Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival 2024 Lineup Announced – Full List

The Ottawa International Animation Festival, North America’s largest animation festival, has announced the line-up for its 2024 edition. Founded in 1976, it is the world’s third-oldest animation festival, after Annecy and Zagreb.

The festival, known for its bold programming and filmmaker-friendly vibe chose a total of 124 projects across all categories, including shorts, features, and series. The selections were made from a total of 2,308 entries, representing 93 countries.

“Given the state of the world, it’s no surprise that many of the short films selected for competition are considering the present, the future, and what that means for us as a society,” OIAF artistic director Chris Robinson said in a statement. “But, we’ve also selected an assortment of lighter and comedic works about male balding, Woody and Buzz in conflict, and a basketball-playing dog having an existential crisis. This crop of films reminds us that animation is not just the domain of children and fluffy entertainment; it continues to be a potent piece of personal and poetic expression.”

This year’s Shorts Jury is comprised of Jonathan Djob Nkondo (France/United Kingdom), Anastasiya Verlinska (Ukraine), and Ivana Volda (Croatia), and the Feature Jury is formed by Neil Hunter (Canada), Dahee Jeong (South Korea), and Thomas Volda (Croatia).

OIAF 2024 will take place from September 25-29 in Ottawa, Canada. For details on how to attend, visit animationfestival.ca.

Here is the complete list of selections for the 2024 edition.

Narrative Shorts

• Beautiful Men (dir. Nicolas Keppens, Belgium, France and Netherlands)
• Cipők és paták (Shoes and Hooves) (dir. Viktória Traub, Hungary)
• Circle (dir. Yumi Joung, Republic of Korea)
• Confetti (dir. Amanda Bonaiuto, United States)
• Cuaderno de Nombres (Notebook of Names) (dirs. Cristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña, Chile)
• Die Falte (The Fold) (dir. Patrick Buhr, Germany)
• I Died in Irpin (dir. Anastasiia Falileieva, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Ukraine)
• Innego końca nie będzie (There Will Be No Other End) (dir. Piotr Milczarek, Poland)
• Kawauso (dir. Akihito Izuhara, Japan)
• La Voix des Sirènes (dir. Gianluigi Toccafondo, France and Italy)
• Les Crustasses (dir. Théo Hovnanian, France)
• Les gens dans l’armoire (Society of Clothes) (dir. Dahee Jeong, France, Republic of Korea and Canada)
• Long Distance (dir. Michael Frei, Switzerland)
• Maybe Elephants (dir. Torill Kove, Norway and Canada)
• MIMT (dir. Ted Wiggin, United States)
• Once Upon a Time on Earth (dir. Phil Mulloy, United Kingdom)
• Percebes (dirs. Alexandra Ramires and Laura Gonçalves, Portugal and France)
• Samochód, który wrócił z morza (The Car That Came Back from the Sea) (dir. Jadwiga  Kowalska, Switzerland)
• Silent Panorama (dir. Nicolas Piret, Belgium)
• Stampfer Dreams (dir. Thomas Renoldner, Austria)
• Todos los futuros (dir. Barbara Cerro, France and Argentina)

Non-Narrative Shorts

• Freeride in C (dir. Edmunds Jansons, Latvia)
• Gina Kamentsky’s Pinocchio in 70mm (dir. Gina Kamentsky, United States)
• Glass House (dir. Boris Labbé, France)
• In the Shallows (dir. Arash Akhgari, Canada)
• Larry (dirs. Christopher Rutledge and Takeshi Murata, United States)
• Mémoire entropique (Entropic Memory) (dir. Nicolas Brault, Canada)
• Moral Support (dir. Vuk Jevremovic, Croatia)
• Samaa (dir. Ehsan Gharib, Canada)
• SKRFF (dirs. Corrie Francis Parks and Daniel Nuderscher, Austria)
• you’ve got a friend in me (dir. Peter Millard, United Kingdom)

Animated Features

• Boys Go to Jupiter (dir. Julian Glander, United States)
• El sueño de la Sultana (Sultana’s Dream) (dir. Isabel Herguera, Spain, Germany and India)
• Flow (dir. Gints Zilbalodis, Latvia, Belgium and France)
• Memoir of a Snail (dir. Adam Elliot, Australia)
• Olivia & Las Nubes (Olivia & the Clouds) (dir. Tomás Pichardo Espaillat, Dominican Republic)
• Reise der Schatten (Journey of Shadows) (dir. Yves Netzhammer, Switzerland)
• Sunburnt Unicorn (dir. Nick Johnson, Canada)

Animated Series

• Bad Bad Belgium (dirs. Jasper Declercq, Wouter Medaer and Jonas Wellens, Belgium)
• In the Know ‘Portrait of a Safety Rep on Fire’ (dirs. Zach Woods and Brandon Gardner, United States)
• Let’s Play Pretend! (dir. Sam Lane, United States)
• Little Edy ‘Episode 3’ (dir. Felipe Di Poi, United States)
• Scavenger’s Reign ‘The Signal’ (dirs. Joe Bennett and Charles Huettner, United States)
• 가츄캐츄 (Gotchu Catchu) (dirs. Taesik Shin and Kyuri Park, Republic of Korea)

Canadian Feature Panorama

• The Worlds Divide (dir. Denver Jackson)

Canadian Shorts Panorama

• A Date with Chimney Alfonzo (dir. Justin Tomchuk)
• Detours Ahead (dir. Esther Cheung)
• Don’t Let the Sun Catch You Crying (dirs. Natalie Baird, Toby Gillies)
• Freedom (dir. Scott Jones)
• Handsome Devil (dir. Daniel Barrow)
• Hey Men! (dirs. Tabitha Fisher, Spencer Moreland)
• Humans Build the Biggest Nests (dir. Isaac King)
• Inkwo for When the Starving Return (dir. Amanda Strong)
• Le tableau (The Painting) (dir. Michèle Lemieux)
• Les fleurs sauvages (Wild Flowers) (dir. Rodolphe Saint-Gelais, Thierry Sirois)
• LOCA (dir. Véronique Paquette)
• Not Enough Womb for the Two of Us (dir. Cameron Kletke)
• Pic Pic (dir. Carol-Ann Belzil-Normand)
• ژن (Woman) (dir. Gilnaz Arzpeyma, Arash Akhgari)

World Panorama

• Azealia Banks ’23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles’ (dir. Sam Gurry, United States)
• Baby Bro (dir. Celia Bullwinkel, United States)
• Flower Show (dir. Elli Vuorinen, Finland)
• Hurikán (dir. Jan Saska, Czech Republic, Bosnia and Herzegovina, France, Slovakia)
• Leptir (Butterfly) (dir. Suncana Brkulj, Croatia, Denmark)
• Missed Connection (dir. Riley Brown, United States)
• Tennis, Oranges (dir. Sean Pecknold, United States)
• Tri ticice (Three Birds) (dir. Zarja Menart, Slovenia, Croatia)
• Wander to Wonder (dir. Nina Gantz, Netherlands, France, Belgium)
• Zarko, razmazit ces dite! (Zarko, You Will Spoil the Child!) (dirs. Veljko Popovic, Milivoj Popovic, Croatia, France)

Commissioned Shorts

• AJR ‘Maybe Man’ (dir. Edoardo Ranaboldo, United States and Croatia)
• Corridor ‘Jump Cut’ (dir. Winston Hacking, Canada)
• Crumb ‘Crushxd’ (dirs. Alex Futtersak and Abraham El-Makawy, United States)
• High Street Repeat (dirs. Osbert Parker and Laurie Hill, United Kingdom)
• Hulu ‘Zapped’ (dir. Simon Wilches Castro, United States)
• Je Pars (I’m Leaving) (dir. Michelle Brand, France and Germany)
• Les Savy Fav ‘Guzzle Blood’ (dirs. Christy Karacas and Luca Depardon, United States)
• Let U Go (dir. Jean-Baptiste Bertholom, France)
• Pinocchio (dir. Jonny Crickets, United States)

Canadian Student

• 91 Thousand Unrelenting Stitches (dir. Samuel Wasserman, OCAD University)
• A Penny for a Cockroach (dir. Alexandra Ouchev, Concordia University)
• Downfall (dirs. Melanie Francesconi Bruscain, Connor Switzer, Jasper Ashley, Benjamin Hamilton, Christina Kim, Cassidy Cooper, Dana Wong, Yeong Eom, Rylie Prentice, Mahum Farooqui, Shaylee Yu, Marine Arutiunian, Valerie Wei, Treasure Blackstock, Xue Hua Wang, and Zoe Lee, Sheridan College)
• Finding another entrance, trying the same door (dir. Adrienne Scott, University of Toronto)
• Happiness (dir. Nil Yurdakul, Emily Carr University of Art + Design)
• Hardrocks (dirs. Paul-Emile Landez, Félicie Diaz, Juliette Uliana, Lise Caro, Bérangère Géhan, Rubika Montreal)
• Heartland (dir. Helen Peng, Sheridan College)
• Hope in the Tundra (dir. Jesu Medina, Concordia University)
• Lunch Time (dir. Vicky Gao, Concordia University)
• No Plan (dir. Alexanne Dicaire Fry, Concordia University)
• Pursuit of the Odds (dir. A. John Yates and Anika Sorkilmo, Concordia University)
• Rabies (dir. Laurence Thérien, Université du Québec à Montréal)
• Ronny: A Crocumentary (dir. Abbey Collings, Sheridan College)
• Rudy Goes Sightseeing (dir. Sadie Berger, Concordia University)
• Somewhere Real (dir. Kate Solar, NSCAD University)
• The Yearbook (dir. Charlie Galea McClure, Concordia University)
• Valse Périmée (Rotten Waltz) (dir. Émile Désilets, Université du Québec à Montréal)

Student Shorts

• Bunnyhood (dir. Mansi Maheshwari, United Kingdom)
• Carrotica (dir. Daniel Sterlin-Altman, Germany)
• Keep Out (dir. Tan-Lui Chan, Hong Kong and Czech Republic)
• La meuf de Jay (Jay’s Girl) (dir. Lola Lefèvre, France)
• Martyr’s Guidebook (dir. Maks Rzontkowski, Poland)
• Moving Mountains (dir. Jessica Poon, Germany)
• Ne rompez pas la chaîne du froid ! (Keep Frozen!) (dir. Jeanne Tiessé, France)
• Passing Through (dir. Asia Miller, United States)
• recess (dir. Talos Prophet, United States)
• ヤポラポンキー (Yapolaponky) (dir. Masataka Kihara, Japan)

Teen Audiences 13+

• Crème à glace (Out for Ice Cream) (dir. Rachel Samson, Canada)
• Crvotočina (Wormhole) (dir. Tara Klepac, Croatia)
• Girls In Real Life Situations (dir. Ofre Sparrow Vaknin, United States)
• Hairy Legs (dir. Andrea Dorfman, Canada)
• J’ai avalé une chenille (My Teenage Blackout) (dir. Basile Khatir, France)
• Nabu (dir. Joanna Rusinek, Poland)
• Self (dir. Searit Huluf, United States)
• The All-Nimal (dir. Nick Edwards, United States)
• The Last Drop (dirs. Constance Braun, Mathilde Zupancie, Lauriane Devaux, Timothée Adens, Charlie Bossuyt, Raphaël Debroize, and Baptiste Janusz, France)
• Unblending (dir. Michelle Ku, Canada)

Young Audiences 7+

• Beurk ! (Yuck!) (dir. Loïc Espuche, France)
• Freak of Nature (dir. Alexandra Lermer, Germany)
• Kanopos ir pačiūžos (Hoofs on skates) (dir. Ignas Meilūnas, Lithuania)
• Le grand party annuel des créatures de la Lune (The Great Annual Party of the Creatures of the Moon) (dir. Francis Desharnais, Canada)
• Marie (dir. Jan B. Piskač, Czech Republic)
• Nube (dirs. Diego Alonso Sánchez de la Barquera Estrada and Christian Arredondo Narvaez, France/Mexico/Hungary)
• O krávě (About a Cow) (dir. Pavla Baštanová, Czech Republic/Switzerland)
• São só diabretes (Just Little Imps) (dirs. Students from Highschool of Escola Básica Maria Pais Ribeiro, Portugal)
• Tuu Tuu Til (dir. Veronica Solomon, Germany)