[1] Vancouver – The organizing committee for Spark FX 2009 have released the speaker schedule for the upcoming SFX festival, but co-chair Mike Davison notes that there are one or two sessions still to be finalized. Spark FX runs from January 21 – 26 at the Vancouver International Film Centre, 1181 Seymour Street. Tickets for film showings and speaker events can be purchased through the ACM SIGGRAPH Vancouver Chapter’s website [1], along with full speaker bios and film information.
DAY 1 Wednesday January 21 – Doors Open 6:30pm
7:00 pm FILM “The 7th Voyage of Sinbad” with Ken A. Priebe
9:30 pm FILM “Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl”
DAY 2 Thursday January 22 – 8:30 am – Registration
11:15 am SPEAKER SESSION – “Fictional Interfaces” with Mark Coleran
3:15 pm SPEAKER SESSION – “Make-up with Gordon Smith” with Gordon J. Smith
5:00 pm PANEL – “Pipedreams: In Search of the Perfect Production Solution” with Dave Fracchia, Anthony Brown, Leo Chan & Troy Brooks
7:00 pm FILM – “Forbidden Planet” with Keith Blackmore
9:30 pm FILM – “Alien”
DAY 3 Friday – January 23 – 8:30 am – Registration
9:30 am SPEAKER SESSION – “Spanning the Valley” with Paul Debevec
11:15 am SPEAKER SESSION – “Digital Cloning at ILM, from Lemony Snicket’s Baby to Pirates’ Davy Jones” with Christophe Hery
1:30 pm SPEAKER SESSION – “A VFX Journey Through Pan’s Labyrinth with CafeFX” with Jeff Barnes
3:15 pm SPEAKER SESSION – “Inside the World of Matte Painting” with Dylan Cole
5:00 pm PANEL – “Flesh”
7:00 pm FILM – “El laberinto del fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth)” with Jeff Barnes
9:45 pm FILM – “Terminator 2: Judgement Day” with Dennis Muren
DAY 4 Saturday January 24 – 8:30 am Registration
9:30 am FEATURED SPEAKER – “Weaving the Real and Imaginary in Visual Effects” with Dennis Muren
11:15 am SPEAKER SESSION – “Creating Monsters & Machines” with Shane Mahan
1:30 pm SPEAKER SESSION – “TBA” with Marshall Krasser
3:15 pm SPEAKER SESSION – “What if David Lean had CGI?” with Harrison Ellenshaw
5:00 pm PANEL – “VFX in Vancouver”
8:30 pm EVENT – “SPARK FX ’09 – Festival Party”
DAY 5 Sunday – January 25 – 8:30 am – Registration
11:15 am SPEAKER SESSION – “KaBOOM! The Extremely Exciting World of Practical Effects”
1:30 pm SPEAKER SESSION – “How to do a creative job without going nuts” with Mark Coleran
3:15 pm SPEAKER SESSION – “Particle effect in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
with Mark Stasiuk
5:00 pm SPEAKER SESSION – “History of Visual Effects” with Keith Blackmore
10:00 pm FILM – “The Abyss”
DAY 6 Monday – January 26 – 6:30 pm – Doors Open
7:00 pm FILM – “La cité des enfants perdus”
9:30 pm FILM – “Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers”