Conversations with filmmakers selected to the festival.
India Barnardo’s journey with Cat and Moth started with some doodles and an idea to make a movie but that idea really came into focus when she decided that she had to make the movie. The journey wasn’t intended to take five years but when you’re making a film with the help of friends, things tend to take a little longer.
In this discussion, India shares some insights into working on your passion project, inspiration, and lessons learned along the way.
SPEAKER
India Barnardo
Director // Independent
(Cat and Moth)
India Barnardo grew up in a small English countryside town with her two cats. She studied Digital Character Animation and graduated from Teesside University, UK in 2009 and has since worked at a vast array of companies within the animation industry including Studio AKA, Framestore, L’Atelier Animation, MPC, Bron Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks. During these 10+ years she has animated on international TV Commercials, Short Films and CG Feature films (Ballerina, The Willoughby’s).
She has always had a passion for writing and directing and that brings us Cat and Moth as her directorial debut. India’s past experience has given her the knowledge and skills to build an extraordinary 90+ crew from around the world to bring Cat and Moth to life! In her spare time she loves to hike around the mountains of British Columbia with her Fiancé Martyn, hang out with their cat Walter, and paint as much as possible!
Website // IMDb // Facebook // Twitter // Instagram
MODERATOR
Marina Antunes
Festival Director, Film Critic, Podcaster // Spark CG Society
Marina joined the Spark Computer Graphics Society as Festival Director in 2014. Throughout her tenure, the festival has grown into Western Canada’s premiere animation festival, featuring a number of specialty programming including the “Made in Canada” program celebrating Canadian creators, “Mother of a Medium” featuring works from female filmmakers, and “Spotlight on France” which celebrates the best of French animation. In 2019, the SPARK ANIMATION FESTIVAL became Academy Award ® accredited, the only festival in British Columbia to hold that distinction.
Marina is also a writer and podcaster with over 15 years of experience, first on a personal blog followed by a decade-long tenure on the now-retired Row Three. In 2008 she joined the writing staff at Quiet Earth, becoming Editor-In-Chief in 2014, a role she still holds. Over the years, she has also produced and hosted a number of podcasts including Before the Dawn, a long-running podcast on the Twilight franchise, Girls on Pop, a podcast on film and popular entertainment from women’s perspective and After the Credits, bi-monthly film podcast with nearly 300 episodes.
Marina is a member of the Online Film Critics Society, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and the Visual Effects Society is the President of the Vancouver SIGGRAPH chapter, and has served on juries for several film festivals including the DOXA, St. Louis International Film Festival, and the Whistler Film Festival.
Conversations with filmmakers selected to the festival.
India Barnardo’s journey with Cat and Moth started with some doodles and an idea to make a movie but that idea really came into focus when she decided that she had to make the movie. The journey wasn’t intended to take five years but when you’re making a film with the help of friends, things tend to take a little longer.
In this discussion, India shares some insights into working on your passion project, inspiration, and lessons learned along the way.
SPEAKER
India Barnardo
Director // Independent
(Cat and Moth)
India Barnardo grew up in a small English countryside town with her two cats. She studied Digital Character Animation and graduated from Teesside University, UK in 2009 and has since worked at a vast array of companies within the animation industry including Studio AKA, Framestore, L’Atelier Animation, MPC, Bron Animation and Sony Pictures Imageworks. During these 10+ years she has animated on international TV Commercials, Short Films and CG Feature films (Ballerina, The Willoughby’s).
She has always had a passion for writing and directing and that brings us Cat and Moth as her directorial debut. India’s past experience has given her the knowledge and skills to build an extraordinary 90+ crew from around the world to bring Cat and Moth to life! In her spare time she loves to hike around the mountains of British Columbia with her Fiancé Martyn, hang out with their cat Walter, and paint as much as possible!
Website // IMDb // Facebook // Twitter // Instagram
MODERATOR
Marina Antunes
Festival Director, Film Critic, Podcaster // Spark CG Society
Marina joined the Spark Computer Graphics Society as Festival Director in 2014. Throughout her tenure, the festival has grown into Western Canada’s premiere animation festival, featuring a number of specialty programming including the “Made in Canada” program celebrating Canadian creators, “Mother of a Medium” featuring works from female filmmakers, and “Spotlight on France” which celebrates the best of French animation. In 2019, the SPARK ANIMATION FESTIVAL became Academy Award ® accredited, the only festival in British Columbia to hold that distinction.
Marina is also a writer and podcaster with over 15 years of experience, first on a personal blog followed by a decade-long tenure on the now-retired Row Three. In 2008 she joined the writing staff at Quiet Earth, becoming Editor-In-Chief in 2014, a role she still holds. Over the years, she has also produced and hosted a number of podcasts including Before the Dawn, a long-running podcast on the Twilight franchise, Girls on Pop, a podcast on film and popular entertainment from women’s perspective and After the Credits, bi-monthly film podcast with nearly 300 episodes.
Marina is a member of the Online Film Critics Society, Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and the Visual Effects Society is the President of the Vancouver SIGGRAPH chapter, and has served on juries for several film festivals including the DOXA, St. Louis International Film Festival, and the Whistler Film Festival.
