SPEAKERS 2024
Two evenings with 30+ international speakers from the worlds of Film | Gaming | Animation | Immersive | and more!
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Represented by Laura Livingstone (VFX Executive).
Hosted by Motus VFX
Livingstone launched her visual effects career with Marvel's Iron Man 2 at Industrial Light and Magic in San Francisco. Since then, she's collaborated with acclaimed directors like Tim Burton and Jon Favreau, contributing to feature films and TV shows for networks such as Cinemax and Disney. Notably, her recent work as Netflix VFX Executive includes ‘Wednesday’.
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Represented by Jakub Knapik (Global Art Director).
VP of Art and Global Art Director, Jakub is a VFX Supervisor / Art Director and CG Artist with over 22 years of experience working in the Film and Commercial industry currently working at CD PROJEKT RED.
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Represented by Pawel Grochola (FX & Look of Picture Supervisor).
Sony Pictures Imageworks is an Academy Award®-winning visual effects and animation studio known for photoreal live-action visual effects, dynamic creature and character animation and full-CG features.
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Represented by Suzy Fagan Parr.
Suzy Fagan Parr is a director and animator who has worked in the industry for over 25 years. Recently, Suzy was Additional Sequence Director and Lead Character Animator on Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget.
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Christopher Bauder specialises in creating large scale spacial art installations and lighting design. Chris is founder and owner at WHITEvoid, KINETIC LIGHTS and DARK MATTER.
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Represented by Emil Pagliarulo (Studio Design Director).
Emil has spent the majority of his career at Bethesda Game Studios, where he's served as Senior Designer on ‘Skyrim’, Lead Designer and Writer of ‘Fallout 3 and 4’, Writer of ‘Fallout Shelter’, and Design Director on ‘Starfield’.
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Jany Temime is a costume designer, best known for her work on the final six Harry Potter films, House of the Dragon, Skyfall, Judy and much more!
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Represented by Merel van Helsdingen (Founder & Managing Director).
Nxt Museum is the first museum in the Netherlands dedicated to new media art. Nxt focuses on art that uses modern tools to embody modern times, immersing visitors in large scale multi-sensory exhibitions fusing technology and creativity.
PROGRAM
Come for the talks, stay for the experience.
Alongside the 2 stages, our night market will tickle your senses. We bring you an arcade, tech demonstrations, live performances, craft beer and cocktails, food village, digital art installations, record store and even some digital ping pong! All set in a misty Blade Runner inspired environment.
We are pulling out all the stops for this edition, make sure you are there to see it!
SOME PAST SPEAKERS
LAWRENCE SHER - DIRECTOR OF PHOTO (JOKER, PAUL, HANGOVER) | SALLYANN HOUGHTON - INDUSTRY MANAGER FASHION (EPIC GAMES) | SEAMUS MCGARVEY - DIRECTOR OF PHOTO (AVENGERS, THE GREATEST SHOWMAN) | DANIEL PEIXE - ANIMATOR (WALT DISNEY STUDIOS) | TORBIN BULLOCK - EDITOR (PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS) | LAURA LIVINGSTONE - VFX EXECUTIVE (NETFLIX) | JAKUB KNAPIK - GLOBAL ART DIRECTOR (CD PROJEKT RED) | PAWEL GROCHOLA - FX (SONY PICTURES IMAGEWORKS) | CHRIS BAUDER (WHITEVOID, KINETIC LIGHTS, DARK MATTER) | JANY TEMIME - COSTUME DESIGNER (HARRY POTTER) | EMIL PAGLIARULO - DESIGN DIRECTOR (BETHESDA) | SUZY FAGAN PARR - ANIMATOR (AARDMAN) | SIMON JUNG - VFX SUPERVISOR (WETA FX) | MIKE REISS - WRITER/ PRODUCER (THE SIMPSONS) | CHARMAINE CHAN - VFX (INDUSTRIAL LIGHT & MAGIC) | EOGHAN CUNNEEN - VIRTUAL PRODUCTION (LUCASFILM) | SHADDY SAFADI - FOUNDER (ONE PIXEL BRUSH) | RAMSEY AVERY - DESIGNER (LORD OF THE RINGS) | DAVID JAMES - STILLS PHOTOGRAPHER (STAR WARS, MISSION IMPOSSIBLE)
