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2023 Events

    SEATTLE, WA     

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SATURDAY
1/21/23
2pm–3:30pm PST

Museum of Flight
William M. Allen Theater
9404 East Marginal Way South / Seattle, WA 98108
in conversation with animator Willie Ito

    LOS ANGELES, CA     

SATURDAY
2/25​/23

50th Annual Annie Awards
UCLA – ROYCE HALL
10745 Dickson Ct, Los Angeles, CA 90095
(Time and further details forthcoming)

Press Announcements

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    PRIVATE EVENT     

TUESDAY
3/14/23
12:30pm–1:30pm PST

Sony Pictures Animation & Sony Pictures Imageworks

An Invisible History – Trailblazing Women of Animation 

    PRIVATE EVENT     

Walt Disney Feature Animation

Novelty to Industry – Women at the Dawn of Animation

MONDAY
3/20/23
12:00pm–1pm PST

    EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND    

SATURDAY
3/25/23
4:00pm GMT

Hippodrome Silent Film Festival
The Hippodrome, 10 Hope Street, Bo'ness
Edinburgh, Scotland

The Only Woman Animator:
Bessie Mae Kelley and Women At The Dawn of The Animation Industry

    VALENCIA, CA     

FRI–SAT
5/5/23-
5/6​/23
10am PDT

COC International Animation Festival 2023
Keynote Address

College of the Canyons

26455 Rockwell Canyon Road, Santa Clarita, CA 91355

    ANAHEIM, CA     

SATURDAY
5/6​/23
3pm–8:30pm PDT

DFC Awards
DFC Disney Heritage Award Honoree

Doubletree Suites by Hilton

100 The City Drive S. Orange, CA 92868

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12:30 pm – An Afternoon of Animators, Artists & Authors

5:00 pm – Dinner & DFC's Legends Award Ceremony

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    ONLINE / PRIVATE EVENT     

TTIC Inclusion Media Club

An Invisible History – Trailblazing Women of Walt Disney's Animation

FRIDAY
5/12/23
 

    PRIVATE EVENT     

Walt Disney Feature Animation

1950s: The Second Golden Era of Disney Animation

MONDAY
6/12/23
 

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    BENTONVILLE, ARKANSAS    

Bentonville Film Festival
Bentonville, Arkansas
Events/Details to follow

TUES–SUN
6/13/23-
6/18​/23

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    SAN FRANCISCO, CA     

WED–SUN
7/12/23-
7/16​/23

San Francisco Silent Film Festival
The Historic Castro Theater
Corner of Castro & Market Street

Amazing Tales from the Archives (7/13)

Presentation: "The Only Woman Animator" – Bessie Mae Kelley

Comic-Con International: San Diego

    SAN DIEGO, CA     

WED–SUN
7/19/23–7/23/23

Comic-Con® International: San Diego
San Diego Convention Center
111 W. Harbor Drive / San Diego, CA 92101
(Time and panel details forthcoming)

    ONLINE     

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WED–TUE
8/23/23–8/29/23

Taiwan International Student Design Competition
(Time and further details forthcoming)

    PORDENONE, ITALY     

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SAT–SAT
10/7/23–10/14​/23

Le Giornate del Cinema Muto /
Pordenone Silent Film Festival

Jonathan Dennis Memorial Lecture

(Time and further details forthcoming)

La Cineteca del Friuli

Via Bini 50 33013 Gemona del Friuli, Pordenone, Italy

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FRI
11/3/2​3
1:45pm–2:45pm

Toronto Animation Industry Conference
Trailblazing Women in Animation

Panelist
The Toronto Reference Library
789 Yonge St, Toronto, ON M4W 2G8, Canada

    TORONTO, CANADA    

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SAT
11/4/23

Las Vegas Comic Fest

Keynote Speaker
Clark County Library
1401 E. Flamingo Rd. Las Vegas, NV 89119

    LAS VEGAS, NV     

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THU–SUN
11/9/23–11/12/23

Spark Animation Festival
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    VANCOUVER, CANADA     

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THU–SUN
11/16/23–11/19/23

Creative Talent Network eXpo 2023
Burbank Airport Marriott Convention Center
2500 N. Hollywood Way / Burbank, CA 91505
(Time and further details forthcoming)

    BURBANK, CA     

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