An Evening with Tilby/Forbis

The Cinematheque and Emily Carr University of Art + Design are pleased to present an evening with award-winning animators Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis, who met as classmates studying film, video, and animation at ECU in the mid-1980s. This program will include screenings of the filmmakers’ trio of acclaimed shorts—When the Day Breaks (1999), Wild Life (2011), and The Flying Sailor (2022), each Oscar nominated—as well as a slideshow presentation by the artists charting the process behind their unique collaboration. Illustrated with clips, images, and anecdotes, the lecture will detail the inspiration, working methods, and creative techniques behind The Flying Sailor, the duo’s most recent work. The evening will conclude with a conversation and audience Q&A moderated by ECU faculty member Alla Gadassik, a film scholar and curator of animated media.