Mod­er­a­tors

Chris­t­ian Davin, a Doc­tor of Law and Mas­ter of Laws grad­u­ate, began his pro­fes­sion­al career in 1975 as an inter­na­tion­al busi­ness lawyer. In 1989, he was appoint­ed Pres­i­dent of France Ani­ma­tion. In 1997, he found­ed the pro­duc­tion com­pa­ny Alphan­im, which rebrand­ed as Gau­mont Ani­ma­tion in 2009. Over the course of his career, he has pro­duced more than 1,000 hours of ani­mat­ed con­tent for tele­vi­sion and cin­e­ma. Since 2009, he has served as Chair­man of the Board of Direc­tors at CAR­TOON. In addi­tion to his work in the ani­ma­tion indus­try, he also prac­tices as a psy­cho­an­a­lyst in Paris.

Christophe launched and head­ed few kids chan­nels in Europe for CANAL+, CLT, Dis­ney & Nick­elodeon. He con­sult­ed for EBU, Ubisoft, Mage­lis a.o. and curates (CAR­TOON, APDs & Ven­tana Sur). He writes kids books, TV series (“Ella, Oscar & Hoo”) and movies and co-found­ed Godo Films (“Team Nuggets”, ​“Fleak” & ​“Alpha Two’s Dream Journey”).

John Lomas-Bul­li­vant is the founder of Kick­back Media, a chil­dren’s and YA sto­ry­world pro­duc­er. Kick­back Media devel­ops high con­cept, genre based sto­ry­worlds for ani­ma­tion, live action and pub­lish­ing. Kick­backs first sto­ry­world, the ​“21% Mon­ster” tril­o­gy, writ­ten by PJ Can­ning, was pub­lished in July 2022.

Dan­de­looo Ciné­ma expands its activ­i­ties by acquir­ing, devel­op­ing, pro­duc­ing, and sell­ing ani­mat­ed films for chil­dren. Known for hits like Shooom’s Odyssey, Mum is Pour­ing Rain, and Ernest and Celestine’s Win­ter­tales, Dan­de­looo has signed inter­na­tion­al rights for Holà Fri­da! (France/​Canada), Born in the Jun­gle (Latvia/​Poland), and Granny is a Tree! (France/​Luxembourg), focus­ing on help­ing chil­dren dis­cov­er their tal­ents to face today’s world.