<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>Shishir 'S' Pande (Bachelor of Engineering, McMaster University, 2014) is the CEO of EXAR Studios and has a background in business strategy, marketing, and engineering. He has a track record of innovation and community focus proven by his past entrepreneurial successes and achievement of the London Inc. Top 20 Under 40 Award in 2020.</p><p>EXAR Studios is a digital creative tech company whose mission is to develop extended reality (XR) technology that allows destinations all over the world to bring engaging cultural content to users on location.&nbsp;</p><p>We deepen the experience of exploring the world by providing arts, history, and culture experiences to people who travel globally or locally. We work with local experts to create the most culturally authentic content we can while providing entertaining storytelling to the world.</p>

Shishir 'S' Pande

<p>Sunday Muse is a singer, celebrity voice over actress, author, holistic voice coach &amp;&nbsp;speaker. Some of her&nbsp;leading voice acting credits include: HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA, SUPER WISH, SOPHIE, BAKUGAN, ABBEY HATCHER, TOTAL DRAMA ISLAND, JIMMY 2 SHOES, ARTHUR, ROLIE POLIE OLIE, CARE BEARS, ODD JOB JACK, JANE &amp; THE DRAGON, TIME WARP TRIO, CAILLOU, WILLA’S WILDLIFE and the list goes on.</p><p>Stemming from a rich performance background in theatre, comedy, dance and mask work, Sunday guides and mentors many creatives on their path to success.&nbsp;She has been hired many times by producers of hit shows: Jim Henson’s THE DOOZERS,&nbsp;E-TALK DAILY &amp;&nbsp;DOT, to help guide and direct actors to perform their best work.&nbsp;Her students have gone on to book leading roles in major cartoons, such as: PINKALICIOUS, PAW PATROL, DORA, FAMILY GUY (FOX), FRANKLIN, ARTHUR, TOTAL DRAMA ISLAND, DANIEL TIGER’S NEIGHBORHOOD, CHUCK &amp; FRIENDS, BAKUGAN, CAT IN THE HAT, SUPER WHY.&nbsp;</p><p>Her movement &amp; Voice-Over workshops have been featured in the Huffington Post.&nbsp;She has been a featured speaker and taught voice &amp; movement across North America at NYU, Mallorca Holistic Retreat, National Theatre School, Covenant House, Children’s Theatre Company NYC, JCC NYC, Randolph Academy, VO Atlanta, MAVO.&nbsp;She was nominated for a Voice Arts Award&nbsp;for Best Voiceover in an Animation Series&nbsp;through the Society of Voice Arts in L.A and is a proud recipient of the Mid Atlantic Voice Over Award.</p>

Sunday Muse

<p>Join the Martin Twins, Edgar and Sergio as they share some stories and secrets from The SPA Studios. You may know us from our work on films such as "Despicable Me", "Smallfoot", "Rio", or most recently "Klaus", Netflix's first original feature animated film, which was entirely conceived and produced at The SPA Studios, receiving 1 BAFTA and 7 Annie Awards, as well as being nominated by the 2020 Academy Awards for Best Animated Film, among many others.</p>

Featured Studio: The SPA STUDIOS

<p>Edgar Martins is a storyboard artist who helps develop animated film projects. He has worked on innumerous&nbsp;productions for about 15 years, and was the head of story on <em>KLAUS</em> feature film of The SPA Studios.</p><p>He co-directed alongside his twin brother Sergio and Tom Delonge (artist behind Blink182 rock-band) the short film <em>Poet Anderson: The Dreamwalker,</em> winner of Best Animation prize at Toronto Short Film Fest.</p>

Edgar Martins

<p><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">Sergio Martins is an animation supervisor at The SPA Studios, the studio behind </span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">KLAUS</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">. Sergio has over 15 years of animation experience, launching his career as a freelance animator for commercials, TV shows and music videos. He also had the opportunity to co-direct the animated short, </span><em style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">Poet Anderson: The Dreamwalker</em><span style="background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.04);">, alongside his twin brother, Edgar Martins, and Blink-182 frontman Tom Delonge.</span></p>

Sergio Martins

<p>Sergio Martins is an animation supervisor at The SPA Studios, the studio behind <em>KLAUS</em>. Sergio has over 15 years of animation experience, launching his career as a freelance animator for commercials, TV shows and music videos. He also had the opportunity to co-direct the animated short, <em>Poet Anderson: The Dreamwalker</em>, alongside his twin brother, Edgar Martins, and Blink-182 frontman Tom Delonge.</p>