Join Gemini® award-winning writer Ian James Corlett for an intensive television animation writing workshop. This three-hour event is designed to give writers an in- depth look at creating first rate programming for today’s highly competitive children’s entertainment market. Additional fees : $10 passholders / $40 tickets at the door.
Important note: Passholders have priority.

L’écrivain Ian James Cortlett, lauréat d’un prix Gemini®, vous convie à un atelier sur la création de scénarios de dessins animés. L’atelier est d’une durée de trois heures. Au cours de cet atelier, les scénaristes amateurs auront l’occasion de créer des scénarios ainsi que de monter des programmations destinées au marché du petit et du grand écran. Des frais supplémentaires: 10$ titulaires / billets 40$ à la porte. Les titulaires ont quand même la priorité. 







Emmy Award recipient voice director, Stevie Valance focuses on having fun in this two-hour drill on Animation Voice-over Acting. Audition monologues and improvisational exercises are provided. Her fun, fastpaced style makes Stevie one of North America’s most sought after teachers and casting/voice directors.

La directrice des voix récipiendaire d’un prix Emmy, Stevie Valance, se propose de bien s’amuser au cours de cet exercice de deux heures sur l’utilisation de la voix hors champ en animation. Des monologues d’audition et des exercices d’improvisation sont fournis. Son style vif et amusant fait de Stevie l’une des instructrices et des directrices de la distribution et des voix les plus en demande en Amérique du Nord.

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New technologies, immersive audience experiences and a spirit of experimentation are fuelling the fervour around 3D cinema today, and animation films are leading the pack. What makes Stereoscopy appealing to filmmakers and to animators especially? How does it work? What are some of the tools and techniques of the day? A panel of filmmakers and 3D experts present their work and discuss the joys and challenges of this developing medium.

Les nouvelles technologies, les expériences immersives pour les spectateurs et l’esprit d’expérimentation alimentent la ferveur que suscite aujourd’hui le cinéma 3D, principalement en animation. Quel intérêt présente la stéréoscopie pour les cinéastes et en particulier, pour les animateurs? Comment fonctionne cette technique? Quels sont les principaux outils et méthodes utilisés à l’heure actuelle? Un groupe de cinéastes et de spécialistes du 3D présentent leur travail et discutent des joies et des défis que comporte ce média en développement







There's so many misconceptions, myths, and madness clouding up the reality of what it really takes to develop, pitch, and sell an animated project. Utilizing his own ten year experience in the pitching world, along with candid advice from successful creators and leading development executives alike, author and animation director David B. Levy has put together a useful book on the subject: Animation Development: From Pitch to Production (Allworth Press). Join us for a stellar industry panel on the ins-and-outs of pitching today and be sure to bring your questions too. Followed immediately by a book signing event.







Joseph Gilland will discuss the various elements most commonly referred to as ‘special effects’ in the old school classical animation sense of the terminology, drawing directly from his book.

This includes all liquids, (a vast topic all on its own, with countless subsets of categories which I will discuss) fire and smoke, explosions, electricity, fireworks, sparks, magical ‘pixie dust’, spirits, storms, lightening, volcanoes, earthquakes, etc. Joseph will discuss the inter-related nature of many effects elements, such as smoke, water vapor, clouds, explosions and dust, all completely different effects but with very similar physics and design principles. Next up is the fundamental energy patterns that underlie all effects animation, and the extreme importance of understanding and feeling this energy’s path of action, and dissipation to final resolution.

What is an ‘organic’ approach to animating special effects? Joseph Gilland will discuss the classical technique of drawing and understanding special effects animation at great length.






This year the OIAF is joining forces with IndieCade, a like-minded organization that focuses on independent games and works to cultivate innovation and artistry in interactive media. Join IndieCade organizer Sam Roberts for a panel discussion with several independent gamemakers. The process of making games and their meaning will be discussed. The panel will also look at how to design and exploit rule sets to create emotion, gameplay, and message. Attendees will leave with a sharpened understanding of the work indie gamemakers do, and of the critical and theoretical space behind developing games.

Cette année, le FIAO joint ses forces à celles d’IndieCade, une organisation animée d’un esprit semblable au sien, qui se concentre sur les jeux et les oeuvres indépendantes afin de cultiver l’innovation et le talent artistique dans les médias interactifs. Joignez-vous à l’organisateur d’IndieCade Sam Roberts pour une discussion avec plusieurs créateurs experts de jeux indépendants, qui discuteront du processus de la création de jeux et de leur signification. Les experts étudieront aussi comment concevoir et exploiter les règles pour créer de l’émotion, de la jouabilité et un message. Les participants quitteront en ayant aiguisé leur compréhension du travail que font les créateurs de jeux indépendants et de l’espace critique et théorique derrière le développement des jeux.







Few independent artists have the resources to fund their own films and must scrape together enough money to make their vision come alive.  This discussion will explore the different funding sources that will take your idea off the page and onto the screen.  Discover where to find money in Canada, what makes a strong proposal, finding an appropriate grant and what opportunities and disadvantages these grants pose.