Four days of animated films to brighten your quarantine and teach you how to laugh again.
Enjoy epic cartoons from around the world from the comfort of your own bedroom. Toronto’s animation festival brings you shorts, features and retrospectives curated to excite, entrance, and delight. It's all happening ONLINE through the miracle of the interweb March 24th - 27th, 2021.
Wed, Mar 24th
Thu, Mar 25th
Fri, Mar 26th
Sat, Mar 27th
5:00PM - 6:00PM
Virtual Red Carpet
6:00PM - 8:20PM
Mysteries of Life (Shorts 1) + Opening Ceremonies
8:35PM - 10:05PM
Wolfwalkers
10:00PM - 12:00AM
Opening Night Discord Drink & Draw
Festival Highlights
Wolfwalkers
8:35PM - 10:05PM
The Croods: A New Age + Live Q & A with Director Joel Crawford
10:50AM - 12:45PM
Nahuel and the Magic Book + Live Q & A with Director Germán Acuña
4:10PM - 6:15PM
Kids Cartoons - FREE SCREENING (Shorts 4)
9:10AM - 10:15AM
Heavy Metal: 40th Anniversary Screening + Livestream Q & A with Director Gerald Potterton!
8:15PM - 10:05PM
Hullabaloo Rough-Cut + Q & A
6:30PM - 8:00PM
Violence Voyager + Q & A with Ujicha
8:45PM - 10:09PM
Hilda: Behind the Deerfox
2:30PM - 4:00PM
Gerald Potterton Retrospective & Talk
7:00PM - 8:30PM
Student Shorts (Shorts 5)
1:00PM - 2:35PM
Student Pass
Limited quantities available
Online Access
$25
13 x Screenings
80 + Films
Access to ALL Features
*Buy 5 students passes and get them for $20 each*
2021 Kaj Pindal Award Recipient: Gerald Potterton
TAAFI is proud to announce that the Animated Person Of The Year award will henceforth be known at the Kaj Pindal award. Kaj Pindal (1927-2019) was an instrumental force in Canadian animation through his work with the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and it is our pleasure to rename the award in his honour.
Past recipients include Kaj Pindal, Ray Harryhausen, Marv Newland, Dean DeBlois (Dir. How to Train Your Dragon), Blair Kitchen and this years recipient Gerald Potterton!
Sponsorship opportunities
Interested in sponsoring some of the activities or film blocks at this year’s festival? We’d love to hear from you!!
Volunteer Information
Want to volunteer at this year’s festival? Well things are kinda weird, but we'll need a few savvy Discord users to help out. Think you got what it takes? Fill out this form! Thanks dudes!