BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:Linklings LLC BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260417T190157Z LOCATION:West Building\, Ballroom C DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250813T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20250813T133000 UID:siggraph_SIGGRAPH 2025_sess319_caf_346@linklings.com SUMMARY:Animation Theater In Conversation: Inkwo for When the Starving Ret urn DESCRIPTION:Amanda Strong (Spotted Fawn Productions), Eloi Champagne (Nati onal Film Board of Canada), and Maya McKibbin (Spotted Fawn Productions)\n \nA screening and in-person conversation! Director Amanda Strong, Spotted Fawn Productions and Eloi Champagne, Head of Technical Direction and Produ ction Technologies, NFB shares how CG was used in stop motion to create th is meaningful work where Dove, a gender-shifting warrior, uses their Indig enous medicine (Inkwo) to protect their community from an unburied swarm o f terrifying creatures. See the short film, participate in the Q&A and mee t the filmmakers!\n\nTwo lifetimes from now the world hangs in the balance . Dove, a young, enigmatic, gender-shifting warrior, discovers the gifts a nd burdens of their Inkwo (medicine) to defend against an army of hungry, ferocious monsters. Dove’s courage, resilience and alliance with the Earth culminates in a battle against these flesh-consuming creatures, who becom e stronger with each body and soul they devour. Inkwo for When the Starvin g Return is a call to action to fight and protect against the forces of gr eed around us.\n\nRecording: Not Livestreamed, Not Recorded\n\nRegistratio n Category: Full Conference, Experience\n\n END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR