Snezhana Paderina is an Art Director and Cinematics Director with over 12 years of experience at the intersection of fashion, filmmaking, and computer graphics. She is the founder of SNEZHANA.NYC CG Studio—a research-driven production company specializing in 3D animation, motion capture, and digital content for film, advertising, games, and virtual experiences.
Originally trained in fashion design and filmmaking, Snezhana brings a multidisciplinary approach to digital storytelling. Her early career includes collaborations with industry leaders like NVIDIA and Intel. Her work has been exhibited internationally, including at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s acclaimed Manus x Machina exhibition.
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Ivan is a writer, director, and producer with a distinguished career in film, television, and advertising. He has established himself as a writer and producer on numerous short and feature films, as well as a showrunner for television series.
His expertise in visual effects (VFX) extends to several commercial projects that he has written, directed, and produced, seamlessly blending storytelling with cutting-edge CGI. Currently working as a VFX Producer, Ivan continues to craft compelling narratives across diverse media platforms.
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Stipe is a serial entrepreneur and advisor with 20+ years of experience in building and scaling technology ventures. Leveraging deep strategic and financial expertise from top-tier management and corporate roles, he has launched multiple companies across technology, media, and Web3, navigating them through critical growth phases. At the moment Stipe is focused on disrupting entertainment industry with filmio.studio and film.io platform
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Marko is a Director of Photography with many years of experience in Film, TV, and Advertising. He has worked with a wide range of production companies, clients, and advertising agencies as a Director of photography, 2nd Unit DoP, and Camera Operator on projects for brands like Volkswagen, Mercedes, Playstation, Renault, Samsung, and studios like Warner Brothers, Paramount Pictures, and others.
Awards:
2021 – Bronze Plaque for outstanding cinematography, Image in Motion Festival for A Time of Evil, TV series
2022 – Bronze Plaque for outstanding cinematography, Image in Motion Festival for BESA 2, TV series
2024 – Golden Plaque for outstanding cinematography, Image in Motion Festival for A Time of Death, TV series
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Dimitris is a freelance FX artist, working part-time with one of Greece’s top studios. Known for his high-quality simulations – especially “table-top” fluid simulations – he brings a strong generalist approach, handling animation, rendering, and even directing.
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Nikola is a film director and co-founder of the YouTube channel Filmofil, and for more than six years, he worked as a lecturer at the Fokus Film School in Belgrade. He is a graduate student at the Department of Digital Arts at the Faculty of Media and Communications (FMK) in Belgrade.
In 2022, he founded Shosha Games, a studio where he works as a manager, developer, and game designer. He grew up playing video games and is lucky to be making them now.
Since 2023, he has worked as an instructor at several programs at the Epic Games Novi Sad community hub.
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Milutin Sekulić graduated from the Faculty of Technical Sciences, Novi Sad, specializing in Computer Graphics. After starting at Wonder Dynamics, they brought expertise in DCC workflows and technical CG. Now a Machine Learning Engineer, Character Lead at Autodesk, they co-own the VFX pipeline, integrating ML results into VFX components. They also lead character validation and animation workflows.
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Nevena has years of experience working with international clients across diverse projects. Specialized in VFX and immersive media for global brands such as Spotify, EDGE, Technology Innovation Institute, BMW, and the Natural History Museum Abu Dhabi. Known for delivering high-end content through efficient, creative production workflows.
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Milan Gospić is the Lead of Microsoft – The Garage, a global organization that drives a culture of experimentation and innovation at Microsoft. Before this, he acted as Country Manager in charge of the country’s digital transformation. He is a member of the AmCham Board of Governors, actively contributing to Digital Agenda development in cooperation with the main country stakeholders and chamber members, as well as the board member of the eCommerce Association of Serbia.
Throughout his career, Milan led sales and operations teams and large projects in over 2 decades of positions in multinational companies of which 15 years in international senior leadership positions in the ICT sector, as CEO in Bulgaria and regional COO for Romania, Serbia, Montenegro, Bulgaria, Macedonia, and Albania.
Milan graduated from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering in Belgrade.
