Get to know the jury of the International Competition of Animated Series

These three are faced with the task of selecting the best youth and adult series. The aforementioned three will be joined by the Children's Jury, which will decide which children's series to award the prize to. The selection of series that participate in the two categories of the International Competition of Animated Series can be found here.

Renata Gąsiorowska

Animation director and illustrator, graduate of the Łódź Film School. She is the author of short films, animated music videos, illustrations, and short comic forms. Her film "Cipka" was screened at numerous film festivals (including Sundance, Clermont-Ferrand, Annecy, Oberhausen, and Animafest Zagreb) and received multiple awards. Her most recent short film, "Dom w skorupce", was produced for HBO Poland as part of the pandemic anthology "W domu". She is currently working on her feature-length debut.

Joe Holman

Joe Holman is an experienced sculptor, puppet designer and modeller with credits including, "Frankenweenie", "Fantastic Mr Fox and Corpse Bride". Joe is also a part time tutor at the National Film and Television School England.

Nik Phelps

Born in Texas, composer/musician Nik Phelps now lives and works in Gent, Belgium. He has played with musical artists as diverse as Eric Johnson and Lou Rawls, Frank Sinatra and They Might Be Giants, Frank Zappa and Mary Martin. He recorded for over 10 years with Tom Waits, playing on three soundtracks and five CDs with Tom, from The Black Rider, Bunny, and Mule Variations to Alice, Blood Money and Orphans: Brawlers, Bawlers and Bastards. He began working with film music in 1988 with the Club Foot Orchestra, the influential San Francisco soundtrack group that was the premiere modern silent film orchestra. Since 1995 he has been working in the animation world and was nominated for an Annie Award for his music for the CBS TV series The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat. In 1996 he founded the Sprocket Ensemble, a project combining live music and animated film. He is active in the animation scene, creating music and sound for animators such as Nina Paley, Bill Plympton, Lei Lei and Ivan Maximov. Nik enjoys working with directors of all ages in the field of music and sound design and working with schools, forums and festivals conducting workshops dealing with performance technique and the creative process. He has been a jury member at numerous animation festivals and is currently involved in giving Performance for Pitching workshops at pitching forums throughout Europe.