<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><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Dani Devereux is a Matte Painting Supervisor at Sony Pictures Imageworks, most recently completing work on the critically acclaimed SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE.&nbsp;</span></p><p></p><p></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Previously, she worked as a Matte Painting Supervisor on the Academy Award ®-winning GUILLERMO DEL TORO’S PINOCCHIO.&nbsp;</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">She also worked at Mr. X as a Lead Matte Painter, Senior Matte Painter, Concept Artist, and Background Artist on projects including: SPACE JAM: A NEW LEGACY, VIKINGS, THE SHAPE OF WATER, and PENNY DREADFUL.</span></p>

Dani Devereux

<p><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Bart and Chris are a comedy-art duo who began their creative partnership at </span><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Emily Carr University</span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> where they both graded with a Bachelor of Media Arts. While working for a decade as creatives in the ad world, they harboured a secret art practice, amassing as many Vancouver weirdos as they could to create comedy web shorts. In 2014 one of their animated shows, </span><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">World Doctors,</span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> was picked up by </span><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Mondo Media </span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">on </span><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">YouTube</span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> and garnered both millions of views and a slightly creepy cult following over its 30 episodes. Soon after, they hosted the live-action segments on </span><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Night Sweats</span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">, a 24 episode animation compilation for </span><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Adult Swim Canada.</span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> They then co-founded Oddfellows Labs in 2016 and have created multiple animated series since, including </span><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">Psi-Cops</span></em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">, a 24x11 minute series, also for</span><em><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> Corus.</span></em></p>

Chris Nielsen

<p>The TAAFI Industry Meet &amp; Greet is a special chance to have a 10-minute one-on-one meeting with various industry experts from around the world from such studios as Jam Filled, Wildbrain, Pipeline and more!<br><br>﻿NOTE: PRE-REGISTRATION FOR MEET &amp; GREET IS REQUIRED - <strong>REGISTRATION OPENS OCTOBER 2ND AND CLOSES OCTOBER 20TH, 2023.</strong></p>

Meet & Greet

Christine Thompson

D'Arcy Cooney

Holly Nichols

Mike Hunter

Mary Bredin

Phil Moorhead

Stephen Sloan

Shannon Bishop

<p><span style="color: rgb(34, 34, 34)">Christine is the Head of Animation Production at Dark Slope. She has over 18 years of hands-on experience overseeing high profile award-winning animated television series and digital media projects. With her unwavering dedication to crafting top-tier entertainment experiences, Christine stands as a cornerstone in Dark Slope's ongoing journey to advance its boundary breaking entertainment experiences.</span></p>