ANIMATIONWorld — October 6, 2016
Narrative Shorts We Watched and Loved at OIAF 2016

This year, the Ottawa International Animation Festival received a total of 2,311 entries from 86 different countries. Of those, 80 short films were chosen to compete at the 40th anniversary edition of the event, with the Grand Prize going to Quebec cartoonist and animator Diane Obomsawin (aka Obom) for I Like Girls (J’aime Les Filles).

Produced by the NFB, I Like Girls is charming, well made, and fun to watch, but the honor seemed more a product of the times than a true artistic award next to some of the other outstanding international entries at OIAF 2016.  (Read full story…)