Christoph Sarow studied at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. His award-winning short film “Blieschow” was screened at the Ottawa Animation Festival, Anifilm Zagreb, and DOK Leipzig, earning a First Steps Award nomination. He interned at Psyop and participated in the ASF workshop, mentored by Regina Pessoa, Andreas Hykade, and Jérémy Clapin, and is currently developing his second short-film at AIM Creative Studios. Christoph directs and creates illustrations for animated film and advertising.

Xenia is an artist with a hand drawn animation and design background, who has an affinity towards energetic, fun and snappy style. She has been a part of the advertisement industry since 2017, having a chance to design and animate on projects with clients like TED, Vice, BBC, Scandinavian Airlines and many more. 

Her work often focuses on bold colours, combining expressive character animation with abstract and morphing elements.   

Lorenzo Mercanti is a visual explorer based in Milan, Italy and working across Europe, US and Asia. Primarily working as an animation director and illustrator with a diverse range of international brands and clients to find unusual perspectives and craft unique visual ideas.
His character animation is smooth and captivating. His colours pop and ignite.
He brings ideas to life with a playful and ambitious imagination, someone said “with a great balance of primitive and sophistication”.
Clients including: TED-Ed, Adult Swim, Tod’s, Target, RCA Records, Amazon Prime Video, Stones Throw Records, Marella.

For the past 12 years Sara has collaborated with companies such as Cartoon Network, Disney, Nickelodeon, Netflix among others. From TV shows, short films and advertising work to video games and children's books, Sara's multifaceted path involves animation, illustration and abstract painting.

With over 18 years of experience in the motion graphics industry, I specialize in both 2D and 3D design. After running my own motion graphics studio and gaining extensive experience working full-time at production houses, I’m now a freelance director and motion designer. While my focus is mainly on advertising, I’ve also contributed to music videos, documentaries, films, and events. I’ve had the pleasure of collaborating with global brands and agencies, bringing creative concepts to life across various platforms and media.

Daniel Vicente Roque is an illustrator and animation director based in Porto, Portugal. Under his pseudonym Vicente Nirō, his work tries to simplify serious matters using colorful humor, whether through cinema, illustration or comics. His graduation film #LINGO won CINANIMA’s Young Portuguese Director Award and several other awards nationally and internationally. His latest short film T-ZERO was produced by AIM and premiered at IndieLisboa.

Natália Azevedo Andrade (Braga, 1992) is a director and producer based in Porto, Portugal. Her work has been screened at festivals worldwide such as Tallinn Black Nights, Bucheon International Animation Festival and Curtas Vila do Conde. She has studied Animation at MOME Anim in Budapest and Painting at the University of Porto. Recently she participated in the Animation Sans Frontières Development Lab and was in the Open Workshop developing her new film “There Might Be Nothing Here”.

Alexandre Sousa is a film and animation director, with work that spans internationally commissioned commercials, music videos, and documentaries. He recently directed his first animation short film, Amarelo Banana, at AIM Creative Studios in Portugal, in collaboration with CUB Animation in Hungary.

Inari is an award winning Animation Director based in London. Her work challenges gender stereotypes, questions identity and confronts the limitations set by society. Tones of surrealism and comedy meet to create a mind bending explosion into an addictive world with flawed but lovable characters.

Inari's portfolio includes high profile commercial clients, such as Adult Swim and Giphy. Her work has been featured across notable creative platforms like Creative Review and It's Nice That.