BFX Festival 2023 Programme
Animation Speaker Series | Location: Hilton Bournemouth, PhoxTrott
Speaker Series hear from the industry’s finest VFX, computer animation, and games specialists during the following sessions.
09.45 – 10.50 Eric Cheung & Madeleine Scott-Spencer / Cinesite – Part 1: Animating Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem | Part 2: Creature design ideation
11.00 – 11.50 Johan Dekker, Anthony Kemp, Toby Seale / DNEG – Shine bright like Nimona
12.00 – 13.00 Keynote: Joe Darko / Sony Pictures Imageworks – The Spider Within: A Spider-Verse Story
13.30 -14.30 Keynote: Scott Eaton – OUT of DISTRIBUTION: Thriving creatively in the Age of AI
15.00 – 15.50 Vincent Aupetit / Framestore – Infectiously Pink: How Farsight helped visualise The Last of Us and Barbie
16.00 – 17.00 JP Vine / Locksmith Animation – Storytelling in animation: from Pixar to Locksmith
17.00 – 18:30 Screening: Shelley Page / Locksmith Animation – Presents Eye Candy Show
Industry & Panels Speaker Series | Location: Hilton Bournemouth, Conference Room
Speaker Series hear from the industry’s finest VFX, computer animation, and games specialists during the following sessions.
10.00 – 11:00 Meet the industry: Fast forward
11.00 – 11.30 Recruitment talk: Rosey Asquith / Playground Games – How to get into games
12.00 – 13.00 Recruitment Panel: Simon Carr / Axis Studios & Nic Birmingham / BlueBolt – Skills & tips to get into VFX
14.00 – 14.50 Brenda Ximena Roldan Romero / SIGGRAPH LONDON – Animation/VFX portfolio essentials
15.00 – 15.50 Ruairidh Macneill / Axis Studios – Entering the industry
16.00 – 17:30 Panel: Adrien Herubel / Autodesk Arnold & Petya Georgieva / Chaos – Advances in production rendering
Recruitment event Speaker Series | Location: The Hilton, Bournemouth Foyer
Speaker Series (included in BFX Speaker Series tickets)
10:00 – 17:00 Recruitment Event – explore the attending studios
Portfolio Reviews Speaker Series | Location: The Hilton, Poise
Speaker Series (included in BFX Speaker Series tickets)
15:00 – 17:00 Brenda Ximena Roldan Romero / SIGGRAPH LONDON – Portfolio reviews: Arts, animation & visual effects
Masterclasses | Location: Talbot Campus, Poole Gateway Building, Room: PG-106
Masterclasses learn from industry professionals in these creative & technical BFX masterclasses