Daily post &Festivals 28 Sep 2006 05:41 pm
Prizes
- Thanks to my good friend, David Levy, the award my film, The Man Who Walked Between The Towers, won at the Ottawa 2006 Festival made it into my hands. I had to leave the festival early, and David was kind enough to thank the judges for me and truck the award back home. (I can imagine what could have happened going through customs.)
The actual award (which came with a neat paper document) is a Phenakistiscope. Hold it up to a mirror spin while looking through the slits, and you should see the animated lady. There’s a beautiful green patina covering the bronze of the sculpture. Engraved into it are the words, “Ottawa 2006.” It’s neat.
Since I didn’t get to make a speech, I’d like to thank four people, again. Matt Clinton and Tissa David did the more brilliant animation in the film. Paul Carrillo did some poetic editing. Christine O’Neill managed the whole film and studio wonderfully. Thanks to them all.
And thanks to Chris Robinson and all at the Ottawa Animation Festival. It was a blast, and I have a great souvenir.
– There are other good reviews of the festival by Amid at Cartoon Brew 
and Mark Mayerson at his site, Ward Jenkins at the DRAWN site, and Bill Robinson at his.
- Suzan Pitt’s film El Doctor premiered on PBS, NY Wednesday night and will be rebroadcast this Saturday, September 30 at 2:30 p.m. Check local listings to see if it’s on in your area. I enjoyed the film.
- Tom Sito has a good article on the history of Animation Schooling. It’s interesting to see how things have grown from earlier days. Even from my earlier days.
- Another cgi animated animal feature opens today. Open Season gets a passing grade of *** stars in the NYDaily News, a negative from the NY POST (“NOBODY can accuse Sony Pictures Ani mation of aiming high with its maiden offering“) and a not-so-passing grade in the NYTimes. The opening line of the Times includes: … the 3-D Imax version, can’t disguise that this is just another movie full of jive-talking computer-generated animals with little new to say. Ouch.
on 29 Sep 2006 at 7:54 am 1.Amid said …
CONGRATS, Mike! It’s a well deserved win!
on 29 Sep 2006 at 12:40 pm 2.Ward said …
Yes, it is indeed well deserved, Michael. I was happy to see that the kid judges were smart enough to choose quality over some of the pap that was screened for that Children’s Competition. Great job!
I plan on doing a second part on the festival winners on Drawn! (featuring your film), as well as a more personal account on my own blog. Stay tuned.
on 29 Sep 2006 at 11:10 pm 3.Tamu said …
Congratulations! A well-deserved win.