<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>New to the behind the scenes of TAAFI, Thalia is a 10 year industry veteran with a passionate enthusiasm for all things cartoon, and a resume that includes the Willoughby's, Addams Family 2, My Little Pony the Movie, and various TV productions.</p><p>When this west coast transplant isn't storyboarding, you can find her live-streaming on Twitch <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/drawsforfun" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">(DrawsforFun)</a>, or trying to fix her terrible posture. </p>

Thalia Lemon

<p>Simone Giampaolo is a London-based director and animator with an insatiable appetite for storytelling. In 2013 he graduated with Distinction from the BA (Hons) Computer Animation Arts course at the National Centre for Computer Animation in Bournemouth (UK). Between 2014 and 2018 Simone worked as animation director and CG generalist in the commercial department at Blue-Zoo Animation on a multitude of projects for clients such as Cartoon Network, Disney, LEGO, Nickelodeon, Marvel, Lucasfilm and BBC. After finishing crafting a mini-series at Jellyfish Pictures in 2019, he’s been directing several commissioned films at Aardman Animations (which is representing him as short-form director).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

Simone Giampaolo 

<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

Ian Worthington

Jonni Phillips

Joel & Spencer

Steve Wolfhard

TAAFI Discord Server

Winty

Collective Arts Brewing

<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>