Each session is supervised by a moderator. They make sure that the keynotes & panels run smoothly.
In order to help producers present their projects, CARTOON assigns each of them a neutral, experienced animation consultant called a chairperson.

Nuria González Blanco
Nuria González Blanco is a writer, director and Academy Awards nominee producer with over thirteen years of experience in the animation industry. She studied animation at Edinburgh College of Art where she received a BAFTA New Talent nomination for her graduation film “Domingueros”. Since then, Nuria has worked across a variety of roles in children’s television, advertising and film. Past projects include the award-winning short “Violet”; the International Emmy Kids Award nominee “Puffin Rock”; the Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated feature “The Breadwinner”; the IFTA winner and Oscar-nominated short “Late Afternoon”; and the new pre-school TV series “Silly Sundays”, a project she created and directed.

Milo Cremer Eindhoven
After studying film direction in the UK, Milo branched out to the amazing world of animation, gaining experience across writing, production and recruitment. Milo has written comics for Disney, published a graphic novel through Publisher Bries, and as a writer and story advisor has collaborated with various companies, schools and filmmakers on shorts, comics and series. Alongside writing he recruits artists for Submarine Animation, working on projects like “Fox & Hare” and “Where’s Anne Frank?”.

- Moderator
Manuel Cristóbal
- Country
- Spain
Spanish film producer, former audiovisual consultant at the Madrid regional government, AMPAS and Spanish Film Academy member, member of the board in CARTOON, PhD in Film Studies at URJC, graduated in directing at ARTSS International UK and in the Entertainment Master Class at the Erich Pommer Institute in Berlin. Since 2001 has produced eleven feature films for the international market, eight of them in animation, and has won five Goya Awards, twice the Jury Award in Annecy.

Christophe Erbes
- Country
- France
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”).

Reka Kaloczy
- Country
- Germany
Working as an independent creative development producer, consultant, recruiter, mentor, “matchmaker”, Réka is originally Hungarian, living in Germany. She has 30+ years international experience in 2D-3D Animation, started on the creative side (ink& paint, colouring supervisor, compositor, technical director, flash animator), shortly switched to different producer/management roles, also in VFX and game industry. She is an Evaluation Expert for EACEA Video Games.
She has a huge international network, particularly extended in Hungary, CEE countries & Germany. As matchmaker she is helping companies/artists finding the best matching cooperating partners, potential clients. As creative Recruiter, she does team building, talent acquisition, helps young talents internationally.