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Hi! I’m Rob Ling, a UK illustrator and motion designer creating playful, textured artwork in Photoshop, After…
Kate Auster is a Creative Producer whose work spans animation and film. Her design background brings a distinc…
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Radu Gaciu is Romanian animation director, screenwriter and storyboard artist. He has also been involved in do…
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2000 Born in Seoul. 2026 Graduated from the School of Film and Animation at Hongik University. Yeonwoo Kim is…
Zuzanna Heller, born in 1998, in Krakow, Poland. Got bachelor's degree in graphic design at the Academy of Fin…
Irina Enea is a Romanian film producer and founder of Baking Films, working across independent cinema, animati…
British artist Jamie Hewlett is a prolific creative who defies easy categorisation. Working at an unrelenting…
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Cami Kwan is a Chinese-American stop motion director who creates stories exploring emotions, identity, and cul…
Seán is a writer/director from Ireland. THE CURE is his directorial debut. He is also the writer of EMERGENCY…
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Matthew is a producer and director based in Bristol.
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Caitlin McCarthy is a director and animator known for her colourful, offbeat aesthetic and playful tone. She l…
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Sara Gregorić is a Croatian film editor working across fiction and documentary. Guided by a playful and experi…
Florrie Macleod is a Stop Motion Animator, Ceramicist, Artist and Designer who enjoys creating characters with…
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Camille Surdez grew up in the Swiss Alps. In June 2025, she graduated from ECAL / Ecole cantonale d’art de Lau…
Hayden is one of the founders of Dirty Jack https://dirtyjack.co a Bristol-based 'data driven comedy video ad'…
A Bristol based Director and Creative, Elle began her career producing commercials before moving into directin…
Isabella Odoffin is a casting director from London, working across film, theatre and television.
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Sylvia Jorde studied Production at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg and is Co-CEO, Producer and Game Designe…
Ben Rivers is an artist and filmmaker from Somerset, now based in London. He studied Fine Art at Falmouth Scho…
Leto Meade is a UK animation director whose internationally acclaimed films have screened and won awards at le…
There are few musicians who manage to explore the convergence between techno and experimental music as success…
Andreea-Lorena Florea is a Romanian animator and traditional artist whose work is deeply rooted in folklore, v…
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Molly Allen is a Welsh animator based in Leicester. She studied animation and illustration at Cardiff Metropol…
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Paolo Laganà is an Italian-German film director whose work explores queer identity, intimacy, and memory. They…
HaZ Dulull, founder of Beyond The Pixels, has directed films licensed by Netflix and shows on Disney+, directe…
Zoë has been working in the uk film industry for 20+ years as a video operator. This is her first short film.…
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Yijian Shan is a New York-based writer-director. Her work has been selected for international film festivals.…
Cribble is Scott Coello; a queer, Cornish freelancer, living and making animations in Hastings.
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Justine is a Co-Director of The Script Factory, alongside founder Charlotte Bogard Macleod, where she has work…
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Chris Lavis and Maciek Szczerbowski (Clyde Henry Productions) are award-winning writers, directors and animato…
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Laura Rigney is a Creative Producer. Recent credits include Work|Werk, All That’s Carried and Cheer. She is cu…
Dr Steve Presence is Senior Lecturer in Film and Television at the University of Bristol. His research focuses…
Levi Stoops (*1990) lives and works in Brussels, Belgium. After graduating from RITCS (Royal Institute for The…
Matt Freeth is an award-winning British writer-director creating imaginative genre films with emotional depth.
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John W. Lustig is a filmmaker and animator based in Queens, NY. Past films include “Eye in Tuna Care,” “c/o Fl…
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Matthew is a producer and director based in Bristol. He mainly makes feature documentaries, often about cinema…
Bethany Thomson is the Creative Lead at Sea Star Productions, where she pioneers storytelling in the emerging…
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Véras Fawaz (1993) is a Dutch-Lebanese filmmaker, writer and musician based in Amsterdam. His films are precis…
Ivașcă Emy-Mirel is a romanian animator and film director, he graduated Film School at “Hyperion” University f…
Joe Hsieh,An independent Taiwan animation director whose works often explore the dark side of human nature and…
After studying at the Gobelins, Eva worked as an animator on various short and feature films. At the same time…
Amy is a Production Co-ordinator working across film and TV, with credits including BOYS FROM BRAZIL, YOUNG SH…
Noah Morse is a director, writer, and producer from Johnston, RI, based in Los Angeles. He serves as the Creat…
Thien An Nguyen is a Vietnamese self-taught director with a background in music videos, commercials, and docum…
Hywel Roberts is a Welsh director, animator and storyboard artist with over ten years' experience, including a…
Fridtjof Stensæth Josefsen is a Norwegian comedian, actor and music producer who has worked across television…
Johannes Vang is a Kven-Sámi director form Northern Norway.
Jenny Jokela (1990) is a Finnish animation director and artist based in Edinburgh, UK. She earned an MA in Ani…
Vadim Vandenven is a Swiss director, writer and cinematographer.
I’m an animation writer and director creating bold narratives that explore difficult lived experiences. My fir…
Gwenola Heck is a french-german experimental animation director using techniques that gravitate around 2D anim…
Simon's short film awards have included the International Jury Prize at Sundance, Best Short Film at the BIFAs…
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Montreal-based animation filmmaker, graphic novel writer and illustrator Catherine Lepage is known for her dis…
Director and Producer of A Little Death.
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Matt Nicholas is a London-based writer/director drawn to absurd stories about ordinary people. His work uses h…
With over 25 years of experience working in the stop motion animation industry, Malcolm Lamont has played a cr…
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Jasmine is a British actor who has worked extensively across stage and screen. She is best known for her roles…
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Roozbeh Gezerseh, born in Tehran, Iran, studied Graphic Design at Guilan University and Painting at the Art Un…
Finn Walther is a Norwegian director whose award-winning short films include Cabin Ban (2020) and Freewheelin’…
Charlie Dennis is a filmmaker from the West Midlands, focused on bold, genre-driven storytelling with strong t…
David Sick always had an affinity for creative working and has been letting his thoughts run free since he was…
Mohammadreza Mayghani is an Iranian filmmaker with a Master's degree in Dramatic Literature. In 2021, his debu…
Laurence Thérien is a Montréal-based director, designer, and animator with a focus on materiality and claymati…
Altay Ulan Yang is a Mongolian filmmaker from Inner Mongolia, China. His visually driven films explore adolesc…
Said Zagha is a Palestinian-British director focused on political thrillers.
Emma is a renowned Animation Director, Artist, Graphic Designer, Writer, Lecturer and co-founder of Pearly Oys…
Heather Young is a Canadian filmmaker based in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Film director and screenwriter engaged in a variety of independent and commercial projects. Her work often exp…
Angie is a TV and film production manager/coord and short film producer working in Bristol. Her work has been…
Alice Cabañas is the Head of BFI NETWORK, joining from Film Hub South West where she was a Talent Executive. P…
Leo Brunel is a 3D director in visual comedy.
Eleanor is an illustrator, writer and animator from Merseyside, currently based in East London.
Theodore Ushev is a Canadian animation filmmaker of Bulgarian origin, born in Kyustendil, Bulgaria, on Februar…
India Opzoomer is a British-Canadian Director and DoP. Her most recent short film ‘Poster Boy’ received the Au…
Tia Salisbury is a Bristol based director working in scripted comedy. Her slate of short films have screened i…
Chheangkea is a Cambodia-born filmmaker based in Brooklyn, New York. Through his films, Chheangkea seeks to sh…
Hugo Docking is a stop motion filmmaker with a penchant for the mischievous and macabre. He uses unsettling im…
Marcus Söderlund is a Swedish director. He studied at the School of Film Directing in Gothenburg and has direc…
Xin Wang is a French-Chinese director and actress. She first came to prominence with the series Ex-Model, and…
Influenced by Dario Argento, John Carpenter, Quentin Tarantino, and Spike Jonze, Eric’s work blends music, hum…
Award-winning director, animator, and creative producer.
Noah Stratton-Twine is an English writer, director, editor and composer from Crawley, West Sussex. A prolific…
Oliver Laxe is a French-born Spanish filmmaker of Galician heritage. He began making short films in London and…
Fanny Capu is an animation director and self-taught model maker from Germany. After gaining experience on live…
Varun Raman and Tom Hancock are a Manchester-based writing and directing duo. Into the Betaverse had its World…
Myles Kamwendo is a Welsh born, Bristol bred actor, best known as Omar in BBC Three’s Boarders. He will next a…
Alina is an award-winning director, designer, and animator from Bucharest whose unique visual style first gain…
VFX director and Houdini specialist at Bristol based Lux Aeterna. Leads creative and technical oversight of co…
Radheya Jang is an Australian director based in London. His film Trading Cards was selected for 19 Academy Awa…
Justine Klaiber (1989) graduated in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in Animation from HSLU (Lucerne School of De…
Born and raised in Fargo, North Dakota, Elizabeth Chatelain is an award-winning documentary and narrative film…
Zhenia Kazankina is a director, screenwriter, and editor based in Rome, Italy. Her short films screened at Loc…
Antonin is a Swiss-French animation director. His graduation film, Do Not Feed the Pigeons, won a BAFTA for Be…
Claud Cunningham is a Manchester-based producer. She is developing a digital studio producing live-action scri…
Screenwriter and Director.
Zsuzsanna Kreif is a freelance animation filmmaker based in Budapest, graduated from MOME. Her first film, co-…
Meghan is an illustrator and animator who has worked in the design industry for over 15 years, using both 2D a…
Wesley directed nothing, except everything in high school, 9.3M views, then sold to Sony and Darren Aronofsky,…
Livia Valensise is a screenwriter based in Berlin. She graduated from the Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie B…
Aslı Bildirici is a storyteller with a wide range experience in various roles in filmmaking. Her films which a…
Martha Halliday is an award winning 2D Animator based in London. She's worked on a wide variety of commercial…
Mandy is the CEO of the Documentary Film Council, Britain’s first documentary org. She also runs Undeniable Pr…
Janna’s work is driven by morally complex, character-driven stories that blend dark humour with raw, emotional…
Zoë Hutber is a BAFTA-nominated writer/director and stop-motion animator based in Bristol, UK.
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Aneil has just completed his second feature film, a modern adaptation of HAMLET with a cast including Riz Ahme…
Dorian Jespers (b. 1993, Brussels) is a filmmaker trained at INSAS, KASK, and Le Fresnoy. His short film Sun D…
Willy Fair is an animation director from Vail, Colorado.
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Conor Kehelly is an Irish animator, illustrator and music producer known for films that blend playful textures…
After finishing her studies in design at the Moscow State University of Printing Arts in 2004, Elena started t…
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Aslı Bildirici is a storyteller with a wide range experience in various roles in filmmaking. After completing…
Winston Hacking is a moving image artist who combines found footage, collage, compositing, and tactile animati…
Rachel MacLean is a filmmaker based in Edinburgh and recent graduate from Screen Academy Scotland's MA Film ma…
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