25-28 April 2024
GUEST SPEAKERS
EVGENIA GOLUBEVA
Evgenia is an animation director, writer & character designer.
DILPREET KAUR WALIA
Dilpreet is an animation screenwriter and puppeteer.
KRYSTAL GEORGIOU
Krystal is a storyboard artist and director in animation.
LAURA NASIR-TAMARA
Laura is a London-based French-Indonesian animator and director.
LEONIE SHARROCK
Leonie is a Senior Lecturer in Animation at the University of South Wales.
STEPHEN CLARKE
Stephen Clarke is one half of biggerhouse film with Tom Stubbs.
LAUREN ORME
Lauren is an animator and Festival Director of Cardiff Animation Festival.
GERALD CONN
Gerald Conn is an award winning animator and filmmaker.
HELEN BRUNSDON
Helen has worked extensively across the animation industry as a consultant, producer and executive.
SIMON CHONG
Simon Chong is a Welsh animator and Director on FOX's Emmy award winning animated comedy Bob's Burgers.
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MELIN EDOMWOMYI
Melin is a designer, art director, events organiser, company director and Bob's Burgers fan!
LAURA-BETH COWLEY
Laura-Beth Cowley is a freelance animator and writer based in Bristol.
BEN MITCHELL
Ben Mitchell is an animator and motion designer at Shy Guys Studios, and Editor and Chief at Skwigly Animation Magazine.
TOM BETTS
Tom Betts is a Cardiff-based filmmaker and runs Chapter Movie Maker.
SIMON QUINN
Simon is currently producing The Adventures of Paddington™ for Studio Canal airing on Nickelodeon.
TANYA J SCOTT
Tanya is an animation art director, illustrator and aspiring children’s author based in South East London.
TREVOR HARDY
Trevor Hardy is a stop motion animator and director.
DAN McGOWAN
Dan runs the film strand of Hijinx, making work with neurodiverse actors.
AVGOUSTA ZOURELIDI
Avgousta Zourelidi is an award-winning director in the animation industry.
ED FOSTER
Ed Foster is an animation series director and creator of The Rubbish World of Dave Spud.
LAURA TOFARIDES
Laura Tofarides (toff-ah-ree-dees) is a Welsh Stop-motion Animator and puppetmaker based in Cardiff.
YVONNE CONNIKIE
Yvonne Connikie is a Programmer/Curator specialising in Black Independent Film, and Director of Cinema Golau.
DAISY GOULD
Daisy Gould is Head of Marketing at Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival in Cardiff.
BETH HUGHES
Beth is a 2D Animator and Director with 10 years experience in the industry.
LIZZIE WATERWORTH-SANTO
Lizzie Waterworth-Santo is a BAFTA nominated voice actor, playing characters in over 1,000 cartoon episodes in shows aired across the globe.
NEIL JAMES
Neil James is a writer based on the south coast of England. As well as his writing, Neil also works as a stage and screen actor, and as a voice artist.
HODAN ABDI
Hodan is an animation coordinator based in West London.
BIMPE ALLIU
Bimpe Alliu is a Concept Artist and Illustrator from London
PRAVEEN ZACHARIAS
Praveen Zacharias, a Toon Boom Rigger, Graphic Artist/Motion Designer based in Manchester.
PAULA POVEDA-URRUTIA
Paula Poveda-Urrutia was born in Madrid. Paula’s career started working in film festivals in Seattle
EMMA HANSON
Emma is currently studying for her Masters degree in producing at NFTS
SURAYA RAJA
Suraya is an award-winning Animation Director, and a graduate of the National Film & Television School.