The VFX Festival Virtual Series

The VFX Festival hosted by Escape Studios, is a celebration of visual effects, animation, games and motion graphics. For the last 7 years the annual festival hosted in London has attracted many attendees and high profile speakers from award-winning studios. 

For the first time in its history the VFX Festival is being divided into a virtual series to support emerging talent from all over the world by allowing professionals to share their insights on award-winning productions and encourage collaboration among the international participants. 

The VFX Festival Virtual Series will commence from May and will run until The VFX Festival next year, scheduled to take place in early February 2021 in London.

Upcoming virtual events

The VFX Festival Virtual Series

The VFX Festival hosted by Escape Studios, is a celebration of visual effects, animation, games and motion graphics. For the last 7 years the annual festival hosted in London has attracted many attendees and high profile speakers from award-winning studios. 

For the first time in its history the VFX Festival is being divided into a virtual series to support emerging talent from all over the world by allowing professionals to share their insights on award-winning productions and encourage collaboration among the international participants. 

The VFX Festival Virtual Series will commence from May and will run until The VFX Festival next year, scheduled to take place in early February 2021 in London.

Panel Discussion: We have Lift-Off!: Your first steps to a career in VFX, Animation and Games

Tuesday, 19th May at 14.00 - 15.00 (BST) Panel discussion addressed to students under 18 years old, their parents and teachers focusing on education, careers, tips and advice on taking first steps into VFX, Animation and Games.

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Animating for Total War: Warhammer | Elliot Maren, Lead Animator at Creative Assembly

Tuesday, 26th May at 17.30 - 18.30 (BST) Elliot Maren, Lead Animator at Creative Assembly will provide an overview of the animation techniques used in the award-winning series. He will break this down into four key parts: requirements, demos, the constraints and finally, tips.

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From TV to Feature: The evolution and expectations of an Animated Feature | Manuel Reyes, CG Supervisor at Jellyfish

Tuesday, 14th July at 11.00 - 12.00 (BST) Manuel Reyes, CG Supervisor will take attendees on the company’s journey in creating DreamWorks Animation’s Holiday Special How to Train Your Dragon: Homecoming.

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Launching the Sea Dragon - The relationship between FX and Compositing by Union VFX

Thursday, 21st May at 14.00 - 15.00 (BST) Inspiring talk addressed to students under 18 years old, their parents and teachers delivered by Marcelo Sousa, FX TD & Tiago Faria, Senior/Lead Compositor at Union VFX

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Panel discussion 2020: The next 10 years | It’s 2020, a good time to look forward to the next ten years

Tuesday, 16th June at 11.00 - 12.00 (BST) We've collected a group of experts from across digital media to identify and predict future trends in the screen industries, including VFX, Games and Animation, that may change our work lives in the near future.

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The bizarre, yet wonderful world of CG characters | Marcus Dryden, Creative Director at MPC Advertising

Thursday, 23th July at 17.30 - 18.30 (BST) Marcus will demonstrate how to bring stories to life with characters, creatures, cars, environments, and even food, through a range of programmes and new techniques

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