The Ottawa International Animation Festival runs from Sept. 17-21. In honor of the weirdest, most Canadian event that exists, ChannelFrederator.com put up a running history of the past openers of the festival, starting way back in 1976. It's animation's finest, eh? (obligatory reference.)
Here's their list of each short (in order):
1976 - André Théroux (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation & National Research Council of Canada)
1998 - Justin Stephenson (Cuppa Coffee Animation)
2004 - "Instant Animator's Dinner, Hand-o-Matic & Animator's in a Pouch" Theodore Ushev, Eric Barbeau (National Film Board of Canada)
1996 - Marv Newland (International Rocketship Limited)
2006 - Bruce Alcock (Global Mechanic)
2002 - "Scratch Track" Richard Reeves
2005 - Will Krause
1980 - George Iro & Gerard Bueche (Canadian Broadcasting Corporation)
2003 - Nick Cross
2007 - Filmtecknarna
