The bouncing ball leads the audience to the 2009 edition of the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

Follow the dots and dashes to a time before the Internet, even before telephones, when star-crossed lovers had to curb their raging hormones using the quickest form of communication available: the telegraph.

Mak is a horny guy and nothing will get in the way of his goals. Honourable Mention, Undergrad Anim at OIAF 09.

Animated in traditional 2D pencil animation, traced onto blank, watercolour postcards, painted and mailed, every frame of Postalolio traveled through the international post. The animated journey of the main character is surrounded by postage stamps, cancellations, and handling marks.

A troubled relationship between a Cat and Mouse, set in the distant future. Winner, Best Narrative Short at OIAF 09.

Anthropomorphized concertinas play out a Sisyphean cycle of destroy-create-destroy. Dyer bridges digital and physical processes in animation by creating, spinning, and shooting 18 hand-painted 3D printed sculptures (dubbed 'cinetropes') to make the film.

A humorous true-life story about male-female relations. Infatuation and its consequences are depicted in a ironic way: meeting a guy, dancing, having fun, a sexual act. Winner, HIT Entertainment GRAND PRIZE for Best Student Anim at OIAF 09.

The Black Dog, unwanted by his owner, is thrown out into an unwelcoming neighbourhood. On his journey, he's corrupted by acts of violence and grows determined to live happily ever after back home.

The story takes place in the city of Magic Cube, where people's heads are made of magic cubes. In a Ping Pong tournament, the ping pong ball accidentally falls out the window, and the protagonist starts on a journey to... view more

Based on a poem by Billy Collins, The Art of Drowning ponders what awaits us at the end of the line. Honourable Mention (Canadian Anim) at OIAF 09.

A cartoon history of the Meat Packing District of NYC, part of an ongoing commission from the New York Times. The series is called Concrete Jumble, and each short animation explores a different New York City neighborhood. New cartoons appear... view more

Childhood fears come alive in this video for MGMT's hit song Kids.

A space bounty-hunter travels to a lonely planet to kill a terrible monster. Winner, Best Undergrad Anim at OIAF 09.

The pages of the diary turn, then the drawings liven up, and we cover the luxuriant landscapes of Madagascar before being introduced to the Malagasy culture. Winner of: GRAND PRIZE for Best Commissioned Anim, Best TV Anim for Adults, &... view more

We can see the media playing a continously greater role in the arrangement of social life. How can the largest companies fulfil the needs of vast numbers of consumers by changing themselves? The result of all this is a vulgar... view more