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Suzy Parr
Suzy has worked in stop motion animation for almost 27 years. She graduated from UWE Bristol, having specialised in animation in 1996 and then won
Simon Alexanderson
Simon Alexanderson is a researcher at KTH and Co-founder and CTO of Motorica AI. His interests are in machine learning and animation where his aim
Signe Baumane
Signe Baumane is a Latvian born, Brooklyn-based independent filmmaker, artist, writer, and animator. She has made 17 award-winning animated shorts but is best known for
SAAVA – Swedish Animation and Visual Arts
SAAVA is short for Swedish Animation and Visual Arts. It is an association that aims to strengthen swedish animation by bringing creative professionals, students and teachers
Ru Kuwahata
Ru Kuwahata is an Oscar-nominated animation filmmaker born in Tokyo, Japan, living in Providence, USA. Since 2007 she has been collaborating with Max Porter as
Roland Reyer
Roland Reyer started as an Application Engineer at Wavefront Technologies GmbH in Germany in 1992. He became an industry expert for the entire product portfolio
Regina Pessoa
Born in 1969 in Coimbra, Portugal, Regina Pessoa spent her childhood listening to family stories and watching her uncle draw pictures on the walls of
Ray Whitcher
Ray Whitcher (22.03.1986) studied Multimedia Design as an undergraduate, then specialised in Animation at a Master’s level. He is currently completing his Ph.D. in Located
Peter Larsson
I started off as an animator who made short films that got screened at film festivals. Early on, I was attracted to the experimental potentials
Martin Bergquist
Bio in short. I am a senior concept artist, art Director and storyboard artist with 16+ year experience both in video games and film. Check
Mait Laas
Mait Laas (born in 1970) Estonian animation artist, author and director. Internationally has held lectures and led programmes about animation, organized animation work-shops. His paintures
Kaoru Furuko
Kaoru Furuko, Direction / Animation / Illustration Kaoru Furuko is a director, animator and video artist who mostly uses stop-motion technique. She had her master’s
Kajsa Naess
After 25 years as an innovative short animation director, Kajsa Næss is ready for her feature film debut with TITINA. Næss is known for her playful, humorous
Hanna Högstedt
Film director and Producer, Onoma Productions Hanna Högstedt is a film director and script writer, working with both documentary and fiction. After Mourners, her latest film,
Christian Ryltenius
Christian Ryltenius started his career in animation at the Swedish studio Penn Film AB, where he worked on the feature film Voyage to Melonia (1989).
Arvid Steen
Arvid Steen has nearly 25 years of animation experience. He studied at the Swedish University College of Arts, Crafts, and Design, where he focused on
Ansgar Maßmann
Ansgar Maßmann started out his career as a freelancer in illustration, drawing and animation. Education included meeting some of the world’s leading animation instructors including Glenn
Annika Bergström
Annika Bergström (1979) is a swedish animator and visual artist. Her background is in classical animation, as a freelance animator and director, but since 2017
Anders Narverud Moen
Anders Naverud Moen is Festival Director for the Fredrikstad Animation Festival in Fredrikstad, Norway. Fredrikstad Animation Festival is the leading festival for animated film in
SPEAKERS 2022
Torbjörn Alström
Torbjörn Alström Studied acting at Dell’arte international School in CA, USA. The specialty is masked theater and clown. He was part of several productions after
Stina Wirsén
For as long as I remember, I have been drawing and making up stories. My sister and I loved when our mother read to us,
Rickard Germundsson, Haymaker FX
Rickard Germundsson is a producer at Haymaker in Gothenburg. He is a local resident from Trollhättan, which is where he first started working in the
Petrit Gora
Petrit Gora was born in 1990 in the capital city of Kosovo, Pristina. He studied Graphic Design in the Academy of Fine Arts at the
Paloma Baeza
British director and actress Paloma Baeza is a graduate of the National Film and Television School, where her work predominantly developed the stop motion puppeteered
Nikolai Lockertsen
Nikolai Lockertsen is a concept artis, illustrator and animator based in Norway. He has worked in the film industry for over 20 years, including a
Nikki Lindroth von Bahr
Director Niki Lindroth Von Bahr is a master craftswoman who makes puppets and sets by hand and brings stories to life through the technique of
Midhat Ajanovic
Ajan (Midhat Ajanovic) is an author and film teacher born in Sarajevo (Bosnia) in 1959. Since 1994 he is living in Gothenburg (Sweden) where he
Luis Cataldi
Luis Cataldi, Lead Evangelist for Quixel, Epic Games Luis Cataldi has been working in the computer graphics industry for over 22 years in various roles
Lucy Izzard
Lucy is the Creator and Series Director of Aardman’s preschool series The Very Small Creatures, a spin-off series from the studio’s hugely popular Morph series, commissioned by Sky
Killmonday Games
Natalia Martinsson, Co-Founder & Game Designer Natalia started creating games in 2012 together with husband Isak Martinsson. Since then they have created a few free
Janne Vierth
Janne Vierth has been writing for film, television and radio since 1999. He writes mainly for children. Animation of all sorts, puppets, live action; it’s
Frederick Howard
Frederick Howard holds degrees from both Westerdals School of Arts, Communication and Technology, and The Norwegian Film School. He has previously worked as Head of
Emma de Swaef and Marc Roels
Directing duo Emma de Swaef and Marc James Roels make up one of the most exciting contemporary directorial voices of today’s animation scene. Together they
Christian Ryltenius
Christian Ryltenius started his career at the Swedish studio Penn Film AB, where he worked on the feature film The Journey to Melonia (1989). He
Bee Grandinetti, Director, designer and animator!
Bee Grandinetti Director, designer and animator Hailing from the warm lands of Brazil, Bee Grandinetti has honed her skills across the globe. From Belo
Ansgar Massmann
Ansgar Maßmann started out his career as a freelancer in illustration, drawing and animation. Education included meeting some of the world’s leading animation instructors including Glenn
Anneli Heed
Anneli Heed – Voice Actor Known for her ability to work in a multitude of different voices and accents. Continuously heard in both Swedish and
SPEAKERS 2021
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Janne Vierth
Janne Vierth has been writing for film, television and radio since 1999. He writes mainly for children. Animation of all sorts, puppets, live action; it’s
Christian Ryltenius
Christian Ryltenius started his career at the Swedish studio Penn Film AB, where he worked on the feature film The Journey to Melonia (1989). He
SPEAKERS 2018
SPEAKERS 2017
Ilan Nguyên
Ilan Nguyên is Japanese-French scholar, translator, critic, curator and coordinator for cultural events. His main research areas are history and aesthetics of the Japanese animation
SPEAKERS 2016
Creative Europe – Anders Wilhelmsson
Financing your movie project. Creative Europe / Swedish Film Institute
Animation in games at King – A candy crush saga
Johan Sonestedt from King presents the inhouse animation production at
Autodesk Stingray – Realtime render engines in movieproduction
Autodesks realtime rendering engine Stingray is presented by Morgan Evans.