Henning M. Lederer is a German graphic designer and motion artist, creating work for exhibitions, events, music videos and commercial projects. Alongside client work, he develops personal videos and creative collaborations. He studied in Düsseldorf and holds a Master in Digital Arts from Norwich.

The 'Luca Pignatelli' brand and the Live Bold, Stay Real community honour his courage, passion and authenticity. Luca was a force of nature whose energy, honesty and love for life touched everyone he met. “Give everything, no regrets” was how he lived, on the baseball field, in a crowd or with a friend in need. After his sudden passing, his story had to live on.
 

Paulien Verheyen is an Antwerp-based illustrator, visual artist and cultural worker with master’s degrees in Graphic Design and Cultural Management. Her work explores sexuality, identity, inclusion and community with a mix of curiosity, softness and playful provocation.
 

Andreas Lutz (*1981, Freiburg) explores the human–machine relationship through sculptures, installations, performances and experimental soundscapes. His work has been shown worldwide, from the Venice Biennale to ZKM Karlsruhe, and has earned awards including the Japan Media Arts Excellence Award and Prix Ars Electronica. Founder of Berlin-based studio and label KASUGA.

Lucy Davidson is an Australian stop-motion director. In 2023 she worked on Adam Elliot’s Memoir of a Snail (Annecy Crystal Award 2024). She was later selected by Aardman Animation Studios Academy to direct her short Baggage, which premiered at SXSW 2025.

Ben Collier-Marsh is a designer, director and animator, and the creative director of UK-based animation studio WeCanMake. Founded in 2013, the studio unites designers, illustrators, animators and storytellers to create bold, engaging work for brands and studios. Known for simple yet confident animation, WeCanMake has earned recognition in both commercial and art worlds.

Visuals Internationals is a Belgium-based studio creating animation and live-action since 2016. They love experimenting with styles and mixing media to make work they enjoy watching. Think high energy, high contrast, saturated colors and dynamic visuals.

VJ duo from Hasselt mixing old and new video styles. Using both analog and digital techniques, they create visuals with a raw, fractured feel. With stock footage and AI, their work echoes the art of Duchamp and Man Ray, bridging past and present.

Dear Child II, written by Pulitzer Prize winner Chris Hedges, is a haunting short film told as a letter to a child in Gaza. From the child’s view and infused with a journalist’s guilt, it blends realism, artistry and hope. Directed by Devin Peters, it calls on us to do better and reminds us of the urgent need to protect children.

Sylvain Gaussens is a French motion graphics designer creating realistic and abstract 3D visuals that blend imagination and reality, just like in our dreams.

Sebastian Onufszak is an award-winning German designer, director and illustrator known for his bold visual style, blending abstract imagery, experimental typography and cinematic motion design. He creates striking visuals for global brands, music acts and cultural projects, and now explores AI-generated works that blur the line between human and machine aesthetics.

Zack Lydon put all his eggs in the animation basket and hasn’t looked back. He co-runs Zine Hug, a Seattle-based studio creating comics and animation with a risograph printer.

Ted creates short films and animation software, both available online for free.

Blending 3DCG with analog, creating bold designs for TV, digital media, live events and beyond. From sound installations to original works, he fuses contrasts into striking visual expressions.

Felix Ysenbaert (ysbear) creates a universe of absurd characters, mythical creatures and geometric patterns. Moving between animation, illustration, design, projection mapping and video, he pushes boundaries with his collective SPACEMAKERS, exploring the space between imagination and reality. Drawing is the engine, the outcome undefined.

Using ink and white-out, he crafts hallucinatory vistas in mind-bending animations. His work has been auctioned at Christie’s, featured at Tate Modern and Sundance, and commissioned by Adult Swim, Netflix, and galleries worldwide.

London-based animation studio, specializing in distinctive 2D content for brands, commercials, charities, and films. Focus is on creating heartfelt animations through collaboration. 

Tokyo-based Ikuho Tamura is a visual artist working across advertising, promotional design, music artwork and videos, creating new forms of emotional value through boundary-crossing visuals. This music video was made for SKYTOPIA, artist, DJ and music producer.
 

Vizuza (Zuzanna Kolodziej) is a visual artist from Poland. Her work is inspired by the magical and peaceful side of reality. It consists of carefully crafted, immersive landscapes, influenced by natural forms and dynamics. 

Colors and the Kids is an interdisciplinary studio blending design, motion and music to push brand identity and cultural expression. Trafo takes you into a shifting landscape of drifting feathers, watchful trees and gliding shapes. Nothing is fixed. Everything transforms, inviting you to look closer and let the meaning unfold.

Raf Wathion is a Belgian director, animator and commercial filmmaker whose work spans animation, stop-motion, live-action and visual AI. He has created award-winning shorts such as Day 601, The Gap and Little Ox, and is developing the feature Black Wolf. A guest lecturer at Luca School of Arts, he began his career making animated idents for Belgian TV.