2008 Selections
This year, the Ottawa International Animation Festival received a total of 2150 entries from 70 different countries. Of those, 101 short films, 4 feature films and 4 schools were chosen for competition. In addition, 26 showcase films were chosen to represent the efforts of the Canadian and international animation communities. Click here for the exclusive TAC Canadian TV Showcase!
Please note that the film Terra has replaced Peur(s) du Noir in the Feature Competition.
| Title | Director(s) | Company/School | Nationality | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Date | Nils Knoblich | Kunsthochschule Kassel | Germany | E - Undergraduate |
| 7 Days of the Week | Sean McBride & David Cowles | USA | G - Shorts for Kids | |
| A Child's Metaphysics | Koji Yamamura | Yamamura Animation, Inc. | Japan | D - Experimental |
| A Letter To Colleen | Andy London & Carolyn London | London Squared Productions | USA | D - Narrative |
| A Sheep on the Roof | Rémy Schaepman | Institut Sainte Geneviève | France | E - Graduation |
| About Bigmouse | Arefyev Konstantin | Centre of National Film | Russia | G - Shorts for Kids |
| Angel afoot | Jakob Schuh & Unseld Saschka | Studio Soi GmbH & Co. KG | Germany | G - TV for Kids |
| Baerenbraut | Derek Roczen | Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg | Germany | E - Graduation |
| Bait | Tomi Malkki | Yle coproduction | Finland | Showcase |
| Berni's doll | Yann Jouette | Dummy Productions | France | D - Narrative |
| Big Baby 'Rookie' | Robert Marianetti & David Wachtenheim | W/M Animation | USA | D - Narrative |
| Black Tea | Serge Elissalsde | Les Films de l'Arlequin | France | D - Narrative |
| Blind Spot | Johanna Bessiere, Cecile Dubois Herry, Simon Rouby, Nicolas Chauvelot, Olivier Clert & Yvon Jardel | Gobelins l'école de l'image | France | E - Undergraduate |
| Blueberry Eye 'Bru Bru Dance' | Yuichi Ito | I.TOON Ltd. | Japan | F - Promotional |
| Boy | Dmitry Geller | Studio "A-film" | Russia | Showcase |
| Camera Obscura | Matthieu Buchalski, Jean-Michel Drechsler & Thierry Onillon | Supinfocom Valenciennes | France | E - Graduation |
| Cats' Gathering | Makoto Shinkai | Comix Wave Films / NHK | Japan | F - Promotional |
| Cattle Call | Mike Maryniuk & Matt Rankin | Canada | D - Experimental | |
| Chainsaw | Dennis Tupicoff | Jungle Pictures | Australia | D - Narrative |
| Clorox 'Turtle' | Russell Brooke | Passion Pictures | UK | F - Promotional |
| dEVOLUTION | Candy Kugel, Vincent Cafarelli & Lanny Meyers | Buzzco Associates, inc. | USA | Showcase |
| Dialogos | Ülo Pikkov | Eesti Joonisfilm | Estonia | D - Experimental |
| DINO-ORANGE (How Birds Fly) | Lansing Bruce Robertson | Canada | D - Narrative | |
| Drux Flux | Theodore Ushev | National Film Board of Canada | Canada | D - Experimental |
| ElectroFlux | Rose Bond | Canada & USA | Showcase | |
| Ergo | Géza M. Tóth | Kedd Animation Studios | Hungary | Showcase |
| FedEx 'Carrier Pigeon' | David Hulin | Framestore NY | USA | F - Promotional |
| Forming Game | Malcolm Sutherland | National Film Board of Canada | Canada | Showcase |
| Glago's Guest | Chris Williams | Walt Disney Animation Studios | USA | Showcase |
| Great Ambition | Malcolm Sutherland | Canada | G - Shorts for Kids | |
| Guardian 'Rhythm Of Life' | Steve Angel | Head Gear Animation | Canada | F - Promotional |
| HA'AKI | Iriz Pääbo | National Film Board of Canada | Canada | Showcase |
| Holicday | Yerang Ahn, Eunbyul Gho, Jiyoung Lee & Jikang Rhyu | Korea Animation High School | South Korea | E - High School |
| Hungu | Nicolas Brault | National Film Board of Canada | Canada | Showcase |
| I am so proud of you | Don Hertzfeldt | Bitter Films | USA | D - Narrative |
| I Can Add | Adam Sacks & David Cowles | USA | G - Shorts for Kids | |
| I Slept With Cookie Monster | Kara Nasdor-Jones | Massachusetts College of Art | USA | E - Undergraduate |
| Idaho Lottery 'Twister' | Christopher Hinton | Acme Filmworks | USA | F - Promotional |
| Idiots & Angels | Bill Plympton | Plymptoons | USA | A - Feature |
| In August | Andrés Barrientos & Carlos Andres Reyes | Día-Fragma, Fábrica de Películas | Colombia | D - Narrative |
| Intergalactic Who's Who 'The Pork 'n' Being' | Carol Beecher & Kevin D.A. Kurytnik | Fifteen Pound Pink Productions | Canada | Showcase |
| Intergalactic Who's Who 'The Praepredatorprae' | Carol Beecher & Kevin D.A. Kurytnik | Fifteen Pound Pink Productions | Canada | Showcase |
| It's Always the Same Story | Joris Clerté & Anne Morin | Senso Films & Doncvoilà | France | D - Narrative |
| Jugglers | Niven Wilson | USA | E - High School | |
| Keith Reynolds Can't Make It Tonight | Felix Massie | University of Wales Newport | UK | E - Undergraduate |
| KJFG No. 5 | Alexei Alexeev | Studio Baestarts | Hungary | G - Shorts for Kids |
| Kudan | Taku Kimura | Links DigiWorks Inc. | Japan | D - Narrative |
| La Vita Nuova | Arnaud Demuynck & Christophe Gautry | Les Films du Nord | France & Belgium | Showcase |
| Labyrinth | Patrick Jenkins | Canada | Showcase | |
| Leon in Wintertime | Pierre-Luc Granjon & Pascal le Nôtre | Folimage, TPS Jeunesse, Dvertissement Subséquence & National Film Board of Canada | France & Canada | G - Shorts for Kids |
| Les oiseaux, le vent, l'orage | Éloi Ménard | Canada | Showcase | |
| Let Me Do This One | Dominic-Etienne Simard | DESanimations | Canada | Showcase |
| Lightspeed Champion 'Dry Lips' | Stephen Irwin | UK | F - Music Video | |
| Like Me, Only Better | Martin Pickles | Royal College of Art | UK | E - Graduation |
| Lost Utopia | Mirai Mizue | Japan | D - Experimental | |
| Maraka | David Wachtenheim & Glen Steinmacher | Wachtenheim/Marianetti Inc | USA | F - TV for Adults |
| MassArt 2008 "Squealing Pegs" Animation School Showreel | Massachusetts College of Art and Design | USA | B - School | |
| Media & Diversity 'HIV / AIDS' | Vessela Dantcheva & Ivan Bogdanov | British Council, Sofia | Bulgaria | F - Promotional |
| Mika 'Lollipop' | Bonzom Bonzom | Passion Pictures | France | F - Music Video |
| Milk Dots Campaign | Isaac King, Steve Angel, Philippe Blanchard, Julian Grey & Sean Branigan | Head Gear Animation | Canada | F - Promotional |
| Mitsubishi 'Safer in a Wild World' | Eddie White & James Calvert | The People's Republic Of Animation | Australia | F - Promotional |
| MTV 'Fresh' | Isaac King | Head Gear Animation | Canada | F - Promotional |
| Muto | Blu . | Italy | D - Experimental | |
| My Grandmother Beijing | Mats Grorud | Ape&Bjørn with Nubbsjangs Production | Norway | E - Undergraduate |
| My Little Brother From the Moon | Frédéric Philibert | France | G - Shorts for Kids | |
| Net10 'Agent' | Mike Foran | World Leaders Entertainment | USA | F - Promotional |
| Nishimatsuya 'Mimi in Wonderland' | Yuichi Ito | I.TOON Ltd. | Japan | F - Promotional |
| Oktapodi | Julien Bocabeille, Emud Mokhberi, Thierry Marchand, Olivier Delabarre, Quentin Marmier & François Xavier Chanioux | Gobelins l'école de l'image | France | E - Undergraduate |
| Operator | Matthew Walker | Skillset Screen Academy Wales | UK | D - Narrative |
| Optical Percussion | Gerd Gockell | AniGraf | Germany & Switzerland | D - Experimental |
| Oxfam 'Roar' | SSSR | Passion Pictures | UK | F - Promotional |
| Pecatum Parvum | Asya Lukin | Royal College of Art | UK | E - Graduation |
| People from The Dark Years 'Bates' | John Halfpenny | Canada | F - TV for Adults | |
| Platform 'Box' | Smith & Foulkes | Nexus Productions | UK & USA | F - Promotional |
| Power House | Maria Leite & Daniel Herthel | Brazil | D - Narrative | |
| Presto | Doug Sweetland | Pixar Animation Studios | USA | Showcase |
| Race Across the Rainbow | Jackson He | Don Mills Collegiate Institute | Canada | E - High School |
| Rains | David Coquard-Dassault | Folimage & National Film Board of Canada | Canada & France | Showcase |
| Refrains | Wiola Sowa | Association of Animation Experimental and Video Film Artist "Studio A" | Poland | Showcase |
| Retouches | Georges Schwizgebel | Studio GDS, National Film Board of Canada | Switzerland & Canada | D - Experimental |
| Returning Round | Malcolm Sutherland | Canada | D - Experimental | |
| Rhode Island School of Design School Showreel | Rhode Island School of Design | USA | B - School | |
| Royal College of Art School Showreel | Royal College of Art | UK | B - School | |
| Sápmi | Jan Lachauer & Max Lang | Germany | E - Undergraduate | |
| Saturday Night Live 'The Ambiguously Gay Duo #11' | J.J. Sedelmaier | J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, Inc. | USA | F - TV for Adults |
| Sea Dog's Devotion | Anna Kalus | Germany | D - Narrative | |
| Sita Sings the Blues | Nina Paley | Nina Paley Productions, LLC | USA | A - Feature |
| Skhizein | jeremy clapin | Dark Prince | France | D - Narrative |
| Sony Bravia 'Play-Doh' | Frank Budgen & Darren Walsh | Gorgeous and Passion Pictures | UK | F - Promotional |
| Stomach Boy | Leo Lillrank | Sodra Latins High School | Sweden | E - High School |
| Streetcar Named Perspire | Joanna Priestley | Priestley Motion Pictures | USA | Showcase |
| Superjail! 'Combaticus' | Christy Karacas | Augenblick Studios | USA | F - TV for Adults |
| Supinfocom School Showreel | Supinfocom | France | B - School | |
| Terra | Aristomenis Tsirbas | Snoot Entertainment | USA | A - Feature |
| The Ascent of Man | Luke Gustafson & Denny Silverthorne | Smiley Guy Studios / National Film Board / iThentic | Canada | D - Narrative |
| The Bunjies | Andreas Hykade & Ged Haney | Studio Film Bilder | Germany | G - TV for Kids |
| The Comic That Frenches Your Mind | Bruce Bickford | USA | D - Experimental | |
| The Control Master | Run Wrake | Sclah Films | UK | D - Narrative |
| The Depose of Bolskivoi Hovhannes | Will Inrig | Canterbury High School | Canada | E - High School |
| The Employment | Santiago 'Bou' Grasso | Opusbou | Argentina | Showcase |
| The Fall | Kim Anderson | Quickdraw Animation Society | Canada | Showcase |
| The Heart of Amos Klein | Uri Kranot & Michal Kranot | TinDrum Animation & Les films de l'Arlequin | Israel, France, Denmark & The Netherlands | D - Narrative |
| The House of Small Cubes | Kunio Kato | ROBOT COMMUNICATIONS INC | Japan | D - Narrative |
| the idiot stinks | Helder K. Sun | Helder K. Sun | USA | D - Experimental |
| The Little Mouse and the Fox | Olga Chernova | The 29-th February Company | Russia | G - Shorts for Kids |
| The Mixy Tapes | David Seitz & Mike Wray | National Film Board of Canada | Canada | D - Narrative |
| The Nose | Neil Burns | Wind-up Pictures | Canada | Showcase |
| The Replicants 'User' | Edouard Sallier | Autour de minuit | France | F - Music Video |
| The Swimming Lesson | Danny De Vent | Lumière | Belgium, The Netherlands & France | G - Shorts for Kids |
| The Tiny Fish | Sergei Ryabov | Soyuzmultfilm | Russia | G - Shorts for Kids |
| The Upstate Four | Fran Krause | Cartoon Network | USA | G - TV for Kids |
| The Weatherman | William Becher | UK | Showcase | |
| The Yellow Bird | Tom Schroeder | Ein Aus Animation | USA | D - Narrative |
| Things you Think 'Poor and Rich' | Karsten Kiilerich | Westdeutscher Rundfunk | Germany, Ireland & Denmark | G - TV for Kids |
| This Way Up | Smith & Foulkes | Nexus Productions | UK | D - Narrative |
| Trek | Neels Britz | Canada | Showcase | |
| Triumphant Campaigns Of Captain Cudney | Kyle Marshall | Kyle Marshall | Canada | Showcase |
| Último 'Spong Ice' | Bolos Quentes Design, Duarte Amorim, Albino Tavares, Miguel Marinheiro & Sérgio Couto | Bolos Quentes Design | Portugal | F - Music Video |
| Waiting For | Richard Negre | Badlands Productions | France | D - Experimental |
| Waltz with Bashir | Ari Folman | Bridgit Folman Film Gang | Israel | A - Feature |
| Wanted | Woonki Kim | Electric Circus | South Korea | G - TV for Kids |
| Wanted | Line Severinsen | Emily Carr University of Art + Design | Canada | Showcase |
| Western Spaghetti | PES | USA | D - Narrative | |
| Woods | Idan Vardi | "Minshar" School of Arts, Tel Aviv | Israel | E - Undergraduate |
| Yo Gabba Gabba! 'Be Nice to Animals' | Kangaroo Alliance | Wildbrain / Nick Jr. | USA | G - TV for Kids |
| Yo Gabba Gabba! 'Charlie C' | Joel Trussell | Wildbrain / Nick Jr. | USA | G - TV for Kids |
| Yo Gabba Gabba! 'Dancin' | Hobo Divine | Wildbrain / Nick Jr. | USA | G - TV for Kids |
| Yo Gabba Gabba! 'Hello Goodbye' | Aaron Stewart | Wildbrain / Nick Jr. | USA | G - TV for Kids |
| Yo Gabba Gabba! 'Hey Come Out and Play' | Jesse LeDoux | Wildbrain / Nick Jr. | USA | G - TV for Kids |
| Yo Gabba Gabba! 'I Found Love' | Bran Dougherty-Johnson | Wildbrain / Nick Jr. | USA | G - TV for Kids |
| Yo Gabba Gabba! 'Look Both Ways' | Arthur Jones | Wildbrain / Nick Jr. | USA | G - TV for Kids |
| Yo Gabba Gabba! 'Pick It Up' | Willy Hartland | Wildbrain / Nick Jr. | USA | G - TV for Kids |
| Yo Gabba Gabba! 'This is What the Summer Brings' | Joel Trussell | Wildbrain / Nick Jr. | USA | G - TV for Kids |
| Yo Gabba Gabba! 'Toot Your Horn' | Parker Jacobs & Kris Boban | Wildbrain / Nick Jr. | USA | G - TV for Kids |
| Yo Gabba Gabba! 'Train Ride' | Jonathan Garin & Naomi Nishimura | Wildbrain / Nick Jr. | USA | G - TV for Kids |