One of the world’s largest and most prestigious animation festivals, the five-day Ottawa international Animation Festival (OIAF), ended on Sunday, Sept. 28. You can find the complete list of the OIAF 2025 winners and honourable mentions on the OIAF’s website. To augment this list, I’d like to share the films I particularly loved this year.
The Ottawa International Animation Festival has come in swinging this year, with plenty of films worth a watch for Ottawa audiences. This is part two of our review.
The first weekend of fall is shaping up nicely in the 613. The leaves are turning, the apples are ripe, and things are starting to get spooky! Take in some cool walking tours, a cozy movie, some great shopping, or a soccer game and see where the city takes you.
Along with a mention of what the Ottawa International Animation Festival has in store, the ByTowne and Mayfair have a myriad of films for us in the vault.
The Ottawa International Animation Festival lands on Sept. 24 through to Sept. 28. The festival showcases the work from animators across the globe, from Finland to France, Estonia and beyond. Among all these selections, only one hails from the festival’s host city of Ottawa. Brennan Bova, and his short film Join will be joining us in the ‘Commissioned Animation’ section of the OIAF this year.
We’ve passed the halfway point of the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) 2024. I’ve gone to a dozen screenings so far and have recommendations for what you can see the last two days (Saturday Sept. 28 and Sunday Sept. 29) of the festival, as many of them are playing on one of these two days.
Please don’t ask me how it’s the end of September, but here we are. Get out there and enjoy just a small snippet of all the great things our city has to offer! All Weekend Vpop will be at Next Door on Saturday and Sunday with local resellers, artists and makers. The Ottawa International Animation […]
The suggestions in this list may be low in quantity, but definitely not in quality! Here are the films you can expect at the ByTowne and Mayfair Theatre.
My favourite Ottawa festival, the Canadian Film Institute’s Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), begins Sept. 25 and runs to Sept. 29. Never been to the OIAF and wondering if you should go? After all, animation is just for kids—right? Wrong!
Get ready for the annual Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) from Sept. 25–29. This year’s festival takes place across various different venues in downtown Ottawa and will provide workshops, screenings and entertainment highlighting some of the world’s best in animation. Artistic Director of the festival, Chris Robinson, says that the OIAF showcases a different world of animation than what audiences usually expect.
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Barb Popel gives an overview for the unitiated of the Ottawa International Animation Festival, one of the largest in the world. Not sure where to start? See Barb’s recommendations in this article.
Do you have a great idea for an animated series? In partnership with Mercury Filmworks, the Ottawa International Animation Festival’s annual Pitch THIS! contest is a chance for Canadian creators to get noticed and kickstart their animated series concept.
On this first fall weekend, there is so much to do to celebrate the arrival of this spectacular season. From your go-to fall activities like apple picking to a festival (or two) and a craft fair market (or four), this weekend has so much going on that you can’t possibly do it all.
