The Ottawa International Animated Film Festival will take place from September 25th to 29th 2019. Once again, many important NFB productions will be screened there. NFB films have won many awards at this prestigious event – one of the most important animation festivals in the world. Enjoy this rich playlist of some NFB shorts that have been honoured in Ottawa over the years.
The Ottawa International Animated Film Festival will take place from September 25th to 29th 2019. Once again, many important NFB productions will be screened there. NFB films have won many awards at this prestigious event – one of the most important animation festivals in the world. Enjoy this rich playlist of some NFB shorts that have been honoured in Ottawa over the years.
Having viewed over 8,000 films, Albert Ohayon is our resident collections expert. He studied film production and journalism at Concordia University in Montreal and has been working at the National Film Board since 1984.
A woman plays out her existence on the screen of her life. Alcohol is the essence of her being. She imbibes her youth and becomes completely absorbed by the desire to satisfy her thirst. Moving from parties to binge drinking, pleasure to distress, joy to delirium, she lets herself be lulled by the undulating waves of bottles. She floats in the intoxicating liquid, sees her childhood re-emerge, and feels as if she is a tiny fish lost in an ocean of madness. Her craving for alcohol engenders a burning passion. Drinking becomes a fatal embrace... On the verge of drowning in the torrent of this insane obsession, will she find the strength to rise to the surface?
Soif is a tragedy in five acts centered on a woman who must confront the fate of her existence. Michèle Cournoyer (The Hat) has created another hard-hitting film. She broaches a sensitive topic in her inimitable style, using black ink on paper to render dazzling metamorphoses.
Honourable Mention- Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation
Cartoon Network Award for Best Narrative Short Animation and Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation
Honourable Mention for Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation 2013
Honourable Mention for Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation 2012
Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation 2011
Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation & NFB Public Prize 2007
Best Narrative Short Animation (under 35 minutes) 2007