Animation 18 Jul 2006 08:18 am

NFB & OIAF – Canada

- The National Film Board of Canada has put 50 of their films online for free viewing. These are some of the greatest shorts out there, and I commend everyone to check it out.
Caroline Leaf’s three films are must viewing. As are Sheldon Cohen’s The Sweater, Richard Condie’s The Big Snit . . . As a matter of fact, try to watch them all. They’re fabulous films.

Go here for a full listing.

- The Ottawa Animation Festival has listed their accepted entries for the 2006 competition. For a complete list of films go: here. (I had intended to list those accepted from NY, but I wasn’t able to ascertain all of the New Yorkers included – so I went National.) This is a list of those films made in the USofA:

Independent Short Animation Competition
Narrative Short Animation under 35 minutes

A Painful Glimpse Into My Writing Process (In Less Than 60 Seconds) (2005) Chel White
The Doctor (El Doctor) / Suzan Pitt
It Pains Me to Say This (2006) George Griffin

Experimental / Abstract Animation under 35 minutes

Backyard Shadow (2006) Karl Staven
Copenhagen Cycles (2006) Eric Dyer
Game Over (2006) PES

Student Animation Competition
High School Animation

Goin’ Hotdoggin’ (2005) Anabel Rodriguez
Kaz Lichtenstein (2005) Kultur Woolf
Liam (2005) California State Summer School for the Arts
The Mind of the Animator (2005) George Ilavsky
Mr. Smith (2005) Carolyn Chrisman

Undergraduate Animation

By Volume (2006) Philip Woods
Morning, Day, Evening, Night and Morning Again (2006) Lev Polakov
Songs From the Haven of Despair / Jazzmen Lee-Johnson
The Possum (2005) Chris Choy

Commissioned Animation Competition
Promotional Animation

Ad Council ‘Give Blood’ (2006) JJ Sedelmaier
Comedy Central ‘Robogirl vs. Spankbot’ (2005) Michael Uman & Luis Blanco
Dodge ‘Focus Group’ (2006) Brian Beletic
Dodge ‘Hemi the Engine’ (2006) JJ Sedelmaier
FedEx ‘Stick’ (2006) Traktor
Fellowship Bible Church ‘Go Out To The Lobby’ (2006) JJ Sedelmaier
Oxigen ‘Oh Style!’ (2006) Beatriz Ramos
United Airlines ‘Dragon’ (2006) Jamie Calire
United Airlines ‘Mr. Pants’ (2005) Amanda Forbis & Wendy Tilby
Washington Dept. of Health ‘Rec Room’ (2005) Chel White

Music Video

Jason Forrest ‘War Photographer’ (2005) Joel Trussell

Television Animation for Adults

The Brothers Pistov (2005) / Dan Sousa & Lincoln Pierce
Harvey Birdman, ‘Sebben & Sebben Employee Orientation’ (2005) Rich Ferguson-Hull
Journey to the Disney Vault (2006) R. Marianetti, D.Wachtenheim & G. Steinmacher

New Media Competition
Animation Short Made for the Internet

2-0-5 (2005) Greg Spiridellis & Evan Spiridellis
A Good Joke (2005) Nick-Fox Gieg
It’s JerryTime! ‘Jailtime For Jerry’ (2005) Orrin Zucker
It’s JerryTime! ‘The Brute’ (2006) Orrin Zucker
ePrey (2005) Tom Kyzivat

Animation Made for Children
Short Animation Made for Children

The Man Who Walked Between the Towers (2006) Michael Sporn
Pass the Pinha! (2005) Elanna Allen

Television Animation for Children

Camp Lazlo ‘Tree Hugger’ (2006) Mike Roth
Codename: Kids Next Door ‘Operation: L.I.C.O.R.I.C.E.’ (2006) Mr. Warburton

5 Responses to “NFB & OIAF – Canada”

  1. on 18 Jul 2006 at 8:45 am 1.Ward said …

    Hey, congrats on being selected, Michael! Is there a slight chance you’ll be attending?

  2. on 18 Jul 2006 at 8:50 am 2.Michael said …

    I will definitely be going.

  3. on 18 Jul 2006 at 8:50 am 3.Mark Mayerson said …

    Ditto on the congratulations, Michael. I should be in Ottawa for at least of the fest, so I hope I have the opportunity to see your film.

  4. on 18 Jul 2006 at 8:51 am 4.Mark Mayerson said …

    That should read “for at least some of the fest.” And now that I know you’re going, I’m looking forward to seeing you again.

  5. on 18 Jul 2006 at 9:23 am 5.Ward said …

    Look me up, guys. I’ll be the one with the funky beard.

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