Matthew Walker

Matthew Walker

Developing Lloyd of the Flies: from 2D to CG Saturday 12 November 10.00-11.00 Matthew Walker is a writer, director and story artist based at Aardman in Bristol. Matthew has been working in the animation industry since 2005 and over the years has worked as a writer,...
Georgina Hurcombe and George Caton-Coult

Georgina Hurcombe and George Caton-Coult

A talk about "Pop Paper City" Saturday 12 November 11.15-12.00 Welcome to Pop Paper City: a place where dreams become reality. Pop Paper City is a vibrant 3D preschool craft show… with adventure. The series focuses on a group of unique paper friends as they find ways...
Paloma Baeza

Paloma Baeza

A Look Behind the Scenes of The House: The Emmy-winning Stop-motion Anthology Saturday 12 November 11.45-12.30 A global creative studio working with award-winning directors across animation, artful live-action, and immersive to redefine the boundaries of...
Elizabeth Rega

Elizabeth Rega

Stranger than fiction? Disney’s strange worlds and the scientific imagination Saturday 12 November 13.00-14.00 Elizabeth Rega, Professor of Anatomy at Western University of Health Science and frequent consultant to Walt Disney. Elizabeth will be delivering the final...
Bluezoo

Bluezoo

100 years of BBC: The production of Cbeebies show Numberblocks Saturday 12 November 14.15-15.15 Since starting the studio in London in 2000, we have grown to become one of the leading animation studios in the UK. Our ethos is to build a positive workplace environment...
Shelley Page

Shelley Page

Eye Candy show Saturday 12 November 15.30-16.30 Formed in 2014, Locksmith is the UK’s only dedicated high-end CG feature animation studio. The company aims to bring together experienced, world-class creative leads, Europe’s animation and design talent and London’s...
Nick Roberts

Nick Roberts

The Power of mobile games Saturday 12 November 10:00 - 10:45 Amuzo is an award-winning video games development studio based in Bournemouth on the South Coast of England. We make games, great games for mobile, console and PC. We’ve been doing it for over 20 years and...

Talewind studios

Saturday 12 November 10.45 - 11.30 See all of this year's speakers All10 November (Thursday) – BFX Festival Speaker Series12 November (Saturday) – BFX Festival Speaker Series9 November (Wednesday) – BFX Festival Speaker Series Matthew Walker Georgina Hurcombe and...
Talewind

Talewind

Breathing Adventure Into The Metaverse Saturday 12 November 10.45 - 11.30 Breathing Adventure Into The Metaverse Talewind is a new, professional UK studio working in Roblox. We’re on a quest to better the metaverse with games that are fresh, fun, and full of...
Sylvia Pan, Gavin Buckingham, Sam Watts and Zillah Watson

Sylvia Pan, Gavin Buckingham, Sam Watts and Zillah Watson

XR for non-gaming applications Saturday 12 November 14.05-15.35 Prof Sylvia Pan is a Professor of Virtual Reality at Goldsmiths, University of London. She co-leads the SeeVR research group including 10 academics and researchers. She holds a PhD in Virtual Reality, and...
Guy Gadney and Shaojun Bian

Guy Gadney and Shaojun Bian

Speaker session/Panel: AI for media Saturday 12 November 15.45-16.45 At Charisma, we believe that AI is a new toolkit for creatives. It can be used to inspire ideas, accelerate their development, and create new forms of entertainment. Guy Gadney runs Charisma...