<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>Nora has over 20 years of creative and production experience working on a variety of productions that have entertained audiences around the world. After earning her Fashion Degree at NCAD Dublin and working in the fashion Industry for several years, Nora launched her creative career in Toronto building props for numerous high-profile theatrical productions such as "Lion King", "The Producers", "Fosse", "Kiss me Kate" and "Mamma Mia".</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Nora’s wide-ranging skill set ushered her into a career in animation where for over 5 years she led teams of artists, fabricators, and seamstresses for multiple award-winning stop-motion productions at Cuppa Coffee Animation.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Joining Guru in 2012, she produced and supervised a multitude of productions, tests &amp; pilots and as Supervising Producer &amp; then Director of Production she oversaw award-winning shows and films including “True &amp; the Rainbow Kingdom”, “Paw Patrol”, “Space Between Stars” and the Oscar-nominated film, “The Breadwinner”.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Since joining Brown Bag Films in 2018, she's been working on multiple noteworthy and prominent projects with many talented and creative people, making Nora&nbsp;a happy camper!&nbsp;In her spare time, she still loves to keep her hand in at sewing, working with fabrics, experimenting with armatures and building fun stuff!</p>

Nora Keely

<p>Mel Olm is an Animation Director for Brown Bag Films, with 10+ years of experience within the animation industry. Her work includes roles as an Animator, Harmony Rigging Supervisor, Storyboard Revisionist and Animation Director for companies including Elliot Animation Inc, Guru Studio, and Yowza! Animation Corp.,&nbsp;specializing in Harmony and Toon Boom Animation. Some of her credits include work on series like <em>Ever After High </em>(Mattel), <em>Pig Goat Banana Cricket</em> (Nickelodeon), <em>Welcome to the Wayne</em> (Nickelodeon), <em>Charlotte </em>(January Films), and <em>Big Blue</em> (Guru Studios). &nbsp;&nbsp;</p>

Mel Olm

<p>In modern day New York City, magic is real – it’s just hidden from the public. But Daniel Spellbound knows just where to find it. Making his living “tracking” hard to find magical objects, Daniel catches the attention of‌ the wrong people when ‌he discovers a ‌rare ‌artifact and suddenly the‌ ‌fate‌ ‌of‌ ‌magical world ‌hangs‌ ‌in‌ ‌the‌ ‌balance.</p><p>Join Genna du Plessis and the team from Industrial Brothers for a closer look at the magic behind their new show Daniel Spellbound, a new CG animated action-adventure series created by Industrial Brothers' Chief Creative Officer, Matt Fernandes.</p>

Daniel Spellbound: The Magic Behind the Scenes

Genna du Plessis

Matt Fernandes

Trevor Deane-Freeman

Industrial Brothers

<p>Matt is the Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Industrial Brothers where he serves as the creator and executive producer of the many shows produced at the studio; including Yup Yups (2013), DOT (2016), Top Wing (2017), Kingdom Force (2020), Remy &amp; Boo (2020), and the hit preschool series Dino Ranch (2021). Matt recently served as co-director and executive producer of his latest creation called Daniel Spellbound, now airing on Netflix.</p>