OIAF 2026 Schedule Overview

TAC: The Animation Conference

Activity: All Ages Drop-in Workshop: Character Design

TAC: Boat Cruise

Kids Day @ OIAF (Elementary School Screening)

Kids Day @ OIAF (Elementary School Screening)

Special Screening: Forgotten Island

Special Screening: NFB Ottawa: The War Years

Opening Ceremonies and Short Film Competition 1 *Gala

Competition: Feature Competition: Son of a Bitch *Gala

Party: Opening Night Party

TAC: The Animation Conference

Talk: Meet the Filmmakers: Short Film Competition 1

Activity: Drop-in Workshop: Character Design

Feature Competition: The Orbit of Minor Satellites *Gala

Special Screening:50 in 50 — Our Fave Canadian Animation Shorts Program 1

Canadian Student Competition

Canadian Panorama Screening

Detours Screening

Platform Animation Competition

Short Film Competition 2 *Gala

Special Screening:50 in 50 — Our Fave Canadian Animation Shorts Program 2

Feature Competition: Girlfriends of Father *Gala

Special Screening: Philip Ragan Pictograms

Short Film Competition 3*Gala

Special Screening:50 in 50 — Our Fave Canadian Animation Shorts Program 3

Exhibit : Frame by Frame: A History of Animation in Ottawa Public Opening

Competition: Feature Competition: We are Aliens *Gala

Special Screening:50 in 50 — Our Fave Canadian Animation Shorts Program 4

Party/Screening: Salon Des Refusées (Presented by Bento Box Entertainment)

TAC: Art + Biz Day

Talk: Meet the Filmmakers: Short Film Competition 2

Activity: Drop-in Workshop: Make a Movable Sculpture

Teens @ OIAF (for high school students)

Competition: Feature Competition: Magic Atlas

Competition: Short Film Competition 4 *Gala

Picnic Shuttle Bus service begins from the ByTowne, followed by Arts Court

Party: The Animators’ Picnic

Animation Made For Teen Audiences (13+)

Platform Animation Competition

Special Screening: 50 in 50 — Our Fave Canadian Animation Shorts Program 3

Feature Competition: Girlfriends of Father

Special Screening:50 in 50 — Our Fave Canadian Animation Shorts Program 1

Special Screening:50 in 50 — Our Fave Canadian Animation Shorts Program 2

Special Screening:50 in 50 — Our Fave Canadian Animation Shorts Program 5

Special Screening: Sumito Sakakibara

Competition: Feature Competition: Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III – The Curse of the Serpent *Gala

Short Film Competition 5 *Gala

Special Screening:50 in 50 — Our Fave Canadian Animation Shorts Program 6

Feature Competition: Son of a Bitch

Special Screening:50 in 50 — Our Fave Canadian Animation Shorts Program 4

Special Screening: Lost in Starlight

Special Screening: Animated Materials – Pastel Dreams

Feature Competition: Tangles

Canadian Panorama Screening

Party: The Friday Night Party with Killjoy and Remi Royale

Competition: Animation Made for Young Audiences (7+) *Gala

Talk: Meet the Filmmakers: Short Film Competition 3

Animation Exposé Exhibitor Fair Opens

Activity: Drop-in Workshop: Make a Stop-Motion Animation!

Animation Exposé Talk: Welcome to the Future: The Making of Ray Gunn, presented by Netflix

Animation Exposé Breakout: New Ways to Think About 2D Animation with Moho

Talk: Meet the Filmmakers: Short Film Competition 4

Feature Competition: Magic Atlas

Animation Exposé Cosplay Live Drawing

Animation Exposé: Ray Gunn Lithograph Signing with Brad Bird, Adel Abada, Jason Ryan, and Neysa Bové

Animation Exposé Talk: DreamWorks Animation Presents: The Making of Forgotten Island

Competition: Animation Made For Teen Audiences (13+) *Gala

Animation Exposé Breakout: In Conversation with Cordell Barker, presented by the NFB and ASIFA Hollywood

Competition: Short Film Competition 1

Special Screening: Animated Materials – Pastel Dreams

Animation Exposé Cosplay Live Drawing

Animation Exposé : Forgotten Island Lithograph Signing with Januel Mercado, Sean Sexton, Ryan Carlson, and Scott Cullen

Animation Exposé Breakout: Odyssey: 2D Animation Inside Unreal Engine

Animation Exposé Talk: Meet the Animated Feature Competition Filmmakers

Animation Exposé Breakout: Cookies, Careers & Connections, presented by Walt Disney Animation Studios

Competition: Short Film Competition 2

Animation Exposé Cosplay Live Drawing

Animation Exposé Talk: 50 Films. 50 Years. Too Many Animators on One Stage.

Competition: Short Film Competition 3

Feature Competition: The Orbit of Minor Satellites

Awards Ceremony

NightOwl Party – 50th Anniversary Edition

Feature Competition: We are Aliens

Talk: Meet the Filmmakers: Short Film Competition 5

Artist Talk: New Way, New World: Connecting Japanese Animators to the World

Canadian Student Competition

Feature Competition: Mononoke the Movie: Chapter III – The Curse of the Serpent

Short Film Competition 4

Feature Competition: Tangles

Special Screening: Sumito Sakakibara

Short Film Competition 5

Panorama: Detours Screening

Special Screening: 50 in 50 Our Fave Canadian Animation Shorts Program 5

Special Screening: Best of Ottawa — Best Feature 2026

Special Screening:50 in 50 — Our Fave Canadian Animation Shorts Program 6

Party: Closing Night Party

Special Screening: Best of Ottawa — Best Shorts 2026

Special Screening: Best of Ottawa — Best Shorts 2026