
About Best of Ottawa
Each year, The Ottawa International Animation Festival curates a selection of short films, both award winners and audience favorites, for our Best of Ottawa Program. The Best of Ottawa Program highlights achievements in the art of animation and represents the myriad of styles, techniques, and perspectives that animation is uniquely capable of realizing.
Organize a screening at your school, theatre, or community space! Best of Ottawa works on a tiered pricing model to make it more feasible for small arts organizations while still ensuring that filmmakers are paid.
Small Organizations: $100 CAD
Medium to Large Organizations: $300 CAD
Both in-person and virtual screenings can be arranged, however not all films are available for virtual screenings. A DCP screening file can be provided for an additional transfer fee.
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Best of Ottawa 2024 Program
Title | Duration |
OIAF 2024 Signal Film | 00:43 |
Percebes | 11:30 |
Carrotica | 13:04 |
Gina Kamentsky’s Pinocchio in 70mm | 03:12 |
Martyr’s Guidebook | 08:50 |
In the Shallows | 04:18 |
I Died in Irpin | 11:28 |
Corridor ‘Jump Cut’ | 03:54 |
La Voix des Sirènes | 19:53 |
you’ve got a friend in me | 02:12 |
TOTAL | 01:18:21 |
OIAF 2024 Signal Film
Lei Lei
00:43 | Canada
Lei Lei’s Signal Film features a young girl traveling across the city to catch an owl, having amazing experiences along the way. The cinema is where she finally ends her journey.

Percebes
Alexandra Ramires & Laura Gonçalves
11:30 | Portugal, France
Craft Award for Best Design
With the sea and the urban Algarve as a background, we follow a complete cycle of the life of a special shellfish called PERCEBES, goose barnacle.
*Note: Percebes is only available for in-person screenings.

Carrotica
Daniel Sterlin-Altman
13:04 | Germany
Wacom Public Prize
A teenage boy is writing an explicit gay erotica in secret in his bedroom and his mother is falling in love with a carrot. They’re doing okay…

Gina Kamentsky’s Pinocchio in 70mm
Gina Kamentsky
03:12 | USA
Pinocchio felt a longing deep within him. Someday, he would become a real girl and live a life beyond the confines of make-believe.

Martyr’s Guidebook
Maks Rzontkowski
08:50 | Poland
Bento Box Award for Best Student Animation
Tony is the ultimate good guy, sometimes to a fault. From nabbing the smallest slice of cake in grade school to guiding lost strangers in the city, his kindness knows no bounds. He also lives with an angel.

In the Shallows
Arash Akhgari
04:18 | Canada
DGC Award for Best Canadian Animation
A deep dive into the shallow and fragmented world of news, entertainment and ads, where we can easily drown in the dangerous allure of mass media intoxication.

I Died in Irpin
Anastasiia Falileieva
11:28 | Czech Republic, Slovakia, Ukraine
Craft Award for Best Script
I survived escaping Irpin but I feel like I’ve never really left.

Corridor ‘Jump Cut’
Winston Hacking
03:54 | Canada
Best Commissioned Animation
Honourable Mention: DGC Award for Best Canadian Animation
Our video reflects the song’s theme of grappling with the overwhelming influence of technology and feeling adrift in its wake.

La Voix des Sirènes
Gianluigi Toccafondo
19:53 | France, Italy
Grand Prize for Short Animation
In the heart of the seabed, between rocks and corals primitive seaweed ripples, cradled by the muffled sound of roiling currents. Up there, on the surface of the water, something extraordinary has just appeared: a voice so soft… and seductive.

you’ve got a friend in me
Peter Millard
02:12 | United Kingdom
Best Non-Narrative Short Animation
“Boy, and as the years go by
Our friendship will never die
You’re gonna see it’s our destiny
You’ve got a friend in me”
