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There will also be opening and closing galas; an awards ceremony; a Nuit Blanche; a career day during which aspiring animators and artists can meet face-to-face with reps from world-class animation schools, studio recruiters and industry professionals; and an animation marketplace.<\/p>\n<p>OkIFA will have a different artistic director each year. Animation veteran Danny Antonucci has been appointed to oversee the\u00a02017 event. Anne Denman, OkIFA&#8217;s executive director, said: \u201cDanny\u2019s remarkable body of work from the <em>Lupo the Butcher<\/em> film to MTV\u2019s <em>The Brothers Grunt<\/em> to Cartoon Network\u2019s <em>Ed, Edd n Eddy<\/em> have inspired countless artists and entertained millions. We\u2019re thrilled that he is working with us to help make this a first-rate animation and digital media event that will attract industry professionals and fans from around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KELOWNA: The first annual Okanagan International Festival of Animation (OkIFA), meant to celebrate the many forms of animation and digital media from around the globe, is slated to take place next year from October 2 to 6 in Kelowna, British Columbia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"pmpro_default_level":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[1604,1605,1606],"class_list":["post-10549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-danny-antonucci","tag-okanagan-international-festival-of-animation","tag-okifa","pmpro-has-access"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - 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