Day 1
So, short competition # 1 was nice. Main highlights from that one would be Maly Listonosz (Little Postman) by Dorota Kobiela. Set to Chopin's revolutionary etude, it shows the determination of a child-postman to deliver war-torn Warsaw mail no matter what happens. Animated with 3D models it was then projected into a wall in Warsaw so a team of painters could render it frame by frame conveying a beautiful painterly style with an amazing sense of depth. I couldn't find a trailer but here's a link to a still from the short. http://grafik.rp.pl/grafika_zw/544570,322447,9.jpg
Next is Swimming Pool by Alexandra Hetmerova. A night love story of two outsiders, who meet in a closed swimming pool in the middle of a big city. This film was simple but effective, hilarious to say the least. The filmmaker wasn't at the 'Meet the Filmmakers' event because this is a 2010 film and running in other festivals as well. Again, since it is in the festival circuit I couldn't find a trailer but I'll leave a link to her portfolio so you can see her stuff and some stills.
http://alexandrahetmerova.blog.cz/
And last but not the least there's Strata #3 by Quayola. An abstract film which reaches and unveils that which lies beneath the figurative complexity of a painted ceiling, creating an abstract landscape. This was quite amazing, sadly the director of this film was not present at the 'Meet the Filmmaker' event, but luckily I could find an article with a pretty decent trailer for you guys:
http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/10/view/11750/quayola-strata-3.html
So that was pretty much day 1, I got to Ottawa pretty late and after the Gala I was exhausted so I miss what, according to some people, was an awesome kick-start party.
Day 2
Got up pretty early in the morning to catch the 'Meeting the Filmmakers' event which gave me a more in-depth perspective about the films and the process behind them. Particularly at the Little Postman one which was my fave. I met some people from RISD at the Student Competition which was also pretty neat. I got the chance to say hi to Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby, both directors of 'When the Day Breaks' (for those who haven't seen it, here's the link) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuUwDuV8GNY and 'Wildlife' (I couldn't find a trailer for Wildlife, but they're both fantastic films) and attended their masterclass. This was very inspirational and gave me some very good pointers about the development of my grad-film and how to work with a different storyboard and reference approach. Their commissioned work was pretty impressive as well, here's a link to one of them:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL_wG5gc4uc
Then again neither Kristen nor I have had a chance to properly present ourselves, since tonight's Gala was right after the masterclass. I hope I get a chance to talk to them tomorrow at some point though.
Then, Kristen decided to call it a day, but I went to the Student party, which was... alright, I mean, there was no music, I couldn't really get a glance at the Algoquin student's showcase since it was kinda packed, but I met lots of new people, traded some business cards... oh, yeah and I wrestled with Thurop Van Orman, creator of The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. No biggie.
Seemed like the right thing to do, I mean he was wrestling with his fellow CN workers and all the kids were too scared gawking at him to even talk to him, so I approached him and I said: Hey, I want to wrestle! Thurop: Cool, so let's wrestle! and then one of the volunteers stopped us. Then again I got a chance to present myself to the guy and shook hands after. (he was way to hammered so I don't think he'll remember, still, awesome!)
So that's that for today guys, I'll update you on more OIAF 2011 coolness tomorrow.
see ya!
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