DDA Guest Lecture Series: Chris Robinson & Anastasiya Verlinska

Navigating the Animation Film circuit: Networks, Festivals & Career Growth

Chris Robinson is a Canadian writer and Artistic Director of the Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF), where he is now in his 35th year. A longtime and occasionally provocative voice in international animation culture, Robinson has written extensively about independent animation and its makers.

Anastasiya Verlinska worked for ten years as a project manager at FILM.UA Group. She joined LINOLEUM Animation Festival in 2014 and became its director in 2016. She curates screenings, develops educational programs, and contributes to cultural policy as an expert for the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation, Ukrainian State Film Agency, and the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine, supporting evidence-based cultural and media policy development in Ukraine.