Jessica Borutski began her animation career between Ottawa and Halifax, making the leap to Los Angeles when Warner Brothers came calling. After redesigning the Looney Tunes, she began directing, producing, and writing her own series, Bunnicula,

Episode 4 - Direct Cinema with Steven Woloshen

May 6th, 2019 29m 1s

This year’s AFX includes a retrospective screening from one of Canada’s most celebrated contemporary experimental animators, Steven Woloshen. In today’s episode, Becka Barker, curator of this retrospective screening, talks with Steven live from

EP: 003 Labour and Animation: Out from Under the Rug

May 4th, 2019 30m 49s

Today, Becka Barker from our festival organizing team talks in the studio with festival installation curator (and award-winning animator) Sam Decoste and fine artist/playwright (and co-founder of the Emerging Lens Cultural Film Festival) Tara T

EP: 002 Dots and Loops and Food and Music

May 2nd, 2019 34m 38s

In this episode, Becka talks with the AFX Artistic Director, Siloën Daley, and Wonder’neath Art Society Chair Jessica Winton to learn more about the importance of connecting local animation creation to broader creative communities in Halifax. W

Ep: 001 Halifax: an Animation Industry Destination?

Apr 30th, 2019 36m 10s

This episode, hosted by Becka Barker of the AFX organizing team, features a conversation with Phillip Stamp (Creative Director) and Linda Craigmyle (Animation Producer) at Island of Misfits, a new local production studio that has taken up the l

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