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SUMMARY:Toronto - Dec 8th Pub Night - Celebrating World VFX Day - Welcome New Members
DESCRIPTION:VES Toronto members\, please grab a guest and join us for a special Pub Night on December 8th 2025 at Ground Control to give a warm welcome to our new VES Toronto members and celebrate World VFX Day! \nMembers and their guest will get one drink ticket and food provided\, courtesy of our Annual Sponsors\, and the opportunity to win a tablet courtesy of Xencelabs. \nDoors at 7pm. Ground Control 1279 Queen St W.\n \nWe hope to see you there! Check your email for RSVP link\, or login and access RSVP link at the bottom of this event page.  \n*Note due to limited space\, this event is exclusively for active VES members and their guest. All attendees must be registered on the Eventbrite RSVP link to attend. Thanks!
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/toronto-dec-8th-pub-night-celebrating-world-vfx-day-welcome-new-members/
LOCATION:Ground Control\, 1279 Queen St West\, Toronto\, Ontario
CATEGORIES:Pub Night
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20251029T190000
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SUMMARY:VES Toronto - BEHIND THE VFX Round 3 - SPOOKY Edition - Oct 29th 2025
DESCRIPTION:VES TORONTO – BEHIND THE VFX Round 3: Spooky Edition\nWednesday October 29th at 7:00pm @ Ground Control\, 1279 Queen West\nJoin us for a special Halloween edition of “Behind The VFX”\, where we’ll explore some favorite Toronto VFX Horror work from The Haunting of Hill House\, and Guillermo Del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosity. Featuring an exhibit of Horror Film Memorabilia from Kate Xagoraris’ VES TO Film Archive! \nThis is a Halloween event and there will be a prize for best Halloween Costume! Costume not required\, but encouraged. \n*Scroll to the bottom for RSVP details!\nThis event will feature BTS presentations followed by a lively panel discussion. Panelists include: \nPeter Giliberti \, Head of Animation – SPIN VFX \nCesar Dacol Jr. \, Creature Supervisor – WeFX \nMo Ghorbankarimi \, VFX Supervisor – WeFX \nModerated Colin Geddes\, Executive Producer / Special Projects – Tippett Studio \nFree for VES members\, $20+fees for the public\, includes one drink ticket and food. Advanced registration required\, no tickets available at the door. Open to the Toronto VFX Community. **Guests must have their information in the guest ticket\, we do not accept duplicate names to hold spots** Please have your QR Evite ticket on your phone or printed for quick check-in. Tickets must be purchased through Eventbrite\, they will not be available at the door. \nThis event is intended for VES members\, sponsors\, their guests and members of the VFX and filmmaking community. We reserve the right to remove your ticket and refuse entry if you don’t meet the above rules. Please cancel your booking if you don’t feel you can make it to the event to open a spot for someone else. Thanks! \n \n \nPlease RSVP HERE\nNon VES members please use promocode: PUBLIC\n(VES members login to see PROMO CODE for free tickets below)
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/ves-toronto-behind-the-vfx-round-3-spooky-edition-oct-29th-2025/
LOCATION:Ground Control\, 1279 Queen St West\, Toronto\, Ontario
CATEGORIES:Educational,Event,Pub Night
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SUMMARY:VES Toronto - May 2025 Pub Night - Welcome New Members
DESCRIPTION:VES Toronto members and guests\, members of the VFX community\, please join us to share a drink\, and welcome our new VES members for the spring. \nFollowed by a special performance by Jason Spanu (aka FAME DIET) \nVES Members please LOG IN to access the PROMO CODE below for RSVP and a free drink ticket (feel free to bring a guest).  \nThere will be a limited number of tickets available to the public here – use promo code: PUBLIC \nPub Night: Welcoming New Members\nAT \nGround Control\, 1279 Queen St. West\nON \nTuesday May 27th at 7:00pm\nBrought to you by our Annual Sponsors & Special Event sponsors DELL & IMT\n**Guests must have their information in the guest ticket\, with no duplicate names.*** \nPlease have your QR Evite ticket on your phone or printed for quick check-in. \nVES members can bring a guest from the community\, and a limited number of tickets will be made available to the public. \nWe reserve the right to remove your ticket and accept entry only if you meet the above guest rules.
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/ves-toronto-may-2025-pub-night-welcome-new-members/
LOCATION:Ground Control\, 1279 Queen St West\, Toronto\, Ontario
CATEGORIES:Pub Night
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SUMMARY:VES Toronto – BEHIND THE VFX Round 2\, feat. Ian Failes – January 16th
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Special Edition of “Behind The VFX” sponsored by Amazon Prime. We’ll explore some favorite sequences from The Boys produced by local Toronto VFX facilities\, with special guest Ian Failes of befores & afters magazine. \nVES TORONTO – BEHIND THE VFX Round 2 feat. Ian Failes\nThursday January 16th at 7:00pm @ Ground Control\, 1279 Queen West\nThis event will feature BTS presentations followed by a lively panel discussion. Panelists include: \n\nTristan Zerafa \, VFX Supervisor – Pixomondo Toronto\nCraig Calvert \, VFX Supervisor – MPC Toronto\nPeter Giliberti \, Head of Animation – SPIN VFX\nHudson Kenny \, Special Effects Supervisor – Dynamic Effects\nModerated by Ian Failes\, Editor-in-chief – befores & afters\n\nTickets are free for this event. Advanced registration required\, no tickets available at the door. Open to the Toronto VFX Community. VES Members login and see promo code at the bottom of this page. \nRSVP HERE\n\nThis an awards season event sponsored by Amazon Prime\n**Guests must have their information in the guest ticket\, we do not accept duplicate names to hold spots** \nPlease have your QR Evite ticket on your phone or printed for quick check-in. Tickets must be purchased through Eventbrite\, they will not be available at the door. \nThis event is intended for VES members\, sponsors\, their guests and members of the VFX community. We reserve the right to remove your ticket and refuse entry if you don’t meet the above rules. \nPlease cancel your booking if you don’t feel you can make it to the event to open a spot for someone else. Thanks! \n \n 
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/ves-toronto-behind-the-vfx-round-2-feat-ian-failes-january-16th/
LOCATION:Ground Control\, 1279 Queen St West\, Toronto\, Ontario
CATEGORIES:Event
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SUMMARY:VES Toronto – Pub Night – New Member Welcome & World VFX Day – Dec 8th 2024 @ Ground Control
DESCRIPTION:VES Toronto members\, please grab a guest and join us for a special Pub Night on December 8th 2024 at Ground Control to give a warm welcome to our new VES Toronto members and celebrate World VFX Day \nOne drink ticket will be provided courtesy of our Annual Sponsors.  \nDoors at 7pm. Ground Control 1279 Queen St W \nWe hope to see you there! Check your email for RSVP link\, or login and access RSVP link at the bottom of this event page.  \n*Note due to limited space\, this event is exclusively for active VES members and their guest. All attendees must be registered on the Eventbrite RSVP link to attend. Thanks! \n 
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/ves-toronto-pub-night-new-member-welcome-world-vfx-day-dec-8th-2024-ground-control/
LOCATION:Ground Control\, 1279 Queen St West\, Toronto\, Ontario
CATEGORIES:Pub Night
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SUMMARY:VES TORONTO PRESENTS - DR. PAUL DEBEVEC
DESCRIPTION:VES Toronto in partnership with SPIN VFX invite you to an evening with Dr. Paul Debevec: “From Virtual Cinematography to Virtual Production” \nPlease join us for a great talk with one of the preeminent researchers in VFX \n\nFree for VES Members with one guest. (VES members login and see bottom of this page for the promo code)\n$26 for non-VES Members\n\nThursday\, October 10th\, 2024\nGround Control\n1279 Queen St West\nDoors open at 7:00 PM ET\nPlease ensure you register on the Eventbrite link: https://bit.ly/VESTODRPD (VES members\, login and scroll down for promo code!)\nTalk Abstract \nThis talk will describe how virtual cinematography techniques developed at UC Berkeley for image-based modeling\, rendering\, and lighting helped enable iconic visual effects sequences in movies such as The Matrix\, X-Men\, Spider-Man 2\, Benjamin Button\, and Avatar.  It will also show how real-world image-based illumination techniques which surround actors with LED lighting environments have led to new virtual production techniques seen in The Social Network\, Gravity\, Rogue One\, Asura\, and The Mandalorian.  The talk will describe new research to improve the lighting reproduction\, color rendition\, and alpha compositing capabilities of these new virtual production stages\, Eyeline’s advances in volumetric capture for movie visual effects\, and a successful effort to recreate the classic sodium vapor matting process. \nSpeaker Bio \nPaul Debevec received degrees in Computer Engineering and Mathematics from the University of Michigan\, Ann Arbor in 1992 and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of California\, Berkeley in 1996.  He is the Chief Research Officer at Netflix’s Eyeline Studios\, an Adjunct Research Professor at the University of Southern California\, and a Governor of the Visual Effects Branch of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences. Paul’s work in technology for visual effects and virtual production has been recognized with two Academy Awards for Scientific and Technical Achievement\, the Progress Medal from the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers\, and in 2022\, the Charles F. Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Emmy Award.  https://www.debevec.org/
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/ves-toronto-presents-dr-paul-debevec/
LOCATION:Ground Control\, 1279 Queen St West\, Toronto\, Ontario
CATEGORIES:Educational,Event
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240626T190000
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SUMMARY:VES Toronto - BEHIND THE VFX - Round 1 - June 26th
DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate the talent we have right here in Toronto and the people behind the VFX we produce. Enjoy a drink as local VFX studios showcase their work and share their knowledge. \n\nBen King\, Partner/Head of CG at Herne Hill Media and Justin Bates will present their work from The First Omen\nSam Javanrouh\, VFX Supervisor and team at WeFX will present their photoreal chimp work from Fall Of The House Of Usher.\nTom Plaskett \, VFX Supervisor at Rocket Science VFX will present their work on the Usher house environment and collapse from Fall Of The House Of Usher\nModerated by Chris Hebert\, Senior Director\, Marketing\, SideFX\n\nBrought to you by our Annual VES Toronto Sponsors\, with thanks to presenters Herne Hill Media\, WeFX and Rocket Science VFX. \nRSVP HERE\n$15+fees for Non-VES members (includes drink ticket) / Free for VES members (Login and see below for promo code or check email)\nGuests must have their information in the guest ticket\, we do not accept duplicate names to hold spots \nPlease have your QR Evite ticket on your phone or printed for quick check-in. \nThis event is intended for VES members\, sponsors\, their guest and members of the VFX community. \nWe reserve the right to remove your ticket and refuse entry if you don’t meet the above rules. \nPlease cancel your booking if you don’t feel you can make it to the event to open a spot for someone else. Thanks! \n  \n \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://vesglobal.org/event/ves-toronto-behind-the-vfx-round-1-june-26th/
LOCATION:Ground Control\, 1279 Queen St West\, Toronto\, Ontario
CATEGORIES:Educational,Event,Pub Night
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