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,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Rigging in games Thursday 10 November 9.30-10.20 We strive to create games that will put both Frontier and the games industry itself at the forefront of the world entertainment industry. Frontier has thrived over the subsequent three decades. We have built a uniquely...
A Real-Time Revolution Thursday 10 November 10.25 - 11.05 See all of this year's speakers All09 November (Wednesday) – BFX Festival Speaker Series10 November (Thursday) – BFX Festival Speaker Series12 November (Saturday) – BFX Festival Speaker Series Matthew Walker...
Panel: Art direction in Games Thursday 10 November 11.15-12.30 Creative Assembly is one of Europe’s leading games development studios, founded in 1987 and located in West Sussex, UK and Sofia, Bulgaria. With a heritage of award-winning AAA titles, including the...
Playstation London Thursday 10 November 14.15-15.15 London, 2002. Our studio is founded with the intent to pioneer new ways to tell stories and immerse the players in action, adventure and technology driven experiences. London again, present day. Our award-winning...
Speaker session/Panel: Virtual production Thursday 10 November 15.30-17.00 Final Pixel is a Global Production House specializing in end-to-end Virtual Production for Film, TV and Advertising. We blend realistic 3D worlds with real world sets to create photoreal,...
From Lord of the Rings to the Rings of Power; the path of a visual effects artist Thursday 10 November 9.30-10.15 Paul has over 22 years experience creating visual effects for film, TV and TV commercials. He has worked in the UK, US and New Zealand as a matte painter,...
Moon Knight Environments: The Icing on the Cupcake Thursday 10 November 10.15-11.05 Union is an independent visual-effects facility founded in 2008 by Adam Gascoyne and Tim Caplan to provide a creative service for feature film and television productions.Located in the...
Panel: VFX in advertisement Thursday 10 November 11.15-12.30 The Mill is a global creative partner for agencies, production companies and brands, working across multiple media channels and platforms. We are trusted specialists in Visual Effects, Creative Production...
VFX of Star Wars: Andor Thursday 10 November 13.00-14.00 Founded by George Lucas in 1975 to create the special effects for his space epic Star Wars, no other facility of its type existed at the time. Now with locations in San Francisco, Vancouver, London, Singapore,...
Panel: Real-time in Animation Thursday 10 November 14.15-16.15 We are DNEG, one of the world’s leading visual effects and animation studios for feature film and television. We have over 20 years of industry experience and we are honoured to have won seven...
The art of depicting futuristic technology and UI in films Thursday 10 November 16.30-17.30 Territory Studio is an independent design studio with a unique approach to motion, brand and digital experiences. Bringing deep expertise in narrative design for film and...
100 years of BBC keynote: Cause and Effect: Life and Times - BC (Before Computers) Wednesday 9 November 9.30-11.00 Irvine is perhaps best known for his work on the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who. He was a part of the Visual Effects Department from the 1970s to...
R&D in Technicolor for VFX/Animation in Film and TV Wednesday 9 November 11.15-12.15 Technicolor Creative Studios is a creative technology company providing world-class production expertise driven by one purpose: The realization of ambitious and extraordinary ideas....
100 years of BBC: VFX of Doctor Who S13 Wednesday 9 November 13:00 - 13:55 The VFX of Doctor Who S13 Join Andrew Robertson, VFX Supervisor at DNEG, as he takes you behind the scenes of the latest series of the iconic BBC sci-fi fantasy, Doctor Who. Andrew will share...
100 years of BBC: VFX in BBC TV shows Wednesday 9 November 14.00-14.50 Milk creates award winning visual effects for episodic television and feature films. We craft innovative and complex sequences, specialising in FX, creatures and environments. See all of this...
The VFX of Sandman Wednesday 9 November 15.00-16.30 James Brennan-CraddockBased in Paris and London, One of Us is a multi-award winning Visual Effects studio with a strong reputation for design. We work across all visual effects disciplines including complex...
Panel: Celebrating diversity in animation and VFX Wednesday 9 November 11.00-12.30 We are DNEG, one of the world’s leading visual effects and animation studios for feature film and television. We have over 20 years of industry experience and we are honoured to...
Taking gaming beyond pure entertainment and into the world of playing with purpose Wednesday 9 November 13.00-13.50 Phil Stuart Session title: The power of Play with Purpose Session Description: How the future of play can solve problems, connect people, and transform...
All things Unreal Wednesday 9 November 14.00-14.50 Founded in 1991, Epic Games is an American company founded by CEO Tim Sweeney. The company is headquartered in Cary, North Carolina and has more than 40 offices worldwide. Today Epic is a leading interactive...
Local companies: From virtual production to animation Wednesday 9 November 15.00-15.50 We specialise in telling stories by using the Unreal Engine. Founded by a collection of friends, we operate out of our studio in Poole, UK. See all of this year's speakers All09...
NCCA Alumni Panel: You in five years' time Wednesday 9 November 16.15 - 17.30 Founded by George Lucas in 1975 to create the special effects for his space epic Star Wars, no other facility of its type existed at the time. Now with locations in San Francisco, Vancouver,...
