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I Like Girls. Courtesy of the NFB |
The Ottawa International Animation Festival has announced
its winners for 2016. On the 40th birthday of Ottawa’s top festival
and the largest animation showcase in North America, OIAF fêted a nice
contingent of Canadian films with Canuck flicks earning both top jury prizes. (I
had planned to attend this year, but wasn’t able to make it, unfortunately, due
to various commitments/unexpected hitches.)
The full list of winners is as follows:
Nelvana Grand Prize
for Independent Short Animation
J’aime les filles (I
Like Girls)
Diane Obomsawin, Canada
Grand Prize for Best
Animated Feature
Louise en hiver
Jean-François
Laguionie, France & Canada
Honourable mention
Cafard, Jan
Bultheel (Belgium/France/The Netherlands)
Canadian Film
Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation
Blind Vaysha
Theodore Ushev, Canada
Honourable mentions
4min15 sec au revelateur, Moia Jobin-Paré
Begone Dull Care,
Paul Johnson
VIA Rail Award for
Best Canadian Student Animation
Nihil
Khoebe Magsaysay, Sheridan College
Cartoon Network Award
for Best Narrative Short Animation
Blind Vaysha
Theodore Ushev, Canada
Award for Best
Experimental or Abstract Animation
Suijun-Genten (Datum Point)
Ryo Orikasa,
Japan
FROM THE JURY
Award for Best
Undergraduate Animation
Cialo Obce (Foreign Body)
Marta Magnuska, Poland
Walt Disney Animation
Award for Best Graduation Animation
Frankurter Str. 99
Evgenia Gostrer, Germany
Award for Best
Commissioned Animation
Honda – ‘Paper’
PES, USA
Award for Best Short
Film Made for Young Audiences
Three Little Ninjas
Delivery Service
Karim Rhellam & Kim Claeys, Belgium
Honourable Mentions
Accidents, Blunders,
Calamities, James Cunningham (New Zealand)
Novembre, Marjolaine Perreten (France)
Novembre, Marjolaine Perreten (France)
Award for Best
Animated Series Made for Young Audiences
Shaun the Sheep – ‘The
Farmer’s Llamas’
Jay Grace, UK
DHX Public Prize
Fired on Mars
Nick Vokey and Nate Sherman, USA
Award for Best Script
Fired on Mars
Nick Vokey and Nate Sherman, USA
Award for Best Design
The Absence of Eddy
Table
Rune Spaans, Norway
Award for Best
Animation Technique
Velodrool
Sander Joon, Estonia
Award for Best Sound
Squame
Nicolas Brault, Canada