The Animation Matchmaking Online Series is back for 2026
Looking for your next animation collaborators?
Calling all writers, directors, producers, animators, studios and emerging creators from Aotearoa New Zealand and around the world!
Featuring: Craig Bartlett (Hey Arnold!), Rebecca Gibson (Eagle Vision), Ricard Cussó (Cosmic Dino), Colin Bennett (Toon Boom), Dave Mullins and Brad Booker (ElectroLeague), Joseph Bell (VFX World Atlas), Arman Haque (Glitch Productions), Nic Cabana (Claynosaurz), Aaron Gilman (Steamroller Studios), Kirby Atkins (Mosley), Bevin Linkhorn and Abba-Rose (Catalyst Animation), Kate Goodwin, Wade Cowin and Rosie Howells (Rat Queen), Arthur Struyf (Creative Aotearoa French Exchange), Iris Lamarr (Reframe Collective), Garrick Rawlingson (Floating Rock), and SideFX.
Join interactive roundtable discussions on pitching, funding and production, and meet potential collaborators through 1-to-1 speed networking, all from your home or studio.
🌏 Speakers from New Zealand, Australia, Canada and the USA
🤝 Build new animation partnerships
💻 Attend from anywhere
📅 18 August – 19 September on selected Tuesdays and Saturdays
⏰ Registrations close 17 August
Read more about it: https://www.vfxg.nz/animation-matchmaking-online
Registrations close Monday 17 August. You don’t have to attend every session, but please sign up by the close off date, so that you get the most out of the networking opportunities.
Tickets: $20 General | $15 NZ Guild Members | $10 Students & Unwaged
This programme is funded by the New Zealand Film Commission and delivered by the Visual Effects Professionals Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand (VFXG) in partnership with the Directors and Editors Guild of Aotearoa New Zealand (DEGANZ) and the New Zealand Writers Guild / Puni Taatuhi o Aotearoa (NZWG).
