14.10.10

OIAF 2010

Filed under: Watch — Tags: , , , — Alex Amelines @ 10:40 pm

If you are a big fan of Cana­dian ani­ma­tion, and you should be, you will be happy to know that the event that every year thrives with the tal­ent of hun­dreds of Cana­dian cre­ators. The Ottawa Inter­na­tional Ani­ma­tion Fes­ti­val (OIAF) is the largest event of its kind in North Amer­ica, a major film event attract­ing atten­dees from around the world.

This year it will take place between the 20th and the 24th of Octo­ber at var­i­ous venus around the Cana­dian cap­i­tal: ByTowne Cin­ema, National Gallery of Canada, Cana­dian Museum of Civ­i­liza­tion, Empire The­atres Rideau Cen­tre and Arts Court Theatre.

The OIAF is a divi­sion of the Cana­dian Film Insti­tute.

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Mother Goose: Animated

Filed under: Watch — Tags: , , , , — Alex Amelines @ 10:19 pm

A selec­tion of the top direc­tors, cre­ators and design­ers in Cana­dian ani­ma­tion will be get­ting together in Ottawa at the Mother Goose Gets Ani­mated event, where the artists where asked to asked to recre­ate each of their favorite nurs­ery rhymes.

The exhi­bi­tion takes place along­side [but not part of] the OIAF and it will be start­ing next Thurs­day Octo­ber 21st at Oz Kafe (361 Elgin st).

The list includes: Jes­sica Borut­ski, Brad Cay­ford, Dan Elder, Mike Geiger, Chris Graf, Hobo Divine, Jon Izen, Steve Lambe, Scott K Mac­don­ald, Dave Mer­ritt, Tom Pajdl­hauser, Crys­tal Wall Lan­caster, James Walsh, Dar­ren Ward and Kyle Marshall.

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