Talk: “The Last Whale Singer” – Creating a Platform Harmonic IP & Business Model

Maite is a producer, CEO and co-founder of Telescope Animation. She has extensive experience in animated feature film and series development, financing and production. Her credits include “Petronella Applewitch – The Series” (for Akkord Film / ZDF), “Two by Two” and “Niko 2 – Little Brother Big Hero” (for Ulysses Film) and many more. With her company Ella Film, she completed production of the animated feature film “My Fairy Troublemaker” in 2022. She is a graduate of EAVE, EAVE+ and the Academy for Children’s Media (Akademie für Kindermedien). In 2021 she was nominated as Producer on the Move for Germany by European Film Promotion. Since 2022 she is the chairwoman for animation in the German Producers Alliance.

Jiří is a co-founder of PFX, an award-winning studio focused on film and television, animation and advertising, with bases in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Germany. Under his leadership, PFX produced the animated film “Diplodocus”, co-produced “The Proud Princess” and “The Last Whale Singer”, all three landmark projects that underscore the studio's creative and technical capabilities in the field of animation. In addition to these three recent feature films, the studio has worked on many other animated projects, including TV shows “Little Luke and Lucy”, “The Websters” or “Ziggy and the Zoo Tram”.

AC is a strategist, curator, speaker and founder of THE CATALYSTS, a boutique agency boosting the development of innovative and creative players in digital technology and film, immersive media, music, design and the arts. Blending critical thinking, creative strategy and future-oriented research, as well as a solid background in the performing arts, AC is frequently invited to major international events to host, present keynotes, and moderate thought-provoking discussions.