Portrait of Mina Rostami
[11] Oddfield 27Day 1 · 16:50–17:20
Day 1 · 16:50–17:20 · The Loft
Drawing slower than the machine

Mina still draws every frame of her animations by hand. She talks about speed, price and what she tells clients who ask why it can't just be generated.

Illustrator and animator

Mina Rostami

[02] BIOGRAPHY

In their own words, mostly

Written with the speaker and checked twice.

BASED IN

Toronto

ROOM

The Loft

STARTS

16:50

Mina Rostami makes hand-drawn animation for picture books, music videos and a children's television channel. Her short film The Kettle won a student Oscar in 2021.

She draws with a single pencil model and has bought 400 of them in case it is discontinued.

[03] THE TALK

Drawing slower than the machine

Mina still draws every frame of her animations by hand. She talks about speed, price and what she tells clients who ask why it can't just be generated.

[04] ALSO SPEAKING

More people worth the train

[01]D1 · 09:40
Portrait of Ilse VargaMain Hall ↗
Ilse Varga
Portrait photographer
Lighting a face for a five-inch screen
[02]D1 · 10:20
Portrait of Tomas HoltHall B ↗
Tomas Holt
Type designer, Holt Letters
A typeface that knows it lives on a watch
[03]D1 · 11:00
Portrait of Amara OyelaranMain Hall ↗
Amara Oyelaran
Creative director, Fieldhouse Records
Album art after the album
[04]D1 · 11:40
Portrait of Rufus BrennanThe Loft ↗
Rufus Brennan
Set designer for film
Building a room the camera only sees once

[05] TICKETS

One question from the floor could be yours

[13] ONE EMAIL, WHEN THE PROGRAMME PRINTS

Hear about speakers before the posters go up

Four emails a year: the first names, the full programme, the workshops and the week before the doors open. Nothing else.

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