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Sonata Vilkevičiūtė is a stop-motion animator who also works with various textile techniques. From a young age, she was interested in animation and doll-making. She attended Kaišiadorys Art School and later graduated from Kaunas Art Gymnasium with a specialization in textiles. For her final arts exam, she decided to explore animation and created her first stop-motion animated short film, "In the Rhythm of a Clock. She is currently pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Animation at the Vilnius Academy of Arts (VDA), works as an educator with the Animatest team, and occasionally collaborates with the animation studio Kadrų Skyrius.
Animation plays a big part in Šarūnas life. He animates daily and watches festival programmes to learn new techniques or the subtleties of writing a compelling story. For 2 years, he led a team for an international doku-animated feature “Aurora's Sunrise”, which premiered at the Annecy festival. In 2022 - 2023, he was the lead animator on a feature animated film, “Nelly Jelly". Šarūnas wants to take advantage of this and create a strong, visually beautiful film with a story that will touch many.
Juho Maurinen is a filmmaker, visual artist, animator and musician from Helsinki Finland. He has deep roots in DIY culture and he’s been described as an “unstoppable genre bending creative force”. Maurinen believes in sincerity and personal intuition in all his work and he enjoys finding new ways of creating.
Nil Atlı is a Turkish-Canadian animator based in Ottawa, Ontario. She graduated from Canterbury High School's Visual Arts Program before completing Sheridan College’s Bachelor of 2D Animation Program in 2026. Her work often explores personal views of the world through 2D animation, and she is strongly passionate about bringing stories to life, both in her own projects and as part of a collaborative team.
Petrit Gora (b. 1990, Pristina) is a Kosovo-born artist based in Uppsala, Sweden. He studied graphic design and photography before serving as Art Director of the Anibar festival for ten years, where he also helped found Kosovo’s sole animation academy. In 2022, Petrit became director of the REX Animation Festival in Stockholm, where he is currently driving its growth for its twelfth edition.
Ukrainian film director and screenwriter. She is studying Film and Television Directing at the Kyiv National University of Culture and Arts. She has completed internships at several film production companies, gaining hands-on experience in film production.
I'm Roberta, a digital artist and illustrator based in Lithuania, specializing in editorial illustration, frame-by-frame animation, and game development. Driven by a fascination with the subconscious, I create surreal imagery that explores themes of anxiety, fear, and existentialism, translating complex emotions into compelling visual stories.
Deividas has been passionate about game development since childhood. He began designing game worlds on paper after his Nintendo broke. With over 10 years of experience working at a leading mobile game studio and creating numerous small projects, he decided it was time to make something special. Together with friends, he co-founded the game development studio Hollow Beak Games. The studio aims to create meaningful, atmospheric games that blend the spooky with the emotional.