The fifth edition of VFXRio took place on November 30, December 1 and 2 at Casa Firjan in Rio de Janeiro. International guests included pioneer Hao Li, CEO of Pinscreen; Pav Grochola, supervisor and Lead VFX artist at Sony Pictures Imageworks, who was part of the effects team for the Oscar®-winning animated feature "Spider-Man in the Spider-Verse"; and Julien Bolbach, Visual Effects Supervisor at MPC, who presented the making of Walt Disney Pictures' "The Lion King". The VFXRIO program also included Brazil's largest film and TV technology producers. Globo, the event's sponsor, took part with a keynote dedicated to its latest productions; Vetor Zero, Mistika, O2 Filmes and Stratosform presented their latest work. Three panels led by leading industry experts addressed topics such as Digital Humans and Ai Technologies, Innovation, Science and Art, and Education for new careers in technology. Three major academic institutions were represented: IMPA, the Vancouver Centre of Digital Media and the Vancouver Film School. In addition to the normal program, VFXRIO offered 4 workshops of three hours each. The workshops were curated by Liana Brazil, co-founder and creative director of SuperUber. The guests represented various organizations, including Globo, O2, Vancouver Film School, Foundry, Sony ImageWorks, Pinscreen Inc, MPC, Mistika, Ollin VFX, VetorZero, Strostorm, SuperUber, INTEL, IMPA - VISGRAF and ACM Siggraph.