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October 05, 2024 - November 03, 2024

Cinemagic 2024

Cinemagic Belfast Festival is the leading film and television festival for young people in the UK and Ireland. Celebrating the magic of film and television and recognising its power to educate, motivate and inspire.

Meet our Speaker

Arslan Elver, Animation Supervisor

With over 10 years of experience in high-end animation for feature films, Arslan joined Framestore in 2006 as an animator on Underdog before working on the Oscar-winning The Golden Compass. Film credits that followed showcase an eclectic range of animation work within Hollywood productions - Where the Wild Things Are, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1, and Guardians of the Galaxy. A stint at ILM saw Arslan work on Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man and Star Wars: The Force Awakens as lead animator, before coming home to Framestore to take on the role of Animation Supervisor on James Gunn’s Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2. Most recent credits include Thor: Love and Thunder and IF. 
 

Imaginary Friends: The VFX of IF

27 Oct | 11:00am | Accidental Theatre 

Animation Supervisor Arslan Elver explores the process behind creating and developing the cast of animated characters for IF, written and directed by John Krasinski and starring Ryan Reynolds.