Antony is a veteran animation industry professional, having started his career in the mid 1980s in Hollywood. Antony worked on some of the most iconic titles, generations of people grew up with. Films, from Rescuers Down-under and Fern Gully, all the way to Wall-E and The Incredibles for Pixar, where he worked for 18 years as an Art Director.
In Bulgaria Antony co-founded ARC Academy, a school fostering the next generations of talent, in his words, the most important and consequential thing in his long career.
Antony looks at the achievements of his Bulgarian students, as his own, a house he and his team are building brick by brick, he feels, to the benefit of all.

VFX Supervisor
With over 22 years in the movie production industry.
Started in the SFX domain,
and for the last 20 years focused in the area of VFX,
working on high level photo realistic feature films, and tv. ads,

Education:
Master degree - Poster & Visual communication at National Academy of Arts - Sofia, Bulgaria

Veselka Kiryakova graduated at NATFA in Film Editing. She was part of the producers team of ALIENATION (2013), conceived and directed by Milko Lazarov, premiered at Venice'70 in the official selection of Venice Days with two awards there. Ága (2018), the second movie by the director Milko Lazarov, produced by her, premiered at the Berlinale Competition and won many awards around the world, such as Grand prix in Tehran, Cabourg, Chukotka, Heart of Sarajevo etc. Veselka produced the second feature of director Pavel G. Vesnakov “WINDLESS” premiered at Karlovy Vary Proxima Competition 2024. She was part of PRODUCERS ON THE MOVE, presented in Cannes in 2018 and participated at EAVE workshop 2020. A member of EFA.

Lead Environment Artist
Born in Sofia, BG, lives in Austin, TX, USA
He has been working in the Game Development industry for 20 years, dealing with Environment Art
Worked as Environment, Senior & Lead Environment Artist at studios such as: Haemimont Games, Ubisoft, Bioware/EA, Certain Affinity
Currently working as Lead Environment Artist at 5by5 Interactive / GALA Games
Worked on projects / franchises such as: Star Wars, Call of Duty, DOOM, Halo, Harry Potter, New World, World Of Tanks, Rayman Raving Rabbits and others

Yane is a 3D Artist with the Chaos 3D artists team in Sofia. He began creating 3D spaces in CAD software as a teenager in 1997. While studying architecture at the University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy in Sofia, this hobby became useful for his projects. He started his professional career at a UK-based architectural visualization studio with an office in Sofia and graduated with a master's degree in architecture in 2010. This job allowed him to create images and films for renowned architects like Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster, as well as brands like Land Rover, Honda, Rivian and of course eventually for Chaos. CGI for him is still not a job but his passion and way of life.

Mila is a former journalist. Since 1993 she has worked in various private media in Bulgaria as an editor and news presenter. She is creator of scripts for advertising clips, presentations and other forms of advertising content. From 2010 till today she is a co-owner of Brambar Studio, which mainly deals with audio production for various media platforms. She believes in the magic of words.

I think of myself just as a “creative guy”. Always liked storytelling and games and combining them in my career was just inevitable.

I started writing short stories as early as fifth grade and started making tabletop games in my 16’s and that eventually led me to video games in 2002 when I joined Haemimont Games… After many interesting adventures in the industry I’m now back with Haemimont games, where I do narrative design. And it’s cool AF!

Composer, conductor and orchestrator George Strezov has always been passionate about film and game music - he started working when he was merely 15 years old and since then he has made the music for various projects, such as the movies "Gundi", "Shibil", "Petya of my Petya", "The Blessed", "Corpse Collector", various TV series "Durvoto na Zhivota", "Na Granitsata", "Belezi", short films, documentaries and many more, including music for video games like Haemimmont Games' "Jagged Alliance 3", "Stranded: Alien Dawn", "Surviving Mars", "Victor Vran".

Dana's been a VFX artist at Bubu Studio for the last 4 years working on various projects, while she's finishing her bachelor's in Multimedia and Computer Graphics at New Bulgarian University. She specialises in pyro and RBD simulations, but she also has a passion for layout and problem solving.

Since 1994 he has been working in various private media in Bulgaria - he is a radio host, on-air sound engineer, program editor, worked in a production studio as a sound engineer and creative. He has worked in many television and film projects. From 2010 till today he is a co-owner of Brambar Studio, which mainly deals with audio production for various media platforms.

Telling stories is at the heart of everything I've done for the past 24 years in this industry. It was a surprise to me, considering my background in programming and engineering since my school days. I spent the first years of my career doing visual effects for commercials and later directing them. Now I work mainly on films, but no matter where my focus is, I always come back to how important the story is. Sometimes it is a dramatic turn of events, emotional ending, a small and insignificant detail, the light or inspiring epic music. Еach of these tells its own story. That's why I think it's good to try to tell something good with a little bit of fire...

Prof. Dr. Georgi Hristov is a leading expert in 3D digitalization and visualization technologies in Bulgaria. A professor in the Department of Telecommunications and Head of the Centre for Information and Computer Services at the University of Ruse "Angel Kanchev." With over 18 years of experience in telecommunication networks, he has authored over 200 scientific publications and several books. Participated in numerous national and international projects on 3D technologies, cultural heritage digitalization, and education. As a founding member of the UNITe Center of Excellence, he specializes in 3D scanning, printing, and UAV applications. He leads courses and seminars on multimedia, drones, and 3D technologies.

To inspire is my vocation.

I am the offspring of a mathematician with an aesthetic sense and an artist with an analytical mind. I tackled math problems during breaks and indulged in drawing for entertainment. These two profound realms of knowledge have always intertwined in my life. I sketched with light during my school years, then with a mouse, and now with AI.

I've been working in the CG field for over 20 years, and every day is an opportunity for continuous learning. To breathe life into my creations is my true dream.