Annis Joslin is a British filmmaker, visual artist and co-founder of Corridor. Her practice combines animation, drawing, photography, collage, performance and participatory work with audiences. She is particularly interested in projects that emerge from dialogue, collaboration and shared experience. In recent years, she has been involved in Days of Wonder, a project that revives the legacy of Brighton and Hove’s early film pioneers and explores new ways of introducing early cinema to contemporary audiences through workshops, exhibitions and experimental filmmaking.

Claire Wearn is a British curator, creative producer and co-founder of Corridor. Her work brings together contemporary art, photography, moving image and community practice. She has collaborated extensively with artists, festivals and cultural organisations, and served as Director of Brighton’s Photo Fringe festival from 2020 to 2025. Through Corridor, she develops projects that connect new audiences with visual art and film heritage, including Days of Wonder, a programme exploring early cinema and its contemporary creative reinterpretations.

Elfi De Vos works at the Belgian organisation JEF, where she combines film education, new media practices and short film programming for the Youth Film Festival Antwerp. Through film distribution, festival activities and educational work, JEF encourages young audiences to engage with film, games and new media. Elfi develops workshops, learning programmes and training courses that help children and young people discover audiovisual culture through hands-on experience. She enjoys experimenting with new technologies and exploring ways to turn children and teenagers from viewers into active creators and explorers of film language.

Maria Trzeciak is a cultural producer and co-founder of the Czas Letni Festival in Poznań. From 2019 to 2023, she worked with the Short Waves Festival, coordinating the production of one of Poland’s major short film events. Since 2024, she has been part of Cinema Without Barriers, where she works on programming, film screenings and accompanying events focused on making film culture accessible to audiences with different needs. She also coordinates Cinema Without Barriers on the Road, which brings the model of accessible cinema to other cities and cultural venues.

Michel Ocelot is a French film director, screenwriter and artist whose animated films have captivated several generations of audiences around the world. He is best known for Kirikou and the Sorceress, followed by acclaimed works such as Princes and Princesses, Azur & Asmar and Dilili in Paris. His distinctive visual style has also reached beyond feature films, most notably in Earth Intruders, the music video he directed for Björk. Drawing on fairy tales, myths and artistic traditions from different cultures, Ocelot creates unique cinematic worlds filled with imagination, colour and powerful storytelling. His films treat young audiences as equal partners and explore themes of cultural diversity, courage, justice and personal freedom.

Núria Aidelman is co-founder and co-director of the Spanish organisation A Bao A Qu, dedicated to connecting artistic practice, education, and young audiences. Together with Laia Colell, she co-founded Cinema en curs, one of Europe's most influential film education programmes, which since 2005 has enabled children and young people to discover cinema through filmmaking, film viewing, and collaboration with film professionals. She also contributed to the European project Moving Cinema and teaches film and photography studies at Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona.

Michaela Režová is a filmmaker, animation director, lecturer and founder of f-a-t.cz, a platform dedicated to sharing content from the world of animated film and supporting the Czech animation community. Her creative practice and research focus on animated documentary, memory and the possibilities of personal storytelling through animation. She teaches animation theory, history and techniques at the Animation and Film Studio at UMPRUM in Prague. She studied under Jiří Barta, graduated from UMPRUM and completed a residency at the renowned French animation school La Poudrière.

Nikola Páleníčková specialises in accessibility and inclusive communication in the cultural sector, with a particular focus on film festivals. She has worked extensively with the One World International Human Rights Film Festival, where she coordinates accessibility initiatives and leads Access Pass, an international network connecting festivals committed to making cinema more accessible. She has several years of experience in communications and PR for cultural and non-profit organisations. In 2025, she was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to research accessibility practices at film festivals in the United States.

Martin Černý co-leads the NaFilM: National Film Museum. He is the museum’s manager, curator and coordinator of international projects implementing new technologies (augmented reality, gaming principles) in the museum’s exhibitions. He also coordinates the activities of the museum’s platform for innovation and education called museUM JINAK. He has been active in the film industry since 2014. He was a coordinator of short and documentary films in the Czech Film Center and a PR manager of the VOD platform DAFilms. Martin Černý studied film theory at Charles University in Prague.

Veronika Kyselá is part of the management team at Bio Central cinema in Hradec Králové, where she works on school screenings, festival programmes and film education initiatives. She has long been involved in organising the regional editions of the One World and Malé oči festivals. In recent years, her work has focused on making cinema more accessible to audiences with different needs and exploring how cinemas can become more inclusive spaces. Bio Central is also a partner in the European IncluCINE initiative, which promotes accessibility in cinema exhibition.