<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>Hannah Daigle is an animator, comic artist, and co-member of ScumHouse Studios. She's most notably the creator and showrunner of <em>Satina</em>, 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!&nbsp;</p>

Hannah Daigle

<p>Growing up in Ghana, Gyimah discovered his love of drawing while bringing his favorite cartoon characters to life. His distinct style has been praised by Forbes Magazine, who named him one of “15 Young African Creative’s Rebranding Africa” in 2015. He has a self-published Children’s book, The Little Black Cloud, and an independent comic book published by Shortbox called Navel Gazing. </p><p>Gyimah’s career started before he graduated from Sheridan College, when he joined the character design team for Black Dynamite.&nbsp;</p><p>Since then, he has worked on a variety of hit shows including Steven Universe, True and the Rainbow Kingdom and Justin Time GO!, where he was the lead character designer.</p><p>Gyimah’s clients range from musicians to sports broadcaster ESPN. He has also designed covers for Marvel Comics and worked to create promotional content for clothing and sportswear brand Adidas. In 2020, Gyimah was named one of Animation Magazine’s Rising Stars of Animation.&nbsp;</p><p>Most recently, Gyimah is the creator of Guru Studio’s newest animated original series, Big Blue, which features a diverse cast of human and animal underwater explorers on a zany mission to protect an underwater planet, and is set to air on CBC next year.&nbsp;</p>

Gyimah Gariba

<p><span style="background-color: transparent; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">They were part of Baby Yoda! What more information do you need to check out this presentation from Pixomondo!&nbsp; Join Winrik Haentjens, Steve Hong and Goran Backman as they discuss how they brought the world of The Mandalorian to life.&nbsp; And Baby Yoda!</span></p>

Dewbacks, Droids & Digi-Doubles: How Pixo Brought Mandalorian to Life

Goran Backman

Steve Hong

Winrik Haentjens

Seneca College

<p>Goran Backman is a VFX Supervisor at Pixomondo, weaving together his passions for art and technology in to a two-decade career in the visual effects industry. As a VFX Supervisor he most recently worked on <em>The Mandalorian</em> and <em>Perry Mason</em>, and held the title of CG Supervisor on <em>Star Trek: Discovery</em> and <em>Wonder Woman</em> among others. Having a variety of roles throughout his profession has allowed Goran to explore a wide set of topics ranging from developing pipeline tools, creating fantastical photoreal creatures and producing real-time content with Pixomondo's upcoming virtual production studio.</p>