World's best animated films make Fredonia tour stop March 25
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SUNY Fredonia is one of 22 venues in the world to be chosen for the "Best of Ottawa Tour" from the 2010 Ottawa International Animation Film Festival. The tour makes its stop here Friday, March 25, at 7 p.m. in Jewett Hall Room 101. Hosting the event is the campus Media Arts Club and Professor Jill Johnston-Price of the Visual Arts and New Media Department.
The event is free and recommended for audiences aged 18 and over due to mature content.
The Best of Ottawa screenings showcase films awarded top honors from the Ottowa International Animation Film Official Competition, the largest of its kind in the world. According to John R. Lord, Media Arts Club President, "The Ottowa competition attracts film buffs, art lovers, filmmakers, and cartoon fans from around the world to Canada's capital every year."
He added, "The 2010 Festival received 2091 entries from 74 countries around the world. Of the entries submitted, only 90 were chosen to compete in the Official Competition, which took place October 20th-24th, in Ottawa, Ontario."
Friday's event at Fredonia will show a sample of the outstanding animated works screened at the 2010 festival. They include such extraordinary films as: David O’Reilly’s grand prize-winning "The External World;" the pulsating, metamorphic madness of Andreas Hykade’s "Love & Theft;" Dustin Grella’s deeply moving and brilliantly executed award-winning film, "Prayers for Peace;" the mesmerizing crowd-favorite "Sinna Mann (Angry Man)" by Anita Killi; the snap-crackling goodness of Masaki Okuda's "Kuchao (A Gum Boy);" and Joseph Pierce's twisted narrative short, "A Family Portrait."
The Best of Ottawa program tours internationally from November 2010 until mid-September 2011.
