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Quickdraw Animation Society will be closed over the Thanksgiving weekend of October 12 - 14, 2024

Quickdraw is popular and we're booked up for third party workshops!

We're closed cause we're all at the library to watch some amazing youth films!

Quickdraw is closed over the long weekend!

A look at the films that gave us genuine Flashbacks to the wonderful years of Lockdowns, all made throughout the May Long weekend this year.

The QAS staff needs to recover after our Reunion weekend

Join us in celebrating 40 years of Quickdraw!

We're gearing up for our 40th anniversary reunion (event To be Posted!) and need the classroom for some preparations!

Submit your version of Hamish D. Rat to be included on our 40th anniversary commemorative fundraiser t-shirt!

The end of the semester means the classroom is booked for final project creation!

Hamish has some serious egg hiding to do! Spring Camp will run on Friday, but otherwise QAS will be closed Mar29-Apr1

The annual Quickdraw Staff hibernation has been announced! December 17 - January 15

We’re proud to share the winners of this year’s jury and audience prizes at GIRAF 19!

Quickdraw will be closed for Remembrance Day Holiday

Quickdraw will be closed in honour of those those who survived the residential schools, and those who didn't make it home.

Join us at the Calgary Central Library for the youth screening!

We're all going to be out of office to join the end of the BUMP festival, come on by!

We'll be back on August 8th!

A look at the films that made us do double (sometimes triple) takes at our WHIPLASH Lockdown Screening event on June 17th!

Join us on Zoom to talk about Quickdraw's past year and future plans!

Due to our Animation Lockdown, we'll be taking a quick break afterwards to recharge!

Free Swim will be back again on May 13th!

We will be back in the office again on Tuesday, April 11th!

Heads up - QAS will be hiring! We’ll be looking for up to 4 folks to fill positions in April-August 2023. More details and an official call for applications will be coming soon!

Taking a look back at 2021 and 2022 Quickdraw Life.

Have a great long Family Day Weekend!

Time to take a look back at the amazing Animation Lockdown 2022: IMPOSSIBLE SHAPES edition and see which film came out on top of the Penrose Triangle!

We're getting close to the Quickdraw staff hibernation season! Closed Dec 18 - Jan 14

We’re proud to share the winners of this year’s jury and audience prizes at GIRAF 18!

The QAS Board is thrilled to announce that Val Duncan has been hired as our new Executive Director!

It’s been a busy time at Quickdraw over the last few months, and we wanted to give an update for what to expect for our summer hours: we are hoping to open our doors and return to Saturday Free Swim! Read on for details --

3D scanning on your phone, a new "Innovation Centre" in Calgary, and an adorable trailer, plus other news from the world of animation

Jobs at cSPACE, SAAG and the NMC, screening opportunities with the Calgary Black Film Festival, a Downtown Activation Grant, and national and municipal funding opportunities

GIF contest, grant deadlines and free artistic "utensils" — here are the arts opportunities in Calgary this week.

GLAS and Annecy announce 2022 selections, Kate Beaton gets an AppleTV+ series, Animation Magazine chronicles Cartoon Movie, and AWN dives into the history of one of Canadian animation's most prominent studios

GLAS and Annecy announce 2022 selections, Kate Beaton gets an AppleTV+ series, Animation Magazine chronicles Cartoon Movie, and AWN dives into the history of one of Canadian animation's most prominent studios

Calls for artworks and residencies, job postings, and educational workshops are all part of this week's roundup of professional opportunities for Calgary animators

The return of CUFF's 48-hour filmmaking challenge, opportunities for queer and Indigenous creators, and a job posting from our neighbours at EMMEDIA round out this week's offerings

A bit of a short round-up this week. It's almost like there's some more significant news out there.

This week's opportunities include a call for submisisons for an Earth Day zine, sessional work at AUArts, and info on CADA's upcoming project grants

Media arts awards, emerging artist scholarships, artist talks and community check-ins make up this week's arts opportunities for Calgary artists

A new video from Chad VanGaalen, behind the scenes of the opening credits of Netflix's The House, shakeups at the NFB, and other news from the world of animation

An incubator program for Black filmmakers, a remote ani-jam in Halifax, and a series of creative economy strategic workshops round out this week's Calgary (and remote) arts opportunities

A new video from Chad VanGaalen, behind the scenes of the opening credits of Netflix's The House, shakeups at the NFB, and other news from the world of animation

A shorter collection this week, but still some interesting opportunities, including permanent roles at CADA, summer internships, and more festival deadlines

A restoration of a bizarro Romanian sci-fi gem, fusing mo-cap and animation pipelines in Unreal, GIRAF selections winning awards, and other news from the world of animation

An odd assortment of job postings and calls for submissions this week, including zombie Jesus, arts mentorships, festival calls and potential murals

We're looking for independent and artful animated films to share with our audience in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

A teaser for Guillermo's Pinocchio, behind the scenes of an Apple II classic, feature film announcements, and a first glimpse at Studio Ghibli's theme park

The Calgary-shot Fraggle Rock reboot is out! Plus trailers for Inu-Oh, Shenmue the Animation, and The Cuphead Show, animated GLAAD Media Award nominees, and other news from the world of animation

Plenty of interesting opportunities this week, including calls for Calgary festivals, mentorship and scholarships for Alberta media artists, an international residency at Hiroshima, and a chance to help steer the Alberta animation and VFX industry

Trailers for Netflix's The House and Cuphead's latest DLC, plus Slovenian stop-motion, awards announcements, Makato Shinkai's new feature, and Bugs Bunny vs. The Walrus

A look back on a year full of preparation and anticipation—with more than its share of bright spots along the way

New trailers from Studio Ponoc and Sony animation, deleted scenes from Bojack Horseman, and new uploads of classic Sally Cruickshank round out this week's quick links

We'll have limited availability from Dec. 19 through January 17—thanks for your patience, and happy holidays!

All-star tutorials, stop-motion interviews, industry news, and other items that caught our eye this week.

This week's volunteer opportunities and job postings in the local arts community

Collecting the kind words that were said about our online animation festival

The numbers have been crunched, and we can say with mathematical certainty that these were your favourite films

After hours of viewing and careful deliberation, it's time to announce the winners of this year’s jury prizes at GIRAF17

We’ve been focusing so much on the films and artists in this year’s festival that we might’ve missed mentioning a few details, so here are five things you might not know about GIRAF17

Trailers for two new Netflix features, and news from the world of independent animation.

A/R gets a boost, Dozens of North gets a release date, and EMMEDIA is hiring a new Artistic Director

Laika's next project, film restoration, and an interview with King Gizzard

Four news stories that caught our eye this week

A brief glimpse at what's happening in the world of animation

Interesting tidbits from the world of animation

Four quick links on animation developments that caught our eye

We know you've been waiting patiently, and we are happy to say registrations are open now

Producing key-holding members can have access, but we're taking the long weekend off in observation of Canada Day

Make sure to check out the entire festival, but we want to gush about the amazing features we've secured for GIRAF this November!

Have a great winter break! Quickdraw will be closed Dec 15 - Jan 13