The Island of Salamanders

Patrice Nezan is mem­ber of ACE Pro­duc­ers, EAVE. Since 2000, he has been pro­duc­ing, fic­tion and ani­ma­tion films. His three last fea­ture films were select­ed for the OSCARS : COR­PUS CHRISTI, the fic­tion fea­ture was OSCAR nom­i­nee for the Acad­e­my Award Cer­e­mo­ny 2020, and WAR­DI, the ani­mat­ed fea­ture was OSCARS can­di­date in ani­ma­tion cat­e­go­ry. COR­PUS CHRISTI was also nom­i­nat­ed for the French CESAR 2021. His lat­est copro­duc­tion LEAVE NO TRAV­ES, in com­pe­ti­tion in Venice, was OSCARS can­di­date 2022.

Juraj is CEO and pro­duc­er at Arti­choke, com­pa­ny focus­ing on ani­ma­tion. Among his pro­duc­er cred­its is WHITE PLAS­TIC SKY and TALES FROM THE MAG­IC GAR­DEN, fea­ture films both pre­miered in Berlin and Annecy, or short films such as ELEC­TRA, I DIED IN IRPIN or HURIKAN. He is an EAVE alum­ni, head of stud­ies of CEE Ani­ma­tion Work­shop and ATF x Ties That Bind Pitch&Lab Sin­ga­pore and mem­ber of EFA.

Fabi­an Driehorst is an ani­ma­tion pro­duc­er and CEO and co-founder of the pro­duc­tion stu­dio Fabian&Fred. In 2023 he was award­ed the Ham­burg Pro­duc­er Prize for Inter­na­tion­al Co-Pro­duc­tion and in 2019 he was award­ed the Doc­u­men­tary Pro­duc­er Prize at DOK­fest Munich. He is chair­man of ASI­FA Ger­many, as well as a mem­ber of AMPAS, the Ger­man and Euro­pean Film Acad­e­my. His lat­est fea­ture Sultana’s Dream is nom­i­nat­ed at EFA for Best Ani­ma­tion Fea­ture and Best Feature.