BFX Festival 2023 Programme
VFX Speaker Series | Location: Hilton Bournemouth, PhoxTrott
Speaker Series hear from the industry’s finest VFX, computer animation, and games specialists during the following sessions:
10.00 – 10.15 Festival Directors: Welcome to BFX 2023
10.15 – 10.30 Screening: Fireworks
10.30 – 11.30 Keynote: Paul Franklin / DNEG – The future of virtual production and AI in filmmaking – a personal view
12.00 – 12.50 Dionysis Bouloutzas / Ghost VFX – From concept to screen. Examples from Fast and Furious
13.00 – 13.50 Amaan Akram & Anand Balasubramania / Untold Studios – Virgin Media: Goat Glider
14.00 – 14.50 Simon Hughes & Rob Hopper / Union VFX – The talk about The Power
15.00 – 15.50 Keynote: Amanda Johnstone-Batt / ILM, Designing the future: The visual world of The Creator
16.00 – 16.50 Keynote: Peter Warbis / Framestore – Guardians of the Galaxy
17.00 – 17.50 Oliver Winwood & Nick White / Outpost – The Wheel of Time: Bringing fantasy worlds to life for the epic second season
Academic Symposium | Location: Hilton Bournemouth, Conference Room
Academic Symposium – Speaker Series: hear from the industry’s finest VFX, computer animation, and games specialists during the following sessions:
11.40 – 12.50: Matt Traynar & Chris McKenna / Technicolor Creative Studios – R&D Case Studies from Technicolour’s MPC
13.00 – 13.50: Academic keynote: Professor Darren Cosker / Microsoft & University of Bath – AI for human understanding in Mixed Reality
14.00 – 14.50: Academic keynote: Associate Professor He Wang / University College London – AI for fast digital content creation for animation & beyond
15.00 – 17.00: Academic symposium: Short presentations & panel discussion. Find out more about the speakers.
Masterclasses | Location: Hilton Bournemouth, Poise
Masterclasses learn from industry professionals in these creative & technical BFX masterclasses
10.15 – 13.15: Masterclass: Jahirul Amin / CAVE Academy – Shooting HDRIs for VFX – Difficulty level: beginner
14.00 – 17.00: Masterclass: Jahirul Amin / CAVE Academy – Every asset has a story – Difficulty level: beginner
Masterclasses | Location: Talbot Campus, Poole Gateway Building, Room: PG-106
Masterclasses learn from industry professionals in these creative & technical BFX masterclasses
10.00 – 13.00: Masterclass: Petya Georgieva / Chaos – V-Ray tips and tricks to speed up your workflows. Difficulty Level: beginner.