INTERVIEWS

Alison Davis on Focus a weekly radio show about Winnipeg filmmakers hosted by Matthew Etches on ckuw 95.9fm

Alison Davis is interviewed by Rik Leaf in the West Broadway episode of The Artist Next Door.

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EDUCATION
2000-2004 Bachelor of Fine Arts
with Great Distinction
Major in Film Animation
Concordia University, Montreal

FILMOGRAPHY
Loving the Bomb | 2009 | 4 minutes | 16mm
Courtship | 2008 | 1 minute | HDV | commisioned animation for the Winnipeg Cinematheque's 25th anniversary
Minute by Minute | 2007 | 6 minutes | DV | video for Montreal band Torngat
Untitled Video produced to accompany set by The Ponys at Winnipeg Folk Fest (2007) 1 hour 15min
Puzzle of Doom | 2007 | 1.5 minutes | DV | made during WFG's 48 hr Film Contest

STUDENT ANIMATION
Paper Insect | 2003 | 6 minutes | DV
Immune Witnesses | 2003 | 6 minutes | DV
Spectacle in the Streets | 2002 | 1 minute | DV
I've Got to Get Out of Here | 2002 | 1.5 minutes | DV

SELECTED SCREENINGS
November 2010, GIRAF Independent Animation Festival, Calgary, Alberta, Loving the Bomb
October 2010, Ottawa International Animation Festival, Ottawa, Ontario, Courtship
October 2010, Planet in Focus, Toronto, Ontario, Loving the Bomb
June 2010, Melbourne International Animation Festival, Australia, Loving the Bomb
November 2009, Kassel Dokfest, Germany, Loving the Bomb
November 2009, Sweet 16, Victoria, BC Loving the Bomb
October 2009, WNDX Festival, Winnipeg MB, Loving the Bomb
October 2009, Antimatter, Victoria, BC Loving the Bomb
July 2009 Gimli Film Festival Gimli Manitoba, Courtship
June 2009 Message to Man International Film Festival St. Petersburg, Russia Loving the Bomb
November 2008 GIRAF Calgary, Courtship
March 15 - 20, 2008 Winnipeg Film Group's Cinematheque, Courtship as part of Silverscope
October 2007 NFB's Get Animated: New independent Winnipeg Animation at the Winnipeg Cinematheque, Minute by Minute
July 2007 Winnipeg Folk Festival, Untitled Video to accompany a set by The Ponys
October 2004 Madcat Women's Film and Video Festival, San Fransisco I've Got to Get Out of Here
August 2004 Student Film and Video Festival at the Montreal World Film Festival, Paper Insect
April 2004 Arizona State University Art Museum Short Film and Video Festival, Paper Insect
April 2004 Montreal Student Film Festival, Paper Insect

SCHOLARSHIPS / AWARDS
2008 Video Production Grant, Manitoba Arts Council
2008 Production Fund, Video Pool Media Arts Centre
2007 Commission of one minute animation for the Winnipeg Cinematheque's 25 anniversary
2007 Media Arts Production Grant, Canada Council for the Arts
2007 Production Fund, Winnipeg Film Group
2006 Individual Artist Grant, Winnipeg Arts Council
2004 Best Overall Film, Montreal Student Film Festival for Paper Insect
2004 Best Animated Film, Montreal Student Film Festival for Paper Insect
2003 The De Sève Award in Film Animation, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University.
2002 The Allegra Solutions Scholarship in Film Animation, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University.
2001 Faculty of Fine Arts Development Fund Scholarship, Concordia University.
2001 Zlatko Grgic Award, Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema, Concordia University.
2000 Alex C. Duff Scholarship, Concordia University.

BIO

Born in Pinawa, Manitoba and raised in Deep River, Ontario. Alison Davis spent most of her childhood playing in the woods. She graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Animation in 2004 from Concordia University, Montreal. After her graduation she decided to move to Winnipeg, Manitoba where she still lives and draws her traditionally animated films.

email alison at errantline@gmail.com