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Where: Online

When: November 18-22, 2020

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Toronto Animation / VFX Job Fair

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Independence!

Sat, Nov 21st

3:00PM - 4:00PM

Online

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

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Aaron Long, Director - Bojack Horseman, Tuca and Bertie, Netflix & Shadow Machine

Aaron Long is an animator and filmmaker from Toronto. He currently lives in Los Angeles, and has directed for Bojack Horseman, Tuca & Bertie, Triptank and more. He also creates independent cartoons Sublo & Tangy Mustard and Fester Fish which appear online and in festivals around the world.

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Hannah Daigle, Creator of Satina, ScumHouse Studios

Hannah Daigle is an animator, comic artist, and co-member of ScumHouse Studios. She's most notably the creator and showrunner of Satina, 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! 

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Ian Worthington, Animator, Worthikids

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 BigTop Burger.

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Jonni Phillips, Filmmaker & Animator, Independent Animator

Jonni is a filmmaker and animator and comedian. She made stuff like "The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia", "Goodbye Forever Party", "Rachel and her Grandfather Control the Island", "Secrets and Lies in a Town of Sinners", and is currently working on a new independent feature called "Barber Westchester".

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