KMW Special and The Embassy of Canada to Ukraine present a star inspiration talk "VFX and Animation in Canada: Let's Talk about Co-Production"
September 15 | 16:30 – 17:20
On September 15, KYIV MEDIA WEEK Special and The Embassy of Canada to Ukraine present a star inspiration talk "VFX and Animation in Canada: Let's Talk about Co-Production". As far as the ratification of The Audiovisual Cooperation Treaty between Ukraine and Canada comes shortly, the new opportunities for collaboration between both countries arise. The pandemic significantly restrains international cooperations in content production, that is why the most promising directions now are animation and visual effects. The session is a unique opportunity to get inspired by top Canadian VFX experts, who worked on the legendary blockbusters by Netflix, Marvel, Disney and to find out how the industry giants work.
Neishaw Ali is a founding Partner and President of SPINVFX, an internationally recognized leader in visual effects production. Her credits include Game of Thrones, Fargo, Stranger Things and more. Neishaw will share the SPINVFX's approach to the large-scale international VFX-collaborations, will talk about animation and her experience of gathering the best professionals from all around the world into her company's projects. She will also tell about international professional associations on visual effects and will recommend ways of finding partners and financing for those who intend to work on the international market.
KMW's audience will also learn about visual effects production in Marvel's Iron Man, from Wesley Sewell, a VFX supervisor. His credits also include other Marvel's franchises such as The Avengers and Thor, he worked closely with Ridley Scott to supervise American Gangster, A Good Year, and the epic Kingdom of Heaven. Wesley has pioneered many techniques in the mastering and finishing of 3D films. These techniques are being utilized by nearly all 3D films finishing in Hollywood today. His contribution into the industry is widely acknowledged with international awards, including the Lumiere Award.
Moderator of the session: Egor Borschevsky, CEO of POSTMODERN Digital, a leading Ukrainian VFX and CGI company, part of FILM.UA Group.
In October, all registered attendees of KMW will receive a handy white paper with analytical researches and reviews on Ukrainian and global audiovisual industry developed exclusively for KMW GM.
In October, all registered attendees of KMW will receive a handy white paper with analytical researches and reviews on Ukrainian and global audiovisual industry developed exclusively for KMW GM.
The session is organized by MRM supported by the Embassy of Canada to Ukraine and co-organized with the Ukrainian Motion Picture Association (UMPA).
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Neishaw Ali, President/Executive Producer/Partner
As a founding Partner, President and Executive Producer of SPINVFX Neishaw Ali has been working in the film and television industry for over 25 years.
With an MBA from Queen's University, she has molded SPINVFX into an internationally recognized leader in visual effects production, with teams in Toronto, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. Her creativity and leadership have produced an expansive body of work including over 150 feature films and 32 television series, by successfully blending the science of business and creativity. Her television credits include the Emmy award-winning series Game of Thrones (HBO), the 2019 Emmy nominated show The Umbrella Academy (Netflix), and film credits such as the Academy Award-winning biopic Spotlight (First Look), Zombieland 2: Double Tap (Columbia Pictures), and In the Tall Grass (Netflix).
Neishaw represents the film and animation industry at large as the Co-Chair for the Computer Animation Studios of Ontario (CASO) and serves as part of the Government Policies Platform Committee where she advocates on issues that affect the screen-based sector. She regularly engages all three levels of government, serving on the Ontario Film & Television Advisory Panel and the Toronto Film, Television & Digital Media Board, and as a board member of The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and the Visual Effects Society.
Wesley Sewell, Visual Effects Supervisor
A twenty-year veteran, Wesley has worked with esteemed directors on fan-favorite Marvel's franchises such as Joss Whedon's The Avengers, Kenneth Branagh's Thor, and Jon Favreau's Iron Man. He has also worked closely with Oscar-nominated legendary filmmaker Ridley Scott to supervise American Gangster, A Good Year, and the epic Kingdom of Heaven, for which Wesley won the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Live-Action Feature.
Wesley began in editorial, working closely with Ridley Scott on Gladiator, Hannibal, and Black Hawk Down, which won the Academy Award for Best Editing.
A stereoscopic expert, Wesley has pioneered many techniques in the mastering and finishing of 3D films. These techniques are being utilized by nearly all 3D films finishing in Hollywood today. He has successfully supervised some of the most effective and exciting 3D films to date and won the Lumiere Award from the International 3D Society for his work on The Avengers.
POSTMODERN Digital (part of FILM.UA Group) is an award-winning CG&VFX creative facility providing live-action, FULL CG and digital cinematography production for feature films, game trailers, cinematics, series and transmedia content. Among the projects the company was involved in: Chernobyl (HBO), The Wandering Earth (China FGC), War Thunder (live-action trailer), Battle for Sevastopol (FILM.UA) and many others.
As a founding Partner, President and Executive Producer of SPINVFX Neishaw Ali has been working in the film and television industry for over 25 years.
With an MBA from Queen's University, she has molded SPINVFX into an internationally recognized leader in visual effects production, with teams in Toronto, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. Her creativity and leadership have produced an expansive body of work including over 150 feature films and 32 television series, by successfully blending the science of business and creativity. Her television credits include the Emmy award-winning series Game of Thrones (HBO), the 2019 Emmy nominated show The Umbrella Academy (Netflix), and film credits such as the Academy Award-winning biopic Spotlight (First Look), Zombieland 2: Double Tap (Columbia Pictures), and In the Tall Grass (Netflix).
Neishaw represents the film and animation industry at large as the Co-Chair for the Computer Animation Studios of Ontario (CASO) and serves as part of the Government Policies Platform Committee where she advocates on issues that affect the screen-based sector. She regularly engages all three levels of government, serving on the Ontario Film & Television Advisory Panel and the Toronto Film, Television & Digital Media Board, and as a board member of The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television and the Visual Effects Society.
Wesley Sewell, Visual Effects Supervisor
A twenty-year veteran, Wesley has worked with esteemed directors on fan-favorite Marvel's franchises such as Joss Whedon's The Avengers, Kenneth Branagh's Thor, and Jon Favreau's Iron Man. He has also worked closely with Oscar-nominated legendary filmmaker Ridley Scott to supervise American Gangster, A Good Year, and the epic Kingdom of Heaven, for which Wesley won the Visual Effects Society Award for Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Live-Action Feature.
Wesley began in editorial, working closely with Ridley Scott on Gladiator, Hannibal, and Black Hawk Down, which won the Academy Award for Best Editing.
A stereoscopic expert, Wesley has pioneered many techniques in the mastering and finishing of 3D films. These techniques are being utilized by nearly all 3D films finishing in Hollywood today. He has successfully supervised some of the most effective and exciting 3D films to date and won the Lumiere Award from the International 3D Society for his work on The Avengers.
POSTMODERN Digital (part of FILM.UA Group) is an award-winning CG&VFX creative facility providing live-action, FULL CG and digital cinematography production for feature films, game trailers, cinematics, series and transmedia content. Among the projects the company was involved in: Chernobyl (HBO), The Wandering Earth (China FGC), War Thunder (live-action trailer), Battle for Sevastopol (FILM.UA) and many others.