<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>Grab a cold one! Grab a pencil! It's time for the after-party - join the festival crew for a live post-conference art session on our shiny new <a href="https://discord.gg/fkk2uEuwXe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Discord Server</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>New to Discord? It’s like an online chat room with different topics.&nbsp;</p><p>Still scared? Don’t worry we walk you through it in the <a href="https://taafi.com/industry/2020/faq" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FAQ</a> page.</p><p>Saturday Night's Drink n' Draw will be hosted by the members of the 2020 <a href="https://taafi.com/industry/2020/sessions/independance" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Indie Panel</a>. </p>

Drink n' Draw - Saturday Night Edition

<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>Jonni is a filmmaker and animator and comedian. She made stuff like "<a href="https://www.jonniphillips.com/ascensia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Final Exit of the Disciples of Ascensia</a>", "<a href="https://www.jonniphillips.com/gfp" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Goodbye Forever Party</a>", "<a href="https://www.jonniphillips.com/rachel" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rachel and her Grandfather Control the Island</a>", "<a href="https://www.jonniphillips.com/saliatos" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Secrets and Lies in a Town of Sinners</a>", and is currently working on a new independent feature called "<a href="https://www.jonniphillips.com/barber" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Barber Westchester</a>".</p>

Jonni Phillips

<p>Joel and Spencer met during an epic hot-dog eating competition in Ottawa. After finishing in a tie, they developed a mutual respect for one another and decided to join forces.</p><p>When these two weenie boys aren't on the clock, working on hit cartoons, you can find them kicking back with their many, many friends, sipping and sketching. Come join the fun on Thursday night in the <a href="https://discord.gg/fkk2uEuwXe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TAAFI Discord Server</a>, as Joel and Spencer invite you to be friends with them and drink and draw the night away!</p>

Joel & Spencer

<p>Steve Wolfhard is a cartoonist and animator living in Los Angeles. He has storyboarded on Adventure Time, Over the Garden Wall, Summer Camp Island, Big City Greens, and Amphibia. He currently works as a post director at Disney TV.</p>

Steve Wolfhard

<p>Hi I'm the <a href="https://discord.gg/fkk2uEuwXe" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TAAFI Discord Server</a>. Come join me for the full conference experience and join the <strong>REAL </strong>conversation. You can network with other&nbsp;attendees, post links to your work, say hi to new friends and we'll also host the nightly Drink n' Draw sessions here. Wow wow wooo! I'd hug if I had arms, but I don't, so no hugs. AND NO TOUCHING!</p>

TAAFI Discord Server

<p>I randomly joined the TAAFI discord and I can’t get out! Please send help they’re making me write this bio, please if you’re reading this come to the CN tower-</p>

Winty

Collective Arts Brewing

<p>Thanks to the Covid lockdown, nothing keeps us happy like watching things blow up and burn to the ground. That's largely thanks to FX artists like Olivier Malric, Mark Theriaul, and Sylvie Trouve. This electric group, moderated by Ryan Adams head of 2D FX at Jam Filled will shoot the breeze about different styles of FX. Be it 2D, 3D or stop motion - what do they have in common, and when can we watch something else go boom? </p>

KABOOOOOM!!!!

<p>Mark Theriault is a VFX Supervisor at Tangent Animation. He is currently running an unnamed animated series for Netflix Animation.</p><p>Graduating from Columbia College Chicago with a BFA in Film, Mark started his career working for advertising agencies in Chicago. After his move to Visual FX, he has accumulated a broad spectrum of industry experience, such as on-set work, feature animation, video game cinematics, TV, and feature films.</p><p>Prior to becoming the VFX Supervisor at Tangent Animation, he was FX Supervisor at Animal Logic on The LEGO Movie Sequel, Mark has worked with ILM, Image Engine, DreamWorks Animation, Prime Focus, and Blur Studios. Some of Mark's credits include: <em>Star Wars – Force Awakens, Warcraft, The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Chappie, TRON Legacy, Peabody &amp; Sherman, Halo</em>, and <em>Bioshock</em>.</p>

Mark Theriault

<p>Olivier graduated from the Gobelins school of animation, France, in 1991. His mind was already set on Effects animation (<em>Akira</em>, and the work of ILM might have played a part) His first job was at Ellipse studio, on Tintin's adventures Series, as an FX designer.&nbsp;When an opportunity came up with the newly founded DreamWorks animation studio in L.A., Olivier joined the FX team working on 2D features, from <em>Prince of Egypt</em> to <em>Sinbad</em>.</p><p>His resume includes various TV series, features, commercials and short movies for a variety of clients -&nbsp;Nickelodeon, Sony, the Line, Sun Creatures, Je Suis Bien Content, Samka, DreamWorks Tv, and others.</p><p>He now resides in Australia.</p>

Olivier Malric

<p>A 2D FX Supervisor/Animator/Designer/Instructor with 10 years of industry experience.&nbsp;With a heavy focus on Toon Boom’s Harmony software, Ryan has provided FX talent towards shows from Wild Kratts to Final Space to Paw Patrol.&nbsp;Starting at 9Story (Currently Brown Bag) where he spent 8 years, eventually ending up as FX Supervisor at Jam Filled Entertainment in Toronto.</p>

Ryan Adams

<p>Sylvie Trouvé is a professional filmmaker and stop motion animator with a background in photography. Throughout her 20 years of experience in animation she has worked on a wide range of productions creating educational content for documentaries, series work, music videos, feature films such as <em>The Little Prince</em> to commercials for Nike and Lego. Her short films <em>Orange</em> and <em>Reflections</em> produced by the National Film Board have screened at prestigious international film festivals and in public spaces such as galleries and airports. Since 2011 she owns See Creature Animation with her husband Dale Hayward and their latest award winning stop-motion short <em>Bone Mother</em> is a dark, folkloric tale produced by the NFB. Driven to foster the local and international stop-motion community in order to create bigger and better projects they started an online education platform called See-Learn in 2020.&nbsp;</p>

Sylvie Trouvé

Jam Filled

<p>Join jam guru <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdeViiJpUMc&amp;t=32s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(17, 85, 204);">Mark Woodyard</a> for a two hour live remix-loop session at TAAFI’s own virtual networking event inside our Spatial Chat dance party. Grab a pint in the Collective Arts Brewery, Pop and Lock in the Warehouse, or Boogie down in the Basement Dive Bar. Enable your microphone and camera, and mix and mingle inside 3 custom hangouts. You can chat with old friends, meet some new ones or dance like a caged covid patient - no judgement! </p><p>Need some beer? (YES always YES) Order some tasty pints from TAAFI's Official Beer Sponsor <a href="https://collectiveartsbrewing.com/beers/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Collective Arts Brewery</a> and use promo code <span style="background-color: rgb(241, 194, 50); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">TAAFIxIndustry</span> for FREE DELIVERY! </p>

<p>Join jam guru <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vdeViiJpUMc&amp;t=32s" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); background-color: transparent;">Mark Woodyard</a> for a two hour live remix-loop session at TAAFI’s own virtual networking event inside our Spatial Chat dance party. Grab a pint in the Collective Arts Beer Brew Hall, Pop and Lock in the Warehouse, or Boogie down in the Basement Dive Bar. Enable your microphone and camera, and mix and mingle inside 3 custom hangouts. You can chat with old friends, meet some new ones or dance like a caged covid patient - no judgement!</p>

TAAFI Saturday Night Networking Social & Dance Party (Online)

<p>Loop master Woodyard is creating a special collection of songs so that TAAFI can dance their buns off during the Spatial Chat Networking Event. Chat, have a Collective Arts Beer, or just sneak around and be creepy. </p>

TAAFI News

Toronto Animation Film Festival

Toronto Animation Industry Conference

Toronto Animation / VFX Job Fair

TAAFI Saturday Night Networking Social & Dance Party (Online)

Mark Woodyard, Muscian, Woodyard Music