The Toronto Animation Arts Pageant Worldwide (TAAFI), a non-profit group devoted to celebrating the animation arts and its native and worldwide neighborhood, introduced the official programming lineup for the 2023 TAAFI Movie Pageant. The six-day occasion kicks off with on-line programming February 13-15 earlier than switching to in-person occasions February 16-18 at Sizzling Docs Ted Rogers Cinema.
TAAFI will current Sam Chou with the 2023 Kaj Pindal Award, given in honor of those that have made a major influence on this planet of animation. Chou co-created and directed the award-winning gritty animated documentary, Crime: The Animated Collection, which premiered at each Sundance and TIFF, and which gained Greatest Collection for Adults on the Ottawa Worldwide Animation Pageant in 2014.
The TAAFI Movie Pageant Awards ceremony will happen on Saturday, February 18th at 5:45 PM at Sizzling Docs Ted Rogers Cinema. The Movie Pageant Awards jury contains director, storyboard artist and illustrator Leisl Adams; mixed-race author and creator Celeste Koon; Mad Lab Productions co-owner Christopher Walsh; and animator and filmmaker Aaron Lengthy.
This yr’s TAAFI Movie Pageant will even function over 100 animated movies from creators around the globe, similar to Puss and Boots: The Final Want by Januel Mercado and Joel Crawford; The Superb Maurice by Toby Genkel; Unicorn Wars by Alberto Vázquez; Eyeballs within the Darkness by Albert Birney; and Unicorn Boy by Matt Kiel.
The total program contains:
Monday, February 13, 2023
- 8:30 PM ET – RIFT (On-line screening)
Tuesday, February 14, 2023
- 8:30 PM ET – Eyeballs within the Darkness (On-line screening)
Thursday, February 16, 2023
- 5:00 PM ET – VIP Cocktails on the Mezzanine
- 6:30 PM ET – Puss and Cubicles: The Final Want with Director Januel Mercado & TAAFI Opening Ceremonies
- 9:45 PM ET – Cartoon Occasion + Gary and His Demons
Friday, February 17, 2023
- 10:15 AM ET – Guru Studio (Studio Highlight 2: On-line Solely)
- 12:30 PM ET – From Social Media affect to EggCellent Animated Content material (Studio Highlight 3: On-line Solely)
- 2:30 PM ET – The Making of Sonic Prime (Studio Highlight 4: On-line Solely)
- 3:45 PM ET – Oddball Shorts
- 6:30 PM ET – Unicorn Boy
- 9:00 PM ET – Darkish Shorts
- 11:45 PM ET – Popcorn Time & Let’s Go Wongos
Saturday, February 18, 2023
- 8:30 AM ET – Saturday Morning Child Pleasant Cartoons
- 11:20 AM ET – The Superb Maurice
- 2:00 PM ET – Faculty Shorts
- 4:45 PM ET – Uplifting Shorts & Closing Ceremony
- 7:35 PM ET – Purple Iron Highway (Retrospective)
- 11:00 PM ET – Unicorn Wars
In response to pageant organizers, attendees can stay up for experiencing bizarre, lovely and awe-inspiring animation within the consolation of Sizzling Docs’ finest seats or from their very own properties. With each in-person and on-line choices, TAAFI affords a novel alternative to discover the animated arts and have fun the creativity and expertise of filmmakers.
For extra data and to buy tickets, go to the TAAFI web site at: taafi.com.
Whitney is a contract author specializing in VFX-driven fantasy movie & TV in addition to preschool animation.
