Cardiff Animation Festival 2020

YVONNE CONNIKIE

Yvonne Connikie is a Programmer/Curator specialising in Black Independent Film, and Director of Cinema Golau.

AVGOUSTA ZOURELIDI

Avgousta Zourelidi is a highly experienced award winning director in the animation industry.

MARYAM MOHAJER

Maryam Mohajer is a British-Iranian, BAFTA Winning animator-director

SIMON CHONG

Simon Chong is a Welsh animator and Director on FOX's Emmy award winning animated comedy Bob's Burgers.

DAISY GOULD

Daisy Gould is Head of Marketing at Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival in Cardiff

TANYA J SCOTT

Tanya is an animation art director, illustrator and aspiring children’s author based in South East London.

ASH J. WU

Ash J. Wu is a freelance animation assistant and comic artist, who has been working in the 2D animation industry since 2015.

ED FOSTER

Ed Foster now works as animation series director with experience that spans developing pilots, to writing for and directing the commissioned series.

RITA SAMPAIO

Rita Sampaio is a Portuguese Stop Motion animator.

LAURA TOFARIDES

Laura Tofarides (toff-ah-ree-dees) is a Welsh Stop-motion Animator and puppetmaker based in Cardiff.

BETH HUGHES

Beth is a 2D Animator and Director with 10 years experience in the industry.

KYLE LEGALL

Kyle Legall is an animator and multi-disciplinary artist from Butetown, Cardiff.

LORRAINE LORDAN

Animation Director Lorraine Lordan has worked extensively with Cartoon Saloon.

JON RENNIE

Managing Director - Cloth Cat Animation & Thud Media

ADAM BAILEY

Adam Bailey is a Producer, Director and Head of Animation Development at

Cloth Cat Animation

BEN MITCHELL

Ben Mitchell is an animator & motion designer at Shy Guys Studios.

SIMON QUINN

Simon Quinn has been working in the Film and Television industry for over 30 years.

EVGENIA GOLUBEVA

Animation director, writer & character designer

BERWYN ROWLANDS

Berwyn Rowlands is Festival Director of Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival in Cardiff.

LAURA-BETH COWLEY

Laura-Beth Cowley is a freelance animator and writer based in Bristol.

TOM BETTS

Tom Betts is a Cardiff-based filmmaker.

SAMANTHA MOORE

Sam Moore is an animated documentary maker.

ABIGAIL ADDISON

Animation Production Liaison Executive, ScreenSkills

TOM BOX

Co-Founder and Joint Managing Director, Blue Zoo Animation Studio and Chair of the ScreenSkills Animation Skills Council

TALIA LODERICK

Talia Loderick is a money coach, based in Cardiff.

GERALD CONN

Gerald Conn is an award winning animator and filmmaker.

TREVOR HARDY

Trevor Hardy is a stop motion animator/director.

JOHN REA

John Rea is a composer of music for concert platform, theatre, television and film.

MATT JOYCE

Matt Joyce is an independent illustrator based in Cardiff, specialising in illustrated murals and maps.

STEPHEN CLARKE

Stephen Clarke is one half of biggerhouse film with Tom Stubbs.

HELEN BRUNSDON

Helen has worked extensively across the animation industry as a consultant, producer and executive.

LAURA NASIR-TAMARA

Laura is a London-based, French-Indonesian animator and director.

MEL GARBER

Mel is a London based VFX and CGI freelancer.

KRYSTAL GEORGIOU

Krystal Georgiou is a storyboard artist and director.

DAN McGOWAN

Dan worked extensively as an actor/musician and film maker before joining Hijinx in 2014.

DAN McGOWAN

Dan worked extensively as an actor/musician and film maker before joining Hijinx in 2014.