John Osborne is a writer, producer, filmmaker, and has a film production office in Mendocino, California. Currently he has several projects in development. Seabiscuit’s Legacy (http://seabiscuitslegacy.com), is a documentary feature film about the training of the legendary race horse, Seabiscuit. The Outlaws of Mendocino (https://www.theoutlawsofmendocinomovie.com/) is a narrative feature about a robbery gone wrong, and an epic chase across Northern California in 1880. It is based on a true story that occurred in Mendocino. My Ever Changing Body is a short animated documentary film about bridging the age divide. It is a marvelous international co-production with ADDART. He has worked on many commercial films, and recently was a character in a 4 part mini-series. While in Europe, he will be location scouting for wineries where he can film a road trip documentary through various wine areas. John is the Associate Programmer for the American Documentary Film Festival (AmDocs). Traveling to Europe every year, he assists Teddy Grouya, the Festival Director, in procuring films for their program in Palm Springs, California. AmDocs is a prestigious festival presenting a wide range of international documentary and animated films.

An award-winning filmmaker, Theodore “Teddy” Grouya is currently the Founder and Director of the American Documentary And Animation Film Festival and Film Fund (AmDocs), as well as the Director of the Architecture Design Art Film Festival (ADAFF). Before and after graduating from UCLA, Teddy worked on several Hollywood films as well as directing live television. Later, Teddy received an M.A. from the Australian National University in International Relations and then worked in international programs for the State Department. Today, Teddy is directing several film and television programs. Additionally, Teddy continues to work as an editorial and production consultant on films in development as well as in the rough cut stages- recent films include The Bill Murray Experience and Planet Of The Humans (executive produced by Michael Moore). AmDocs’ year-round mission is to enhance and encourage education outreach through film as well as international conference and filmmaker exchanges. www.amdocfilmfest.com

Arba Hatashi was born and raised in Peja, Kosovo. She started volunteering at a very young age in different non-government organizations, with a focus on culture development. For the last ten years, she has been working actively with Anibar on organizing the only animation festival in Kosovo, managing and working on the transformation of the only active cinema in the city of Peja, Cinema Jusuf Gërvalla, into a multifunctional, social and cultural space. She started as a volunteer in 2014 working with the festival to continue coordinating the program of the festival for three years prior to being appointed in 2019 the Festival Director of Anibar International Animation Festival. Since 2018, she has also managed the Anibar Animation Academy and its educational projects working towards the improvement and development of education in the field of animation in Kosovo. She has previously been a jury member at Fantoche International Animation Film Festival, Anima - The Brussels Animation Film Festival, Zlín Film Festival, REX Animation, and other engagements.

Maria Mavroeidi was born in Patras. She is a Producer and Production Director at Dahouse Studio. She studied Electrical Engineering and Computer Technology at the Polytechnic School of the University of Patras and holds a postgraduate degree. She has played pivotal roles in crafting numerous television and digital advertisements. She has also participated in the production of short fiction and animation films, as well as documentaries of both short and feature length. She is as an active member of ASIFA Hellas - Hellenic Animation Association and a member of PACT - Media Producers Association.

Dionysia Arvanitou is a production support advisor and project coordinator at the Film Office of the Region of Central Macedonia. She brings in this post her solid 15 years of experience making a variety of films for a variety of industries. Her capacity as executive producer coordinating with the producers, directors, and departments in executive production and her efficient administrative support as scientific and technical consultant of the projects, coordinator of the work group (project manager). She worked as coordinator of the PAME CINEMA educational program: for Northern Greece and provided scientific support and technical implementation of film seminars and films for Primary and Secondary Education.

Dim­itris Kazantzis is a Greek com­pa­ny man­ag­er and line pro­duc­er, based in Thes­sa­loni­ki. He holds two bach­e­lor’s degrees. His passion for enter­tain­ment led him to join the ani­ma­tion pro­duc­tion com­pa­ny Fun­ny Tales in 2018. He has pro­duced numer­ous suc­cess­ful projects, including an ani­mat­ed TV series, an award-win­ning video clip, and a mul­ti­ple-award­ed short ani­mat­ed movie. After work­ing as a Line Pro­duc­er for some time, he cur­rent­ly serves as the act­ing Gen­er­al Man­ag­er of the company.