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Most Recent Known Affiliation:
Spark CG Society Profile in ACM SIGGRAPH History Archive: https://history.siggraph.org/person/marina-antunes/ Location: Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada SIGGRAPH Digital Arts Community Roles: SPARKS Presenter |
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 programs 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 20 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 held until the site’s closure in 2023. Over the years, she has 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 over 300 episodes.
Marina is a member of the Online Film Critics Society, the Alliance of Women Film Journalists, and the Visual Effects Society. She is the President of the Vancouver ACM SIGGRAPH chapter, and has served on juries for several film festivals. Marina is the SIGGRAPH 2026 Computer Animation Festival Chair.