Agata Tracevič is an animator, artist and director. In 2023, she graduated from the animation programme at Vilnius Academy of Arts with her debut film 'Plica polonica', which is now touring festivals and exhibitions. She has a great deal of experience in animation and art, having participated in exhibitions, given workshops and lectures and had a number of internships with famous Lithuanian animation directors. Agata worked with Eva Rodz on the animation of the Lithuanian documentary series 'Andrius Mamontovas: Silence in the Sound', and was the rotoscope animator for the film 'White Plastic Sky' by Tibor Bánóczki and Sarolta Szabó.

Akvilė Bliujūtė – Janušė is a Producer in the animation industry orientated to children‘s films. She also writes scripts for short animated films. Akvilė graduated from Middlesex University and gained her first professional experience in Lithuania within the film industry. In 2017, Akvilė joined “Meinart” animation studio. During these years she produced various projects ranging from commercials to music videos and short and feature animated films.

Arthur Izakowicz kickstarted his filmmaking career at the age of 11 with his debut picture, 'The Murder Mystery'. Some years later, he was accepted into the prestigious Polish National Film School in Łódź, where he obtained his Master's in cinematography. During the early stages of his career, Arthur had the privilege of working closely with industry veterans Mattias Montero and Adam Ber as a new talent at Indio Film. Their mentorship and guidance played a crucial role in shaping his artistic vision and honing his skills as a director.
Today, Arthur is represented by the esteemed agency Social Club Film in Stockholm.

Discussion moderator. An enthusiast of animation and video games, as a teenager Bernardas created amateur games and animated films, and wanted to be Gordon Freeman (a character from the game Half-Life) when he grew up. Several years ago, some of his short films appeared at the Pravda One Minute festival. Bernardas believes his film directing course has been his most fun learning experience to date. Even though he never ended up becoming a director or programmer (or Gordon Freeman – he still doesn't need glasses), Bernardas uses this experience successfully in his work on radio and television, and still feels a respectful nostalgia when playing games and watching animations.

Daniel Maaß was born in 1990 in Bogota, Colombia. He studied Visual Communication at Kunsthochschule Kassel, Germany, and graduated with a Master's degree, majoring in animation. IN/FINITE is his graduation film.
During his studies, he also worked as an artistic assistant at the Didactics of Biology Department at University of Kassel, where he discovered his enthusiasm for motion graphics. He now works as senior art director at AirProfile, Kassel.

Edgaras Janušonis is a PhD student at Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VILNIUS TECH): Faculty of Fundamental Sciences, specialising in digital animation technologies. His short animated film, 'The Crow and The Fox' is presented at the BLON 2023 festival.

Animator, artist and illustrator Emilija graduated from Vilnius Academy of Arts in 2023 with a Bachelor's degree in Animation. During her studies, Emilija focused on creating video projections, experimentation, animation workshops and animation courses. She has taken part in the process of game development as an illustrator-designer, and did an internship as an animator for educational videos. She has also worked as an illustrator of 2D backgrounds. Emilija currently works in art, education, animation and design.

Eva Rodz is Animatest educational project manager, artist, director. Although Eva mainly uses animation as a tool for contemporary installations, she has also started to create educational programmes and animated films. Eva's debut film "I'm Tired" was presented at the BLON Animation and Video Games Festival in 2022 and won the main prize in the Lithuanian Creators Programme. Eva is currently teaching animation to future students of the Vilnius Academy of Arts and writing a new script for a future film.

Gediminas is an illustrator and art director who works mostly in developing the style of animation backgrounds. Having started his professional illustration career in gaming (doing both concept art and in-game visuals), he now has experience in multiple fields of illustration – animation, games, book and album covers, and prints. His animation projects include 'Snow Shelter' (2020), 'Mora Mora' (2022), 'After Death, Before Hell' (2017), the 'Witch Hunter' movie promo animation (2015), 'Aurora's Sunrise' (2022), and 'Garrano' (2022).

In 2015, Lithuanian film producer Giedrė Burokaitė established a film production platform at the NGO 'Meno avilys'. In 2020, she graduated from the Emerging Producers Workshop. Giedrė has produced a number of short films and a feature-length documentary, 'Animus Animalis (a Story about People, Animals and Things)', directed by Aistė Žegulytė, which premiered at DOK Leipzig (2018). The film received awards from the Lithuanian Film Academy in three categories, including Best Documentary Film. In 2019, together with director-animator Robertas Nevecka, Giedrė founded the film production company 'Akis bado'. In 2022, a short animated film produced by Giedrė, 'Mora Mora' (dir. Jurga Šeduikytė), was awarded the Silver Crane for Best Animation of the Year at the Lithuanian National Awards.

Greta is a recent graduate in animation from the University for the Creative Arts in the UK. During her studies at university, she directed three films. Her film 'Trash Can' (2022) was shown at various festivals, and her graduation film 'Thoughts About The Universe That Will Keep You Awake' (2023) recently began its festival journey. In her films, Greta mostly focuses on characters, and experiments with the use of the blank space.

Gwenola Heck is a half-French, half-German animator, born in
1995 in Karlsruhe, Germany. She studied audiovisual media at Stuttgart Media University, and graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering. Later, she worked as a 3D Artist in Stuttgart and Hamburg. Since 2019, she has been studying animation at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, and works on 2D and stop-motion animation films.

Born in Berlin in 1991, Ilya Barrett studied at the Berlin-Weißensee Art School, graduating with a Bachelor's degree in visual Communication. He later worked as a freelance animator and illustrator in Berlin and New York. Since 2019, he has been studying animation at Filmakademie BadenWürttemberg.

Joanna Szlembarska is a director, animator and graduate of the Łódź Film School. Her films are mostly made using stop-motion animation, her favourite technique being puppet animation, due to the 'corporeality' of the medium. The theme of her works is the anxiety that accompanies human sexuality. The aesthetics of her animation are minimalist and monochromatic, but give the impression of being monumental.

Finnish filmmakers Maurinen and Laasanen are both multi-talents in the fields of art, culture and media. Besides their independent careers, they have also worked on multiple projects together including short films, animations and even musical theatre. Passion for comedy, storytelling, DIY culture and kind values has brought them together and made them an unstoppable creative team, ready to put extra effort into silly things.

Julius graduated after studying for nine years at the renowned boys' music school 'Ąžuoliukas'. From the age of 13, he began composing electronic music. In 2008, Julius obtained a Multimedia director BA degree, and a sound designers' qualification from the Lithuanian Music and Theatre Academy, Film and Theatre faculty. During his studies, Julius participated in several international workshops, where he received multiple nominations and was once awarded first place for best sound. His career as a professional sound designer then continued in the Lithuanian TV, film and advertising industry. In 2011, Julius moved to London to further his career as a sound designer in film. He has made numerous short and feature-length films and documentaries as a sound recordist/designer/composer/mixer. He currently works freelance in Hastings, UK.

Since 2019, Juliya ha been head of the cultural and educational centre 'SvitLytsia' – a branch of the TepLytsia cultural and innovation platform of Brovary City Council. She enjoys making animations, first using drawings, then later using plasticine. Under her leadership, cartoons have been created based on the poems of Taras Shevchenko, 'Lesya Ukrainka', memorialising significant dates. The animated figures are sculpted by the team or the children of the institution's circle. Juliya's animations have taken part in Ukrainian and national competitions.

Jurgita Rakauskaitė is Lithuanian producer who holds a BA in journalism, and has more than 10 years’ experience working in the TV and film industry. Based on her educational and professional experience, she believes that content is the key.

In 2015, Jurgita founded the production company MAKE IT HAPPEN, which she runs to this day. During these years she has produced more than 10 original and franchise formats for national TV channels in Lithuania, as well as a number of documentaries, as well as the first Lithuanian animated series, 'Babookums'.

Justė Michailinaitė is a promising and ambitious emerging female producer from Lithuania. Having gained valuable experience in a number of roles across the film industry, Justė is delving deeper to achieve further success in an area that holds so much fascination for her. For Justė, cinema offers a host of opportunities to fully exploit her talents and provides a space for continuous growth and improvement. Justė is currently working on a number of new projects at various stages, both as producer and director.

An animator and artist, Laura recently graduated with a BA in Animation from Vilnius Academy of Arts and is continuing her studies with an MA.
During her BA studies, Laura Vakarė became interested in 3D and photogrammetry, in which she specialises. Currently, she and her colleagues teach the 'ANIMATEST animation/media art' course at the Academy Open School of Art, Design and Architecture. In 2022, Laura Vakarė's work was presented at the Kaunas Light Festival.

Liucija Vaisiūnaitė is a multidisciplinary artist and film director from Lithuania, currently based in London. Her main focus is on making 2D animation films and creating immersive art for her audience. She gathers inspiration for her work from her everyday surroundings, life experiences and the people she meets.

Margarita graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts in 2023 with a BA in Animation. Since 2022, together with her colleagues, she has taught animation courses at the Open School of Art, Design and Architecture. In 2021, she screened her short film 'Esh' for the first time at the BLON festival. Margarita has participated in various international animation festivals, including workshops organised by the Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln. Together with a group of animation students, she projected animated visualisations on to a building at the 2022 Kaunas Light Festival.

Martyna is an actress and singer, who studied theatre acting at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre. Since 2014, she has worked at the Kaunas National Drama Theatre, and has participated in various artistic projects, including dubbing the movie 'Baužiukai. Seven Fantastic Stories'.

Meinardas has been interested in and creating animations since childhood. In 2010, he graduated from the Vilnius Academy of Arts with a BA in animation. His final work at the Academy, 'The Impossible Moon' has travelled to a number of film festivals globally, and has attracted much attention.
In 2012, Meinardas founded the animation studio 'Meinart', whose main vision is to create bright and creative animation in search of new narrative forms. As a director, he has created a series of short animated films
including 'RGB', 'Hunt' and 'Look'. His newest film, 'The Perfect Fit', was released in 2022 and is now being shown around the world at various festivals. In 2023 as a director and producer, he created one of the biggest animated feature films in Lithuania 'Kakė Makė: Mano Filmas'.

Michael Margulls was born in Kyiv, graduated from Kiev National University of Construction and Architecture, then graduated from the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts as a theatre director. He expanded his horizons by earning qualifications at business schools in Germany, Ireland and Switzerland. His films include:

2014: short film 'Halabudka'
2018: TV series 'Myshko and Dzvinka'
2018: 3D feature film 'Trouble Nubble Gum'
2021-2022: short films 'Tiger is Strolling Around', 'Come Outside, Masha', 'Papier-Mache'
2023: 3D feature film 'Dalia and the Red Book'

Mona Keil works with experimental visual art, focusing on animated movies. Her main interest lies in an analogue approach to visual material, so her work includes stop-motion, cut-out animation and drawn animation. After completing a Bachelor's degree in Visual Communication at the Bauhaus-University in Weimar and a diploma in Animation at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg, she is now a freelance director and artist based in Leipzig.

Petra Stipetić is a qualified sculptor and educator who turned her love of storytelling into a profession with her animation studies in Kassel. Since then, she has produced award-winning short films that have been screened at festivals worldwide.
Petra discovered her love and talent for creating a wide variety of characters and their worlds during her liberal arts studies in Mainz, which focused on sculpture. Since 2014, when she began her studies in visual communication, with a focus on animation, she has been breathing life into her characters and letting them tell their own stories. Her short films have gone on to win various awards at national and international film festivals. Since 2022, she has been a lecturer in Animation and Visual Storytelling at the University of Applied Sciences in Bielefeld.

From animation to street art. After getting a taste of the digital image, Pijus has moved into the real world, and hangs out here in public spaces. A versatile artist who connects together multiple disciplines, Pijus is currently creating actively in Klaipėda and working with youth employment in the field of street art.

Rimas Sakalauskas is a video artist and motion graphics designer, working in the fields of VR, AR and video projections.

Rokas has been practising law since 2007. After gaining valuable experience at a leading Baltic law firm, working on behalf of one of the world's leading scientific technology companies, Rokas now has his own legal firm. He mostly advises clients on issues of commercial and business law, intellectual property, contracts and public procurement. A significant portion of his clients are film and TV producers, creative businesses and smart individuals. He usually assists film and TV producers in preparing the necessary contracts, advising on applications for state funding and disputes with funding authorities, assisting them in taking advantage of tax incentives, and securing the intellectual property rights to their work.

Rūta Stalmokaitė is an illustrator and animator from Vilnius. A graduate of the Cambridge School of Art, UK, she illustrates and animates playful characters. Her animated film 'And the Rest You Already Know' has already been accepted into numerous international festivals. Rūta wants to continue spreading the good name of Lithuania with her art – more of which you can find at ru-st.com

Simona Krasauskienė is the producer of the film 'Kakė Makė: My Film' and the TV series 'Kakė Makė'. Over the past three years, she has been dedicated to developing the Kakė Makė and Nelly Jelly brands, both in Lithuania and internationally. Alongside her ventures into film and television, she is also a technology enthusiast, boasting more than 10 years of experience in the marketing industry.

Tadas Vidmantas is a screenwriter and director. Since 2001, he has made dozens of adverts, viral videos, music videos and short films in Lithuania and the UK. In 2015, he began making feature films, and has made one each year since. One of these, 'Three Million Euros', became the most profitable film ever made in Lithuania. In 2022, he received the Silver Crane award for most spectacular film at the Lithuanian national film industry awards for 'Night Fishing'.
As Tadas says, ‘I believe that a great story, interesting, relatable characters and realistic dialogue are the most important components to any film. If everything is done right, the film converts to emotions. And this is what I sell. I sell emotions’.

Viktoriia Grivina is a scriptwriter and production manager. She is a writer and cultural researcher from Kharkiv, Ukraine. Her latest short story, 'My Azov Sea', is set for print publication in 2023. At the moment, she is working on 'Fury Tales', a series of short scripts that make use of the genres of sci-fi, magical realism and absurdist comedy to reflect on the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. 'Fury Tales' are part of the Khastoria stop-motion animation series. Viktoriia’s current PhD studies at the University of St Andrews in Scotland are dedicated to the mythological and aesthetic transformations of cities in Ukraine in times of war.

Xingpei Shen is an award-winning independent animator and director. His short film 'Lotus Lantern' has been shown internationally, and won Best Animated Film at the Ann Arbor Film Festival and Altan Khalis Independent Film Festival. His work has been shown at the Tate Gallery, Arts West, Shanghai Film Museum, CHAO Art Center and RISD Museum. He currently lives and works in Tallinn, Estonia, where he is completing his second film.