Miserable Miracle News Today

Ottawa Animation Festival artistic director Chris Robinson shares some of his under the radar picks competing at the Annecy Festival, now in full swing, running through June 15.

The deepest pleasure of Siena’s drawings was giving up the search for what generated them and getting lost in the intricacies of the composition.

The animated short is directed by Ryo Orikasa and was critically acclaimed at the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

A look at the stories that had the biggest impact on the animation world last month.

The latest survey of under-the-radar animated shorts currently travelling the festival circuit or new to online viewing.

'Miserable Miracle' earned Oscars qualification by winning Ottawa's grand prize for an animated short.

Canadian titles shone at this year's event, and for the third consecutive year a Japanese short won the grand prize.

Ryo Orikasa takes home the Grand Prize for short animation, while Joël Vaudreuil takes home the Grand Prize for feature animation, at the 47th annual Ottawa International Animation Festival.

The award-winning ‘Datum Point’ director returns to the Ottawa festival with his latest experimental film, produced by Miyu Productions, the NFB, and New Deer, screening in Short Competition 5; OIAF 2023 runs September 20-24.  

Official competition selections include ‘The Girl with the Red Beret’ by Janet Perlman, ‘Miserable Miracle’ by Ryo Orikasa, ‘HARVEY’ by Janice Nadeau and ‘Boat People’ by Thao Lam and Kjell Boersma; NFB programs include NFB HOTHOUSE@20 and Show-and-tell with the NFB Animation & Interactive Studio.