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NextGenAcademy speaker 2024
VFX Show and Tell speaker to introduce animation to upcoming talent
VFX Hangout #5 Festival Speaker 2024
VFX Hangout Speaker "Animating the Future: Journeying Through 3D Animation": Insights into industry trends, collaboration, and personal growth, and unveil the power of efficient animation in the ever-evolving landscape of animation workflows
including Education and AI.
Online conference by Static VFX Studio
including Education and AI.
Online conference by Static VFX Studio
International Womans Day Speaker 2024
Internatial Womans Dy speaker by World VFX Day
View Awards Jury Member 2024
Jury Member for the short film competition by View Conference 2024
BFX Festival Speaker 2023
BFX Speaker
"Portfolio Essentials" and Portfolio Live reviews for the BFX Festival by Bournemouth University 2023
"Portfolio Essentials" and Portfolio Live reviews for the BFX Festival by Bournemouth University 2023
Short film featured "Gaia" - Role: Director
The evening will start with an exclusive screening of multiple award-winning eco-friendly shorts, followed by an insightful panel discussion (plus Q&A) with industry experts and climate activists.
Short: "GAIA"
Short: "GAIA"
The View Conference - Speaker 2023
Moderator on Panel: "Filmmaking's role in healing our planet"
The View Conference - Speaker 2023
Panelist on Panel: "How to stay positive in the industry"
Guess Speaker at Bournemouth University 2023
Masterclass focused on the Junior Animator tips and tricks that I used on my first job. Animation demo class about different workflows and animation tools
Guess Speaker at University of Greenwich 2022
An online talk about my journey in 3D Animation, the industry, and tips and tricks on getting started
BFX 2022 - Speaker
Animator's survival guide. Masterclass about 3D Character Animation. Focused on skills for graduates and junior animators
BFX 2022 - Speaker
University Survival kit talk
The View Conference - Speaker 2022
Graduating After a Pandemic - From Student to Animator
This presentation showcases the journey of a recent graduate, and offers an insight into her journey from student to professional animator. Learning about her first job experience in fully remote, and hybrid working environments. She shares her tips and tricks on growing within the workplace. And, she will be presenting Blue Zoo recruitment tips and tricks as well as an introduction to London SIGGRAPH.This presentation showcases the journey of a recent graduate, and offers an insight into her journey from student to professional animator. Learning about her first job experience in fully remote, and hybrid working environments. She shares her tips and tricks on growing within the workplace. And, she will be presenting Blue Zoo recruitment tips and tricks as well as an introduction to London SIGGRAPH.
This presentation showcases the journey of a recent graduate, and offers an insight into her journey from student to professional animator. Learning about her first job experience in fully remote, and hybrid working environments. She shares her tips and tricks on growing within the workplace. And, she will be presenting Blue Zoo recruitment tips and tricks as well as an introduction to London SIGGRAPH.This presentation showcases the journey of a recent graduate, and offers an insight into her journey from student to professional animator. Learning about her first job experience in fully remote, and hybrid working environments. She shares her tips and tricks on growing within the workplace. And, she will be presenting Blue Zoo recruitment tips and tricks as well as an introduction to London SIGGRAPH.
49 Annie Awards - Jury 2022
Jury Member for the ASIFA-Hollywood 49th Annie Awards
BFX Mentor Animation 2022
BFX is the UK's largest computer game and animation festival. As part of this year's event, students will create animated work to support three charities - Firmitude, Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, and Planet Purbeck Youth Group.
Over the course of nine-weeks, the students will be able to meet with industry mentors who are all BU alumni. As they develop their short animated pieces they will receive insight, guidance and support across various technical areas.
[...] Also returning to mentor students again this year is Brenda Ximena Roldan Romero, Animator at Blue-Zoo, who will guide students through sessions focused on developing character animation.
Over the course of nine-weeks, the students will be able to meet with industry mentors who are all BU alumni. As they develop their short animated pieces they will receive insight, guidance and support across various technical areas.
[...] Also returning to mentor students again this year is Brenda Ximena Roldan Romero, Animator at Blue-Zoo, who will guide students through sessions focused on developing character animation.
BFX Festival Speaker 2021
BFX Festival
The UK's largest visual effects, computer games & animation festival
2 – 7 November 2021
BFX Festival is back this November!
The 2021 Festival is set to include inspiring talks and technical masterclasses delivered by some of the greatest studios from around the world.
Join us for our 3-day speaker series followed by weekend masterclasses at Bournemouth University.
The UK's largest visual effects, computer games & animation festival
2 – 7 November 2021
BFX Festival is back this November!
The 2021 Festival is set to include inspiring talks and technical masterclasses delivered by some of the greatest studios from around the world.
Join us for our 3-day speaker series followed by weekend masterclasses at Bournemouth University.
BU Article BFX Festival 2021
Students support local charities by producing animations as part of BFX competition
[...] Students worked on the animations as part of the BFX competition, which takes place each year as a part of the annual BFX Festival.
Students are mentored throughout the design process by industry professionals, helping the next generation of animators and visual effects artists develop vital skills. This year's mentors included a number of NCCA alumni who have taken part in the competition in previous years and are now working within industry.
Mentor Brenda Ximena Roldan-Romero, who is now working at MPC Episodic as a 3D animator, guided conversation around creative animation development while Serban Ungureanu, a Development/Lighting Artist at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), aided students as a lighting and look development mentor.
[...] Students worked on the animations as part of the BFX competition, which takes place each year as a part of the annual BFX Festival.
Students are mentored throughout the design process by industry professionals, helping the next generation of animators and visual effects artists develop vital skills. This year's mentors included a number of NCCA alumni who have taken part in the competition in previous years and are now working within industry.
Mentor Brenda Ximena Roldan-Romero, who is now working at MPC Episodic as a 3D animator, guided conversation around creative animation development while Serban Ungureanu, a Development/Lighting Artist at Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), aided students as a lighting and look development mentor.
2021 Women in VFX pannel
Organised by CAVE Academy.
About the Panel:
"This week, we’ll be hosting a fantastic group of women from the VFX industry to discuss their career pathways, fulfilling ambitions, company culture and how to go about changing things for the better. The session will be followed by a Q&A with questions from the audience."
About the Panel:
"This week, we’ll be hosting a fantastic group of women from the VFX industry to discuss their career pathways, fulfilling ambitions, company culture and how to go about changing things for the better. The session will be followed by a Q&A with questions from the audience."
2021 AWN Feature Article
Animators Without Borders: How the Global Animation Community Came Together at ACM SIGGRAPH London
Artists from New Zealand, the Philippines, and North America could take advantage of the U.K. group’s virtual events to attend remotely and collaborate through online review tools.
Artists from New Zealand, the Philippines, and North America could take advantage of the U.K. group’s virtual events to attend remotely and collaborate through online review tools.
2020 IMDbPRO feature
Feature on IMDbPRO as part of the prize for winning Audience Award with DEPICT Animation Festival 2020
2020 - Bournemouth University news
Feature in BU news page with "Gaia"
2021 Alcala Informacion Newspaper
Animation featured in the online exhibition showcasing the 30 years of teaching excellence of NCCA(national centre of computer animation)
2020 - Poole museum "Once upon an animation" online exhibition
Animation featured in the online exhibition showcasing the 30 years of teaching excellence of NCCA(national centre of computer animation)
2020 -CGBross YouTube Channel
Feature of "Gaia" on CGBross YouTube Channel (3.4M subscriptors)
2020 - Diario Jaen Newspaper
Newspaper feature of Short Film "Gaia" in "Diario Jaen" Spanish Newspaper. And insight on the story and interview about the idea behind it
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