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2025 Showcase Programme
2025 Showcase Programme
Announcing the programme for the 19th Annual TAIS Animation Showcase! This year’s Showcase will feature the following films and Anijams. The 19th Annual TAIS Animation Showcase is on November 6, 2025! Get your ticket to Showcase → showcase programme 2025 Madi Piller Award All the Food in the WorldSlina FrichCanada STRIDE & SHINE!Xinyi TianCanada Mealitancy…
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2025 Showcase Poster Reveal
2025 Showcase Poster Reveal
Presenting the poster for this year’s TAIS Animation Showcase! Every year, TAIS commissions an artist to create the Showcase poster based on the Anijam theme. This year, artist Mehrak Tehrani illustrated the dynamic poster based on the theme Small Crush. The 19th Annual TAIS Animation Showcase is on Thursday November 6th, 2025 at The Royal…
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Call for 2025-26 TAIS Digital Artist in Residence
Call for 2025-26 TAIS Digital Artist in Residence
TAIS is excited to announce a call for our Digital Artist in Residence funded by the Government of Canada. To qualify for this call you must: This residency includes 12 weeks access to TAIS Studios & equipment. This is a waged in-person residency. The pay rate is $27.50 per hour to a maximum of 480…
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Artist Talk: Winston Hacking
Artist Talk: Winston Hacking
Please join us on October 9th for an Artist Talk hosted by Winston Hacking, where he’ll screen his new short film Action Bog, along with past works. When: Thursday, October 9th, at 7PMWhere: 1411 Dufferin St. Unit BFree and Open to the public! About the Film A feverish stasis collapses into an infinite distraction, spinning…
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Artist Talk: Victoria Monaco
Artist Talk: Victoria Monaco
Please join us on September 18th for an artist talk with Victoria Monaco! Monaco recently completed a 3-month OCADU Career Launcher Residency at TAIS. She will be discussing her latest work, The Presence in the Window. TAIS is thrilled to have presented this residency in partnership with OCADU’s Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers @ocaducead…
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Toon Boom Pipeline Demo
Toon Boom Pipeline Demo
TAIS is partnering with Toon Boom to provide our members with access to their world-class animation software. Toon Boom is fully equipping our production centre with Storyboard Pro and Harmony Premium which TAIS Members can now access through our low-cost studio and equipment rentals. Never used Toon Boom software before? TAIS has you covered: on…
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OCADU Career Launcher Residency: Victoria Monaco
OCADU Career Launcher Residency: Victoria Monaco
TAIS is thrilled to have partnered with OCADU once again for a 3-month OCADU Career Launcher Residency, awarded to recent graduate Victoria Monaco. Join us in welcoming Victoria as she develops her new project in our studios this summer! To see more of Victoria’s work, check out @expressionlessart or her website at www.expressionless.art Artist Bio:Victoria…
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Artist Talk: Liza Desya
Artist Talk: Liza Desya
3D Level-up with Liza Desya! Please join us on July 3rd as Liza Desya (@lizadesya) screens and discusses the work she completed while in our studios for her 3-week Micro-Residency! For this TAIS Artist Talk, Liza Desya will unveil the animated music video that she produced during her 3-week residency. Learn how she achieved her…
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2025 TAIS Anijam Sign Up
2025 TAIS Anijam Sign Up
Sign ups are now open for this year’s Anijam! Each year, the TAIS Anijam features 10 second long animated films submitted under a theme and screened at the annual TAIS Animation Showcase. This year’s Anijam theme is Small Crush! Animators who would like to participate in this year’s Anijam competition can sign up here: https://forms.gle/x3W5BpB7vqopCeEZ9…