Dates of event :
from: 8. 10. 2018
to: 12. 10. 2018
Per Ericsson
Sweden
He is the head of the Swedish Federation of Film Societies that organizes screenings and film discussions through more than 100 film clubs all over Sweden and overseas the publication of the organization´s own film magazine. He is a former film policy adviser and the head of education at the Swedish Film Institute. He has worked as a film festival producer, film consultant and film critic. He is also a board member of ECFA (European Film Association) and former member of the panel for European parliament LUX Film Prize.
Janne Korsumäki
Finland
Janne Korsumäki earned a bachelor’s degree in graphic design in 2004 and since then, he has been working in the field of design, illustration and graphics for various game projects in Finland.
He has worked on Virtual Magic Kingdom for Disney and Habbo Hotel MMOGs at Sulake in Helsinki.
Alongside his day jobs and as a freelancer, he illustrates books and products and he is the author of postage stamp designs with the anarchic Finnish stunt group The Dudesons.
When he was a child, he dreamed of working in animation. In 2013, he started working at the Rovio Animation Studio. There he supervised layout design for two seasons of the 2D animated Angry Birds Toons-series. Since 2015, Janne has been working on the popular preschool series Gigglebug as the production and layout designer as well as the storyboard artist for two seasons so far. At Gigglebug Entertainment, he has been involved in the visual development of some of the studio’s new and upcoming projects. He firmly believes in doing entertainment for the whole family and animation for children.
In 2008, Janne’s passion for the art of animation led him to Animatricks - Finland’s oldest animation festival in Helsinki and he has been participating in its organization since then. He has been a member of the board, part of the programming team and for several years the artistic director of the festival.
Mária Kralovič
Slovakia
She was studying at The School of Applied Arts, Kremnica and Department of Animation at the Academy of Performing Arts, Bratislava, Slovakia. During her studies, she received an internship in Escola de superior de theatro e cinema, Lisbon, Portugal.
Her film The Bubble (Bublina, 2012) made in order to get a Master degree, was awarded for the Best Animation on the "Áčko" International festival of Student films in Bratislava. She was awarded with creative award IGRIC for the Bachelor degree´s film Drum and Bass (Drum a Bass,2010) and with the Animation and Direction award on the "Áčko" Bratislava International Festival of Student films for the same film. Her films were chosen to participate in the main competition of the Monstra festival in Lisbon (Portugal), Anifilm in Trebon (Czech republic), VGIK student film festival in Moscow (Russia).
At the present, she animates the successful children TV series Mimi and Lisa (Mimi a Líza) for the Fullmoon Company.
