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.
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Best of Ottawa 2023 Program
| Title | Duration |
| OIAF 2023 Signal Film | 00:45 |
| A Crab in the Pool (Un trou dans la poitrine) | 12:00 |
| Families’ Albums (Albums de familles) | 09:00 |
| Herzog’s Chicken | 01:00 |
| Box Cutters | 09:00 |
| 14th Anibar Animation Festival Trailer ‘Love’ | 01:00 |
| Cyclepaths | 13:00 |
| Eeva | 16:00 |
| Miserable Miracle (Misérable Miracle) | 09:00 |
| Living The Dream | 02:00 |
| TOTAL | 01:08:28 |
OIAF 2023 Signal Film
Matthew Rankin
00:45, Canada
Rankin’s Signal Film is comprised of bits of Hinterland Who’s Who printed onto transparent vellum stickers and glued frame by frame onto 35mm clear leader, followed by hand-painting with translucent coloured inks. Once scanned, this material was integrated with construction paper cut-outs. Sacha Ratcliffe’s equally elaborate soundtrack samples “Ottawa, Canada’s Capital City” (1938).
A Crab in the Pool (Un trou dans la poitrine)
Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel
12:00, Canada
DGC Award for Best Canadian Animation
In a run-down neighbourhood, Zoe and her little brother Theo are left to fend for themselves.
Families’ Albums (Albums de familles)
Moïa Jobin-Paré
08:00, Canada
Best Non-Narrative Short Animation
Family photos come back to life.
Herzog’s Chicken
Lukas Conway
00:55, Canada
Chickens are idiots.
Box Cutters
Naomi van Niekerk
08:00, France, Netherlands, South Africa
Craft Award for Best Script
A young woman recalls a day when she was attacked by three men on her way home.
14th Anibar Animation Festival Trailer ‘Love’
Sander Joon
00:57, Estonia, Kosovo
Best Commissioned Animation
Butterflies, frogs, and flies celebrate love in all its colors in the trailer of 14th Anibar Animation Festival in Kosovo.
Cyclepaths
Anton Cla
12:00, Belgium
Bento Box Award for Best Student Animation
An old woman is carrying shopping bags. A child with a gun is riding a scooter. Birds are flying.
Eeva
Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak
16:08, Estonia, Croatia
Craft Award for Best Sound Design
A sad day in Eva’s life…
Miserable Miracle (Misérable Miracle)
Ryo Orikasa
08:00, Canada, France, Japan
Grand Prize for Short Animation
Poems map the human psyche to the very edges of alienation and transcendence.
Living The Dream
Ben Meinhardt
01:00, Canada
An indefatigable citizen pursues his ambitions and dreams in the face of modern society.
