The Ottawa International Animation Festival is North America´s largest animation showcase. The 2011 edition received 2,005 entries from 75 countries, and their “best of” tour samples award-winning shorts created with an inventive array of techniques. This year’s showcase is populated by a unique array of humans and animals in tales ranging from delightful to foreboding.  Acting legend Max von Sydow narrates one of the selections!  Film buffs, art lovers, and cartoon fans won´t want to miss this year´s great line up.

12 Sketches on the Impossibility of Being Still | Magali Charrier | Royal College of Art | UK | 2010 | 8:00
Haru no shikumi (The Mechanism of Spring) | Atsushi Wada | Japan | 2011 | 4:20
The Renter | Jason Carpenter | USA | 2011 | 9:52

Joyz 'Electropia' | Noriko Okaku | UK & Japan | 2011 | 4:39

Blanche Fraise | Frédérick Tremblay | La Bande Vidéo | Canada | 2011 | 16:45
I'm Fine Thanks | Eamonn O'Neill | Royal College of Art | UK | 2011 | 4:30

Det Siste Norske Trollet (The Last Norwegian Troll) | Pjotr Sapegin | Norway | 2010 | 13:00
Moxie | Stephen Irwin | UK | 2011 | 5:15
The Goat and The Well | Ben Cady | University of Wales, Newport | UK | 2010 | 5:17