The Corners are Glowing: Selected Writings from the Ottawa International Animation Festival

渥太華國際動畫節（OIAF）始於1976年，如今是世界上最古老且最大的動畫活動之一。OIAF的獨特之處之一是包含委託撰寫的文章，為參與者提供更深入的背景了解節日的特別放映。這些文章不僅將節日呈現脈絡化，還對動畫教育和學術做出了重要貢獻。

《The Corners are Glowing》是從過去OIAF目錄中精選出的最佳文章（其中許多文章數十年來未曾公開）。這些廣泛的文字涵蓋了從熟悉的（達菲鴨、皮威赫爾曼、鮑勃·克蘭普特、喬安娜·奎恩、宮崎駿、弗蘭克·塔什林）到更深奧的（羅伯特·布里爾、艾米莉·佩爾斯特林、古川拓、邁克爾·斯波恩，甚至是動畫中的家具使用）的動畫領域。

《The Corners are Glowing》是一個珍貴的時光膠囊，慶祝著動畫的過去和現在，而這些文章的風格多樣、啟發人、有趣，與所寫的動畫主題一樣多樣。

Chris Robinson is a Canadian writer and author. He is also the Artistic Director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) and is a well-known figure in the animated film world and was recently given the 2020 award for Outstanding Contribution to Animation Studies by the World Festival of Animation Film - Animafest Zagreb.

Robinson has been called one of the stylistically most original and most provocative experts in the history of animation. He made a name for himself with a unique and eclectic magazine column Animation Pimp, which became a book of the same name (the column was later renamed into Cheer and Loathing in Animation).

Mastering different methods and styles in critical and scholarly approaches, Robinson covers a broad range of Canadian and global subject matters in his books Estonian Animation: Between Genius and Utter Illiteracy, Unsung Heroes of Animation, Canadian Animation: Looking for a Place to Happen, Ballad of a Thin Man: In Search of Ryan Larkin, Animators Unearthed, Japanese Animation: Time out of Mind and Mad Eyed Misfits: Writings on Indie Animation.

In addition to his writing on animation, Robinson also wrote the Award-winning animated short, Lipsett Diaries (2010) directed by Theodore Ushev.

Currently, Robinson is writing two books on animation and is working with German artist, Andreas Hykade on My Balls Are Killing Me, a graphic novel about his experience with cancer. He is also collaborating with Theodore Ushev on a live action feature film, Drivin'.

Tom McSorley is Executive Director of the Canadian Film Institute. He is also an Adjunct Research Professor of Film Studies at Carleton University, and the film critic for CBC Radio One's Ottawa Morning.

McSorley is the editor of Rivers of Time: The Films of Philip Hoffman (2008), Elective Identities: The Moving Images of Garine Torossian (2010) and Entre Nous: The Cinema of Denis Cote (2011); Intimacies: The Cinema of Ingrid Veninger (2012); Forms of Light: The Films of Malcolm Sutherland (2012); Time Being: The Moving Images of Daniel Cockburn (2013); Dark Mirror: The Films of Theodore Ushev (2014); and co-editor, with Andre Loiselle, of Self Portraits: The Cinemas of Canada Since Telefilm (2006); with Mike Hoolboom, Life Without Death: The Cinema of Frank Cole (2009); and, with Scott Birdwise, The Transformable Moment: The Films of Stephen Broomer (2014). He has published numerous articles and book chapters on Canadian and international cinema for various international film journals and magazines, and is the author of Atom Egoyan's The Adjuster (University of Toronto Press, 2009) a book-length critical study of Egoyan's 1991 feature film.

Chris Robinson是一位加拿大作家和作者。他也是渥太華國際動畫節（OIAF）的藝術總監，是動畫電影界的知名人物，最近被世界動畫電影節-Animafest Zagreb授予2020年傑出貢獻動畫研究獎。

Robinson被稱為動畫史上風格最獨特和最具挑釁性的專家之一。他以一個獨特而折衷的雜誌專欄《Animation Pimp》聞名，該專欄後來成為同名書籍（該專欄後來更名為《Cheer and Loathing in Animation》）。

在批評和學術方法的不同方法和風格方面，Robinson在他的書籍《Estonian Animation: Between Genius and Utter Illiteracy》、《Unsung Heroes of Animation》、《Canadian Animation: Looking for a Place to Happen》、《Ballad of a Thin Man: In Search of Ryan Larkin》、《Animators Unearthed》、《Japanese Animation: Time out of Mind》和《Mad Eyed Misfits: Writings on Indie Animation》中涵蓋了廣泛的加拿大和全球主題。

除了他對動畫的寫作之外，Robinson還編寫了獲獎的動畫短片《Lipsett Diaries》（2010），由Theodore Ushev執導。

目前，Robinson正在撰寫兩本關於動畫的書籍，並與德國藝術家Andreas Hykade合作編寫一本名為《My Balls Are Killing Me》的圖像小說，該小說講述了他與癌症的經歷。他還與Theodore Ushev合作拍攝一部真人電影《Drivin'》。

Tom McSorley是加拿大電影學院的執行董事。他還是卡爾頓大學電影研究的兼職研究教授，以及CBC Radio One Ottawa Morning的電影評論家。

McSorley是《Rivers of Time: The Films of Philip Hoffman》（2008）、《Elective Identities: The Moving Images of Garine Torossian》（2010）和《Entre Nous: The Cinema of Denis Cote》（2011）的編輯；《Intimacies: The Cinema of Ingrid Veninger》（2012）；《Forms of Light: The Films of Malcolm Sutherland》（2012）；《Time Being: The Moving Images of Daniel Cockburn》（2013）；《Dark Mirror: The Films of Theodore Ushev》（2014）；以及與Andre Loiselle共同編輯的《Self Portraits: The Cinemas of Canada Since Telefilm》（2006）；與Mike Hoolboom合著的《Life Without Death: The Cinema of Frank Cole》（2009）；以及與Scott Birdwise合著的《The Transformable Moment: The Films of Stephen Broomer》（2014）。他在各種國際電影期刊和雜誌上發表了許多關於加拿大和國際電影的文章和專書章節，並且是《Atom Egoyan's The Adjuster》（多倫多大學出版社，2009年）的作者，這是一本關於Egoyan 1991年長片的長篇評論研究。