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24th - 29th October 2016

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Rona Lui

Rona Lui is a fine artist living in the Bay Area of California, who currently works at Pixar Animation Studios.

Most recently, Rona worked on the animated blockbuster film, ‘Finding Dory,’ where her designs and drawings contributed to making one of the most beautiful, scenic and atmospheric productions of our time. Before Pixar, Rona spent several years as a character art Intern at Disney Consumer Products. During her presentation, young and old artists from the Caribbean will be able to hear Rona share her story of how her love of art took her to one of the most respected animation companies in the world. She will also discuss the importance of fine art in animation and its significance in the future of digital animation and games.

Booths and Displays, Presentations & Demos FRIDAY 28TH & SATURDAY 29TH Interactive Displays RCS

Robotics by Neverson Cheesman

How To Self-Publish Your Own Comic – The Celflux

Virtual & Augmented Reality

Experience Special Effects –Parallel 14 Game Construction – Caiphus Moore Substance Designer -Andy Berahazar

NIHERST Carigamers Heroes Foundation THE WIRE BEND FOLKLORE THEATRE

Booths for Schools Day FRIDAY 28TH & SATURDAY 29TH and Expo Day Exhibitors Epically Maya Banana Boat Bim and Bam Magnus the Mongoose Lab 206 UTT Student Booth UTT Student Recruitment

Trinidad and Tobago Animation Network Guyana Animation Network Suriname Animation Network Coded Arts Second Floor Studios

Brad Schiff

Animation Supervisor on The Boxtrolls and ParaNorman, Brad Schiff cut his teeth on a number of popular American television series including MTV’s Celebrity Deathmatch, The PJs and Gary & Mike. In 2001 Brad brought home a Primetime Emmy® Award for “Outstanding Individual Achievement In Animation. In 2004, he animated on the first of what has turned out to be a series of Academy Award®-nominated features that include Corpse Bride, Coraline and Fantastic Mr. Fox. Most notably however Brad served as animation supervisor for ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’ with a prestigious voice cast of Oscar-winning Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey and Oscar-nominated Ralph Fiennes and Rooney Mara. There will be a special screening of Kubo and the Two strings and a Q&A with Brad Schiff after.

Nancy Phelps

Caiphus Moore

Nancy Denney-Phelps is an animation journalist, historian and music producer for animation, based in Gent, Belgium. She has been writing about animated films and festivals for many years, traveling all over the world.

Nancy’s writings have appeared in publications such as CARTOON and ANIMATOON, as well as on her regular blog for AWN (Animation World Network). She is also a regular correspondent for ASIFA, San Francisco, and is a member of the ASIFA International Board of Directors. Nancy has served on numerous international animation festival juries, curated short film programmes and given lectures on various aspects of animation, especially on the importance of music. This will be her first visit to a Caribbean animation festival.

Nancy will also be a jury member for Animae Caribe Animation Festival 2016.

Caiphus is a Trinidadian American artist who currently resides in Oakland, California. He has spent most of his professional artistic career creating artwork for the video game industry and currently works as a Senior Artist for Electronic Arts (EA). A graduate of the Maryland Institute, College of Art, with a degree in Painting, Caiphus has always been inspired by the natural human form. He creates art on a variety of mediums; from traditional canvas to 3D sculpting. His main focus is to create a synergy between his love of fine art, gaming and multimedia.

Malika Zouhali-Worrall

Malika Zouhali-Worrall is an award-winning director of British /Moroccan origin. ‘Thank You For Playing’ is a documentary that follows the parents of a child with cancer and how they used their programming skills to create a game that deals with the emotions and frustrations of the disease. The film premiered at the Berlin Film Festival, where it won the Teddy Award for Best Documentary and the Cinema Fairbindet Prize. Malika is a Chaz & Roger Ebert Directing Fellow and an alumnus of the Film Independent Documentary Lab, the Tribeca All Access program, the Firelight Producers Lab, and the Garrett Scott Documentary Development Grant. In 2012, Filmmaker Magazine named Malika as one of 25 New Faces of Independent Film. A screening of this documentary will be followed by a detailed Q&A with the director.

Chloe Jarry

Chloé Jarry joined Camera lucida as a new media producer in January 2011 in charge of cross-media development. She has produced three iPad apps mixing games, interactive animations and movie extracts from Camera lucida children’s movies: Le Carnaval des animaux, Les 4 saisons d’Antoine or the recent Pierre et le loup. She has also written and produced large transmedia projects like Missions Printemps – Die FruehlingsForscher, a French-German “web + mobile + TV” project that engages audiences to send pictures of spring events, based on scientific protocols (http:// missionsprintemps.arte.tv), or Théâtre sans animaux, that proposes a new way to experiment and enhance theater on the web (http://theatre-sans-animaux.fr).

She is developing transmedia and cross-media projects with various broadcasters: Arte, FranceTélévisions, RadioFrance, Canal +.

Everard – Comic TT

Against the backdrop of a widespread call for greater diversity in comic books and graphic novels, comes a new lead female character of color named Okira. Created by Trinidadian husband and wife team of Dixie Ann Archer-McBain and Everard J. McBain Jr. Okira is a young, kind-hearted and benevolent priestess who lives an ordinary and mundane life with the feeling that she is meant for something special. She finds out one day that her feeling is right and, with the help of a disjointed group, she must save her world from total destruction.

The book examines themes that range from the possible link between science and spirituality and the next stage of man’s evolution. They currently have three books completed that are available on Amazon, Barns & Noble, DriveThruComics and Comixology.

Alain Bidard

Received his Masters degree at SUPINFOCOM in France. In 1999, he directed “Pixies” which was nominated at Imagina Festival (Monaco) the Roubaix animation Festival (France) & the Anima Festival (Belgium). In 2001, he created Dream Heaven Pictures and directed many award-winning documentaries and short films. In 2010, he started working on his first feature film, “Battledream Chronicle.” It was completed in 2015.

Saïdou Bernabé and Yoane Pavadé

Parellel 14 is the first Caribbean school where you can study innovative fields such as 3D animation cinema, visual effects and video games. Originally from Martinique, they have returned to the French territory after spending 15 years abroad working as 3D graphic designers for some of the largest international studios, involved in film projects which are known worldwide.

Today, Parallel 14 exists, teaching its first batch of students. The venture has attracted the support of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Martinique as well as the Martinique Region and Europe.

Dave King

For over a decade, Dave’s Hell Weeks have become a tradition on the animation course at Volda University College in Norway. Feared and loved in equal measures, the four week session sees students working in a real world/studio-like environment of short deadlines and heavy workloads! Encompassing a broad range of essential subjects, including observation and acting, character construction and design, scripting, storyboarding, animatics and animation, Dave King, project leader at VUC and former animation director/scriptwriter for Cartoon Network, MTV Europe, BBC and more, will now bring a specially adapted version of this fearsome but fun course to the Animae Caribe Animation Festival! Get ready for Hell in the Caribbean!

Anita Killi

Anita Killi is a Norwegian director and writer, known for Angry Man (2009) which takes on the difficult topic of domestic violence. She explores the dynamics that lead to abuse in families, and throws a healing light on a situation that too often remains hidden in the shadows. Also know for The Hedge of Thorns (2002) which received numerous international awards and Daughter of the Sun (1996). The technique employed in most of her films is a combination of cut-outs and object animation using a multi-plane technique, i.e. animation filmed on several layers using glass panes. She studied at the National College of Art and Design and at the MRDH District College. Killi has established her own animation studio Trollfilm. Her work will be screened and followed by a discussion after.

Andres Mand

Andres Mänd (born in 1965 in Tallinn, Estonia). Associate professor and the head of Animation Department at Volda University College, Norway. He has studied stage management in Estonia, animation in Russia and art management in Finland. Worked for 13 years in the puppet film company “Nukufilm” in Estonia of which he still owns a share. Has animated more than 40 animated films including TV-commercials and music videos. Many of the films have been awarded in different animation film festivals around the world. Has directed 6 animated shorts, among others music video for Norwegian progrerock band Motorpsycho called “Manmower” which was announced as the best Norwegian music video in 1996. Executive producer of gratuation films produced at Volda University College 1998-2016 (more than 100 titles). Many VUC films have won international awards, among others «But Milk is Important» which got the Official Walt Disney Award for the best student film in Ottawa, Canada in 2012. One of the establishers of Animation Volda Festival (2006) and Norwegian Animation Centre (2012). Loves Trinidad and Tobago.

Arne Humberset

Arne Humberset, a native of Volda, Norway, is the Head of the International Office at Volda University College, a position he has held since 2013. Prior to this, he worked for ten years at at the University of Oslo in positions connected to international education. Humberset holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of North Dakota and an MPhil. in Peace and Conflict Studies from the University of Oslo.

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE TIME

MONDAY 24TH

TUESDAY 25TH

WEDNESDAY 26TH

THURSDAY 27TH

FRIDAY 28TH

SATURDAY 29TH

BOOTCAMP2

ALL THINGS ANIMATION & GAME VENUE: APA Theatre 1

ANIMATION – THOUGHTFUL

BUSINESS - PITCHING DAY

STUDENT DAY EXPO

PUBLIC EXPO

VENUE: APA Theatre 1

VENUE: APA Theatre 1

VENUE : APA Theatre 1

Thank You For Playing – Malika Zouhalli-Worrall.

Discussion on games for social impact.

Documentary based on a game called That Dragon Cancer.

Break to play game Special screening @ 7pm

FEATURE PRESENTATION The Art of Finding Dory – Rona Liu is an artist first. She describes how she went from a simple artist to working on one of the most successful animated films in history.

9:00am - 10:30am

FEATURE PRESENTATION The LAIKA World

FEATURE PRESENTATION The Art of Finding

9:00am-10:00am

1:00pm – 2:00pm

Discussions on Local Content Creation GM FILM TT Nneka Luke

Booths and Displays Presentations & Demos Interactive Displays AC Projects - Showcase

VENUE: APA AM

AM

Monday 24th – Saturday 29th October

TIME:9am – 4pm Note: This day is for Registered Animated Ideas Boot Camp participants only.

UTT INAUGURAL PRESENTATION The LAIKA World - Brad Schiff, Animation Supervisor on The Boxtrolls and ParaNorman, and now, ‘Kubo and the Two Strings’.

Registration: 9:00am10:00am BCAMP ORIENTATION Registration of Idea Registration of Group 2015 Winners Overview Meeting the Mentors Dave King Parallel 14 Alain Bidard Caiphus Moore S Hilton Clarke 10:00 - 12:00pm

9:00am – 11:00am TELLING THE STORY – Dave King Encompassing a broad range of subjects, observation and acting, character construction and design, scripting, storyboarding, Dave King, project leader at VUC and former animation director scriptwriter for Cartoon Network, MTV Europe, BBC.

9:00am-10:30am Experimenting with Glass and Animation – Anita Killi. She explores the dynamics that lead to abuse in families, and throws a healing light on a situation that too often remains hidden in the shadows.

Animated screening ANGRY MAN

NIHERST on animation sector update

BCAMP WORKSHOPS ● Ideation ● Story Construction ● Environment Design ● Pitching

11:00am- 12:00pm

11:15- 12:00pm

1:00pm- 4:00pm

IT’S YOUR WORLD - Caiphus Moore Whether it be for a game or an animation, your environment must be constructed and designed to aid your story. With over 10 years’ experience at EA Games, Caiphus takes us through the drill of creating a successful world.

1:00-2:30pm

Dory – Rona Liu

How To Self-Publish Your Own Comic – The Celflux Experience Game Construction – Caiphus Moore Substance Designer -Andy Berahazar

The Enemy: Chloé Jarry, New Media Producer, Camera Lucida. The Enemy breaks away from traditional depictions of war.

Virtual Reality (VR) is used to explain the motives & dreams of the enemy. 2:003:30pm

Dave King- 2D Workshop 5 Minutes of Fame 10 PRESENTERS are each given 5 minutes to highlight teaching innovations of all sorts. Dave King featuredVenue: APA Theatre 2 2:00pm- 4:30pm

Caribbean Presentation CARICOM Overview of initiatives REGIONAL ANIMATION NETWORKS (TTAN, GAN & SAN) Tinninben Animation Studio Guyana- “We to the World”

UTT Students/Music Students UTT Student Recruitment Robotics- Neverson Cheesman Virtual Reality & Games- Carigamers NIHERST T&T Animation Network Guyana Animation Network

1:00-2:00pm

Booths and Displays Presentations & Demos Interactive Displays AC Projects How To Self-Publish Your

Special Effects–Parallel 14

11:00am- 1:00pm

LUNCH PM

Brad Schiff

VENUE : APA Theatre 1

Suriname Animation Network Heroes Foundation The Wirebend and Folklore Theatre Coded Arts

Own Comic – The Celflux Experience Special Effects–Parallel 14 Game Construction – Caiphus Moore Substance Designer – Andy Berahazar Dave King- 2D Workshop UTT Students/Music Students UTT Student Recruitment Robotics- Neverson Cheesman Virtual Reality & Games-

PM

CREATE YOUR HERO -

Live Art in a 3D Space The Crowdfunding AC16 Project – Artist Caiphus Moore gives us a live Introduction to Crowdfunding by demonstration of artwork created using HTC Apura Network founder Miguel CHARACTER DESIGN Vive and Google’s Tiltbrush The Crowdfunding AC16Rodriguez CREATE YOUR SPECIAL HERO - EFFECTS Live Art in a 3D Space Project – Second Floor Studios Artist Caiphus Moore gives us a live Introduction to Crowdfunding by Parallel 14 STORY RSC Projects are pitched to demonstration of artwork created using HTC Apura Network founderAC16 Miguel CHARACTER DESIGN Vive and Google’s 4:00pmTiltbrush 5:00pm Rodriguez investors and audience for actual SPECIAL EFFECTS 3:00-4:30 STORY crowdfunding AC16 Projects are pitched to 2:30-4:30pm 4:00pm- 5:00pm and audience for actual 3:00-4:30 Special screening of “Thank Youinvestors For Playing” TTAN Mixer crowdfunding Hosted by Cancer Society Introduction to TTAN & New 2:30-4:30pm members registration

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE PM

Special screening of “Thank You For Playing” Venue: APA Hosted by Cancer Society

7:00pm-9:00pm

6-8PM 6-8PM

Venue: APA 7:00pm-9:00pm

Launch of Evolution of Animation in T&T

Opening Screening (invitation only) Laika Film Screening with Animation Exhibition Launch of Evolution of of Animated Opening Screening Supervisor Brad Schiff present. Q&A Animation in T&T Content in T&T, Laika UTT Film Screening with Animation Exhibition ofStudent AnimatedScreening Supervisor 2016 Brad Schiff present. Q&A Trailers for AC Projects Content in T&T, andUTT “Birth of A Nation “ Student Screening 2016 VR experience byTrailers Codedfor AC Projects and “Birth of A Nation “ VENUE: Digicel IMAX Arts VR experience by Coded 6:30 Introduction VENUE: Digicel IMAX Arts 7:00 Screening 6:30 Introduction 7:00 Screening

VENUE: NM – Gallery VENUE: NM –6:30-8:00pm Gallery 6:30-8:00pm

Second Floor Studios

Monday 24th – Saturday 29th October

Parallel 14

(invitation only)

TTAN Mixer Introduction to TTAN & New members registration Venue: APA

5:00-7:00PM BIG BLACK BOX CINEMA

Venue: APA 5:00-7:00PM BIG BLACK BOX CINEMA WORLD ANIMATION SCREENINGS

with Animation Installation

WORLD ANIMATION SCREENINGS with Animation Installation

(7:00-9:00pm)

(7:00-9:00pm) Venue: BBB Cover charge: $20

Cocktails: Buzz Bar after screening

Venue: BBB Cover charge: $20

only) Cocktails: Buzz (invitation Bar after screening (invitation only)

Carigamer

RSC

Carigamers Heroes Foundation

Heroes Fo

The Wireb Theatre

The Wirebend and Folklore Theatre

Coded Art

Coded Arts

Second Flo

Second Floor Studios

RSC

RSC

CLOSING & 7:00 - 8:00 (invitation DARK NIGH 8-10pm Halloween dress-up/c screenings TZAR Hallo $40 entran costume

CLOSING & AWARDS 7:00 - 8:00PM (invitation only) DARK NIGHT 8-10pm Halloween Screening dress-up/cosplay/film screenings TZAR Halloween Party $40 entrance, free if in costume

Venue: Ro

Venue: Roll/TZAR

(invitation only) (invitation only)

ACRONYM

ACRONYM APA APA NM NM IMAX IMAX BBB BBB

VENUE

VENUE Academy for Performing Arts Academy for Performing Arts National Museum of Trinidad and Tobago National Museum of Trinidad and Tobago Digicel IMAX Cinema, One Woodbrook Place Digicel IMAX Cinema, One Woodbrook Place Big Black BoxBig Black Box

ADDRESS

ADDRESS Keate St Entrance, P.O.S Keate St Entrance, P.O.S Frederick Street P.O.S. Frederick Street P.O.S. One Woodbrook Place, Woodbrook One Woodbrook Place, Woodbrook Murray Street, POSMurray Street, POS

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AC EXPO 2016

Friday 28th - School Day: 9am - 4pm Saturday 29th - Public Day: 9am-4pm

Presentations/Workshops During EXPO Rooms: Theatre 1, Rooms 202, 203, 205, MTechLab, National Museum Exhibit Room

PRESENTER

WORKSHOP TOPIC

TIME* (session 1)

TIME* (session 2)

FEATURE: BRAD SCHIFF

Laika World

9:00-10:00

FEATURE: RONA LIU

Art of Finding Dory

1:00-2:00

SCREENINGS

SCREENINGS

10:00- 10:30

WIREBEND FOLKLORE THEATRE

Making Folklore Live

10:30- 11:00

Raj Ramdass

IT Clubs in Schools

11:00-11:30

Neverson Cheesman

Robotics

11:30-12:30

Full Circle

Animation 101 for CXC CAPE Teachers

Caiphus Moore

Game construction

10:30-11:15

1:30- 2:15

Andy Berahazar Jr

Texturing for Games using Substance

11:15-12:00

2:15- 3:00

Room

Theatre 1 3:30-4:00

2:30-3:30

Room 202

AC EXPO 2016

Friday 28th - School Day: 9am - 4pm Saturday 29th - Public Day: 9am-4pm

Presentations/Workshops During EXPO Rooms: Theatre 1, Rooms 202, 203, 205, MTechLab, National Museum Exhibit Room

PRESENTER

WORKSHOP TOPIC

TIME* (session 1)

TIME* (session 2)

Room

Parallel 14

Special Effects Today

10:30-11:15

1:30-2:15

Celflux Experience

HowToSelf-Publish Your Own Comic

11:15-12:00

2:15- 3:00

Dave King

Dave’s Halloween Hell Workshop (2D)

10:30-11:15

1:30-2:15

Room 205

Music Students

Music Technology

10:30-11:15

1:00-1:45

MTechLab

Tevonna McDavid

Stop Motion

10:30-11:15

:30-2:15

National Museum Exhibit Room

Room 203

Special Thanks to the AC FAB Team Camille Selvon Abrahams – Founder and Creative Director Roxanne Colthrust – Director PR and Sponsorship Jessica Yawching – Festival Co-ordinator Ty Richardson – Animated Boot Camp Co-ordinator Johann Medford – Tech Consultant North 11 team - North Eleven - Samantha, Mathew, Sean, Reuel, Joel, Tevona, Brandon, Aleem, Jerron Meena Mahabir – Outreach Co-ordinator Sade Selvon Abrahams – Guest Co-ordinator Corisia Warner- Schools Day Co-ordinator Aelon Meyers - National Museum programmer Sherwin Marcelle - Submissions Co-ordinator Maria O’Brien – Cinema Nights Co-ordinator Brent Bachew – Transport Co-ordinator Sophia Cooper – Tobago Co-ordinator Andy Berahazar – Virtual Reality Consultant Aida Baptiste – Volunteer Co-ordinator Steff Kalloo – Guest Relations UTT Animation students (past and present) Team SIGHTFACTORY - Sean, Orin, Kadija, Janine.

Cover charge:

$20