Guests 2022
She began her professional career at Acteurs Auteurs Associés in Paris where she joined Président Films as Technical and Export Manager. She later continued in the same position in the Film department at France Télévisions Distribution in Paris. At the beginning of 2005, she joined the CITIA team, where she worked as a Sales Assistant for MIFA before taking on the job of Sales Manager until 2011, then of MIFA's Head of Projects until 2018, in charge of developing and marketing the spaces and events for the film Market.
Trilingual, Christophe Erbes has created and managed many children channels in Europe. He develops brands and writes books, bibles and screenplays for series and films, including OSCAR & HOO with Michael Dudok de Wit. He's a partner in Godo Films production company, curates and hosts several media conferences and the DellucJr Awards for the Best French Independant Films for Children as President of an art house cinema's association. ``I believe we become adult not by forgetting but understanding childhood.``
After a Master in Econometrics in Paris and a year at Columbia University in New York, Delphine Nicolini worked as a producer on documentaries, series, short and feature films in live action. In 2008, she joins the world of animation and becomes head of development and artistic producer at Les Armateurs (Ernest & Celestine; The Swallows of Kabul, Uncle Thomas…). End of 2019, she creates her own structure and works with different Cies as an independant artistic consultant.
She is part of Citizen Skull Productions, an independent production company specializing in TV 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.
A veteran of kids' television for over 25 years, Holly Huckins is a multi-nominated Emmy and Annie Award writer and producer whose credits include such hits as Rugrats, Recess, and Totally Spies. Holly created and executive produced Higglytown Heroes and Sheriff Callie's Wild West for Disney, produced Amazon’s The Stinky and Dirty Show, and is now EP on a wacky new comedy for Nickelodeon, while developing two new shows of her own, and consulting for an independent production company.
Director of the Quirino Ibero-American Animation Awards, an initiative that emerged in 2017 to recognize the best of animation made in the region, and to generate ties and cooperation between all the countries that make up the region. She is also coordinator of Weird Market, International Animation, Videogames and New Media Market; as well as producer of Next Lab, a new initiative that connects art and technology in the animation industry and digital content.
Producer specialized in animation with experience in short films for TV, music videos and children's content. He is artistic director of the Pixelatl Mexican Association, where he handles content for the Festival, Ideatoon, Bootcamp, Secuenciarte and VMX Videogame showroom. Freelance animation journalist for publications in the US, Mexico and Spain.
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.
Creator and director of Weird, International Market of Animation, Video Games and New Media Market (Segovia, Spain), which is already in its twelfth edition. He is also the creator and director of the Quirino Awards for Ibero-American Animation (2018-2020). And co-creator and co-director of Bridging the Gap - Animation Lab (2015-2019). He is also Ambassador in Spain for the EAA - European Animation Emile Awards.
Media researcher and producer focused on digital and audiovisual content for kids. Head of Pakapaka channel in Argentina, she is actively involved in the local and international children’s audio-visuals production with more than 20 years of experience. She has developed contents and formats for different channels and institutions in Latam.
Film producer graduated from INCAA’s film school ENERC. He has worked in the audiovisual industry for more than 15 years, he was part of the production team in many national features and foreign production services carried out in the country, and he worked as producer in TV shows. In 2014, he joined the project development team of the TV channel for children Pakapaka and he is currently responsible for the area.
Independent filmmaker. Specialist in Media and Children. Photographer, format developer, scriptwriter, teacher and content consultant in Spain, Peru, Chile, Colombia, The Netherlands, Germany, Mexico, South Africa and Japan. Former Content Director of Pakapaka. Partner of the Children in the Centre foundation. Representative of the Prix Jeunesse Suitcase workshops and the WADADA News for Kids network (Free Press Unlimited). Member of the Advisory Council for Audiovisual Communication and Children and moderator of debates at the Japan Prize.
Co-Creator and writer of WWJD (What Would Jesus Do?) series winner at Animation! Ventana Sur, presented at the MIFA market of the Festival International d'Annecy, winner of the BTG Bridging the GAP Tenerife-Spain Grant. Producer for animated projects for SEESO, NBC, Apple tv, Warner Brothers, Discovery Kids, Netflix. Line Producer on the animated short Sonic Colors: Rise of the Wisps, Line Producer on FriendZspace and Production Manager on The Cuphead Show! for Lighthouse Studios and Netflix.
With Adult Swim since 2004, Ollie has supervised production on animated and live action series, specials and pilots. Her animated Adult Swim credits include: Rick and Morty, Robot Chicken, Smiling Friends,Teenage Euthanasia, The Shivering Truth, The Jellies, Brad Neely’s Harg Nallin’ Sclopio Peepio, Superjail, Tigtone, The Venture Bros, Metalocalypse, Freaknik: The Musical, Lucy, Daughter of the Devil, Xavier: Renegade Angel, and Morel Orel. Awards include 6 Emmys, 2 Annies, and a Humanitas Prize.
After 12 years working for the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the audiovisual field in several countries, he directed between 2015 and 2018 the film department of Ecla, the cultural agency of the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. From 2018 to 2022 he was General Delegate of the Biarritz Amérique Latine festival, dedicated to the cinemas and cultures of Latin America. Since September 2022, he has been serving as Regional Audiovisual Attaché at the French Embassy in Argentina.
Began at Warner Brothers Feature Animation in Los Angeles in 1998 working on The Iron Giant, Osmosis Jones and Eight Crazy Nights. Formed Barley Films in Ireland, 2002, to make original, and hopefully interesting, animated films, (10 shorts & the feature Little Caribou, 2023). He taught on the animation course at the National Film School in Ireland and consults on animated projects for other studios including The Secret of Kells (2009), Miss Remarkable & Her Career (2010) and Nayola (2022).
She is Nickelodeon’s Senior Vice President of Animation for Big Kids. In this role she oversees the Development and Production of all animated content for Kids 6-11. Her most recent projects include: Transformers: EarthSpark, Star Trek: Prodigy, the SpongeBob SquarePants spinoffs, etc. She began her career at Nickelodeon in 2000 in Animation Development before expanding into Current Series where she oversaw the brand management of SpongeBob SquarePants. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in film NYU, a Master of Fine Arts in Animation and Digital Arts (USC).
Federico Badía has a degree in Social Communication Sciences. He began his career in 1996 as assistant director in advertising shorts and special projects for television. In 2002 he began directing advertising films. In 2007 he created Astrolab, a production company of quality content for TV and new media in which he has written, produced and directed animated series, documentary series for national and international channels.
Florencia Lemoine is an Argentine producer with a degree in Communication and more than 15 years of experience in film production. Her beginnings in the world of VFX allowed her to expand her vision to generate high production value content in both science fiction and animation, closing deals with partners such as Netflix, XYZ, Studio100 and Constantin Film. Executive producer of El exorcismo de Dios, Pacífico, Quixotes, among others. Co-founder of GG VFX and GF FILMS.
Hebe Tabachnik has been a film curator, producer and festival consultant for twenty years, and participated as a juror, project evaluator and panelist in the US, Europe, Latin America, Israel and China. She is Senior Programmer for the Seattle, Palms Springs and Cartagena International Film Festivals, and the Artistic Director for Cine Latino Minneapolis Saint Paul. As a curator and producer; and through her workshops on festivals, film distribution and project pitching she seeks to empower and nurture visionary artists all over the world.
Founder of UniKo, animation production company with which he produced his first short film Birdboy, by Alberto Vázquez. Since then he has produced 11 short films, 2 feature films and worked for clients such as Adidas, BBVA, Skôda, Iberdrola, Carrefour and Leroy Merlin. Three of his works were selected by the Shorts from Spain catalog. He won three Goya Awards for Birdboy, Decorado and Psiconautas, and the Grand Jury Prize at the Annecy International Film Festival for Homeless Home. His work has won more than 300 awards and 2000 selections in festivals around the world.
Since 2001, Nicolas Schmerkin produced or coproduced with his company Autour de Minuit more than 80 animation or hybrid shorts, most of them award winners in major international festivals (Obras, Dix, Flesh, Lonely Bones, A Town called Panic, Peripheria, Decorado, Homeless Home, Empty Places), including the Academy Award Winner Logorama. Autour de Minuit is also producing several animation shows (Jean-Michel Super Caribou, No-No, Freaked-Out) and feature film projects (Unicorn Wars by Alberto Vazquez and The Shadows by Nadia Micault).
After graduating in Audiovisual Communication and completing a master's degree in Line Producing and Film Business, he produced several short fiction films and participated in several productions such as Solstice, Mindscape or The Nightingale and the Night. Since 2014 he is part of Mago Production as Executive Producer, in charge of the design and development of animation projects such as the series Flying Squirrels, Tin&Tan and Polinopolis; all in international co-production. He is currently producing the series La Orquestita and the feature film The light of Aisha.
Ron Dyens created Sacrebleu in 1999. Since then, he produced more than 90 films (shorts, features and series) which received more than 2000 selections over the world (Cannes, Sundance, Berlinale, Oscars, TIFF, Venice) and prestigious awards (Palme d'Or, Silver Bear, César...). He also directed 5 short films selected in Cannes, Clermont-Ferrand. He's a member of the Oscars Academy of Motion Pictures, the César Academy, Unifrance and the Union of Independent Producers (SPI).
South Korean director and producer of original animated content. He is recognized for his animated series Farm Zoo, Mind Blowing Breakthroughs, Let's Play with Boomchiki Boom~!, Junkville Story, among other works. In 2010 he created the 3D exhibition of classic oriental murals for SIGGRAPH ASIA 2010. Winner of URBAN MEDIAMAKERS FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS 2012, selected by SBA and EBS in Ani-Frontier contest, and winner of SPP 2013 (Seoul Promotion Plan 2013).
Executive producer of children's content and animated series for RTVE since 2018. She co-produced more than 20 animated series, including hits such as Momonsters, Rocky Kwaterner and Bat Pat 2. As a producer she received different awards such as the Iris Awards from the Television Academy for Best Children's Program 2019, 2020 and 2021 for Lunnis de Leyenda, Aprendemos en Clan and El Debate; and Best Children's Program at the New York Festival for the special episode of Lunnis de Leyenda at the Prado Museum.
She serves as Content Acquisitions Sr. Manager for the kids and family branded services at The Walt Disney Company Latin America and is in charge of scouting and negotiating the acquisition of content for Disney Channel, Disney Junior and Disney+ in the region since November 2007. Among her responsibilities are dealing with international content producers and distributors and searching for new content available in the market based on the services’ needs.
Se desempeña como Supervisora de Adquisición de contenidos para los servicios de marca infantil y familiar en The Walt Disney Company Latin America, trabajando en el scouting y la adquisición de contenidos para Disney Channel, Disney Junior y Disney+ en la región. Desde 2018, forma parte del equipo de Adquisición de contenidos, trabajando para las redes de Disney en la región en base a las necesidades de cada servicio. Se encarga de la captación de productores externos y distribuidores, y de los equipos dentro de la empresa una vez que se ejecutan las adquisiciones.
André Pereira is a writer/producer focused on creating original content for major studios and streaming platforms. His first film was Mato sem Cachorro, a box-office hit with over one million spectators. His 2017 film O Rastro broke records for Brazilian horror. In 2019 and 2020, he was awarded at Animation! Pitches in Ventana Sur for two animated projects: The Bird Kingdom and Bring on the Revolution.
Producer, Cultural manager, aspiring scriptwriter. Current Head of Taller del Chucho, an animation studio founded by Guillermo del Toro, where part of his stop motion film Pinocchio was produced. She was Second Unit: Production Supervisor of this animation. Taller del Chucho is a studio created to incentivize the industry of animation. She has been head of this studio since 2021. She was also head of Industry and Market at Guadalajara International Film Festival. In this festival, she also worked as the Coordinator of Coproduction Meetings and Guadalajara Construye - WIPs.
Film producer for over 20 years, having produced fiction and animation with Mr Miyagi Films. His films include El Hoyo / The Platform, La Casa de Jack, Evolution or Faro. In animation he is immersed in the production of Hanna And The Monsters, Dalia And The Red Book or Juul, among others. Based in Barcelona, Spain, he seeks in co-productions the balance between talent with a unique vision, with the financial means to make productions with local flavor, have a global appetite.
Bachelor of Science in Communication, with studies in tv, film, script and editing. Specialist in design and development of audiovisual projects, acquisition and sale of content, mainly in documentary and animation. She worked in the selection of projects and as jury of markets, festivals and funds. Advisor in the area of distribution, financing, co-production and internationalization. She coordinates the AFROLATAM Documentary Laboratories (Spain); the Valencia Platform (Spain) and she was part of the team of international tutors of the INCAA (Argentina).
Image and Sound Designer (UBA). In 2012 she joined the FilmSharks sales area, specializing in films from Latam and Spain. In 2017 she attended the Business and Management of Entertainment program in Los Angeles, UCLA Extension. She collaborated with AMBI Distribution and Blue Fox Ent. Since 2019 she is an international sales executive at CMG.
Johannes Busse is Head of Sales at Sola Media and works for the company more than 10 years already. Sola Media has been operating in the international arena since its foundation in 2004 by Solveig Langeland, bringing some of the most beloved children and family films to a global marketplace, and specializing in high-quality animated features for the big screen.
She is responsible for the sales and acquisitions of feature films at Studio 100 Media since 2019. Studio 100 Film is an international, independent sales agency for upmarket children’s and family movies. The Munich-based company is subsidiary of Studio 100 Media and distributes Studio 100 Media’s animation feature films such as Maya the Bee – First Flight. Besides, it acts as sales agency for selected third party films. Studio 100 Film’s focus is to represent a well-chosen portfolio of films internationally with the due attentiveness.
With a degree in TV Production and Directing, she has more than 18 years of experience in Media. She is currently Original Production Manager at Warner Bros. Discovery, where she oversees productions for Discovery Kids, Cartoon Network and Cartoonito. She is in charge of the series Mini Beat Power Rockers, Underdogs United and Agent Binky. Before joining WBD, Soledad worked as Executive Producer in children's projects such as Veloz Mente and Hi5 Fiesta. Previously, she worked in multiple formats for Telefe, Gourmet.com, TV Pública.
With Adult Swim since 2004, Ollie has supervised production on animated and live action series, specials and pilots. Her animated Adult Swim credits include: Rick and Morty, Robot Chicken, Smiling Friends,Teenage Euthanasia, The Shivering Truth, The Jellies, Brad Neely’s Harg Nallin’ Sclopio Peepio, Superjail, Tigtone, The Venture Bros, Metalocalypse, Freaknik: The Musical, Lucy, Daughter of the Devil, Xavier: Renegade Angel, and Morel Orel. Awards include 6 Emmys, 2 Annies, and a Humanitas Prize.
Maria Soler Chopo has almost 20 years of experience in the field of audiovisual production. During these years she has worked on a large number of advertising and television projects, as well as film documentaries and even interactive installations. In 2019, she founded the animation studio BLISS together with 3 other partners who also have a long history in the industry. BLISS has produced more than 60 projects, including commercials for all kinds of brands and music videos for various artists.