On September 26, 27, and 28, 2023, a new edition of the International Animation Festival was held, organized by the School of Communication and Design at Universidad ORT Uruguay.
During those days, there was an international exhibition as part of the O!PLA (Oh! Polish Animation) animation festival; animator Soulier gave a talk titled “Illustration for the‘Let’s Take Care of the Planet’Collection”; and three workshops were held for high school students:
- Introduction to Video Game Development, by Joaquín Guelfi;
- Designing a Character, by Victoria Barreiro;
- Concept Art, by Gerardo Kononovas.
Salvadoran artist Simón Varela led two workshops for animation students (“Introduction to Concept Art” and “Advanced Concept Art”) and gave a lecturetitled “Production Design: Shaping the Director’s Vision.”
The festival featured 200 short films from more than 40 countries. The festival's official selection consisted of 58 short films.
List of winners
Grand Jury Prize
Feather
Director: Sadegh Javadi
Best Uruguayan Short Film
Pedro and Carolina
Director: Clara Rodríguez de Almeida
Best Animated Short Film
Feather
Director: Sadegh Javadi
Best Experimental Short Film
Marie, Eduardo, Sophie
Director: Thomas Corriveau
Best Advertising Spot / Music Video
TANKARD - Beerbarians
Costas Lambrou, Jasmine Lin, Joy Zou
Best Uruguayan Short Film - Student Category
At water level
Directed by: Inés Corti, Tamara Kupfer (graduates of the Animation and Video Games Universidad ORT Uruguay at Universidad ORT Uruguay)
Best Short Film (Student Category)
Tear Off
Directed by: Clément Del Negro, Charlotte Fargier, Héloïse Neveu, Camille Souchard, Nalini Bhasin, Mikko Petremand, Matth