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- The Hollywood Reporter and the Animation is Film Festival are partnering for the first-ever live version of THR's Animation Roundtable.
- Participants include Bill Hader, Travis Knight, Louis Clichy, Joel Crawford, Leah Nelson, Phuong Mai Nguyen and Fawn Veerasunthorn.
- The live session is set for Sunday, Oct. 18, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood.
- The festival runs Oct. 16-19 and is in its ninth edition.
The Hollywood Reporter is partnering with the Animation is Film Festival in Los Angeles for the first-ever live version of THR's Animation Roundtable, a public conversation with the filmmakers behind this year's top animated feature awards contenders.
This year's live roundtable will include Bill Hader, star and executive producer of The Cat in the Hat; Travis Knight, director of Wildwood; Louis Clichy, director of Iron Boy; Joel Crawford, one of the directors of Forgotten Island; Leah Nelson, director of Tangles; Phuong Mai Nguyen, director of In Waves; and Fawn Veerasunthorn, one of the directors of Hexed. The live session will take place Sunday, Oct. 18, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the TCL Chinese 6 Theatres in Hollywood, the main venue for AIF, which is running Oct. 16-19 and is in its ninth edition.