CARDIFF ANIMATION FESTIVAL
INDUSTRY DAY
Cardiff Animation Festival Industry Day returns on Thursday 23 April at Chapter, bringing together professionals working across the animation industry, UK studios, students and graduates, emerging talent, funders, commissioners and more for a packed day of curiosity, creativity, learning and inspiration.
This year’s programme includes sessions on digital-first content strategies, feature film opportunities, side-stepping into the game development, and practical tools for freelancers.
We’ll kick off the day with a playful keynote by animator, illustrator, crafter and #1 NYT bestselling author Philippa Rice. Other speakers include BAFTA-winning filmmaker Will Anderson, Emmy-winning studio Lupus Films, homegrown game studio Copa Gaming, digital distribution executive Laura Taylor-Williams, BBC Ideas, and seasoned host Hannah Lau-Walker – plus more to be announced.
Alongside the talks, there will be plenty of opportunities to connect and to share your work, including 1:1 meetings and portfolio reviews, plus coffee breaks and a relaxed networking lunch.
Your Industry Day Pass includes access to all talks and panels, bookable 1:1s, hot drink, and lunch.
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Mae Diwrnod Diwydiant Gŵyl Animeiddio Caerdydd yn dychwelyd ddydd Iau 23 Ebrill yn Chapter, gan ddod â gweithwyr proffesiynol sy'n gweithio ar draws y diwydiant animeiddio, stiwdios ledled gwledydd Prydain, myfyrwyr a graddedigion, doniau newydd, arianwyr, comisiynwyr a mwy at ei gilydd mewn diwrnod llawn chwilfrydedd, creadigrwydd, dysgu ac ysbrydoliaeth.
Mae’r rhaglen eleni’n cynnwys sesiynau ar strategaethau cynnwys digidol yn gyntaf, cyfleoedd ffilmiau nodwedd, troi at ddatblygu gemau, ac offer ymarferol ar gyfer gweithwyr llawrydd.
Byddwn ni’n cychwyn y diwrnod gyda phrif anerchiad chwareus gan yr animeiddiwr, darlunydd, crefftwr ac awdur llwyddiannus sydd wedi cyrraedd rhif 1 gan y NYT, Philippa Rice. Ymhlith y siaradwyr eraill mae gwneuthurwr ffilmiau sydd wedi ennill gwobr BAFTA, Will Anderson, stiwdio Lupus Films sydd wedi ennill gwobr Emmy, y stiwdio gemau o Gymru, Copa Gaming, y swyddog dosbarthu digidol Laura Taylor-Williams, BBC Ideas, a'r cyflwynydd profiadol Hannah Lau-Walker – gyda mwy i'w cyhoeddi.
Ochr yn ochr â'r sgyrsiau, bydd digon o gyfleoedd i gysylltu a rhannu eich gwaith, gan gynnwys cyfarfodydd 1:1 ac adolygiadau portffolio, ynghyd ag egwyliau am baned a chinio rhwydweithio hamddenol.
Mae eich Pas Diwrnod Diwydiant yn cynnwys mynediad at yr holl sgyrsiau a phaneli, sesiynau 1:1 i’w harchebu, diodydd poeth, a chinio.​
10:00am
Coffee + Networking
Coffi + Rhwydweithio​
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11:00am
Welcome
Croeso
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11:10am
KEYNOTE: Philippa Rice
PRIF ANERCHIAD: Philippa Rice​
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11:30am
PANEL - Digital First: Routes Beyond Broadcast
PANEL: Digidol yn Gyntaf – Llwybrau tu hwnt i Ddarlledu
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12:15pm
Lunch in the Stiwdio
Cinio yn y Stiwdio
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1:15pm
PANEL - Meet the Commissioners
PANEL: Cwrdd â’r Comisiynwyr
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1:45pm
CASE STUDIES: The Long Game: Opportunities in Feature Development
ASTUDIAETHAU ACHOS: Y Gêm Hir –Cyfleoedd Datblygu Ffilmiau Nodwedd
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2:25pm
CASE STUDY: From Script to Screen in Moho
ASTUDIAETH ACHOS: O’r Sgript i’r Sgrin yn Moho
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2:45pm
CASE STUDY: Press Start: Beginning a Career in Gaming
ASTUDIAETH ACHOS: Pwyso Dechrau – Camu i Yrfa yn y Byd Gemau
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3:05pm
Coffee + Networking
Coffi + Rhwydweithio
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3:45pm
PANEL - Freelancer Toolkit: A practical guide to navigating a changing industry
PANEL: Pecyn Cymorth Llawrydd – Arweiniad Ymarferol ar Lywio Diwydiant sy’n Newid
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4:30pm
Closing Statements ​​​​
Datganiadau Cloi
INDUSTRY DAY PASS
£25/£15
COFFEE + NETWORKING
SOCIAL | Chapter Foyer | 10:00am
Included in Industry Day Pass
Have a cuppa and meet fellow festival-goers
Yfwch paned a dewch i gwrdd â chyd-wylwyr yr ŵyl
KEYNOTE: PHILIPPA RICE
TALK | 11:10am | Chapter C1
Included in Industry Day Pass
Artist, cartoonist, writer, author & animator, Philippa Rice, kick starts industry day!
Yr artist, cartwnydd, awdur, awdur ac animeiddiwr, Philippa Rice, sy’n cychwyn y Diwrnod Diwydiant!
DIGITAL FIRST:
ROUTES BEYOND BROADCAST
PANEL | 11:30am | Chapter C1
Included in Industry Day Pass
Our panel talks about new platforms, audiences and funding models.
Mae ein panel yn siarad am lwyfannau, cynulleidfaoedd a modelau ariannu newydd.
MEET THE COMMISSIONERS
PANEL | 1:15pm | Chapter C1
Included in Industry Day Pass
Commissioners share what they’re looking
for right now.
Mae comisiynwyr yn rhannu beth maen nhw’n chwilio amdano ar hyn o bryd.
THE LONG GAME:
FEATURE FILM DEVELOPMENT
CASE STUDIES | 1:45pm | Chapter C1
Included in Industry Day Pass
What does it really take to develop an animated feature in today’s UK industry?
Beth sydd wir ei angen i ddatblygu ffilm nodwedd animeiddiedig ym Mhrydain?
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FROM SCRIPT TO
SCREEN IN MOHO
CASE STUDY | 2:25pm | Chapter C1
Included in Industry Day Pass
Join Cloth Cat's Jon Rennie for a behind-the-scenes look at the making of
The Ghost of Midwinter using Moho.
Ymunwch â Jon Rennie o Cloth Cat am gipolwg y tu ôl i'r llenni ar wneud The Ghost of Midwinter gan ddefnyddio Moho.
PRESS START: BEGINNING A CAREER IN GAMING
CASE STUDY | 2:45pm | Chapter C1
Included in Industry Day Pass
Hear how a Cardiff studio is turning local stories into a globally ambitious game.
Dewch i glywed sut mae stiwdio yng Nghaerdydd yn troi straeon lleol yn gêm uchelgeisiol fyd-eang.
COFFEE + NETWORKING
SOCIAL | Chapter Foyer | 3:05pm
Included in Industry Day Pass
Have a cuppa and meet fellow festival-goers
Yfwch paned a dewch i gwrdd â chyd-wylwyr yr ŵyl
FREELANCE TOOLKIT:
A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO NAVIGATING A CHANGING INDUSTRY
PANEL | 3:45pm | Chapter C1
Included in Industry Day Pass
A practical panel sharing advice on building a sustainable freelance career.
Panel ymarferol yn rhannu cyngor ar adeiladu gyrfa lawrydd gynaliadwy.
FEATURING SPEAKERS INCLUDING...
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