Best Animated
Feature Arrugas (Wrinkles), directed by Ignacio Ferreras,
Spain
Walt Disney GRAND PRIZE for Best Student
Animation I Am Tom Moody– directed by Ainslie Henderson, Edinburgh
College of Art, UK
GRAND PRIZE for Best Commissioned
Animation Primus "Lee Van Cleef" - by Chris Smith,
USA
Best Animation School Showreel Supinfocom
(France)
BEST Narrative Short A Morning Stroll - by
Grant Orchard, STUDIO AKA, USA
BEST Experimental/Abstract
Animation Rivière au Tonnerre – directed by Pierre Hébert,
Canada
Adobe Prize for BEST High School Animation The
Bean – by Hae Jin Jung, Gyeonggi Art High School, South
Korea
Honourable Mention: La Soif Du Monde (Thirsty
Frog) – by a Collective: 12 Children, Camera-etc, Belgium
BEST
Undergraduate Animation Reizwäsche - by Jelena Walf & Viktor
Stickel, Germany
BEST Graduate Animation Ballpit –
directed by Kyle Mowat, Sheridan College, Canada
BEST Promotional
Animation Red Bull 'Music Academy World Tour' – by Pete Candeland,
Passion Pictures, UK
BEST Music Video The First Time
I Ran Away - by Joel Trussell, USA
BEST Television Animation for
Adults Portlandia: Zero Rats – by Rob Shaw, USA
BEST
Short Animation Made for Children Beethoven’s Wig, directed by Alex
Hawley & Denny Silverthorne, Canada
Honourable
Mentions: Au Coeur de L’Hiver - directed by Isabelle Favez,
Switzerland Why do we Put up with Them? - directed by David Chai,
USA
BEST Television Animation Made for
Children Regular Show: Eggscellent - by JC Quintel, Cartoon
Network
Honourable Mention: Adventure Time: Jake vs.
Me-Mow - by Pendleton Ward, Cartoon Network, USA
The National
Film Board of Canada PUBLIC PRIZE It's Such a Beautiful Day -
directed by Don Hertzfeldt, USA
Canadian Film Institute Award for
BEST Canadian Animation Nightingales in December, directed by
Theodore Ushev, Canada
Honourable Mentions Ballpit –
directed by Kyle Mowat, Sheridan College, Canada MacPherson - directed by
Martine Chartrand, National Film Board of Canada, Canada
BEST
Canadian Student Animation Award Gum - By Noam Sussman, Sheridan
College, Canadaa
Honourable Mentions Ballpit - By
Kyle Mowat, Sheridan College, Canada Tengri - By Alisi Telengut, Concordia
University, Canada
The Ottawa Media Jury Award For
the best short competition film, as deemed by the local Ottawa Media, consisting
of:
-Peter Simpson (Ottawa Citizen) -Sandra
Abma (CBC) -Fateema Sayani (Ottawa
Magazine) -Denis Armstrong (Ottawa Sun)
I Am Tom
Moody– By Ainslie Henderson, Edinburgh College of Art, UK
About
the OIAF OIAF 2012 was held September 19-23rd, 2012 in Ottawa.
Events at the OIAF included screenings, panels, workshops, parties and the
Television Animation Conference. The OIAF is a leading competitive animation
film festival, featuring cutting edge programming, catering to industry
executives, trend setting artists, students and animation fans. For more
information about the OIAF, please visit www.animationfestival.ca.
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For media enquiries, please contact: Jeremy
MacLaine Media Coordinator Ottawa International Animation
Festival (613) 232-8769 media@animationfestival.ca
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