Speakers

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  Nina de Gelder

  Festival Director · Panel · Slovakia

  Nina is the Executive Director of Fest Anča International Animation Festival in Slovakia and the coordinator and programmer of its Student Forum, a platform connecting European film schools, students and educators. She works across festival management, international partnerships and communication with public institutions.
  Her professional background spans culture, education and international cooperation. She spent more than a decade at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Bratislava, including as Vice-Rector for International Cooperation, and later led a cultural centre in Bratislava. She also works as an Erasmus+ project assessor in higher education. She enjoys connecting people and institutions and creating opportunities for international exchange and collaboration.

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  Justina Polikaityte

  Industry · Festival Network · Lithuania

  Communications and partnerships manager at BLON Animation and Games Festival, with a background across Lithuania's festival scene.

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  Vassilis C. Karamitsanis

  Panel · Festival Director · Greece

  Vassilis C. Karamitsanis was born in Athens in 1976. After graduating from Athens College, he studied law at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece. He later earned postgraduate degrees from the University of Rotterdam, the Netherlands; the University of Hamburg, Germany; and Aix-Marseille III University, France. He has been an attorney-at-law licensed by the Athens Bar since 2001. Since 2008, he has served as president of ANIMASYROS International Animation Festival, and from 2015 to 2023 he was president of ASIFA HELLAS – Hellenic Animation Association. In 2018, he was named a knight of the Order of Arts and Letters of France, and from 2018 to 2019 he chaired the board of the Greek National Opera. Since 2025, he has been secretary general of CIFEJ – International Center of Films for Children and Young People.

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  Karoline Nederby

  Jury · Festival Director · Denmark

  Karoline Nederby is Festival Director at Viborg Animation Festival. She has 16+ years of experience in the media industry, including more than a decade at the Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), working in production management and editorial roles across a wide range of television programmes, from developing ideas and new formats to storytelling and producing content for broad audiences. As Festival Director, she is responsible for the strategic development of Viborg Animation Festival.

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  Daniel Lundquist

  Programmer · Jury · Sweden

  Head of programming at BUFF Malmö Film Festival, one of the world's leading children's and youth film festivals, and Nordisk Panorama programmer.