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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Where:

Théâtre Beanfield, 2490 Notre-Dame St W, Montreal, Quebec H3J 1N5

When:

Doors open - 7:00pm

Event - 8:00pm-11:00pm

Featuring

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Hosted by, Actress

Rachelle Lefevre

Rachelle Marie Lefèvre is a Canadian actress. She has starred in the television series Big Wolf on Campus and had recurring roles in What About Brian, Boston Legal, and Swingtown. She played the vampire Victoria in the first two films of the Twilight saga. 

The evening's schedule

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8:00-8:05 : Welcome to the Montreal International Film Festival 2023 with Rachelle Lefevre & Founder and Producer Alexandra Sirard.P

8:05-8:30: Pre-Production with the BCTQ

(The Québec Film and Television Council/Bureau du Cinéma et de la Télévision du Québec).

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8:30-9:00: Motion Capture discussion with Squeeze - Supervisor David Hurtubise

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Squeeze is a production company and an award-winning studio based in Quebec City and Montreal, Canada. Its passionate team has one primary objective: bringing bold and unique characters to life through engaging and memorable narratives.

David Hurtubise

Mocap Supervisor

at Squeeze Animation Studios.

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Squeeze will share their unique approach to motion capture and how they use acting and stunt performance in their fight scenes for the VFX industry, highlighted by several examples. Assit to a demo of how Squeeze delivered Transformers - Rise of the beasts.

9:00-9:30: VFX discussion with Cinesite - Supervisor Gee Tatchell

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Supervisor

at Cinesite

Gee Tatchell

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Cinesite is an award-winning digital entertainment studio with 30 years of experience and work on hundreds of film, TV and streaming productions. Their visual effects and animation teams breathe life into filmmakers’ visions. Alongside their skilled artists and engineers, they work closely with filmmakers and studios to achieve the impossible, whether through complex visual effects or conceiving and realizing entire animated films. 

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Cinesite's supervisor Gee Tatchell will take us through the making of the VFX for

Matlida the Musical and Black Panther - Wakanda Forever.

9:30-10:00: Animation discussion with L'Atelier Animation - FX Supervisor Pierre Rousseau

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L’Atelier Animation was born, in 2012. The producers of Ballerina (Leap!) were faced with a challenge: how to produce a film with global reach, created with the standards of a major animation studio. They chose to base their production in Montreal, Canada.

Pierre Rousseau

FX Supervisor

at L'Atelier Animation

10:00-10:45: Discussion with ACTRA Montreal, featuring;

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Mariah Inger

Co-Chair of ACTRA Montreal , DEIB Committee

and ACTRA National Chair DEIB

Teneisha Collins

Co-Chair of DEIB ACTRA Montreal

ACTRA Montreal Women’s Committee

Jen Viens

Co-Chair of 2SLGBTQIA

Committee ACTRA Montreal

10:45-11:15: Discussion with Actor Jade Hassouné 

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Jade Hassouné (born 18 February 1991) is a Canadian actor, dancer and singer. He is known for his roles as Meliorn in the US television series Shadowhunters and as Prince Ahmed Al Saeed in the Canadian series Heartland.

Jade Hassouné 

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