​One focused day. Three hands-on studio blocks. Leave with a finished 10–15 second animated micro-short.

​Bring a laptop and arrive with the requested creative AI accounts configured. Plan for approximately CA$50 in participant tool usage during the intensive.

​Luke Minaker, Mayumi Rollings and Kris Krüg will guide the room from direction and story through motion, sound, editing and critique. Your ticket includes the workshop, a practical resource pack and a private cohort chat.

​The day

• ​10 AM–12 PM: Direction, story, audience, world and shot scope

• ​12–1 PM: Break

• ​1–3 PM: References, first and last frames, motion, voice and audio

• ​3–4 PM: Break

• ​4–6 PM: Edit, polish, critique and an in-room cohort screening

​Inside Multimodal Media Lab

​Hosted at Multimodal Media Lab (MML), a close BC + AI creative partner and the creative home of AI Film Club. MML is a Vancouver studio and research lab for AI film, immersive media and creative technology, at 375 Water Street, Suite 645, one block from Waterfront Station.

​Tickets

• ​Standard: CA$600

• ​Earlyworm: CA$450 through October 9

• ​Student: CA$300 with approval

​The room is capped at 16 participants.

​Futureproof weekend

​This intensive is a separately ticketed extension of Futureproof weekend. Futureproof admission is not included, the accelerator curriculum is not festival-sponsored, and a festival screening is not guaranteed.

​About BC + AI Ecosystem Association

​BC + AI is a community-driven nonprofit industry association building public-interest infrastructure for AI in British Columbia.

​Learn more about the AI Animation & Filmmaking Accelerator and BC + AI membership.