Born in 1986, he graduated from the Arts High School in Szczecin, specialising in printmaking. He received a Master of Arts degree in animation from the Łódź Film School, where he also studied scriptwriting for a year. He was one of the three artists selected for the Animation Artist in Residence Tokyo 2014 residency programme by Japan Image Council (JAPIC). He made 10 short animated films among them multi-awarded „Ziegenort” and the latest „Black” that screened and was acclaimed at various film festivals around the world.

Born in Kanagawa on October 11, 1994. 2017: Graduated from Tokyo Zokei University with Department of Animation 2019: Graduated Graduate School of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts Now, working as Research associate at Department of Animation, Tokyo Zokei University She likes the fusion of two and three dimensions and the mouse.

Beautifully drawn and animated, this film is like a cartoon that was hacked. A kind of dream that tears apart the reality of daily life and reveals a threatening force.

In the late 1990's, Jérémy Clapin studied animation and illustration at the École des Arts Décoratifs de Paris (Paris Decorative Arts School). After graduating in 1999, he started working in 2000 as an illustrator and directed his first short film in 2004, Une Histoire Vertébrale (A Vertebral Story), which was very well received in festivals. In 2008, in Skhizein, he told the story of a man hit by a meteorite who finds himself shifted 91 cm from his physical body, thus rendered invisible. Jérémy Clapin then worked in advertising and in 2012 he made Palmipedarium, in which he chose a way to do animation that is much closer to live action.

Gints Zilbalodis(1994) is a Latvian filmmaker and animator. His fascination for filmmaking began at an early age watching classic films and making shorts and commercials. He has made 7 short films in various mediums including hand-drawn animation, 3D animation and live-action and often mixing their characteristic aesthetics.

Former student of the Ladislav Sutnar Faculty of Design and Art in Pilsen in the Studio of Animated and Interactive Design by Jiří Barta. At present, the UMPRUM student in Prague. Specializes in stopmotion animation. His latest film AFTER got into Annecy's summer film.

Louise Pau is born in Hong Kong, currently an independent animator living and working in US. She studied in live-action in Hong Kong and moved into animation at CalArts Experimental Animation. She has produced works with hand drawn animation, cut-out and archival materials. She is interested in weaving archival materials into a narrative piece. Her works have been screened in various places including HK IFVA, New Chitose Airport Animation Festival, John Hopkins Film Festival, San Diego Asian Film Festival.

Alexander Gratzer (1993, Hallein/Salzburg) has been studying painting at the University of Applied Arts Vienna since 2012. In 2017, he spent a semester at the Moholy-Nagy University in Budapest, Animation Department. He made films Geht immer (2017), Animateur (2017), Angelique (2017), Axel (2017), Tischtennis im Wald (2017), Espresso (2016), Museumswärter (2016), Beauty (2016), Im Wohnzimmer (2015), Geht's noch? (2015), Im Gespräch (2015).

Born in China in 1993. Master’s degree from Tama Art University, Department of Graphic Design in 2017.

A video artist based in Tokyo and Kanagawa, Japan. Onishi produces video installation works and music videos using animation methods to express the structure of music and the texture of sound. He is also involved in advertising, such as commercials, concept movies and motion CIs.

Born in 1984, Yoriko Mizushiri is a filmmaker who creates sensual animations using unique motifs such as body parts and sushi.

Born in 1987 in Kagoshima. While he was a student at Osaka University of Arts, he was influenced by animation director Keiichi Hara and aimed to be an animation creator. After working at an animation studio, he founded a video production company.

Ami Lindholm is on a mission to make tired parents laugh! She encourages parents to be imperfect and say that you are good enough as you are. Her comic Vauvakirja -”Baby Book” and short film Mother and Milk show the best and worst moments in parenting – in a hilarious but touching way.

Born in Tokyo, Japan in 1989. Grew up in Bali, Indonesia. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Department of Intermedia Art in 2015. Received master’s degree from Tokyo University of the Arts Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation in 2017. 2016: ”RADIO WAVE” received the Graduation Film DHL Diversity Prize at the 18th Bucheon International Animation Festival, and selected at 29 film festivals in 19 countries and regions around the world. 2017: ”AEON” was nominated in ANIMAFEST ZAGREB, and selected at 17 film festivals in 10 countries around the world.

His previous film "LAYER" was nominated at New Chitose Airport International Animation Festival 2018.

1973 Born in Jeju, South Korea 2002 Graduated from Korean Academy of Film Arts 2009 Graduated from Graduate School of Advanced Imaging Science, Multimedia and Film(GSAIM), MFA She is representative creator of the Studio Barambee

Born in 1990 in Lausanne, Marjolaine studied multimedia design at ERACOM in Lausanne (Switzerland) from 2009 to 2012, and then learnt animation all by herself, through internships. After working at Nadasdy Film(CH), L'Enclume (B), and Vivement Lundi! (F), she has been admitted in 2013 at the school La Poudrière in Valence, France.

I was born in 1990, in Szeged, Hungary. After graduating in 2008, I spent 5 months in Denmark, attended to a Folk High School in a little village, called Vallekilde. I moved to Budapest in 2010 and started diving in the world of animation. I got accepted to the Moholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest in 2013 and finished my BA studies in animation in 2016. Then started the masters right away at the same university and graduated in 2018 as an animation movie director. During 2016 and 2018 I was working on my graduation movie, called Our House. It is a personal film, which is based on a childhood memory of mine, and tells a story about conscience, the feeling of guilt, and tries to get into the mind of an eary teenager. In the past year, my movie participated in several film festivals in Hungary, Slovakia, Israel and Russia. Currently I’m working as a free lancer, and started to develope an idea for a new short film.

Born in 1987 in Kagoshima. While he was a student at Osaka University of Arts, he was influenced by animation director Keiichi Hara and aimed to be an animation creator. After working at an animation studio, he founded a video production company.

Born in Japan in 1994. Received bachelor’s degree from Waseda University, School of Creative Science and Engineering, Department of Modern Engineering in 2016. 2016 May : Graduated from Waseda University, Department of Modern Engineering. Researched and developed a humanoid robot for graduation thesis From May 2018, Studying animation in the master course of Tama Art University, Department of Graphic Design.

Xiao is an traditional animator and children’s book illustrator. The ideas of his personal projects are always from what he sees when walking in the streets of the city. He keeps sketching everyday and searching the thing which may last forever in the high-speed developing hometown —— Shanghai. Gif seems a new and perfect way for him to create a moment instead of a still image to show how lovely the city life is.

Tzu-Hsin Yang, also known as Cindy Yang. She graduated from Taipei National University of the Arts Animation Department and Character Animation Department at California Institute of the Arts. Student films Noon and AND THEN were selected by Taipei Film Festival and several other international festivals. She loves to travel and record her life experiences through drawings and films.