<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>Adriana (Vargas) Blake is a Venezuelan/American/Canadian (phew!) artist with over 10 years of experience in the animation industry as a storyboard artist and revisionist; with credits in shows such as Johnny Test, Arthur, and Magic School Bus: Rides Again among many others. She’s volunteered at TAAFI on and off throughout the years, recently becoming an official STAAFI and board member in 2021. She's a wife, mom, D&amp;D nerd, and likes mermaids and tea.</p>

Adriana (Vargas) Blake

<p>Alissa Nutting is a creator, showrunner, screenwriter, executive producer and author. Nutting is known for her work on “Made For Love”, the Max series she created and adapted from her New York Time’s Editors Choice novel of the same name. Nutting served as showrunner, executive producer, and writer on "Made for Love".&nbsp;</p><p></p><p>She most recently co-created “Teenage Euthanasia” alongside Alyson Levy. The critically acclaimed, animated comedy series premiered its second season this summer on Adult Swim and Max. Set in near-future inland Florida at Tender Endings family-run funeral home, “Teenage Euthanasia” explores themes of family, life, death, unplanned parenthood, multi-generational mother-daughter connection, and redemption. The voice cast includes Maria Bamford, Jo Firestone, Bebe Neuwirth, and Tim Robinson.</p><p></p><p>She currently has projects in the works with studios including Wiip, Anonymous Content, Fifth Season, Paramount, Berlanti Productions, and Tomorrow Studios.&nbsp;</p><p></p><p>Nutting is author of the short story collection Unclean Jobs for Women and Girls and the novel Tampa. Her writing has appeared in publications such as The Norton Introduction to Literature, The New York Times, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Tin House, and others.</p><p></p><p>Nutting received a bachelor's degree from the University of Florida, a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Alabama, and a PhD from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.</p>

Alissa Nutting

<p><a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.crowdcast.io/c/taafi2023/lobby"><strong>JOIN THE VIRTUAL SESSION HERE!</strong></a><br><br><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">METAL!&nbsp; Our good friends at DNEG Animation brought you this years’ TAAFI Summer Screening of Netflix's Nimona, and now they’re back with a very special behind-the-scenes look at the film! Bamboo Wang (Effects Lead), Johan Dekker (Motion Graphics Supervisor) and Anthony Kemp (Digital Producer) will reveal some of the magic that was cast to bring this one-of-a-kind best-selling graphic novel to life.&nbsp;</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(33, 33, 33)">If you missed out on our summer screening, you can go catch Nimona right now, exclusively on Netflix!</span></p><p><br></p>

Sonika Bagwe

Let's Get Metal - Nimona Behind the Scenes

Anthony Kemp

Johan Dekker

Zhujun "Bamboo" Wang

<p><span style="color: rgb(62, 62, 62)">Anthony Kemp is the Digital Producer for 'Nimona'. He started his career over 12 years ago at Pixar Animation Studios in Emeryville, California. During Anthony's 8 years with Pixar, he contributed to two shorts and five features, including 'Inside Out' and 'Toy Story 4'. In 2019, Anthony moved to London to join DNEG Animation where he managed Animation on 'Ron's Gone Wrong'. His experience as a strategic problem-solver and dedication to bringing out the best in his teams made him the ideal captain for the 'Nimona' family.</span></p>