{"id":268340,"date":"2020-09-11T02:09:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-11T06:09:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=268340"},"modified":"2020-09-11T02:09:35","modified_gmt":"2020-09-11T06:09:35","slug":"ten-national-film-board-of-canada-shorts-and-vr-projects-world-premieres-of-robin-mckennas-thanadoula-and-daniel-grays-hide-at-the-2020-ottawa-international-animation-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2020\/09\/11\/ten-national-film-board-of-canada-shorts-and-vr-projects-world-premieres-of-robin-mckennas-thanadoula-and-daniel-grays-hide-at-the-2020-ottawa-international-animation-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Ten National Film Board of Canada shorts and VR projects. World premieres of Robin McKenna\u2019s Thanadoula and Daniel Gray\u2019s HIDE at the 2020 Ottawa International Animation Festival."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_268341\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-268341\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/leon-bublitz-uDTzfsGJihw-unsplash.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-268341\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/leon-bublitz-uDTzfsGJihw-unsplash-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/leon-bublitz-uDTzfsGJihw-unsplash-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/leon-bublitz-uDTzfsGJihw-unsplash-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/leon-bublitz-uDTzfsGJihw-unsplash-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/leon-bublitz-uDTzfsGJihw-unsplash.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-268341\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Audiences everywhere will be able to discover unique visions and power personal stories from acclaimed\u00a0National Film Board of Canada\u00a0(NFB) auteur animators at the\u00a0Ottawa International Animation Festival\u00a0(Sept. 23\u2013Oct. 4) as OIAF 2020 goes online worldwide, with single tickets or passes\u00a0available now. (File photo: Leon Bublitz\/Unsplash)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Audiences everywhere will be able to discover unique visions and power personal stories from acclaimed\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/\">National Film Board of Canada<\/a>\u00a0(NFB) auteur animators at the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oiaf2020.ca\/\">Ottawa International Animation Festival<\/a>\u00a0(Sept. 23\u2013Oct. 4) as OIAF 2020 goes online worldwide, with single tickets or passes\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/oiaf2020.ca\/watch\/films\/\">available now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Two world premieres in official competition:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Toronto-based director Robin McKenna\u2019s first animated documentary\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/film\/thanadoula\/\"><strong><em>Thanadoula<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/gaudetefilms.com\/\">Gaudete Films<\/a>\/NFB), featuring the art direction of Elise Simard.<\/li>\n<li>The international co-production\u00a0<strong><em>HIDE<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(<a href=\"http:\/\/lacelluleproductions.com\/\">La Cellule Productions<\/a>\/NFB\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cubstudio.com\/\">CUB Animation Studio<\/a>) by UK-born, Hungary-based creator Daniel Gray, whose 2006 short\u00a0<em>t.o.m.<\/em>\u00a0(with Tom Brown) was named Best Graduation Animation at OIAF.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Also in animation competition:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quebec animator Jean-Fran\u00e7ois L\u00e9vesque\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/film\/i_barnabe\/\"><strong><em>I, Barnab\u00e9<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(NFB with the participation of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.arte.tv\/en\/\">ARTE France<\/a>), the latest NFB work from the creator of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/film\/necktie\/\"><strong><em>The Necktie<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(2008).<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/hU_z_pzf1fk\"><strong><em>4 North A<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, the first collaboration between Newfoundland native Jordan Canning and Saskatoon-born Howie Shia, now both based in Toronto.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/film\/altotting-en\/\"><strong><em>Alt<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u00f6tting<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.filmbilder.de\/\">Studio Film Bilder<\/a>\/NFB\/<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ciclopefilmes.com\/\">Ciclope Filmes<\/a>) by German animator Andreas Hykade, featuring design by Portugal\u2019s Regina Pessoa.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Three VR works in competition:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/interactive\/the_book_of_distance\/\"><strong><em>The Book of Distance<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>by<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Calgary-born<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>creator Randall Okita, now based in Toronto and Japan.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/445348119\"><strong><em>The Hangman at Home<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lateloveproduction.com\/\">Late Love Production<\/a>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/florealfilms.com\/\">Flor\u00e9al Films<\/a>\/NFB) by<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Israeli-born, Danish-based animators<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Michelle and Uri Kranot.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/420661319\"><strong><em>The Orchid and the Bee<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>by<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Montreal interdisciplinary artist Frances Adair Mckenzie.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Canadian Panorama:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/film\/fake-calendar\/\"><strong><em>The Fake Calendar<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by emerging Atikamekw creator Meky Ottawa, produced through the Hothouse program.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nfb.ca\/videos\/550250965741187\/\"><strong><em>NFB Animation: 80th Anniversary<\/em><\/strong><\/a>, by Montreal animator Alex Boya.<br \/>\nVeteran NFB filmmaker and past OIAF honorary president Donald McWilliams is also a jury member at this year\u2019s festival.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>Film synopses:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>Thanadoula<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(6 min 38 s)<br \/>\nPress kit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.nfb.ca\/epk\/thanadoula\/\">mediaspace.nfb.ca\/thanadoula<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI could have been there with her\u2026\u201d Two sisters entwined by love. When Annie disappears, her younger sister, Natalie, seeks her out in an unconventional way: as a thanadoula, accompanying the dying in their final stages. Between their slow and final breaths, Natalie finds a bridge between life and death and, ultimately, a pathway to her sister.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>HIDE\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(11 min)<br \/>\nPress kit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.nfb.ca\/epk\/hide-short-film\/\">mediaspace.nfb.ca\/hide-short-film<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two brothers entertain themselves with a game of hide and seek. Seconds pass\u2026 then minutes\u2026 years\u2026 and decades.\u00a0<strong><em>HIDE<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0is a heartrending and prescient story about family and disconnect, in a world that is increasingly fragmented and unrecognizable.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>4 North A<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(11 min)<br \/>\nPress kit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.nfb.ca\/epk\/4-north-a\/\">mediaspace.nfb.ca\/4-north-a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A woman sits in a hospital room, alone with her dying father. As the constant din of antiseptic hospital noises pushes her to confront her inevitable loss, she escapes into a series of lush childhood memories.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>Alt<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>\u00f6tting<\/em><\/strong><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(11 min)<br \/>\nPress kit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.nfb.ca\/epk\/altotting\/\">mediaspace.nfb.ca\/altotting<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, when I was a boy, I fell in love with the Virgin Mary. It happened in a little Bavarian town called Alt\u00f6tting.\u201d A mesmerizing, haunting and deeply personal coming-of-age story about love, faith, mortality and shattered illusions.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>I, Barnab\u00e9\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(15 min)<br \/>\nPress kit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.nfb.ca\/epk\/i-barnabe\/\">mediaspace.nfb.ca\/i-barnabe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Created using stop-motion animation, puppets, and traditional 2D animation, I, Barnab\u00e9\u00a0takes a luminous look at a desperate man\u2019s existential crisis. During a night of stormy drunkenness, he receives a visit from a mysterious bird and is forced to reconsider his life.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Fake Calendar\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(1 min)<br \/>\nPress kit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.nfb.ca\/epk\/fake\/\">mediaspace.nfb.ca\/fake<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A neon glimpse at how people come up with interesting and creative ways to avoid social functions, in favour of their own private space. For its 12th edition, the NFB\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nfb.ca\/channels\/hothouse_en\/\">Hothouse<\/a>\u00a0program for emerging animators teamed up with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/imaginenative.org\/\">imagineNATIVE<\/a>\u00a0and associate producers Amanda Strong and Amanda Roy to help address underrepresentation of Indigenous creators in film animation.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>NFB Animation: 80th Anniversary\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(1 min)<br \/>\nA powerful, impressionistic tribute to NFB animation on the occasion of its 80th anniversary in 2019, created by Hothouse alumnus Alex Boya with the help and archives of Donald McWilliams.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><u>VR works<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><em>The Book of Distance<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nPress kit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.nfb.ca\/epk\/the-book-of-distance\/\">mediaspace.nfb.ca\/the-book-of-distance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 1935, Yonezo Okita left Hiroshima to begin a new life in Canada\u2014then war and state-sanctioned racism changed everything. Three generations later, his grandson leads us on an interactive virtual pilgrimage to recover what was lost.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Hangman at Home \u2013 VR<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nPress kit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.nfb.ca\/epk\/the-hangman-at-home-vr\/\">mediaspace.nfb.ca\/the-hangman-at-home-vr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat does the hangman think about when he goes home at night from work?\u201d Inspired by the iconic Carl Sandburg poem, this VR single-user immersive experience explores the awkward intimacy that comes with being human, and the connection between spectator, witness and accomplice.<\/li>\n<li><strong><em>The Orchid and the Bee<\/em><\/strong><br \/>\nPress Kit:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mediaspace.nfb.ca\/epk\/the-orchid-and-the-bee\/\">mediaspace.nfb.ca\/the-orchid-and-the-bee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A work in three acts inspired by Darwin\u2019s theory of evolution in which survivors are not the strongest nor most intelligent, but the most adaptable to change, as Frances Adair Mckenzie brings a mischievous sense of play to the realm of virtual reality.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Audiences everywhere will be able to discover unique visions and power personal stories from acclaimed\u00a0National Film Board of Canada\u00a0(NFB) auteur &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":268341,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","category-hollywood","mauthors-national-film-board","mauthors-government-of-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268340"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":268342,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268340\/revisions\/268342"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/268341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}