<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>Grayden Laing is a St. Thomas based artist, animator, and filmmaker who has a passion for creating artwork that leads viewers to a more nuanced perception of the world around them. Grayden’s artwork is informed by the visual communication paradigms of social media as well as the iconoclastic works of early 20th century French artists.</p><p>In the broadcast world, Grayden has done work for the W Network, Travel + Escape, CHCH, Vision TV, Investigation Discovery, and the History Channel. He was the director of photography and colourist for the History TV series <em>War Story: Afgahnistan</em>, which won a Canadian Screen Award for the Best History Documentary Program or Series. When the pandemic hit, Grayden switched from filming for <em>War Story</em> to being the lead digital artist pioneering a technique to colourize black and white WWII footage for <em>War Story: Fight to the Finish</em>, which was nominated in 2021 for Best History Documentary Program or Series.</p><p>Grayden currently maintains an art studio in St. Thomas, ON, where he paints, teaches, works on film projects, and runs Establish Media.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

Grayden Laing

<p>Erica Miles has been drawn to the world of animation from a young age, and after seeing <em>The Lion King</em> on the big screen at the age of 6, knew she wanted to become an animator and help to bring stories to life. She has worked on a number of productions both in 2D and 3D across a wide range of animation styles. Most recently she animated on the award-winning <em>Hilda</em> for Netflix and <em>101 Dalmatian Street</em> for Disney, and is currently a lead animator on <em>Trolls: TrollsTopia</em> for Dreamworks Television at Atomic Cartoons.</p><p>Erica was selected as the animation director of the 2020/2021 ACE Program through WIA, and the short film <em>Pivot</em> that they created through the program is premiering at Spark this year.</p>

Erica Miles

<p>It's Friday night, who's ready to do some sketching and some chatting? Maybe meet a new BFF or catch up with some old ones? Pop into the beating 💖 of TAAFI, our Discord Server for some mingling and networking.</p><p>Joel &amp; Spencer are BACK! And so are the dusty ol' TAAFI Drink &amp; Draw crew. Will Winty be there? Time will tell.</p><p>Joining us Friday night is Gustavo Cosío - he's boarded on <em>Maya and the Three</em> with Jorge Gutiérrez, and <em>Kid Cosmic</em> to name a few, and Minh Pham, an artist extraordinaire with Guru Studio and the host of Guru Studio's Art Jam group!</p><p>We'll be using Drawpile to make a virtual drawing together-apart.</p>

Friday Night Networking: Drink & Draw!

<p>Gustavo Cosío is a storyboard artist, born and raised in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. He has worked on over a dozen animated films in his country as well as a couple of animated TV series. In 2018, he joined Netflix Animation Studios to work on Jorge Gutierrez's new and totally amazing project Maya and the Three! Since then, he has continued to work on original animated series by Netflix like Kid Cosmic and We the People. Gustavo is currently working in an awesome sci-fi action comedy series and couldn't be happier.</p>

Gustavo Cosío

<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.com/invite/f3kaVvNg6j" 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>Animator and artist extraordinaire Minh Pham has been with Guru Studio since 2014, bringing to life hit shows such as the global phenomenon <em>PAW Patrol, Pikwik Pack</em> which airs on Disney Junior and Hulu, and the soon-to-be released comedy adventure series <em>Big Blue</em>, coming to CBC Kids this December! Minh is also the host of Guru Studio's Art Jam group!</p>