Playtime

Celebrating its 34th anniversary this year, Ottawa is one of the world’s premiere showcases for new animation. The entertaining “Best of Ottawa” program presents 13 festival award winners, audience favorites, and other innovative entries in a wide variety of genres and forms. The program includes: 2010 OIAF SIGNAL FILM (J.J. Sedelmaier, US); PLAYTIME (Steven Woloshen, Canada); THIS IS LOVE (Lei Lei, China); LGFUAD (Kelsey Stark, US); LITTLE DEATHS (Ruth Lingford, US); SORRY FILM NOT READY (Janet Perlman, Canada); MIDTOWN TWIST (Gary Leib, US); ANGRY MAN (Anita Killi, Norway); A GUM BOY (Masaki Okuda, Japan); LA TRAVERSÉE (Elise Simard, Canada); LOVE AND THEFT (Andreas Hykade, Germany); PRAYERS FOR PEACE (Dustin Grella, US); and THE EXTERNAL WORLD (David O’Reilly, Ireland). (85 mins.)