<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);">With more than 20 years of experience, Lon Molnar has contributed a vast amount of visual effects&nbsp;to film&nbsp;and television as an artist, VFX supervisor, and former CEO of the award winning VFX company Intelligent Creatures.</span></p><p>Inspired by the magic of Toy Story, Lon attended the Vancouver Film School with the single goal of opening up his own VFX studio. As he built his resume, he became dissatisfied with working on VFX for TV, and set his sights on feature films. He became a VFX generalist, working in animation, lighting, compositing and modelling, while using a vast array of software. After serving as the CG supervisor on the groundbreaking films Chicago and The Cell, he fulfilled his earlier dream and opened up Intelligent Creatures in 2002.&nbsp;</p><p>Working with talented creators like Mark Forster, Darren Aronofsky, Alejandro González Iñárritu, David Tattersall, Oliver Stone and others, Lon quickly built the Toronto-based VFX house into an award-winning studio. Intelligent Creatures lent its creativity to dozens of projects such as Mr and Mrs Smith, The Witch, Curiosity: Battlefield Cell and Babel. They built robust pipelines to tackle critically-acclaimed projects, such as the Watchmen's famous Rorschach mask of moving inkblots,&nbsp;or the clones&nbsp;in Orphan Black.</p><p>Fifteen years after the formation of Intelligent Creatures, Lon recognized that unlike when he had started in the industry, TV was no longer the "lesser" medium for VFX. When he spoke to Jonathan Bronfman, the two found themselves sharing symbiotic ideas. They saw a gap that others didn't. In 2018, the two co-presidents founded Monsters Aliens Robots Zombies with the goal of delivering feature-film quality VFX exclusively to TV series. Over the past year, MARZ has worked many shows including HBO's&nbsp;<em>Watchmen</em>, Amazon Prime's&nbsp;<em>The Boys</em>, as well as Netflix's&nbsp;<em>The Umbrella Academy</em>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<em>Living With Yourself</em>.</p>

Lon Molnar

<p>As VP, development and creative director, Laura is responsible for the execution of Spin Master Entertainment’s creative strategy, shepherding original IP and acquisitions for long form and theatrical content.&nbsp;She is the executive producer on <em>Paw Patrol, Rusty Rivets, Abby Hatcher and Super Dinosaur.</em> Prior to joining Spin Master, Laura served as VP of creative affairs at eOne Family, where she was executive producer and oversaw creative content initiatives for global hit properties such as Peppa Pig, Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom and PJ Masks. Before then, she was a producer for Chorion LTD (now Silvergate Media) where she produced content for the <em>Noddy</em> franchise and developed properties such as <em>Olivia </em>and <em>Mr Men and Little Miss.&nbsp;</em></p>

Laura Clunie

<p><span style="background-color: transparent;">Speed Dating For Professionals!&nbsp;</span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">This is your chance to have a 10 minute one-on-one meeting with various industry experts from studios such as Guru, Headspinner, CBC, Industrial Brothers and more! </span></p><p><span style="background-color: transparent;">﻿NOTE: PRE-REGISTRATION FOR MEET &amp; GREET IS REQUIRED - REGISTRATION CLOSES OCTOBER 22nd</span></p>

Meet & Greet

Alexandra Kavalova

Andrew Healey

Alan Gregg

Brandon Lane

Drew Mullin

Dave Padbury

Kirsten Hurd

Lorna Withrington

Martha Sepulveda

Marlene Schmidt

Michelle Melanson Cuperus

Miklos Perlus

Shannon Bishop

Shaleen Sangha

Shabnam Rezaei

Sam Chou

Todd Brian

<p>Experienced development executive with a demonstrated history of sourcing, analyzing, and developing original children’s content from around the world. A career spanning Hit Entertainment, Mattel, Entertainment One, and Spin Master Lorna specializes in content that has the ability to move beyond the screen into global brands that become a meaningful part of children’s play.</p>