| Friday,
June 12 at 7pm
The
Best of the Ottawa International Animation Festival
The
Ottawa International Animation Festival was created in Ottawa,
Canada in 1976 and celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2006.
The Best of Ottawa program
showcases many of the outstanding films presented in their Official
Competition.
OIAF
08 Signal Film
dir.
Ian Lagarde, Canada,
2008, DVD, 1.5 mins
When
the OIAF comes around each year, the entire world is turned
upside-down.
It's
Always the Same Story (C'est toujours la meme histoire)
dir.
Joris Clerte and Anne Morin, France, 2007, DVD, 5 mins, French
w/ English subtitles
At
the age of 16, Jean-Luc went to the cinema and saw a movie that
would forever change how he looked at his father.
Cattle
Call
dir.
Mike Maryniuk & Matt Rankin, Canada,
2008, DVD, 3 mins
A
pixilated documentary about cattle auctioneers and their hypnotic
verbal mathe'magic'.
I
Slept With Cookie Monster
dir.
Kara Nasdor-Jones, US, 2008, DVD, 3.5 mins
Detailing
a woman's struggle with and triumph over domestic violence.
The
Comic That Frenches Your Mind
dir.
Bruce Bickford, US, 2008, DVD, 5.5 mins
A
drug-muddled mind tries to think back to its origins and is
helped along the way by a mysterious lighthouse and childhood
icons.
A
Letter To Colleen
dir.
Andy London and Carolyn London,
US, 2007, DVD, 8.5 mins
Andy
London has been haunted by the events of his 18th birthday for
years. In this short animated film set in the early 90's, he
writes a letter to Colleen in an attempt to put his demons to
rest.
The
Mixy Tapes
dir.
David Seitz and Mike Wray, Canada, 2007, DVD, 6 mins
Musician
MIXYLODIAN (Mike Wray) and filmmaker David Seitz team up to
tell the
story
of their collaborative effort to produce a film. As the duo
navigates an imagined world
of visual metaphors in search of the perfect idea, realities
of production and issues
of communication render the film increasingly problematic.
Ultimo
'Spong Ice'
dir.
Duarte Amorim, Albino Tavares, Miguel Marinheiro and Sergio
Couto (Bolos Quentes Design), Portugal, 2008, DVD, 3 mins
Ultimo
is the last painter. The painter also makes music. The Bolos
filmed and hey are designers. The designers also paint.
The
Control Master
dir.
Run Wrake, UK, 2008, DVD, 6.5 mins
In
peaceful Halftone City, a mysterious heroine and a brave ally
face the ultimate threat.
Chainsaw
dir.
Dennis Tupicoff, Australia, 2007, DVD, 25 mins
Frank
and Ava Gardner live out in the country, amongst the kookaburras
and the cattle. Their jobs
are menial, but they are true romantics at heart. Moving between
fact and fiction, Hollywood
and Spain, past and present, Chainsaw is about romance
and celebrity, machismo and chainsaws, fantasy and death. And
how the natural world endures.
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