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The Official Competition section of the Ottawa 08 International Animation Festival consists of works chosen by the Festival’s selection committee from a field of 2150 submissions. NOTE: Reserved tickets are required for the 9:00pm GALA screening on Saturday, Sept. 28th. If seating remains, rush tickets will be sold at the door 15 minutes before the start. Click here for more information.
Les oeuvres de la compétition officielle du Festival International d’Animation d’Ottawa 08 ont été choisi par le comité de sélection du Festival parmi les 2150 films proposés.
The best new animation from around the world is presented in this screening, featuring the world premiere of Retouches by Georges Schwizgebel (NFB). Plus: an innovative mini-masterpiece Western Spaghetti from New York artist, PES, the critically acclaimed Chainsaw from Australia's Dennis Tupicoff and Andy and Carolyn London’s potent A Letter to Colleen.
| Film Title | Director(s) | Production Company | Nationality | Category | ||||
| 1. | Stomach Boy | Leo Lillrank | Sodra Latins High School | Sweden | E - High School | |||
| 2. | Western Spaghetti | PES | USA | D - Narrative | ||||
| 3. | Baerenbraut | Derek Roczen | Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg | Germany | E - Graduation | |||
| 4. | Lost Utopia | Mirai Mizue | Japan | D - Experimental | ||||
| 5. | Berni's doll | Yann Jouette | Dummy Productions | France | D - Narrative | |||
| 6. | Guardian 'Rhythm Of Life' | Steve Angel | Head Gear Animation | Canada | F - Promotional | |||
| 7. | Retouches | Georges Schwizgebel | Studio GDS, National Film Board of Canada | Switzerland & Canada | D - Experimental | |||
| 8. | A Letter To Colleen | Andy London & Carolyn London | London Squared Productions | USA | D - Narrative | |||
| 9. | A Sheep on the Roof | Rémy Schaepman | Institut Sainte Geneviève | France | E - Graduation | |||
| 10. | Idaho Lottery 'Twister' | Christopher Hinton | Acme Filmworks | USA | F - Promotional | |||
| 11. | Optical Percussion | Gerd Gockell | AniGraf | Germany & Switzerland | D - Experimental | |||
| 12. | Platform 'Box' | Smith & Foulkes | Nexus Productions | UK & USA | F - Promotional | |||
| 13. | Chainsaw | Dennis Tupicoff | Jungle Pictures | Australia | D - Narrative | |||
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