OIAF 2023 Selections

Canadian Panorama

• Aphasie (Aphasia) (Marielle Dalpé)
• Built To Spill ‘Rocksteady’ (Jordan Minkoff)
• Errances à Bagheria (Wanderings in Bagheria) (Thomas Corriveau)
• Ghost Orchard ‘Jessamine’ (Nik Arthur, Emi Takahashi)
• Grape Soda in the Parking Lot (Megan Kyak-Monteith, Taqralik Partridge)
• Hinter-Land (Christopher Angus)
• In Perpetuum (Birute Sodeikaite)
• Intersextion (Richard Reeves)
• Kid Koala ‘Let’s Go’ (Sylvie Trouvé, Dale Hayward)
• Madeleine (Raquel Sancinetti)
• Navet Confit ‘Bonjour dieu’ (Allison Moore)
• Two One Two (Shira Avni)
• Wow (Faiyaz Jafri)

World Panorama

• Christopher at Sea (Tom CJ Brown, France, United States, United Kingdom)
• Drijf (Levi Stoops, Belgium)
• L’Ombre des papillons (Shadow of the Butterflies) (Sofia El Khyari, France, Portugal, Qatar)
• Nun or Never (Heta Jäälinoja,Finland)
• Sweet Like Lemons (Jenny Jokela, United Kingdom, Finland)
• The Family Portrait (Lea Vidakovic, Croatia, France, Serbia)

World Student Panorama

• 새삶 (New(Bird) Life) (Sasha Shin, United States)
• ニンジンは待ってくれない (Carrots Don’t Wait) (Lina Machida, Japan)
• 你的快递是这么丢的 (The Lost Courier) (Ma Zidong, China)
• 回 (Return) (Lindong Chen, China)
• From the Top (Rich Farris, United Kingdom)
• Go Fishboy (Denise Cirone, Zhen Tian, Lan Zhou, Andrey Kolesov, Sebastian Doringer, France)
• Lapso (Lapse) (Mônica Moura, Brazil, United States)
• Oliver, az óriás (Oliver the Giant) (Júlia Lantos, Hungary)
• Světla (Lights) (Jitka Nemikinsová, Czech Republic)
• Sweet Dreams (Sara Priorelli, Maria Zilli, Italy)
• W lesie sa ludzie (There Are People in the Forest) (Szymon Ruczynski, Poland)

Virtual Reality

• Caves (Alex Raúl, Netherlands)
• I Took a Lethal Dose of Herbs (Yvette Granata, United States)
• Kabaret (Gina Thorstensen, Norway)
• Kristine Is Not Well (Seeyam Quine, United States)
• My Inner Ear Quartet (Koji Yamamura, Japan)

Commissioned Shorts

• 14th Anibar Animation Festival Trailer ‘Love’ (dir. Sander Joon, Estonia, Kosovo)
• Ride on Joyfulness ‘The Afternoon Tea’ (dir. Lei Lei, China)
• Silent Labs Launch (dirs. Winston Hacking, Michael Enzbrunner, Canada, United States)
• Starlight Nightcrash (dir. Patrick Buhr, Germany)
• The Beatles ‘I’m Only Sleeping’ (dir. Em Cooper, United Kingdom)

Narrative Shorts

• 27 (dir. Flóra Anna Buda, France, Hungary)
• A Bear Named Jesus (dir. Terril Calder, Canada)
• Antipolis (dir. Kaspar Jancis, Estonia)
• Box Cutters (dir. Naomi van Niekerk, France, Netherlands, South Africa)
• Eeva (dirs. Morten Tšinakov, Lucija Mrzljak, Estonia, Croatia)
• Etoimoi (Ready) (dir. Eirini Vianelli, Greece, Belgium)
• Haljina za finale (Her Dress for the Final) (dir. Martina Mestrovic, Croatia)
• Herzog’s Chicken (dir. Lukas Conway, Canada)
• Ikimono-san: Turtle (dir. Atsushi Wada, Japan)
• La fille au béret rouge (The Girl with the Red Beret) (dir. Janet Perlman, Canada)
• Living The Dream (dir. Ben Meinhardt, Canada)
• Obok (Outside) (dir. Izabela Plucinska, Poland, Germany)
• Retour à Hairy Hill (Return to Hairy Hill) (dir. Daniel Gies, Canada)
• The Miracle (dir. Nienke Deutz, Belgium, Netherlands, France)
• Un trou dans la poitrine (A Crab in the Pool) (dirs. Alexandra Myotte, Jean-Sébastien Hamel, Canada)
• Vanlav (Oneluv) (dir. Varya Yakovleva, Russia)
• Via Dolorosa (dir. Rachel Gutgarts, France)
• World to Roam (dir. Stephen Irwin, United Kingdom)
• Zima (dirs. Tomek Popakul, Kasumi Ozeki, Poland)

Non-Narrative Shorts

• Albums de familles (Families’ Albums) (dir. Moïa Jobin-Paré, Canada)
• Aleph (dir. Slobodan Tomić, Croatia)
• BABY FORCE (dir. Yuki Kubo, Japan)
• Foot Print Shop (dir. Gina Kamentsky, United States)
• Forår (Spring) (dir. Pernille Kjaer, Denmark)
• Misérable Miracle (Miserable Miracle) (dir. Ryo Orikasa, France, Canada, Japan)
• Our Pain (dir. Shunsaku Hayashi, Japan)
• Vitanuova (dir. Niles Atallah, Chile, Mexico, Spain)
• 나는 말이다 (I Am a Horse) (dir. Chaerin Im, South Korea, Denmark)

Student Shorts

• Cyclepaths (dir. Anton Cla, Belgium)
• Electra (dir. Daria Kashcheeva, Czech Republic)
• Fur (dir. Zhen Li, United States)
• Furrie (dir. Lucie Grannec, France)
• Pipes (dirs. Kilian Feusi, Jessica Meier, Sujanth Ravichandran, Switzerland)
• Sewing Love (dir. Yuan Xu, Japan)
• The Eastern Rain (dir. Milly Yencken, Estonia)

Animated Features

• Adam change lentement (When Adam Changes) (dir. Joël Vaudreuil, Canada)
• Interdit aux chiens et aux Italiens (No Dogs or Italians Allowed) (dir. Alain Ughetto, France, Italy, Belgium, Switzerland, Portugal)
• Knit’s Island (dirs. Quentin L’helgoualc’h, Ekiem Barbier, Guilhem Causse, France)
• Linda Veut Du Poulet ! (Chicken for Linda!) (dirs. Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach, France, Italy)
• Müanyag Égbolt (White Plastic Sky) (dirs. Tibor Bánóczki, Sarolta Szabó, Hungary, Slovakia)
• Nayola (dir. José Miguel Ribeiro, Portugal, France, Belgium, Netherlands)
• Unicorn Boy (dir. Matt Kiel, United States)

Teen Audience 13+

• Boat People (dirs. Thao Lam, Kjell Boersma, Canada)
• Ça décale (Let’s Roll) (dirs. Chloé Musa, Annabelle Tamic, Alexandre Terrier, Louis Lukasik, Yann Laurent, Camille Flinois, Philip Gonçalves, France)
• Daffy in Wackyland (dir. Max Winston, United States)
• Deniska umřela (Dede Is Dead) (dir. Philippe Kastner, Czech Republic)
• First Period (dir. Julianna Romero, United States)
• Hottest Tokyo (dir. Miho Kidoguchi, Japan)
• Our Uniform (dir. Yegane Moghaddam, Iran)
• Pressure (dir. Jennah Kips, Netherlands)
• Taiyo ga Mizu wo Kundeiru (Glow in the Water) (dir. Kagami Honoka, Japan)
• Yellow Light (dir. Tal Kantor, Israel)
• 單人遊戲 (Me and Me) (dir. ChiuLing Chen, Taiwan)

Young Audiences 7+

• Aaaah ! (dir. Osman Cerfon, France)
• Ciranda Feiticeira (dirs. Lula Gonzaga, Tiago Delácio, Brazil)
• Entre deux sœurs (To Be Sisters) (dirs. Clément Céard, Anne-Sophie Gousset, France)
• Harvey (dir. Janice Nadeau, Canada, France)
• Indlela Yokuphila (The Soul’s Journey) (dirs. Dylan McGarry, Marc Moynihan, South Africa)
• Swimming With Wings (dir. Daphna Awadish Golan, Netherlands, Israel)
• The Goose (dir. Jan Mika, Czech Republic, France)
• Va-t’en, Alfred ! (Go Away, Alfred!) (dirs. Célia Tisserant, Arnaud Demuynck, France, Belgium)

Canadian Student

• …To The Sea (dir. Ishaan Thompson, Sheridan College)
• A Body Transgressive (dir. Charlie Galea McClure, Concordia University)
• Abby (dir. Fanny Lord-Bourcier, Concordia University)
• Alongside (dir. River Park, Sheridan College)
• An Ego and I (dir. Jesu Medina, Concordia University)
• Between You and Me (dir. Cameron Kletke, Emily Carr University of Art + Design)
• Bliss (dir. Nadya Aubrey, Université du Québec à Montréal)
• Clean (dir. Nicholas Vassos, Queen’s University)
• Corvette (dir. Émile Désilets, Université du Québec à Montréal)
• Egg Film (dir. Jacob Tobin, Sheridan College)
• Fruiting Bodies (dir. Mia Milardo, Emily Carr University of Art + Design)
• Jitters (dir. Melanie Tikhonova, Sheridan College)
• Look (dir. Constant Yen, Seneca College)
• Mission Popo (dir. Jennifer Wu, Sheridan College)
• Mr. Vaxt’s Venture (dir. Nina Berionni, Pivaut Montréal)
• Prion (dir. Maya Patrich, Emily Carr University of Art + Design)
• Rain (dir. Craig Renaud, Sheridan College)
• Ruins of Equinox (dir. Philippe Shewchenko, Concordia University)
• Synodic (dir. Rebecca Devitt, Concordia University)
• The Clock Is Ticking (dir. Thibault Picquoin, Concordia University)
• The Fool (dir. Noémi Baron, Université du Québec à Montréal)
• The Pest (dir. Jungwoo Choi, Sheridan College)
• Жвачка (Zhivachka) (dir. Liz Adler, OCAD University)
• رثاء الأندلس (Lament of Andalusia) (dir. Anas M’birkou, Concordia University)
• 聽ㄊ丨ㄥ嘸ㄇˊ ㄡ (Don’t Understand) (dir. Weiwei Wu, Emily Carr University of Art + Design)

Animated Series

• Ballmastrz: Rubicon (dir. Christy Karacas, United States, Japan)
• Boys Boys Boys ‘Tristan’ (dirs. Valentine Vendroux, Clawdia Prolongeau, Marie Villetelle, France)
• Haha, You Clowns ‘Episode 1: Movie Night’ (dir. Joe Cappa, United States)
• I Am A Robot (dir. Sean Buckelew, United States)
• In The Heat (dir. Sam Chou, Canada)
• Little Edy ‘Episode 2’ (dir. Felipe Di Poi, United States)
• The Sandman ‘A Dream of a Thousand Cats’ (dir. Hisko Hulsing, United States)
• Yellowbird (dirs. Tsvetelina Zdraveva, Jerred North, United States)

OIAF 2023 Prizes and Awards

The Official Competition section consists of works selected by the festival programming team (Chris Robinson, Devin Hartley, Ben Compton).

Three official juries will judge the Short, Feature, and Young Audience Competition screenings during the festival. The Short and Feature jury members are chosen from the international animation community. The Young Audience jury is composed of children from the Ottawa area. The Teen Audiences 13+  competition will be judged by students attending Teens @ OIAF.

On Saturday, September 23rd at 7:30 pm, the Juries will announce the award-winning films during the OIAF’s Awards Ceremony.

A Best of Ottawa 2023 screening (a selection of the Festival’s award-winning films) will be screened on Sunday, September 24 at 7:00 pm and 9:00 pm at the ByTowne Cinema.

The OIAF Awards 

The OIAF awards are designed by local artist Tick Tock Tom, with an animation originally created by New York animator George Griffin.

OIAF 2023 Awards Categories

Grand Prize for Short Animation

Grand Prize for Feature Animation

Category Awards:

• Narrative Short
• Non-Narrative
• Student Animation
• Commissioned
• Virtual Reality Project
• Animated Series
• Young Audiences 7+
• Teen Audiences 13+

Craft Awards:

• Script
• Design
• Animation Technique
• Sound

Other Awards:

• Public Prize
  Awarded for the best film of the short competition as selected by the audience.
• Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation Film
  Awarded for the most outstanding Canadian production in competition and Canadian panorama screenings.
• NBCUniversal Award for Best Canadian Student Animation
  Awarded for the most outstanding Canadian student animation work, the winner will also receive a $5000 CAD cash prize courtesy of NBCUniversal
• Hélène Tanguay Award for Humour
  in recognition of the late National Film Board of Canada employee and 2007 OIAF Honorary President