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Toronto Animation Film Festival

Toronto Animation Industry Conference

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Where: Online

When: November 11-13, 2021

Previous Events:

Toronto Animation / VFX Job Fair

And dozens more speakers!

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Adrian Thatcher

Director, Series Creator and Showrunner, Nelvana

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Ana Gusson

Director, ACE Program

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Ashley Nichols

Animator, Freelance

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Ben McEvoy

Producer, Friends & Enemies

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Christian Potenza

Actor, Voice Actor, Infinity Forge

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Cindey Chiang

Art Director, ACE Program

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Chris McPherson

Voice Actor, Freelance

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Cory Bobiak

Creative Director, Brown Bag Films

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Carlie Lytwyn

Senior Lead Lighting Artist, Tangent Animation

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Dan Fill

President & Co-Founder, Dark Slope Studios

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Darin Bristow

Executive Creative Director, Pipeline Studios

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Dave Cunningham

Supervising Director, Nickelodeon

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Dorielle Retemyer

Animator, CBC

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Dave Padbury

Development Executive, Guru Studio

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Dave Capdevielle

Co-Creator, Far-Fetched

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Eva Pekárová

Composer, ACE Program

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Edgar Martins

Storyboard Artist, The SPA Studios

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Erica Miles

Animation Director, ACE Program

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Gustavo Cosío

Storyboard Artist, Netflix Animation Studios

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Grayden Laing

Artist, Animator & Filmmaker, Establish Media

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Gregory Little

SVP, Content, Mainframe Studios

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Hannah Daigle

Creator of Satina, ScumHouse Studios

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Jennifer Griffiths

Executive Director, Big Jump Entertainment

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Jubilanté Cutting

Founder, Guyana Animation Network Inc.

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Jennilee Murray

Production Manager& Producer, Jam Filled Entertainment

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Joe Raasch

VFX Coordinator, Seneca College

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Jorge R. Gutiérrez

Writer, Director, Creator, Netflix Animation Studios

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James Baxter

Director of Character Animation, Netflix

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Joel & Spencer

Creators - Animators - Drinkers, Freelance Weenies

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Kris Pearn

Director & Writer, Sony

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Katie Shanahan

Episode Director, Netflix

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Lindsey Olivares

Production Designer / Lead Character Designer, Sony Pictures Animation

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Lorna Withrington

Vice President, Development–Animation, WildBrain

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Lisa Whittick

Series Director, Yowza! Animation

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Mike Hunter

Manager of Creative Culture, Jam Filled Studios

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Mike Valiquette

Owner & Creative Director, Go Lucky

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Martin Massiah

Business Development Consultant, Massiah Capital

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Mark Jones

Chair of Creative Arts and Animation, Seneca College

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Mike Barth

Animation Director, Jam Filled Entertainment

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Megan Nicole Dong

Creator, Netflix

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Minh Pham

Animator, Guru Studio

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Nneka Myers

Design Artist, Nelvana

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Phil Johnston

Writer & Director, Walt Disney Animation Studios

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Robyn Campbell

Writer, ACE Program

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Rose-Ann Tisserand

Founder and Co-Executive Producer, ACE Program

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Richard Chen

Art Director, Tangent Animation

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Rob Silvestri

Animation Director, Tangent Animation

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Robert Reid

Animation Specialist, Office of the Prime Minister of Jamaica

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Rachel Reade Marcus

VP of Creative Development, Guru Studio

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Rose Stacey

Creative Development Executive, Atomic Cartoons

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Stephanie Betts

Chief Content Officer, WildBrain

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Sunday Muse

Voice Actor, Freelance

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Sergio Martins

Animation Supervisor, The SPA Studios

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Shishir 'S' Pande

CEO, EXAR Studios

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Stephanie Yelovich

Opera Singer, Infinity Forge

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Seán Cullen

Voice Actor, Freelance

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Tracey Mack

Co-Executive Producer, ACE Program

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Tara Billinger

Art Director, Clone High

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Tini Wider

Producer, ACE Program

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Vanessa Esteves

Supervising Creative Producer, Series Creator and Showrunner, Nelvana

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Zach Bellissimo

Co-Creator, Long Gone Gulch

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