The Toronto International Animation Arts Festival (TAAFI) has announced a new Board of Directors. Led by co-chairs Louis-Philippe Vermette and Karen Jackson, this renewal brings together professionals from operations, marketing, and programming. The goal is to guide the festival's next phase of growth, which in 2026 will be held at TIFF Lightbox with an expanded format, strengthening connections within the local and international creative ecosystem.
A technical strategy for content export 🚀
The composition of the board, with profiles in technology and operations, signals a focus on the infrastructure needed to scale projects. Beyond event programming, the mission is to build a system that facilitates the production, distribution, and commercialization of Canadian talent. This involves creating technological and business bridges that enable national studios to compete and collaborate more efficiently in the global animation market.
The board of directors: the supergroup that animation needed? 🦸
With this move, TAAFI seems to have assembled the heroes of an animation movie: the strategist, the connector, the technologist. All that's missing is for their first official act to be announcing the festival with an emotional speech and an epic soundtrack. We'll see if this dream team achieves what everyone expects: that the next viral Canadian character is not just a parliamentary logo, but a character with its own streaming series.