The Ottawa International Animation Festival announced at an awards ceremony on Saturday that Ryo Orikasa’s “Suijun-Genten” (“Datum Point”) short won the Award for Best Experimental or Abstract Animation.
The short previously won the Noburou Oofuji Award at the 70th Annual Mainichi Film Award in January.
The Noburou Oofuji Award honors animated works that offer new forms of creative expression.
Other Japanese works that screened at this year’s Ottawa International Animation Festival include Ryo Okawara’s “Sugar Lump” short, Eri Okazaki’s “Feed” short, and Koji Yamamura’s “‘Parade’ de Satie (“Satie’s ‘Parade'”) short.