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Founder of @biggrinproductions 🎬
Creating original IP 🦖🦥🦜🐶
Director of LUKi & the Lights 🤖
🔜 Cannes Film Festival

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I had so much fun voicing characters and diving into awesome animation scripts at the table read for @childrens_media_association 📄🎞️🐸 Met some really cool folks!

Thank you @tobycochran for inviting me to be a part of this! You rock!

@tar_talent_management
@the_actorsroom

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@rrr_yaga will join “The Rise of Indie Animation: Breaking the Studio System” at LightBox Expo, alongside Toby Cochran, Matt Braly, Wabie, Andre “DRE” Rodriguez, and Kiana Khansmith.

The panel will explore building original creative worlds, growing audiences, and bringing independent projects to life—a conversation close to our hearts as we build Gum It Up Makers together.

Sunday, October 25, 2026
11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Civic Auditorium · Pasadena, California

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Will you be at LightBox? We’d love to see you there.

#GumItUpMakers #LightBoxExpo #IndieAnimation #CharacterDesign #designertoys

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Let's welcome one of our 2026 Judges: Toby Cochran!

Toby is the Founder of Big Grin Productions, an Award-Winning Director (LUKi & the Lights) and Storyboard Artist (Kuku Studios, Marvel, ReelFX).

To Learn More, visit www.24hourscontest.com

#24hourscontest #contest #animation #judges #animator

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Updating portfolio with 2025 work. I created the 21st anniversary poster of the Oscar®-qualifying HollyShorts Film Festival. Hollywood, California. August 2025. Mixed media, hand-painted, finished digitally. @hollyshorts

picture 1 official 21st anniversary poster

picture 2 the full artwork

pictures 3-7 hand sketch mockups

picture 8 inspiration for some of the figures, street art in Venice Beach

pictures 9-10 the photo wall, produced by Distinctive Event Solutions @distinctive_es

picture 11 DJ booth artwork

picture 12 merch ads

picture 13 Variety feature

picture 14 poster at the British Consulate

pictures 15, 16 posters at the Distinctive Event Solutions studio

full artwork

hand sketch mockups

hand sketch mockups

hand sketch mockups

hand sketch mockups

hand sketch mockups

inspiration for some of the figures, street art in Venice Beach. Artist unknown

the photo wall, produced by Distinctive Event Solutions @distinctive_es

the photo wall, produced by Distinctive Event Solutions @distinctive_es @tobycochran @julianikaneviandt @alanaduq

DJ booth artwork

merch ads

Variety feature

poster at the British Consulate

posters at the Distinctive Event Solutions studio

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Cannes recap! Still processing & reminiscing on an incredible 10 days 💌 Feels surreal to finally begin sharing @sobeit.film with the world, I couldn’t ask for a better first audience.

Many thanks to @americanpavilion & @goldhouseco for inviting So Be It to this year’s Emerging Filmmaker Showcase and making our time so special. I’m so grateful to be a part of a craft and community I absolutely adore.

Select photos by Indiewire/Amy Graves

#Cannes#Americanpavilion#film#animation#documentary

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After 11 days wandering the Marché like a confused extra in my own genre-bending flick, it was nice to reconnect with my people again at the IndieWire Honors Night. One of the perks of being part of the American Pavilion Emerging Filmmakers program at Cannes (courtesy of IndieWire and Gold House) is getting to spend an evening surrounded by ridiculously talented humans. Grateful, and only mildly intimidated. 😀💛😀

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Dive into the art of animated storytelling with our latest videos. #writeforanimation

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Many thanks to Monika Skerbelis and @americanpavilion for hosting The Drive team @festivaldecannes❤️
We were warmly welcomed, reunited with old friends and met many new ones! The screening of The Drive at the Palais was a highlight of many at Cannes🎬

#cannesfilmfestival #americanpavilion #shortfilm #amberpaul

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A little late on posting this, but here are some shots I got the chance to animate during my time at @biggrinproductions ! It was a huge honor and opportunity to be apart of “LUKi and the Lights” and I want to thank the team for making this project so much fun to work on! #animation #3danimation #lukiandthelights #als #biggrinproductions

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A month ago I had the incredible opportunity to visit Warner Brothers and watch ten animated short films submitted for the Oscars 🎬✨

And I can’t even describe how excited I was when a couple of days ago I was informed that TWO of my personal favorites made it into the shortlist for the 98th Academy Awards!

🏆 “Forevergreen” Shortlisted for Best Animated Short Film 2026 @forevergreen_short_film — its world premiere took place at Animayo, and now it’s competing on one of the biggest stages in the world.

🏆 “Playing God” Also shortlisted for Best Animated Short Film 2026 An Animayo Award-winning @animayofestival masterpiece that absolutely deserves this recognition.

To see these remarkable works receive such honor and to witness the creative vision behind them was inspiring. Moments like these remind me why cinema matters — storytelling, imagination, and emotion in their purest forms. 🎥💛

Huge congratulations to both teams. And fingers crossed as the journey toward the Oscars continues! 🙌

 #AcademyAwards #Oscars2026 #Shortlist #AnimatedShortFilm #WarnerBrosStudios

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"Hindi mo naranasan ang kadiliman diyan sa labas.." • WINNER - Wes Craven's Best Horror Award at Catalina Film Festival 2025
WINNER - Best Short Award at FilAm Creative Film Festival 2025
WINNER - Audience Award at San Diego Filipino Film Festival 2025
WINNER - The Minerva Award at FilmQuest Festival 2025

TAGA | MIDNIGHT SHORT FILM PROGRAM AT SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL 2026 | LINK IN BIO @taga.film @sundanceorg @capeusa 🥳

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Baby's first panel moderation ✅️ Thanks so much to @angelamsanchez.writer for inviting me to moderate the Small Stories, Big Topics panel at @creativetalentnetwork CTNX25!

It was a delight to get to peek into what it took to make Remember Us (storyboards by @_ernesto_alonso_), LuKi and the Lights (directed by @tobycochran), and Spin Cycle (directed by @angelamsanchez.writer) with you all!

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