<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><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34);">Andrew Healey is a development executive at Portfolio Entertainment where he is responsible for sourcing, creating and developing the company’s slate of original animated and live-action content. Previously, Andrew worked as a freelance screenwriter for such companies as Disney, Corus, and Cartoon Network. His produced credits include PJ Masks, Winston Steinburger and Sir Dudley Ding Dong, Taking Down Taffy and Numb Chucks. Andrew was nominated in the category of Best TV Film at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival in 2018, for his work on Cartoon Network’s Han Gusso. Alongside his work as a development executive, Andrew also writes on Portfolio's adult animated series Doomsday Brothers commissioned by Canada’s Corus Entertainment, and scheduled to air in 2020.</span></p>

Andrew Healey

<p>Alexandra Kavalova is a Canadian production designer and art director residing in Toronto. She completed a classical animation program at Sheridan college in 2004 and obtained an additional diploma in computer animation from Seneca college in 2005. She has 13 years of experience in the animation industry as a designer and specializes in location and character design, concept art, background painting, matte painting and colour scripting. In addition, she has 5 years of experience as art director, her list of clients include Mattel, LEGO, Autodesk, Boat Rocker Media and Spin Master. Today Alexandra is working at Spin Master Entertainment as the director of visual development where she is collaborating with talented artists from across the globe to develop numerous animated series for kids.</p>

Alexandra Kavalova

<p><span style="background-color: transparent;">This past year saw the debut of The Most Magnificent Thing, a family classic transformed into one of the most beautiful shorts by the team at Nelvana.&nbsp;Join the team from Nelvana as they talk about transforming this Kids Can Press book by Ashley Spires into an animated short and taking it on the road to various festivals around the world.</span></p>

BTS: The Most Magnificent Thing

Ashley Spires

Ross Maudsley

Yaleh Paxton-Harding

Corus

<p>Ashley is the author and illustrator of many books including the best selling The Most Magnificent Thing and the Binky The Space Cat series. She is a drinker of tea, eater of candy and lover of cats. Ashley lives just outside Vancouver, BC with her husband, her dog and far too many felines.&nbsp;</p>