2017 TAIS Animation Showcase
11th Annual TAIS ANIMATION SHOWCASE
Saturday, July 29 – 7:00PM at Geary Lane
360 Geary Ave. Toronto (North of Dupont off Dufferin)
TAIS is thrilled to present a summer night of animated dreams: two 60 minute programmes of short animated films, the results of the 2017 Anijam competition, and a new interactive work in VR by artist Zeesy Powers. Poster art by Patrick Kyle.
The 2017 jury of animation artists and curators selected films for the Jury awards. Jury members: Michael Fukushima, Adrienne Crossman, and Nicolas Sassoon – full bios available HERE. The audience voted on Audience Awards.
The TAIS Anjiam competition took the theme BIG EYES Sharp Teeth and twenty micro animations were submitted. These 10-second animations bite off more than they can chew, and hold you in a piercing glare and won’t let you look away.
2017 Winners
WINNER – JURY AWARD – GRAND PRIZE
Hi, It’s Your Mother (Daniel Sterlin-Altman, Toronto, Canada, 2016)
HONOURABLE MENTIONS – JURY AWARD – GRAND PRIZE
WINNER – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST SHORT FILM
DEATH VAN (Michael Enzbrunner, Toronto, Canada, 2017)
HONOURABLE MENTION – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST SHORT
WINNER – JURY AWARD – BEST ANIJAM
HONOURABLE MENTIONS – JURY AWARD – BEST ANIJAM
WINNER – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST ANIJAM
HONOURABLE MENTION – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST ANIJAM
The Tooth Fairy (Jennifer Linton, Toronto, Canada, 2017)
2016 TAIS Animation Showcase
10th Annual TAIS ANIMATION SHOWCASE
Saturday, July 30 – 7:00PM at Geary Lane
360 Geary Ave. Toronto (North of Dupont off Dufferin)
Screening the best in independent Canadian and international animated short films, the results of the 2016 Anijam competition, and a new work in VR by artist Michael Enzbrunner. Poster art by Steven Chmilar.
The 2016 jury of animation artists and curators selected films for the Jury awards. Jury members: Terril Calder, Isaac King, Rhayne Vermette, and Farah Yusuf – full bios available HERE. The audience voted on Audience Awards.
The TAIS Anjiam competition took the theme Disaster! Fourteen micro animations were submitted, created by animators who have been given no guidelines beyond the theme and time cap, come prepared for anything.
2016 Winners
WINNER – JURY AWARD – GRAND PRIZE
WINNER – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST SHORT FILM
HONOURABLE MENTION – JURY AWARD – GRAND PRIZE
HONOURABLE MENTION – JURY AWARD – GRAND PRIZE
HONOURABLE MENTION – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST SHORT FILM
WINNER – JURY AWARD – BEST ANIJAM
WINNER – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST ANIJAM
HONOURABLE MENTION – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST ANIJAM
Evan DeRushie, Toronto, Canada, 2016
2015 TAIS Animation Showcase
9th Annual TAIS ANIMATION SHOWCASE
Saturday, July 25 – 7:00PM at CineCycle
129 Spadina (Alleyway Coach House)
The Toronto Animated Image Society presented the 9th Annual TAIS Independent Animation Showcase – The Psychedelic Anijam Edition. Poster art by Michael Enzbrunner.
The audience and a jury consisting of media artists Philippe Blanchard and Susan Justin voted on the films for four awards, with prizes from PIX Film, Trattoria Mercatto, Silver Snail Comics, Spectacular Optical and a grand prize of a full year-long dual-membership to TIFF Bell Lightbox.
The Anjiam section of the TAIS Showcase was a wild, explosive, mind-altering collection of 10-second animated shorts created by animators with no guidelines beyond this year’s theme of “Psychedelic.”
2015 Winners
WINNER – JURY AWARD – GRAND PRIZE
COSMOETICO (Martina Scarpelli, Italy, 2014)
WINNER – JURY AWARD – BEST ANIJAM
Michael Enzbrunner (Toronto, Canada, 2015)
WINNER – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST SHORT FILM
LIFE WITH HERMAN H. ROTT (Chintis Lundgren, Estonia/Croatia/Denmark, 2015)
WINNER – AUDIENCE AWARD – BEST ANIJAM
Paul Scott (Toronto, Canada, 2015)
