Eric Oh, 'Origin' Wins KIAFA Special Award at IndiAnifest
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Director Eric Oh, the first Korean animation director to be nominated for the Oscar main award, received the KIAFA Special Award at the Indie-AniFest.
According to his agency Beasts and Natives, Eric Oh received the KIAFA Special Award for "Origin" at the closing ceremony of the Seoul Indie-AniFest held in Seoul on the afternoon of the 19th.
The Seoul Indie-AniFest is the only independent animation film festival in Korea, hosted every September by the Korean Independent Animation Filmmakers Association (KIAFA).
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Eric Oh is an animation director who participated in Pixar films such as "Finding Dory" (2016) and "Inside Out" (2015). His short film "Opera" was nominated for the Best Animated Short Film at the 93rd Academy Awards in 2021. It attracted attention as the first Korean animation to be nominated for the main award.
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