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Amélie Degouys

Film editor

Madrid

Amélie Degouys is a film editor specializing in animation, with 20 years of experience in the field. Her work focuses primarily on the development of series and programmes for young audiences.

Enora Le Luherne

2D Background artist, illustrator and Art Director.

Madrid

Enora Le Luherne is a 2D background artist, illustrator and art director specializing in animation. Trained in France, she moved to Ireland in 2014 to work at Cartoon Saloon. She has contributed to films such as Song of the Sea, Wolfwalkers and The Breadwinner, as well as short films and television series.

Desi Garrido

Animation Director and Storyboard Artist

Madrid

Born in Alicante, Desi Garrido began his career in animation over a decade ago. He is an animation director and storyboard artist based in Madrid.

As an artist, he has collaborated with the art departments of some of the leading animation studios in Europe and the United States. Throughout his career, he has worked as an animation director, storyboard artist, layout artist and designer for studios such as SPA Studios, Teidees, Disney, Netflix and Warner Bros. His filmography includes animated productions such as “Klaus” and “Space Jam 2”. He has recently worked as a supervisor on Jon Favreau’s new series “Oswald”.

Almudena Monzú

Screenwriter, script consultant, and director.

Madrid

Almudena Monzú is a screenwriter, script consultant, and director. She co-wrote the miniseries Pubertat (2025), winner of the Ondas Award for Best Drama Series and nominated for the Feroz, Forqué, and Alma Awards. She is also co-screenwriter of the first season of Yo siempre a veces (2026), winner of the Best Screenplay award at Canneseries. In film, she co-wrote alongside Iván Morales Esmorza amb mi (2025), winner of four Silver Biznagas at the Málaga Film Festival (including Best Picture in Zonacine and the Audience Award) and nominated for five Gaudí Awards (including Best Adapted Screenplay). She participated as a screenwriter in Safe Houses alongside Emmy winner Gideon Raff. The project Las Vecinas (2027), produced by Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, is her first series as creator and director as well as screenwriter. Almudena was selected by Variety magazine as one of the Spanish TV Talents to Track. The short film MONO is a personal project born to explain to her son where he comes from using the tool she knows best: cinema.

Corona Alonso y Carmen Meitín

2D Animators

Madrid

Corona Alonso and Carmen Meitín are 2D animators from Spain. With a great passion for visual storytelling, they have directed their first short film April (2026), where their work is reflected throughout the project in tasks such as scriptwriting, storyboarding, character design, layout, and compositing.

Louise Bagnall

Director

Barcelona

Louise Bagnall is a Director, Animator and Artist from Dublin, Ireland. Bagnall wrote and directed the universally successful short film Late Afternoon at Cartoon Saloon which was nominated for Best Animated Short at the Academy Award® in 2019.

Edmunds Jansons

Barcelona

Edmunds Jansons (Latvia, 1972) is an animation filmmaker and graphic designer, and co-founder of Atom Art studio, established in 2001.

Nathaniel H'Limi

Director

Barcelona

Nathaniel H'Limi is a film director. My Life in Versailles is his first short film.

Sílvia Cortés Xarrié

Director and producer

Barcelona

Sílvia Cortés is director and producer at Teidees Audiovisuals, an audiovisual production company and animation studio in Barcelona, where she is also co-founder. She has directed, produced and written documentaries, as well as various cultural TV formats for broadcasters such as BTV, TV3, TVE and Antena 3.

Cécile Guillard

Barcelona

Cécile Guillard (Marseille, 1994) is a French illustrator, animator, and comic book artist trained at the Estienne and Gobelins schools. She is known for her work on graphic novels such as the award-winning Une vie de moche (2019) and Refuge (2025), her debut as a solo author. Within the audiovisual and animation industry, she notably served as the art director for the animated film Le Corset, directed by Louis Clichy.

Júlia Francino

Barcelona

Francisco Javier María Marcos

Barcelona

Arnaud Demuynck

Madrid

A screenwriter, director and producer, Arnaud Demuynck specializes in animation. He also does oral storytelling, writes children’s books and directs kamishibaïs (visual theater) for live performances.

Pep Suriñach

Barcelona

Paz del Carre

Barcelona

Paz del Carre is a director and animator specializing in stop-motion, whose work focuses on social themes. Her latest short film, Only Rats—recently released—has already garnered recognition, including the award for Best Independent Short Film at Animayo, the Movistar Plus+ Award, and an honor at MIAnima 2023.

Siana Kalinova

Madrid

Siana Kalinova holds degrees in Law and Business Administration from the University of Valencia, as well as a Master’s degree in European Union Law from Instituto de Empresa (IE).

Marta Pellico del Castillo

Madrid

Marta Pellico del Castillo is Vice President of iCmedia, a civil society organization that represents the rights of audiences, particularly minors.

Luis A. Albornoz

Madrid

Luis A. Albornoz is Professor of Audiovisual Communication and a researcher at Universidad Carlos III de Madrid (UC3M), where he leads the Audiovisual Diversity research group (DivAv-UC3M).

Beatriz Navas Valdés

Madrid

An expert in culture, cinema, and the creative industries, with extensive experience in developing cultural policies and projects.

Tamara Moya Jorge

Researcher and teacher

Madrid

Tamara Moya Jorge holds a PhD in Media Research and is a member of the TECMERIN Research Group (Television-Cinema: Memory, Representation and Industry). She is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Communication of Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, where she coordinates the Master’s Degree in Screenwriting for Film and Television, offered in collaboration with the Writers’ Guild ALMA.

Francesc Xavier Manuel

Madrid

Francesc Xavier Manuel (1988, la Seu d’Urgell) has been an animation screenwriter and narrative designer for video games since 2009. A graduate in Audiovisual Communication from Universitat Pompeu Fabra, he completed an MFA in Screenwriting at Chapman University with the support of a la Caixa scholarship. While there, he worked for Nickelodeon and Disney Jr. on Goldie & Bear.

Clara de Frutos

Art director and concept artist

Madrid

Art director and concept artist for animation. Comic book author. Clara began working in animated film in 2018, on the Irish film "Wolfwalkers" (2020) and has since specialised in colour and background design; she made her debut as art director with the Catalan studio Teidees on the films "La furgo" (2025) and "Jasmine and Jambo, the Movie" (2026).

David Castro González

Director, producer, teacher

Madrid

David Castro González is a director, producer and educator. His films have been screened in competition at festivals such as Sitges, SEMINCI, Huesca, TIFF, Annecy, Bogoshorts and Málaga, and he has been nominated three times for the Goya Awards for Uka, Todo está perdido and Carmela. In 2025, while participating in the Film Academy's Residency Programme, he wrote LANA, his first feature film, which is currently in development.

Eduardo Cardoso

Jury

Madrid

Eduardo Cardoso es director, productor y profesor de cine. Ha sido nominado en dos ocasiones a los premios Goya por los cortometrajes El paraguas de colores (2014) y En un lugar del cine (2010).

Elena Hormiga

Madrid

Elena Hormiga is an illustrator. She has published with publishers such as SM, Anaya, Edelvives, Alba, Apila, Destino, Santillana, and NubeOcho.

Ángeles Oliva

Madrid

Ángeles Oliva is a member of La Sonidera. Together with Toña Medina, she created and coordinated the experimental radio laboratory at La Casa Encendida, served as artistic director of the municipal radio station M21, and has presented sound-based performances and radio performances.

Sara Brito

Madrid

Sara Brito is a member of the Chico-Trópico collective, founded in 2010, which works at the intersection of sound experimentation, community-based creation, and innovative cultural formats. It is a platform for artistic projects that brings together creative practice, pedagogy, performance, and cultural production from an expanded and situated perspective.

Playmodes

Barcelona

Founded in 2006 by Santi Vilanova and Eloi Maduell, Playmodes develops a practice that moves freely between art, music, design, science, and philosophy, combining conceptual and technological research with a deeply rooted DIY culture.

Blanca Almendariz

Dinamizadora de proyectos educativos sobre cine y artes visuales

Barcelona

Historiadora del arte y máster en Estudios Museísticos y Teoría Crítica, con más de quince años de experiencia en la pedagogía de las artes visuales y la cultura cinematográfica.

Aurora Maroto Linares

Dinamizadora

Madrid

Aurora Maroto Linares is a storyteller and social educator. She was born, grew up and still lives in Madrid. She first encountered storytelling as a teenager, when two storytellers visited her literature class. An hour later, completely captivated, she asked what it took to become a storyteller. And she has been at it ever since: researching, sharing and

opening doors to new stories.

Since 2013, she has been working professionally as a storyteller, performing for children, young people and adults at festivals, libraries, cultural centres and educational venues. Her training in socio-cultural animation, social education and gender-based violence is reflected in the stories she brings to life and in the workshops she runs.

At this festival, she becomes Aurora Claqueta, master of ceremonies, using words as her tool, with a keen ear and a desire to guide the audience as they encounter the stories that come to life on screen.

Ana Titiricuento

Dinamizadora

Madrid

Ana Lluch es Ana Claqueta, maestra de ceremonias de Mi Primer Festival. Ana tiene una trayectoria de más de veinticinco años como narradora de cuentos, titiritera y animadora a la lectura, y es conocida profesionalmente con el nombre de Ana Titiricuento.

Mar del Rey

Dinamizadora

Madrid

Mar del Rey cuenta historias que buscan la magia de lo cotidiano; cada contada suya es un viaje que nos da la posibilidad de cultivar nuevas miradas.

Ernest Coma

Dinamizador

Barcelona

Ernest Coma es Click Claqueta, maestro de ceremonias de Mi Primer Festival. Desde hace más de quince años ofrece espectáculos y proyectos artísticos y teatrales frescos y divertidos, utilizando la risa como hilo conductor, compartiendo con el público alegría y buen humor, experiencias únicas y vivenciales.

Blanca Almendariz

Mediadora cultural

Barcelona

Licenciada en Historia del Arte y Máster en el Programa de Estudios Independientes del MACBA, Blanca Almendariz se dedica a la educación en la imagen y la didáctica del cine desde hace más de dieciocho años.

Giovanni Maccelli

Director, productor y docente

Madrid

Alterna la labor de director, productor y animador con la docencia como profesor de animación. En 2003 creó su propia productora, Zampanò Producciones, junto a Carlota Coronado

Rai María

Mediadora cultural

Madrid

Rai María (Cáceres, 1984) es guionista y directora de cine. Es licenciada en Comunicación Audiovisual por la Universidad Complutense y Diplomada en Dirección Cinematográfica por la ECAM.

Josep Plana (Pito)

Dinamizador

Barcelona

Josep Plana Ballbé, alias Pito, es el señor Claqueta, maestro de ceremonias de Mi Primer Festival. Lleva más de veinte años interpretando a este personaje en diferentes eventos cinematográficos para niñas y niños. Pito estudió Pedagogía en la Universidad de Barcelona y ha formado parte de grupos de teatro como actor y director, y ha creado y desarrollado ambientaciones en grupos de animación.

Dolça Cos del Cacho

Professional actress and puppeteer

Barcelona

Dolça Cos del Cacho is a professional actress and puppeteer with extensive experience in traditional and contemporary theater. She combines acting and puppet manipulation, and takes part in educational projects to promote the performing arts.

Mateu Tur

Dinamizador

Barcelona

Mateu Tur nació en Ibiza y con 18 años dio el salto a Barcelona para formarse en el mundo del teatro y el cine. Actualmente, está cursando Interpretación Textual en el ESAD Institut del Teatre y es graduado en Comunicación Audiovisual por la Universidad Pompeu Fabra, con especialización en dirección y realización. Se define como un apasionado del aprendizaje continuo, proactivo y lleno de energía.

Neus Sabaté-Barrieras

Barcelona

Neus Sabaté-Barrieras holds a PhD in Anthropology and Communication, specializes in film curation (trained at the Elías Querejeta Zine Eskola), and researches feminist and activist cinema.

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