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    TEEN ANIMATED TO MAKE FILMS - "THE DEPOSE OF BOLSKIVOI HOVHANNES"
    By Shane Ross

    The Ottawa Sun
    September 10, 2008 Wednesday
    Canada

    A 17-year-old Canterbury High School graduate will compete among
    the top animators in the world at the annual Ottawa International
    Animation Festival.

    Will Inrig's 5 1/2-minute short The Depose of Bolskivoi Hovhannes will
    take on competitors from Canada, the U.S. South Korea and Sweden in
    the High School Animation category.

    Not bad for somebody who doesn't even aspire to be an animator,
    but only made the film because it was a class requirement.

    "I don't think I'll ever be an animator, I don't have the patience
    for it, unfortunately," said Inrig, who describes himself as an
    "atrocious artist."

    He would rather become a filmmaker, and has already produced and
    directed a documentary that chronicled his eccentric, lifelong
    neighbours.

    "Documentaries are my big passion, I'm working on a movie about autism
    right now," said Inrig, whose brother is autistic.

    The Depose of Bolskivoi Hovhannes, which will be shown Sept. 18. at
    1 p.m. and Sept. 20 at 9 p.m. at ByTowne Cinema, "tells the story of
    an Armenian shepherd on a windswept heath and one day he discovers
    an enormous hole in the centre of his field and he suspects his sheep
    are plotting against him and he turns out to be right."

    The idea is "rooted in the pastoral tales of Anatolia, all these
    shepherds doing very very heroic things," but after pausing to reflect,
    Inrig admitted the inspiration came "maybe from dreams, I think."

    While Inrig is the only Ottawan in the competition, 104 other
    filmmakers representing 70 countries will have their work shown. There
    will also be workshops, retrospectives and appearances by famous
    animators such as Richard Williams, who won an Academy Award 20 years
    ago for Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

    There will be something for everyone, from children's cartoons judged
    by kids to what is being billed as "Blue Toons: A Night of Naughty
    Animation."

    The first porn cartoon, Buried Treasure, was made in 1928, and since
    then, erotic animation has been a feature at many animation festivals,
    said artistic director Chris Robinson.

    "However, most of these screenings were often rather tepid and
    conservative, appealing to giggly nerds who have never seen, let
    alone touched, the flesh of a woman," he said. "With this in mind,
    we asked maverick Ottawa filmmaker Lee Demarbre to go into his massive
    collection of films and pull out some of the raunchiest and filthiest
    animation that he could find by unknown and known animators around
    the world."

    It screens Sept. 20 at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. at Barrymore's. Trenchcoats
    optional.

    DRAWN TOGETHER

    - The annual Ottawa International Animation Festival takes place
    Sept. 17-21.

    - A record 2,148 entries were received, 105 were chosen representing
    70 countries, making it the largest animation festival in North
    America. There will be 97 short films, four feature films and four
    from schools.

    - Film presentations -- $10 for adults, $6 for children under 12 and
    seniors -- will be shown at nine locations.

    - For a list of movies, times and locations, visit
    www.animationfestival.ca.
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