Son of Satan by Jean-Jacques Villard won the Nelvana grand prize at this year’s Ottawa International Student Animation Festival.

Villard’s film was chosen, along with 72 others, from 1,200 entries to compete for seven prizes at the festival that highlights the work of emerging student, graduate and first-time filmmakers.

Jesse Rosensweet’s The Stone of Folly (Sweet Thing Production/National Film Board) won for best first film. The Turku Arts Academy of Finland took home the best school show reel prize, awarded to the school that exhibits a high level of consistency and diversity.

Le Faux Pli by Fancois-Xavier Lepeintre, Antoine Arditti and Audrey Delpuech won the National Film Board of Canada Award for best graduate film. Chris Choy’s Cats won for best post-secondary/undergraduate film and Rocco Pisano’s What! won for best high school film. Paz Em Jacarezinho (Peace in Jacarezinho, Shanty Town), made by various Brazilian students, and Joey’s Adventure by Rachel Everitt shared the best children’s film award.

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