Italian animation, VFX, games and CG gathering VIEW Conference is ready to launch its 2022 edition, taking place from October 16-21 in the baroque city of Torino as well as online.
The full 2022 program is now online, available to browse by topic or by speaker. The organizers note they are especially pleased to welcome a majority of these esteemed creatives and technical experts to the live in-person event this year.
A new session with director Robert Zemeckis has also been added. The Oscar-winning helmer will join VFX supervisor Kevin Baillie in a virtual conversation about the making of his latest film, Pinocchio, for Walt Disney Studios (now streaming on Disney+).
Additional highlights of this year’s speakers and presentations lineup include:
- Ramsey Naito, President of Nickelodeon/Paramount
- Kristine Belson, President of Sony Pictures Animation
- Peter Ramsey, director at Netflix Animation (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse / Lost Ollie)
- Steve May, Chief Technology Officer at Pixar
- Rob Bredow, CCO at Industrial Light & Magic
- Love, Death + Robots – Night of the Mini Dead – BUCK creative directors Robert Bisi & Andy Lyon
- The Sandman – with Raphaël Letertre, Rodeo FX CG supervisor
- Entergalactic – DNEG’s David Prescott, Archie Donato & Kapil Sharma
- PLUS Jurassic World Dominion, Thor: Love and Thunder, Westworld, Lightyear, Turning Red, The Sea Beast, My Father’s Dragon and much more.
See the full list of speakers for VIEW Conference 2022 here.
Students and professionals will be able to participate in VIEW Conference’s recruitment fair, an opportunity to pitch their talents to major game and movie studios, show their reels and meet their mentors. Recruiters include Industrial Light & Magic, Framestore, Alps Studios, Trixter, Axis Studios, El Ranchito, Rotomaker and others.
Tickets are now available for VIEW Conference 2022; register at viewconference.it.
Short film submissions for the VIEW Award are open until September 15.
Ahead of the next edition, you can stream over 150 sessions from VIEW 2021 on demand.