Joanna Lisa Quinn is an English independent film director and animator.
Ishu Patel is an Indian-Canadian animation film director/producer and educator. During his twenty-five years at the National Film Board of Canada he developed animation techniques and styles to support his themes and vision. Since then he has produced animated spots for television and has been teaching internationally.
The International Animation Festival Hiroshima, founded as International Animation Festival for the World Peace in 1985, was a biennial film festival for animated films held in Hiroshima, Japan. Its last edition was held in 2020.
Ferenc Rofusz is a Hungarian animator. He is known for the 1980 Academy Award-winning animated short The Fly.
The Canadian Screen Award for Best Animated Short is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian animated short film. Formerly part of the Genie Awards, since 2012 it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards.
World Festival of Animated Film Zagreb, best known as Animafest Zagreb, is a film festival entirely dedicated to animated film held annually in Zagreb, Croatia. Initiated by the International Animated Film Association (ASIFA), the event was established in 1972. Animafest is the second oldest animation festival in the World, after the Annecy International Animated Film Festival.
Theodore Asenov Ushev is a Bulgarian animator, film director and screenwriter based in Montreal. He is best known for his work at the National Film Board of Canada, including the 2016 animated short Blind Vaysha, which was nominated for an Academy Award. He is a Chevalier of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of France.
Chris Robinson is an animation, film, literature and sports writer, author of numerous books on independent animation and artistic director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF). He also wrote the screenplay for the Jutra Award and Genie Award-winning animated documentary Lipsett Diaries, directed by Theodore Ushev. In 2020, Robinson was awarded for his Outstanding Contribution to Animation Studies by Animafest Zagreb. In 2022, he received Le Prix René-Jodoin.
Amy Kravitz is an independent filmmaker and teacher specializing in abstract animation. She is currently a Professor in the Film Department at the Rhode Island School of Design.
Animaze - Montreal International Animation Film Festival is an annual film festival in Montreal, Quebec, Canada dedicated to the celebration of animation in all forms. Now going into its 8th edition, the next edition will take place August 2020 ANIMAZE presents animated film of all genres from around the world which may have limited theatrical releases.
Patrick Jenkins is a Canadian artist, animator and documentary filmmaker living in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, who specializes in paint-on-glass animation, a form of stop motion animation.
Chris Dainty is a Canadian artist and animator from Ottawa, Ontario. He is most noted for his 2019 short film Shannon Amen, which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Animated Short at the 8th Canadian Screen Awards in 2020.
Hisko Hulsing is a Dutch director, animator, composer, painter and storyboard artist.
Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes) is a Canadian animated short film, directed by Amanda Strong and released in 2018. Based on the writings of Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, the film centres on Biidaaban, a young shapeshifter on a secret mission to revive the traditional First Nations ritual of harvesting sap from maple trees to make maple sugar, despite living in a contemporary urban area.
Caterpillarplasty is a Canadian animated short film, directed by David Barlow-Krelina and released in 2018. Set in a futuristic world, the film takes place in a plastic surgery clinic where advanced new technologies have enabled people to alter their appearances to conform to extreme new beauty standards.
Giant Bear is a 2019 Canadian animated short film, directed by Neil Christopher and Daniel Gies. The film depicts an Inuk hunter confronting a polar bear.
KKUM is a South Korean intimate black and white animated short film made in a minimal set design with Styrofoam in stop-motion. Seoul-born, Los Angeles-based independent director Kim Kang-min confessed using this material because it is inexpensive and fit his $80 budget. This Oscar-qualified short is the first Korean to take grand prize at OIAF and the 3rd film in Ottawa history to win both top short and public prize.
The Flying Sailor is a 2022 Canadian independent animated short film directed by Oscar-nominated directors Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis. The film debuted at the 2022 Annecy International Animation Film Festival and has received several nominations and awards, including a nomination for Best Animated Short Film at the 95th Academy Awards, and winning the award for the Best Canadian Film at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.
Miserable Miracle is an animated short film, directed by Ryo Orikasa and released in 2023. A coproduction of the National Film Board of Canada, Miyu Productions of France and New Deer of Japan, the film is an experimental abstract animation based on the poetry of Henri Michaux, which features words from Michaux's work that morph into shapes and human-like figures as an exploration of sound and meaning.
