We like reading up on animation festivals because more often than not you can find several of the winning short films online already. Ottawa International Animation Festival is North America's premier showcase for animation, and having wrapped up at the end of October has proven itself no exception—some of its excellent winners are already up on the web.
With the 2021 festival season now underway and annual awards starting to be handed out, we take a look at what some of our previously featured filmmakers have been up to over the last couple of months.
After losing his job, Toomas, a hot wolf, starts secretly working as a gigolo to support his family. His wife Viivi has a secret too: she’s attending a female empowerment seminar involving male slaves.
Plunging into a dark place, an ant falls to the ground with a rude shock. We follow this ant's journey through a disturbing and dangerous, yet fascinating world, and it's quest to find a way out.
An ambitious scientist takes the perilous decision to inseminate herself with an embryo combining both human and animal cells in this dark Horror from British director Lucy Campbell.
If you met yourself, would you love yourself? When Alex meets Alex at a bar the sparks fly, but that night he finds out that they share a lot more than just a name.
Anna should have had a closer look at the fine-print of her rental contract – for the old Viennese apartment is a creature with never ending appetite, living off the youth of its residents.
The story of an Amazon Delivery Drone making one last drop-off at the end of the world.
Keira Knightley plays the uncatchable madame flying through Italy on a motorcycle in this branded film from Chanel.
**CURRENTLY OFFLINE** - A Holocaust survivor reads a letter he wrote to the pig who saved his life. A young schoolgirl hears his testimony in class and sinks into a twisted dream where she confronts questions of identity, collective trauma, and the extremes of human nature.
