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AGNIESZKA  
KOWALEWSKA-SKOWRON

Co-founder and responsible for the acquisition of films and TV content at Momakin. Director of ANIMARKT Stop Motion Forum. Also, she coordinates projects promoting Polish animation across the world and organizes cultural events. She was professionally associated as a programmer, production manager and buyer with The Se-Ma-For Film Festival, TOYA TV, Multimedia Polska and Klub Wytwórnia.

BARRY
O´DONOGHUE

He began his career at Warner Brothers’ Feature Animation in California, where he worked in production management and as an animator on “The Iron Giant”, “Osmosis Jones” and “Eight Crazy Nights”. He founded Barley Films in Ireland in 2002, producing a dozen short films with directors from Ireland, Canada, France and the USA. He was an instructor on the animation degree course at IADT in Ireland, teaching animation and business skills. He recently directed the studio’s first feature film, “Little Caribou”, working with talent from around the world, including Spain and Argentina, to be released in 2023.

CARLOS 
ROCA

He began his career in 1989 in the series “The Fruitties” at D’Ocon Films Productions and since then has participated in more than 30 animated series. He has worked as Director and Production Manager at 3 Doubles Producciones, Tomavision, La Casa Animada, Tiburon de Animación, Red Mouse Factory, Motion Pictures, D’Ocon Films Productions and has participated in international co-productions with Left Pocket, Filmax, BRB, Neptuno, ICAIC, Marina, Dargaud, Carrere, France Animation, among others. He also worked as Overseas Supervisor in China, Korea, Philippines, and Cuba. He has participated in animation training actions in Tenerife and Barcelona and collaborated as an expert in the elaboration of the professional qualification IS_1.995_3 Animation Design and Production with 2D and 3D Techniques with the Department of Education of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

LOÏC
PORTIER

Member of the French Academy’s Cesar Awards animation Committee. Creator and director of Cine Court Animé Roanne (France) since 2009. Programmer in various animation events: Weird Market – 3D Wire (since 2009), International Young Filmmakers Festival of Granada (2006 – 2016), Medellin Festival (2012 – 2014) and film expositions (Le laboratoire D’images, En sortant de l’école S3, Skhizein, L’envers du décor).

PACO
RODRÍGUEZ

Founder of PPM Multimedia (1990 – 2000), working on: international distribution, co-production´s financing and executive production of several animated series. Executive producer of seven feature films, receiving 4 Goyas (‘El Cid: The Legend’, ‘Pinocchio 3000’, ‘Nocturna’, ‘The Hairy Tooth Fairy’). He runs Media Training & Consulting, company dedicated to the training and consultancy of digital content. He’s consultant for ICEX and he´s expert for the EU´s Media Creative program.

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SYDNEY
PADUA

An animator and Eisner Award-nominated graphic novelist. She has been working in hand-drawn, CG, and VFX films and commercials for over 20 years, from ‘The Iron Giant’ to the recent ‘The Jungle Book’, ‘The Lion King’, and ‘The One and Only Ivan’. Her animated short film ‘Agricultural Report’ was nominated for an Annie award and has screened in over a hundred festivals.