<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>Natali Topalovska is&nbsp;a Line Producer for Brown Bag Films, with 10+ years of industry experience in the world of animation. Natali started her career as a Production Intern at Brown Bag Films&nbsp;(formerly 9 Story Entertainment) and steadily moved up the ranks before doing stints at Pipeline Studios, Yowza!&nbsp;Animation Corp, and House of Cool Inc., with roles in both scene planning and production management. Brown Bag was thrilled when she rejoined the studio as a Line Producer close to a year ago. She has been involved in many amazing series, including titles like <em>Let’s Go Luna</em> (PBS), <em>Welcome to the Wayne </em>(Nickelodeon),<span style="color: rgb(30, 83, 163)"> </span><em>Pretzel and the Puppies</em> (Apple TV), <em>What If...? </em>(Marvel), and <em>Rosie’s Rules </em>(PBS). She is currently based in Toronto, where she teaches as a Professor at Sheridan College.</p>

Natali Topalovska

<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>Listen as Nathaniel Larouche (VFX Supervisor - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) and Paolo Tamburrino (Executive Producer - Star Trek: Strange New Worlds) share their experience working on set and online with completely virtual productions. Through their experience they share their Do's and Don'ts of the Virtual Production process. </p>

Do's and Don'ts of ICVFX (Virtual Production)

<p>The son of steampunk magicians, Nathaniel Larouche is an Emmy &amp; Visual Effects Society nominated VFX Supervisor at Pixomondo Toronto. Nathaniel was born and raised near Montreal where he enjoyed being the weird kid, filming everything in sight, and experimenting with editing and stop motion animation. Later on in life, he found himself in Toronto, where he studied animation and realized VFX was a medium that combined everything he enjoyed.</p><p>Most recently he completed three virtual production shoots on Pixomondos LED volumes including Star Trek Discovery, Strange New Worlds and Beacon 23.</p>

Nathaniel Larouche

<p>Paolo Tamburrino is an Executive Producer who currently oversees the Virtual Production and Visual Effects of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds at Pixomondo. </p><p>He is widely regarded as the go-to source on technically demanding projects and client engagement. </p><p>With over 15 years of experience in the Media &amp; Entertainment industry, he was involved in many varied and award-winning projects, where he gained invaluable insight into production and pipelines. He is an alumnus of the Filmakademie Baden-Wuerttemberg, where his graduating short film “Wrapped” was honored with a VES Award. </p><p>Since then, Paolo has worked in Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America, where he has contributed to projects including “Captain America: The Winter Soldier”, “Foundation”, “The 100”, “Upload”, and numerous commercials. </p><p>Paolo currently serves as a managing board member of the Visual Effect Society in Toronto, board counselor of the Realtime Conference, and member of the Program Advisory Committee for Virtual Production at Humber College.</p>

Paolo Tamburrino

<p>The son of steampunk magicians, Nathaniel Larouche is an Emmy &amp; Visual Effects Society nominated VFX Supervisor at Pixomondo Toronto. Nathaniel was born and raised near Montreal where he enjoyed being the weird kid, filming everything in sight, and experimenting with editing and stop motion animation. Later on in life, he found himself in Toronto, where he studied animation and realized VFX was a medium that combined everything he enjoyed. </p><p>During the day, Nathaniel devotes his time on-set and in-house at Pixomondo Supervising the creation of real-time content. During the night, he experiments and collaborates with other creatives around the world. These collaborations result in unique content like Necronomicon, Baby Deer, and his fourth short film Soft Rain. </p><p>Most recently he completed three virtual production shoots on Pixomondos LED volumes including Star Trek Discovery, Strange New Worlds and Beacon 23.</p>