Events

Please join us on Zoom to discuss Quickdraw's past year and future operations

In collaboration with The Old Trout Puppet Workshop and the Canadian Academy of Masks and Puppetry, learn the process of making and moving puppets for film in this week-long workshop!

Come join us for the May long weekend for an animation making challenge!

Come join us for the May long weekend for an animation making challenge!

Join us a for a weekend of screenings, exhibitions, panels and parties as we celebrate 40 years of animation in Southern Alberta. We're reflecting on our past, and dreaming about the future - and you're invited!

Our annual showcase of all of the youth films created in the 2023/2024 academic year, followed by a special all-ages curated pack of animations from GIRAF19.

With a live score curated by Bug Incision

A free celebration of our young filmmakers, and a screening of family-friendly selections from last year's GIRAF festival

GIRAF is a celebration of independent animation, a showcase of the best of what's being made here in Canada and around the world, in-person at the Globe Cinema and online for select dates

After the frenzied creativity of our Animation Lockdown, we're screening the resulting films at the cSpace Theatre! See the mind-bending films from the WHIPLASH edition of the Lockdown and vote for your favourites to win the coveted Audience Choice award!

will be giving a 3 hour crash course on everything you need to know to get your 3D characters dancing without making a single keyframe.

Come down to our studios to help us with some Spring Cleaning!

QAS is doing a collab with SLED to bring the amazing stop motion animator NOFAC3 in to make some sweet stuff!

Come join us for the May long weekend for an animation making challenge!

The QAS Board invites you to an OPEN HOUSE at the QAS Studios on November 5 2022, from 2:00pm to 5:00pm.

GIRAF is a celebration of independent animation, a showcase of the best of what's being made here in Canada and around the world, back in-person at the Globe Cinema

An immersive installation featuring abstract cosmic shapes and colours by local artist Mackenzie Bedford as a part of AlbertaCultureDays 2022

Come join us for the May long weekend for an animation making challenge!

Celebrating Calgary's animation community in the Contemporary Calgary dome

A Quickdraw logo anijam, presented as part of the Particle + Wave festival's opening night celebration

15 short abstract motion sketches from local artist Lyndon Navalta

A free celebration of our young filmmakers, and a screening of family-friendly selections from last year's GIRAF festival

GIRAF is a celebration of independent animation, a showcase of the best of what's being made here in Canada and around the world, streaming this November at watch.ffyyc.ca

Catch Nick DiLiberto's latest solo-animated adventure, along with one of Tim Burton's finest films, in partnership with Twinbat Sticker Co. at the CJSW funding drive.

Missed last year's festival, and live in Regina? Here's your chance to catch up on some festival favourites

In 2019, we were privileged to host four free screenings at local libraries, universities, and at our annual festival, GIRAF, showcasing the work of LGBTQ2S+ animators.