<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>Most recently the animation director on <em>Maya and the Three</em>, Rob is an experienced director, animation supervisor and animator.&nbsp;His directorial debut came with the animated short of his own creation, <em>Ormie</em>.&nbsp;Having won several prestigious festival awards, including TIFF’s Sprockets Kids Film Festival, the project earned him directing duties for multiple major toy brands.&nbsp;He is currently working on several projects in development.</p>

<p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">Most recently the animation director on </span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">Maya and the Three</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">, Rob is an experienced director, animation supervisor and animator.&nbsp;His directorial debut came with the animated short of his own creation, </span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">Ormie</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">.&nbsp;Having won several prestigious festival awards, including TIFF’s Sprockets Kids Film Festival, the project earned him directing duties for multiple major toy brands.&nbsp;He is currently working on several projects in development.</span></p>

Rob Silvestri

<p>Rose-Ann Tisserand is co-founder of Flying Kraken Creative Studios, a boutique, Canadian-based studio that creates original animation content and specializes in award-winning animation design services. She has worked as a production executive for 22 years. She was supervising producer at Bardel Entertainment, a consulting producer with the NFB and is currently executive producer &amp; co-creator of a series in development with Silvergate Media. She also sits on the Spark Animation Leadership Board and the Executive Advisory Board of Women in Animation Vancouver. Rose-Ann is founder and co-executive producer of WIA Vancouver’s Animation Career EXCELerator program.</p>

<p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">Rose-Ann Tisserand is co-founder of Flying Kraken Creative Studios, a boutique, Canadian-based studio that creates original animation content and specializes in award-winning animation design services. She has worked as a production executive for 22 years. She was supervising producer at Bardel Entertainment, a consulting producer with the NFB and is currently executive producer &amp; co-creator of a series in development with Silvergate Media. She also sits on the Spark Animation Leadership Board and the Executive Advisory Board of Women in Animation Vancouver. Rose-Ann is founder and co-executive producer of WIA Vancouver’s Animation Career EXCELerator program.</span></p>

Rose-Ann Tisserand

<p>Join the writer and director of Maya and the Three for Netflix, Jorge R. Gutiérrez for a wild talk about his soon to be hit series. He'll show some behind the scenes work, bring in a few special guests from the Toronto studio that worked on it, and answer some questions from the audience. What could be a better way to wind down the festival?</p>

Jorge R. Gutiérrez & Friends present: Maya and the Three

<p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">Carlie is the senior lighting and compositing lead on </span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">Maya and the Three</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">.&nbsp;She has focused her career on telling stories with light and colour and strives to bring the beauty of film and the natural world to animation.</span></p>

Carlie Lytwyn

<p>Jorge R. Gutiérrez is a Mexican animator, painter, voice actor, writer, and director. Born in Mexico City and raised in Tijuana, Gutiérrez has completed various films, cartoons, illustrations, and paintings exploring his love with Mexican pop and folk culture. He was the director &amp; co-writer of the Guillermo Del Toro produced animated feature <em>The Book of Life for Fox</em>, which earned him a 2014 Golden Globe Award nomination for Best Animated Feature Film. He was also the writer &amp; director of the Emmy nominated <em>Son of Jaguar VR</em> short for Google. Along with his wife and muse, Sandra Equihua, they created the multiple Emmy Award–winning animated television series <em>El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera</em> for Nickelodeon. Gutiérrez most recently wrote and directed his animated event limited series <em>Maya and the Three</em> for Netflix.</p>

Jorge R. Gutiérrez

<p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">Richard is an art director and production designer with over 18 years of industry experience. Born and raised in Toronto, and a graduate of Sheridan College, Richard has a deep passion for all things creative. His most recent projects include art direction on the Netflix film </span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">NEXT GEN</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);"> and as the supervising art director on the Netflix limited series </span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">Maya and the Three</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">.</span></p>

Richard Chen

Pipeline

<p>Richard is an art director and production designer with over 18 years of industry experience. Born and raised in Toronto, and a graduate of Sheridan College, Richard has a deep passion for all things creative. His most recent projects include art direction on the Netflix film <em>NEXT GEN</em> and as the supervising art director on the Netflix limited series <em>Maya and the Three</em>.</p>