Vancouver Film School

Vancouver Film School: All Access Pass | 3D Animation & Visual Effects

Date & Time
Saturday, July 11, 2026 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM, Pacific Time (PT)
Location
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Event Type
Information Session - School Information
Hosted By
Event Description

Your backstage access to VFS’s #1-ranked 3D Animation & Visual Effects program!

VFS All Access Pass is your exclusive backstage access to our #1-ranked 3D Animation & Visual Effects program and an opportunity to experience your future in 3D & VFX for the entertainment and game industries. You’ll attend an Industry Talk on career-building, experience Houdini and character animation demos, and more.

Experience All That the Program Offers

Learn about the program’s three specializations (3D Animation, Modeling, and Visual Effects), how you’ll graduate with a powerful portfolio, and how you can join an alumni that has worked on Project Hail Mary, Off Campus, Battlefield 6, and many more.

Experience a Character Animation Demo

Instructor Jay Jessani leads a demo on the specialized art and process of bringing animated characters to life. See what it takes to animate characters for film, TV, & games and explore the principles used to entertain audiences and create emotional connections with characters across generations.

Experience a Houdini Demo

VFS is a Houdini-certified school! Get a detailed look at this powerful software, how it’s used to create explosive effects, and how VFS has integrated this tool into its curriculum to give our students a competitive edge.

Industry Talk: Building a Career in Animation & VFX

Colin Giles will lead an industry roundtable with 3D Animation & Visual Effects alumni (stay tuned for this announcement!) to discuss their VFS student experience, career avenues for animators post-graduation, and how they’ve built their own successful careers as industry animators. Q&A to follow.

Meet the Head of VFS’s School of Animation

Meet Colin Giles – Animator, Director, and Head of VFS’s School of Animation – with credits including Sausage Party, Eight Crazy Nights, and commercial content for Cartoon Network, Ford, the NBA, and Starbucks. Discover how Colin has created award-winning curriculum for VFS’s School of Animation through production-based & collaborative training models.