The VIEW Conference 2025 will run from 12 to 17 October 2025 in Turin’s OGR complex. According to the official programme page, the 26th edition will host more than 150 speakers across animation, VFX, games, immersive media, AI and real-time workflows. The event’s structure is broad and tiered: daily keynotes, talks, panels, workshops, masterclasses, and portfolio reviews. This year’s focus leans strongly towards production methods and applied technology — not only creative storytelling.

Who’s Speaking

Confirmed guests include an unusually high number of feature-film directors, VFX supervisors, and production executives. Among them:

• Doug Chiang (Lucasfilm) – VIEW Visionary 2025
• Domee Shi and Madeline Sharafian (Pixar, Elio)
• Pierre Perifel and Matt Baer (The Bad Guys 2, DreamWorks)
• Alessandro Carloni (The Cat in the Hat, Warner Bros.)
• Pablo Helman (Wicked: For Good)
• Daniele Bigi (Fantastic Four: First Steps)
• Phil Tippett, Ramsey Naito, Fiona Walkinshaw, Kevin Baillie, and Jonas Kluger among the studio and production heads.

This blend of creative, technical, and executive profiles shows VIEW’s ongoing intent to bridge artistry and engineering.

Topics and Technical Weight

From the published schedule, several themes dominate: AI in production, virtual production, real-time rendering, story development, and cross-media workflows linking cinema and interactive stuff. The inclusion of “Premiere Talks” indicates that audiences will see first-look content from upcoming features.

Workshops and masterclasses promise practical sessions on shading, lighting, compositing, and storytelling. Portfolio reviews and recruitment tracks add a talent-development dimension — useful for artists and supervisors seeking connections beyond presentations. As always, new techniques should be verified before deployment in production environments; not every previewed pipeline will fit every studio setup.

Ticket Prices

Ticketing for VIEW 2025 follows a two-tier model. The Light Ticket costs € 186.55 and includes access to talks, panels and keynotes. The All Access / Full Ticket, covering all workshops and masterclasses, is listed at € 387.84. Prices may vary depending on regional VAT and booking conditions. Official registration runs through Eventbrite and the VIEW site.

A Day in Turin

Even the most production-driven delegate should plan at least one extra day in Turin itself. The city remains one of Italy’s most elegant and friendly. A few tipps: the Egyptian Museum. It is the second largest collection in the world after Cairo (Even bigger then the British Museum, with all the things the Brits didn’t think to steal). And a few actual “Books of the dead” (Picture Below. The person at the end is 1.70m, for size comparison. You can mumble everything in front of it, none of the mummies came alive. Maybe you have better luck.

Turin rewards slow exploration — a morning walk through Piazza Castello or an evening espresso at Caffè Torino may reset your neural networks more effectively than any AI panel. While you are around, you should know about “Gianduiotto” – The stuff that Nutella is a poor imitation of. The small confections are to be found everywhere. Do NOT leave turin without trying some! (You’ll thank me later)

And yes, eat the tramezzini di Brah (“brah” sandwiches. “Brah” is a town a little way off. As a German, “Brah Wurst” is the height of sophsticated culinary humor, but the things are damn tasty as well. ).

Summary

VIEW 2025 presents one of its most ambitious schedules yet: 150+ speakers, extensive workshops, and a technical focus that connects real-time, animation, and AI production. The pricing remains accessible relative to comparable global events, and Turin offers enough culture, architecture, and food to justify staying longer.

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