Theo W Scott
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandAfter Graduating in Fine Art Theo Scott’s short animation ‘DoughButt’ was commissioned and broadcast by Channel 4.
While continuing to work on short films Theo has exhibited internationally and published Cartoons in publications such as Britain’s best selling current affairs magazine “Private Eye.”
Theo’s most recent project involved harnessing Machine
Learning algorithms in order to create an experimental and
unprecedented 3D animation for a Mercury Award winning
musician (Gwil Sainsbury of Alt-J)
Cuties was commissioned by the BFI and film hub North as part of a program championing the early careers of ambitious filmmakers working in the visual arts.
Alisa Stern & Scott Ampleford
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandAlisa is an artist, puppet maker, and animator from New York City.
Scott is a composer, musician, and actor from Newcastle upon Tyne, England.
Despite living thousands of miles apart, Alisa and Scott have collaborated on many projects including the web series Doctor Puppet (2012-2018) which has over 4 million views on YouTube, animated short Sum of its Parts (2019) which screened at many pandemic-era festivals including the New York International Childrens Film Festival and Woodstock Film Festival, animated short Posted No Hunting (2021) which screened at dozens of horror and genre festivals including Boston Underground Film Festival, FilmQuest, Grimmfest, Anomaly, Panic Fest, Feratum, Portland Horror Film Festival, Another in the Head and Coney Island Film Festival and won “Best Micro-Scare” at the Blackbird Film Festival. Alisa and Scott also co-wrote and co-directed live action featurette Spiral to the Center (2023) which played at Chattanooga Film Festival, FilmQuest and Beeston Film Festival and won “Most Innovative Film” at the Romford Horror Festival and “Best Short Film” at the Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival.
Erik Semashkin
Country: FranceArrived from Ukraine in France in 2012, I am a young director with more than ten short films to my credit, selected and awarded internationally.
I want to diversify and explore new forms of filmmaking, working on several genres. However, this variety of films has a common background.
Whether it’s about the environment or international conflicts, I remain sensitive to current events while telling my story.
Ashley Sengstaken
Country: United States of AmericaAshley Sengstaken is a multimedia animator and artist based in Los Angeles. Her work blends analog and digital techniques to explore the relationship between the girly and the grotesque. "Girls Night Out" is her first animated short film. She was a lead graphic artist and animator on "The People’s Joker," and has worked in post-production and graphic design for projects including "Atlanta," "The Eric Andre Show," and "Victoria’s Secret: The Tour."
