OCAD U CAREER LAUNCHERS

Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival, Festival Creative Artist

OPPORTUNITY DESCRIPTION

OCAD University’s RBC Centre for Emerging Artists & Designers is excited to announce a creative opportunity in partnership with Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival for the role of a Festival Creative Artist.

In their commitment to uplift and showcase Asian Canadian voices, stories, creativity, and art, Reel Asian seeks to commission an animator to create a 20-sec animation to serve as the base artwork for the creative campaign of the upcoming 28th edition of the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival happening in November 2024. The base artwork will be used to inform the artistic direction of the 2024 festival’s branding and identity. The animation may be used for promotions on social and pre-roll before festival screenings. Past projects have also been featured in television, streaming, and transit stations.

Founded in 1997, the Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival (Reel Asian) is a unique showcase of contemporary Asian cinema. As Canada’s largest pan-Asian film festival, Reel Asian provides a public forum for Asian media artists and their work and fuels the growing appreciation for Asian cinema in Canada. In addition to the annual film festival, Reel Asian organizes year-round programming and educational initiatives in partnership with local schools and arts organizations around the GTA. Reel Asian will be celebrating its 28th annual festival with an in-person and online edition in November 2024.

Learn about the 2022 and 2023 Festival Creative Artists and their artwork here: 

• 2022, Brian Jiang
• 2023, Ben Luu

DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

The selected Festival Creative Artist will work closely with the Director of Creative Marketing and Communications to create the final animation which may include:

• Sharing concept and progress sketches 
• Sizing the work to the necessary technical specifications
• Writing an artist statement to be shared alongside the work
• Revising the animation as per requested edits
• Integrate audio (music, sfx, and/or dialogue)

APPLICATION SUPPORT

The OCAD U RBC CEAD is committed to promoting substantive equality for equity-seeking groups that are under-represented in the creative sector. We encourage applications from first-time applicants to the program and graduates of equity-seeking communities including racialized and Indigenous persons, persons with disabilities, and persons of all sexual orientations and gender identities / expressions. Applicants are welcome to advise the CEAD of any accommodations needed to ensure you have access to a fair and equitable process. 

Applicants who need assistance with their submissions are invited to connect with the RBC CEAD for Advising support. Click here to learn more about how to book an advising appointment.

ACCESSIBILITY

Applicants who have concerns about meeting a Career Launcher application deadline are invited to connect with the CEAD in order to discuss possible alternatives. We encourage all who might require assistance with the application process to reach out to determine available support. Outreach of this nature should be undertaken at least one week prior to the published application deadline.