Guests

Heather Kenyon

Heather Kenyon

Senior Vice President, Development & Production at Citizen Skull Productions - USA

Heather is part of Citizen Skull Productions, an independent production company specializing in television and feature production. She coordinates Citizen Kids, a division of Citizen Skull, focused on children’s entertainment. She is also a creative consultant, some of her clients are Discovery Kids Latin America, Kid Glove Creative, Portfolio Entertainment and Cinema Fantasma. As Vice-President at Starz Animation Toronto, she produced ``9`` and ``Gnomeo and Juliet``. Previously, she had been Sr. Director of Development of Original Series at Cartoon Network.

Animation! Pitching Sessions
Animation! Pitching Workshop

Veronique Encrenaz

Véronique Encrenaz

Head of Projects MIFA, CITIA - France

She began her professional career at Acteurs Auteurs Associés in Paris where she joined Président Films, an export company of French films, as Technical and Export Manager. She later continued in the same position in the Film department at France Télévision Distribution in Paris. At the beginning of 2005, she joined the CITIA team. Since 2011, Véronique has been the MIFA's Head of Projects, in charge of marketing the spaces and events for the film Market.

Animation! Pitching Sessions
Breakfast with the Festivals & Markets

Joan Lofts

Joan Lofts

Freelance Media Consultant (UK)

Joan Lofts served as Director of Television at Contender Entertainment Group, she produced the animated hits Tractor Tom, Peppa Pig, Humf, Little Kingdom and Channel 4 special Lost and Found. Joan was also Deputy Head of Acquisitions and Development for CBBC. She did a stint at Disney Channel UK and worked as a freelance channel consultant. She is now a freelance independent media consultant, mentoring projects for the European Media Programme, and she is a Chair Person for Cartoon Forum. She has recently run pitching clinics for the Asian Animation Summit, and has been involved with a number of companies in Europe, Mexico and Australia.

Animation! Pitching Sessions
Animation! Training Session: A Successful Pitch
Peppa Pig, A Success Story

Heath Kenny

Heath Kenny

Founder and President, You and Eye Creative - France

Kenny is a creative executive with an extensive knowledge of animation production and the dark arts of developing a project from mind vomit into your next potential hit. He was Animation Director on the Gorillaz music video Dirty Harry, he directed Cartoon Network's Robotboy and was VP of Creative Development at Gaumont Animation. He is founder and President of You and Eye Creative with clients such as DreamWorks, Disney, France Télévisions, Tf1, RAI, Teletoon Canada and Netflix. He also is a teacher at Les Gobelins Animation School.

Animation! Pitching Sessions
Animation! Training Session: Original Content And The Tools We Use To Help It Grow

Leon Loosen

Leon Joosen

Animation Director - USA

Leon started his career at Marvel Productions working on Muppet Babies. Then, he joined Disney as an animator for The Little Mermaid, Oliver and Company and Prince and the Pauper, before collaborating with Roy Disney on Fantasia 2000. At Warner Feature Animation he worked on Space Jam, then at Dreamworks he was part of a live-action animated project entitled Wish. Leon worked as a CG Animation Director at Rhythm and Hues Studio, on projects like Scooby Doo I and 2, Dr. Doolittle 2 and Aliens in the Attic. Nowadays, Leon directs CG Animated Features for companies in England, Los Angeles and India.

Animation! Pitching Sessions
Animation! Training Session: The Power Of Strong Characters

Lucas Arechaga

Lucas Arechaga

Senior Content Manager Cartoon Network, Boomerang & Tooncast Latin America - Argentina

Lucas Arechaga studied Social Communication at Universidad de Buenos Aires in Argentina, and he is currently working as Senior Content Manager for Cartoon Network Latin America. With over 10 years of experience in the industry, his role is leading the programming team for the Southern Cone, as well as searching and developing local productions.

Animating Ideas: What Cartoon Network Is Looking For

Guadalupe Arensburg

Guadalupe Arensburg

Head of Short Films Acquisitions Movistar+ - Spain

Director of the Short Films Acquisitions Department at Movistar+, she is in charge of short films acquisitions and programming, as well as the analysis and selection of co-productions. Director of the international Bridging the Gap Animation Lab. She has been member of the jury for more than 40 festivals and events, such as Clermont-Ferrand, Vila do Conde, Unifrance, Andimation, Cinema Jove, Medina del Campo, San Sebastian Horror and Fantasy Film Festival and La Boca del Lobo, among others.<br /> Editor of the book Cinematografías. África and author of the book Cinematografías de África. Un encuentro con sus protagonistas published by Casa África in 2010.

Movistar+ Acquisitions And Coproduction Policies
Breakfast with the Festivals & Markets

Jose Luis Farias

José Luis Farias

Director 3D Wire Market & Coordinator Premios Quirino de la Animación Iberoamericana - Spain

Creator and director of 3D Wire International Animation, Video Games and New Media Market (Segovia). Creator and co-director of Bridging the Gap – Animation Lab (Tenerife) and the Movistar Barcelona 360 VR Fest. Creator and General Coordinator of the Quirino Ibero-american Animation Awards. Besides, he is a consultant and collaborates with several entities and international events like Proimágenes Colombia, CARTOON and Annecy, among others. Meanwhile, he also develops his career as a producer through his production company Paramotion Films, dedicated to animation films, digital post-production and audiovisual training since 2002.

Presentation Ibero-american Animation Quirino Awards
Breakfast with the Festivals & Markets

Anne Parent

Anne Parent

Manager Clermont-Ferrand’s International Short Film Market - France

Manager of the Market of the Clermont-Ferrand’s International Short Film Festival, one of the world’s most important short-film festivals. Parent studied advertising and communication and worked in the performing arts and events in Paris. In 1996, she joined the Clermont-Ferrand’s founding team. As of today, 35 countries take part in the market’s exhibiting area, and it is attended by various professionals in the short film industry, including buyers, distributors and programme managers from around the globe.

Breakfast with the Festivals & Markets

Jose Iñesta

José Iñesta

Founder / Director Pixelatl Festival - Mexico

José Iñesta has a passion for art, technology and human beings. He believes that creative industries, animation especially, can be a driving force for development, dignity and reconciliation for Latin America. Founder of Pixelatl, an association looking to spark off and promote Mexican creative industries in the world by creating alliances with organisms interested in the audiovisual ecosystem. He has been member of the jury for several animation festivals and he is director of Animotora, a business incubator conceived and designed to identify, teach and support creative entrepreneurs willing to venture to the international industry.

Presentation Ibero-american Animation Quirino Awards
Breakfast with the Festivals & Markets

Yenny Santamaria

Yenny Santamaría Amado

Delegate Producer at the public channel Señal Colombia - Colombia

Television and film producer graduated from Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Producer of public and educational tv projects, animation director and stop-motion animator in short-films, videoclips and tv commercials. Director of the stop-motion series Camusi Camusi, winning project of the production grant given by the Ministry of Culture to micro-shows for early childhood, and award-winner at animation and children’s content festivals in Japan, Brazil, Germany, Egypt and Colombia, among others. Delegate producer at the public channel Señal Colombia, where she collaborates with projects for children’s audiences.

Hugo Della Motta

Sales Manager for Latin America, Reed Midem - USA

His role at the company is to help connect executive producers, content distributors, service providers and government entities with big studios, content buyers, co-producers and commission agents from all around the world through the events Reed Midem organizes, such as MIPTV, MIPJr, MIPCOM and MIPCANCUN. His goal is to help the Latin American creative community to develop and show the world their projects and productions.

Animation! Pitching Sessions TV Series
Animation! Pitching Sessions Feature Films
Breakfast with the Festivals & Markets

Soledad Yañez

Soledad Yañez

Producer Discovery Networks Latin America (Argentina)

Graduate in Radio and Television Production, she began working in media over ten years ago. She has worked in multiple formats for public and private TV channels. She is currently producer at Discovery Networks Latin America, where she supervises animated and live-action projects for Discovery Kids.

Specialist Working Session

Fernando Salem

Fernando Salem

Director and Scriptwriter. Founder of Caudillo Cine

Director and scriptwriter. His feature film Cómo funcionan casi todas las cosas received the Opera Prima INCAA award and the Awards for Best Argentine Script and Best Director at Mar del Plata Intl. Festival. His short-film Trillizas Propaganda! won the Cóndor de Plata award for Best Argentine Short-Film in 2007, and was selected and acknowledged in more than 20 international festivals, such as Venice, Sapporo and San Sebastian. Salem completed his training with Francis Ford Coppola. Since 2009, he directs and writes TV programmes for Canal Encuentro and TV Pública, among them La Asombrosa Excursión de Zamba and Siesta Z.

Specialist Working Session

Louis Leclerc

Louis Leclerc

Executive Director Pixel

Louis Leclerc has been the Executive Director of Pixel since 2011. He is the spark behind Pixel Challenge, Pixel Animation and Cartoon Connection Canada, three international events in the animation and interactive entertainment scene. He has spent over 25 years in events management as a disc jockey, conference facilitator, wedding planner, master of ceremonies, instructor in event management, coordinator of international marketing, festival director and creator of video game events. His next challenge is completing an Olympic triathlon...

Specialist Working Session

Verónica Rivas

Verónica Rivas

Delegate Producer at Pakapaka Channel

She studied Anthropological Sciences at Universidad de Buenos Aires and Documentary Making at Instituto de Arte Cinematográfico de Avellaneda. She has worked as independent producer for documentaries and as researcher and journalist producer for BBC, CNN, ARD, ZDF, IPS and WTN, among others. She was production coordinator at the children’s network Cablín. She worked as direction assistant and script supervisor in feature films. She is currently working as delegate producer at Pakapaka channel, taking part in formats development and following the production and realization process of different projects for the channel.

Specialist Working Session – Speed Dating

Emiliano Sartoris

Emiliano Sartoris

Senior Content Manager Cartoon Network, Boomerang & Tooncast for the Southern Cone and Andean region

Responsible for strategically supporting their development in these markets, leading the local programming teams, coordinating content and marketing and creative services. He was responsible for innovative projects in the region, such as Screens and Emotionology, among others. He has previously worked as Research Manager in Mindshare, a company of the WPP Group. He studied Biotechnology at Universidad Nacional de Quilmes and Business Management at Universidad de Ciencias Empresariales y Sociales (UCES).

Specialist: Animating Ideas: What Cartoon Network is Looking for