<h3>Where</h3><p>Online</p><h3>When</h3><p>March 24-26, 2022</p>

Toronto Animation Film Festival

<h3>Where</h3><p>Online</p><h3>When</h3><p>March 24-27, 2021</p>

<h3>Where</h3><p>Hot Docs Cinema | Toronto, Canada | 506 Bloor Street West</p><h3>When</h3><p>Monday April 25th</p>

<h3>Where</h3><p>Online</p><h3>When</h3><p>November 11-13, 2021</p>

Toronto Animation Industry Conference

<h3>Where</h3><p>Online</p><h3>When</h3><p>November 18-22, 2020<span class="ql-cursor">﻿</span></p>

<h3>Where</h3><p>Corus Quay, Toronto, Canada, 25 Dockside Dr.</p><h3>When</h3><p>Saturday to Sunday, November 2-3, 2019</p>

Toronto Animation / VFX Job Fair

TAAFI News

<p>Ian Worthington is an animator on YouTube who makes independent shorts about all sorts of things! He also enjoys singing and making music. He's the creator of hit series <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GyCagepF_T4" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">BigTop Burger</a>.</p>

Ian Worthington

<p>Goran Backman is a VFX Supervisor at Pixomondo, weaving together his passions for art and technology in to a two-decade career in the visual effects industry. As a VFX Supervisor he most recently worked on <em>The Mandalorian</em> and <em>Perry Mason</em>, and held the title of CG Supervisor on <em>Star Trek: Discovery</em> and <em>Wonder Woman</em> among others. Having a variety of roles throughout his profession has allowed Goran to explore a wide set of topics ranging from developing pipeline tools, creating fantastical photoreal creatures and producing real-time content with Pixomondo's upcoming virtual production studio.</p>

Goran Backman

<p>While we all dream of having a show on Disney, Netflix, etc it doesn’t always have to be that way.&nbsp; Jonni Phillips, Ian Worthington and Hannah Daigle have all had successful careers marking their own territory in the animated world.&nbsp; Listen to them discuss the highs, low’s and in-betweens of being Independent!</p>

Independence!

Aaron Long

Hannah Daigle

Jonni Phillips

<p>Hannah Daigle is an animator, comic artist, and co-member of ScumHouse Studios. She's most notably the creator and showrunner of <em>Satina</em>, a web series about a half-human half-demon hellspawn and her human dad, but she and ScumHouse have a bunch of other cartoons in the works, too!&nbsp;</p>