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OIAF 2022, September 21-25. Coming up fast!!!
OIAF 2022, September 21-25. Coming up fast!!!
By Mike Valiquette
It is, indeed, that time of year again. The Ottawa International Animation Festival is less than 10 days away! Do you have your tickets yet?...
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History of Canadian Animation – Wikipedia
History of Canadian Animation – Wikipedia
By Mike Valiquette
I don't know who updated it back in October, but I have to say, the Wikipedia page for the history of Canadian animation is a...
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from the internets: Canadian History as Motion Comics
from the internets: Canadian History as Motion Comics
By Mike Valiquette
My inner pessimist was pleasantly surprised by the progressive approach to Canadian history being presented by this new initiative, History Bits: Incredible Tales from Canada's...
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Salary Transparency: We’re Caving.
Salary Transparency: We’re Caving.
By Mike Valiquette
Hello animation humans! An update on the salary transparency discussion. image courtesy of Fredbread This is going to sound like I'm caving. Just getting you...
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The Changing Role of Cartoon North, more yammering from Mike
The Changing Role of Cartoon North, more yammering from Mike
By Mike Valiquette
Hi folks! I need your help. I'm tired, and the site is languishing. I've been doing this for a very long time, and I want...
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Job Board Update: Making Room For Everyone
Job Board Update: Making Room For Everyone
By Mike Valiquette
Mike, by Noam Sussman Hi folks. A while back I announced that we'd be requiring potential employers to follow a template for our job posts,...
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OIAF 2021 is Happening Now!
OIAF 2021 is Happening Now!
By Mike Valiquette
Today's the day that things really get into full swing for the attendees of the Ottawa International Animation Festival. It's technically day 2, and while...
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change to our job board: income transparency
change to our job board: income transparency
By Mike Valiquette
Hi folks. We've been running this job board for a VERY long time. It was part of the reason the site was launched, over a...
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Tangent Lays Off Hundreds, Closure Speculation, Studios Feverishly Trying to Pick up Talent
Tangent Lays Off Hundreds, Closure Speculation, Studios Feverishly Trying to Pick up Talent
By Mike Valiquette
It's been a rough day for a whole lot of people. I woke up to the news via a Facebook group, that Tangent Animation "just...
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from the internets: animation tidbits from other sources that are actually worth sharing
from the internets: animation tidbits from other sources that are actually worth sharing
By Mike Valiquette
-The Globe & Mail talks to Canadian ex-pat voice-acting superstar Tara Strong about her experience as Miss Minutes on the Disney+ series, Loki. Tara is...
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from the internets: Hilda’s Megan Ferguson on Work/Life Balance
from the internets: Hilda’s Megan Ferguson on Work/Life Balance
By Mike Valiquette
image credits: Animation Magazine and Megan's Twitter. “What they are doing is propping up the job, and we have to be careful of that because...
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the Seven Ages of an Animator, by Graham Falk
the Seven Ages of an Animator, by Graham Falk
By Mike Valiquette
I think every studio in Canada has a copy of this floating around somewhere. It's one of those pieces of artwork that's become part of...
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CATERPILLARPLASTY= David Barlow-Krelina + NFB + Moist
CATERPILLARPLASTY= David Barlow-Krelina + NFB + Moist
By Mike Valiquette
Now THIS is fascinating. First, the film itself, Caterpillarplasty, is fascinating. I don't know how I missed it. It's an NFB produced short, created by...
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Showcase: Lost Daughter & Interview with Dylan Glynn
Showcase: Lost Daughter & Interview with Dylan Glynn
By Kyu-bum Lee
Note from Mike: I've been reviewing older posts and can't help but reshare a few of them. Some content goes stale, sure. Dylan Glynn, featured...
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YMA and TAAFI Launch the John Rooney Creator Fund
YMA and TAAFI Launch the John Rooney Creator Fund
By Mike Valiquette
From the YMA newsletter. Launch of the John Rooney Creator Fund Recently John Rooney, the Executive Director at Toronto Animation Arts Festival International and a tireless supporter of...
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Farewell to 2020, part 1
Farewell to 2020, part 1
By Mike Valiquette
We're all very glad to see this year fade away. It was fiery pile of trash. No one will argue that. It's also not going...
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from the vaults: A conversation with Nick Cross, part I
from the vaults: A conversation with Nick Cross, part I
By Mike Valiquette
In anticipation of tonight's premiere for the Clockwork Elves, I'm digging up some old interviews with Nick Cross and resharing. Here's one from way back...
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Exclusive Live Event: Nick Cross Returns With The CLOCKWORK ELVES. Screening and Discussion this Thursday, December 17th at 9PM EST
Exclusive Live Event: Nick Cross Returns With The CLOCKWORK ELVES. Screening and Discussion this Thursday, December 17th at 9PM EST
By Mike Valiquette
https://taafi.com/news Live! This Thursday night! TAAFI EXCLUSIVE!!!! Award-winning animation weirdo Nick Cross unveils his first short film in 7 years: The Clockwork Elves!!! Join the...
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RIP John Rooney (updated with link to funeral service)
RIP John Rooney (updated with link to funeral service)
By Mike Valiquette
It's been a few days since the news broke, and it's still settling in, but a kind and caring member of our community passed away...
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showcase: Jam Filled’s Tom Pajdlhauser, “Get Off Your Computer”
showcase: Jam Filled’s Tom Pajdlhauser, “Get Off Your Computer”
By Mike Valiquette
Update: Another great vid that could always use a rewatch. Great little video on Art Director Tom Pajdlhauser, who works out of Ottawa studio Jam...
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Posts tagged as “festivals”

events: Animator Pro, Online edition, July 14 and 15

events: Animator Pro, Online edition, July 14 and 15

By admin on June 28, 2021

Animator PRO: online only! Yet another edition of Animator PRO is forthcoming. The industry event of the 14th Animator International Animated Film Festival will be…

press release: New direction at Festival Stop Motion Montreal

By admin on August 16, 2019

TAAFI 2019 Poster, by Joel Mackenzie!!!!

By Mike Valiquette on January 7, 2019

OIAF 2018!

By Mike Valiquette on September 25, 2018

Montreal Animators! 48 Hour Animation Competition – Animaze 2018

By Mike Valiquette on August 14, 2018

press release: NFB at TIFF 2018, Snowden and Fine’s Animal Behaviour and Patrick Bouchard’s the Subject

By Mike Valiquette on August 2, 2018

Guru Studio’s Space Between Stars at OIAF 2018, Fantasia International Film Festival, Animation Block Party, SIGGRAPH

By Mike Valiquette on July 27, 2018

TIFF Wants Tiny Films: TIFFxInstagram Shorts Festival

By Mike Valiquette on May 23, 2018

Call for Submissions: Vancouver Short Film Festival Invites British Columbia Residents to Submit

By Mike Valiquette on May 23, 2018

Call for Submissions: Friss Hús Budapest International Short Film Festival (deadline January 10, 2018)

By Mike Valiquette on December 18, 2017

Say hi to this guy at OAIF 2017

By Mike Valiquette on September 19, 2017

press release: NFB at OIAF 2017

By Mike Valiquette on September 12, 2017

The Breadwinner.

By Mike Valiquette on September 11, 2017

Vancouver Short Film Festival Call For Submissions

By Mike Valiquette on September 8, 2017

Volunteer at OIAF 2017!

By Mike Valiquette on July 5, 2017

Ottawa International Animation Festival 2017: Deadline for Submissions is TOMORROW!

By Mike Valiquette on May 25, 2017

events: 2017 Animation Job Fair, Toronto, April 29

By Mike Valiquette on April 28, 2017

OIAF 2017 Poster!

By Mike Valiquette on March 24, 2017

OIAF 2017 Submissions OPEN!!

By Mike Valiquette on March 6, 2017

jobby: Administrative Assistant, TAAFI, Toronto

By admin on January 3, 2017

press release: Indie sci-fi feature Nova Seed to open GIRAF12 festival of independent animation

By Mike Valiquette on October 27, 2016

OIAF 2016 in Review, by Noam Sussman

By Mike Valiquette on September 27, 2016

Countdown to OIAF 2016: MORE Festival Memories from Rob Anderson

By Mike Valiquette on September 12, 2016

Press Release: Okanagan International Animation Festival to Launch in 2017

By Mike Valiquette on August 3, 2016

press release: VIFF announces $20,000 award for Call-To-Action Films re: Refugee Crisis

By Mike Valiquette on July 28, 2016

OIAF 2016 Official Selection

By Mike Valiquette on July 21, 2016

Festival Stop Motion Montreal: Official Selection Announced!

By Mike Valiquette on July 21, 2016

Theodore Ushev and Moïa Jobin-Paré Win at Annecy 2016

By Mike Valiquette on June 20, 2016

TAAFI 2016 in Review: 8 Takeaways from TAAFI 2016 by a Toonsmith

By Mike Valiquette on May 2, 2016

Event Report: TAAFI 2016

By Kyu-bum Lee on April 25, 2016

TAAFI 2016 STARTS TOMORROW!

By Mike Valiquette on April 21, 2016

EVENTS: Animation Job Fair at TAAFI 2016

By Mike Valiquette on April 12, 2016

Earlybird Rate Extended for TAAFI Passes! Additional Discount for CAR Readers! For Reals! Read this Post Far Cheap TAAFI Tickets!

By Mike Valiquette on March 23, 2016

TIFF KIDS Industry Registration Opens

By Mike Valiquette on February 29, 2016

TAAFI 2016 Poster, by Nneka Myers

By Mike Valiquette on February 8, 2016

press release: TAAFI ANNOUNCES 2016 GUEST SPEAKERS

By Mike Valiquette on January 8, 2016

Call For Entries: 2016 Fest Anca

By Mike Valiquette on December 1, 2015

press release: NFB’s Carface directed by Claude Cloutier wins at 2015 Sommets du cinéma d’animation

By Mike Valiquette on December 1, 2015

press release: Annecy 2016 – Film and Project Submissions

By Mike Valiquette on November 5, 2015

Great Event in Toronto on Saturday: Animation, Routes to Success, Moderated by Howie Shia

By Mike Valiquette on November 2, 2015

OIAF 2015 coverage by David Cuevas, aged 12. Today’s Greatest Thing Ever and a Reminder To Us All About Why We Do What We Do.

By Mike Valiquette on October 5, 2015

Event Report: OIAF 2015

By Kyu-bum Lee on September 22, 2015

OIAF 2015: FREE WEEKEND PASSES!!!!!

By Mike Valiquette on September 14, 2015

OIAF 2015 Trailer Film

By Mike Valiquette on September 8, 2015

Volunteer at OIAF 2015

By Mike Valiquette on August 28, 2015

Call For Entries: Northwest Animation Fest, Deadline September 1

By Mike Valiquette on August 11, 2015

call for entries: Science Fiction and Fantasy Short Film Festival, Seattle

By Mike Valiquette on July 23, 2015

press release: Ottawa Animation Festival Spotlights Canadian Animators in Competition

By Mike Valiquette on July 15, 2015

Pitch This! Submissions Open for TAC 2015

By Mike Valiquette on June 23, 2015

Events: TAAFI Presents, a Masterclass With Disney/Pixar’s Josh Cooley, June 20th

By Mike Valiquette on May 5, 2015

Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival Call for Entries

By Mike Valiquette on March 25, 2015

jobby: TAAFI Launches TAAFI Animation Job Fair, May 2nd, Toronto

By Mike Valiquette on March 24, 2015

events: TIFF KIDS 2015

By Mike Valiquette on March 10, 2015

OIAF 2015 Poster!

By Mike Valiquette on March 9, 2015

OIAF 2015 Call for Submissions!

By Mike Valiquette on February 27, 2015

events: Storytelling Masterclass with Mike Surrey(Lion King, Tarzan, Princess and the Frog), presented by TAAFI

By Mike Valiquette on January 21, 2015

Amir Avni’s McLaren retrospective available online

By Mike Valiquette on October 6, 2014

OIAF 2014 Winners Announced! Poland and Canada Take Top Prizes

By Mike Valiquette on September 22, 2014

here. now. OIAF 2014

By Mike Valiquette on September 19, 2014

OIAF 2014: Nickelodeon Pitch Sessions

By Mike Valiquette on September 10, 2014

press release: 17 NFB Films Featured at OIAF 2014

By Mike Valiquette on September 10, 2014

press release: OIAF 2014 in Two Weeks!

By Mike Valiquette on September 3, 2014

from the internets: Oscar-Winning Animator Torril Kove at TIFF

By Mike Valiquette on September 3, 2014

press release: Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival presents Behind-the-Scenes of The Boxtrolls and Robot Chicken

By Mike Valiquette on August 26, 2014

call for entries: 18th Japan Media Arts Festival

By Mike Valiquette on August 25, 2014

press release: OIAF Spotlights Walt Disney Animation Studios

By Mike Valiquette on August 21, 2014

OIAF/TAC 2014: Iron Developer. Have you got what it takes?

By Mike Valiquette on August 19, 2014

festivals: Vancouver Short Film Festival call for submissions

By Mike Valiquette on August 14, 2014

press release: OIAF announces short film competitors, Canadians representing

By Mike Valiquette on July 23, 2014

events: PITCH THIS! at TAC 2014

By Mike Valiquette on July 16, 2014

OIAF 2014 Announces Selection For Feature Film Category

By Mike Valiquette on July 7, 2014

press release: OIAF ANNOUNCES THE SHORT ANIMATION AND SERIES FOR KIDS COMPETITION

By Mike Valiquette on June 25, 2014

TAAFI winners!

By Mike Valiquette on June 25, 2014

Behind A Table At TAAFI 2014

By Rebecca David on June 18, 2014

TAAFI: Day 4 Highlights, Impressions & Thoughts

By Kyu-bum Lee on June 17, 2014

TAAFI: Day 3 Highlights and Impressions

By Kyu-bum Lee on June 15, 2014

TAAFI 2014: #FindKyu update

By Mike Valiquette on June 15, 2014

TAAFI Maarket Booth Pics! Today’s Guests: Kris Pearn, FunkFuzz, Jon Ng, Joel MacKenzie, Lillian Chan, Kaj Pindal!

By Mike Valiquette on June 15, 2014

TAAFI: Day 2 Highlights & Impressions

By Kyu-bum Lee on June 15, 2014

TAAFI: Day 1 Impressions

By Kyu-bum Lee on June 13, 2014

Where in the World is Kyu-bum Lee?

By Mike Valiquette on June 13, 2014

Do you Jalloo?

By Mike Valiquette on June 12, 2014

TAAFI Pass Giveaway!!! CLAIMED!!!!!!

By Mike Valiquette on June 11, 2014

CAR Presents: Animation All-Stars booth at the TAAFI MAARKET! June 14th and 15th!

By Mike Valiquette on June 9, 2014

New York International Children’s Film Festival call for entries

By Mike Valiquette on June 4, 2014

TAAFI TALKS special offer!

By Mike Valiquette on June 3, 2014

shameless self-promotion: Creating Success Panel at TAAFI 2014 featuring Natasha Allegri, Dave Cooper, Rob Davies, Michael Rex and Mike Geiger

By Mike Valiquette on May 28, 2014

CAR Presents: Redesigning Looney Tunes with Jessica Borutski

By Mike Valiquette on May 27, 2014

TAAFI 2014 poster!

By Mike Valiquette on May 8, 2014

Event: Toronto Comics Arts Festival 2014 This weekend! May 10 & 11

By Kyu-bum Lee on May 7, 2014

TAAFI’s Pitch-A-Palooza Registration Now Open

By Mike Valiquette on May 5, 2014

TAAFI Party Ticket Giveaway!

By Mike Valiquette on April 23, 2014

REMINDER: TAAFI Industry party THIS FRIDAY!

By Mike Valiquette on April 21, 2014

OIAF 2014 Call for Submissions!!!!!

By Mike Valiquette on April 15, 2014

cool beans: TAAFI’s Got a Maarket

By Mike Valiquette on March 28, 2014

TIFF Kids Conference is Coming Soon: April 14 to 17, Toronto

By Mike Valiquette on March 26, 2014

OIAF Call For Entries!

By Mike Valiquette on March 20, 2014

events: TIFF Kids International Film Festival, Industry Conference Registration

By Mike Valiquette on March 17, 2014

Call for Entires! Montreal Stop Motion Film Festival!!

By Mike Valiquette on March 10, 2014

TAAFI’s trying something new: The TAAFI ARTBOOK

By Mike Valiquette on February 19, 2014