The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), the largest event of its kind in North America, kicks off today!

The Irish are being represented by rising animation star David OReilly (The External World, Please Say Something) who alongside holding a retrospective of his films, will also be serving as a jury member and sitting down for a live chitchat for Chris Robinson's The Animation Pimpcast.

Check out this year's OIAF poster designed by OReilly: