It took a global pandemic for a pipe-dream to come true. Seven years ago, Damian Perea, founder-director of the Canary Islands, Spain-based animation festival Animayo, had a vision to introduce a virtual component to the festival. The technology did not even exist then but last year he met Don Stein, the founder-ceo of Teooh, a new avatar-based virtual event platform that enables professional and enterprise communities to sit and interact in the same digital space.
Then the Covid-19 pandemic struck. “I had two options: Shut down the festival or take up the challenge and find a creative solution,” said Perea. The result was the first animation festival in the world to go virtual, Animayo Gran Canaria 2020, which encompasses animation, VFX and video gaming.
The 15th edition hosted back-to-back virtual panels via Teooh on the weekend of May 9-10 which registered a record total of 18,000 participants from around the world. Generous...
Then the Covid-19 pandemic struck. “I had two options: Shut down the festival or take up the challenge and find a creative solution,” said Perea. The result was the first animation festival in the world to go virtual, Animayo Gran Canaria 2020, which encompasses animation, VFX and video gaming.
The 15th edition hosted back-to-back virtual panels via Teooh on the weekend of May 9-10 which registered a record total of 18,000 participants from around the world. Generous...
- 5/13/2020
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
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