Following is the complete list of prize winners at the 2008 Ottawa International Animation Festival:
• Nelvana Grand Prize for Best Independent Short Animation – Chainsaw (2007), directed by Dennis Tupicoff (Australia)
• Grand Prize for Best Animated Feature Film – Terra, directed by Aristomenis Tsirbas; Honorable Mention – Sita Sings the Blues, directed by Nina Paley
• Grand Prize for Best Student Animation – I Slept with Cookie Monster (2008), directed by Kara Nasdor-Jones (U.S.)
• Grand Prize for Best Commissioned Animation – Sony Bravia ‘Play-Doh’ (2007), directed by Frank Budgen and Darren Walsh (U.K.)
• Canadian Film Institute Award for Best Canadian Animation – Drux Flux (2008), directed by Theodore Ushev (Canada)
• Best Animation School Showreel – Rhode Island School of Design (U.S.); Honorable Mention – Supinfocom (France)
Independent Short Animation Competition
• Narrative Short Animation under 35 minutes – Chainsaw (2007), directed by Dennis Tupicoff (Australia)
• Experimental/Abstract Animation under 35 minutes – Muto (2008), directed by Blu (Italy)
• Honorable Mention – Dialogos, directed by Ülo Pikkov; Drux Flux (2008), directed by Theodore Ushev (Canada)
Student Animation Competition
• Adobe Prize for Best High School Animation – The Depose of Bolskivoi Hovhannes, directed by Will Inrig (Canada)
• Undergraduate Animation – I Slept with Cookie Monster (2008), directed by Kara Nasdor-Jones (U.S.)
• Graduation Animation – Camera Obscura (2007), directed by Matthieu Buchalski, Jean-Michel Drechsler and Thierry Onillon (France)
Commissioned Animation Competition
• Promotional Animation – Sony Bravia ‘Play-Doh’ (2007), directed by Frank Budgen and Darren Walsh (U.K.)
• Music Video – Último ‘Spong Ice’ (2008), directed by Bolos Quentes Design, Duarte Amorim, Albino Tavares, Miguel Marinheiro and Sérgio Couto (Portugal)
• Television Animation for Adults – People from the Dark Years ‘Bates’ (2008), directed by John Halfpenny (Canada)
Animation Made for Children
• Best Short Animation – The Swimming Lesson (2008), directed by Danny De Vent (Belgium/Netherlands/France); Honorable Mention – Leon in