Ottawa 2019: Rebecca Sugar, Matthew Cherry, Bruce Smith & Pete Browngardt Join Line-up Of Speakers

• Steven Universe creator Rebecca Sugar, who will also introduce a special screening of Steven Universe: The Movie the day before.
• Filmmakers Matthew A. Cherry and Bruce Smith will discuss their new Sony Pictures Animation short Hair Love, which is opening in North America in front of The Angry Birds Movie 2.
• Pete Browngardt, executive producer of the new Looney Tunes revival, will present a behind-the-scenes look at the production process of the new Warner Bros. shorts.
• Canadian natives Trent Correy (supervising animator, Frozen 2; animator, Moana, Zootopia) and Mitch Counsell (character technical director, Moana, Zootopia, Big Hero 6) will discuss their new short films, Drop and Fetch respectively, created as part of Disney Animation’s Short Circuit program.
• Creative director Brandon James Scott and the team of art directors and designers at Toronto’s Guru Studio will present an in-depth exploration of the design process for the Netflix series True and the Rainbow Kingdom.

For more information on programming and purchasing tickets to the Ottawa Int’l Animation Festival, visit animationfestival.ca