La Naissance des oasis

Jérémy Depuydt studied illustration and animation at Saint-Luc in Tournai and then at ESAAT in Roubaix. He directed his first short film, Il pleut Bergère, in 2004. After that, he worked as a 2D and 3D animator on television projects such as Tom-tom & Nana, Shuriken School, Ovni, Samsam and Boyster. At the same time, he developed animated institutional and advertising films.

Marion Jamault is an animator, writer and illustrator. After her studies in editing at the INA, she studied animation at the Diplôme des métiers d’arts in Cournon-d’Auvergne and then at the École supérieure des arts visuels de la Cambre in Brussels. As a storyteller, she likes to experiment with different media and supports: paper cut-outs, computer drawings, engraving, ceramics and sculpture.

Sarah Joy Jungen was born in Switzerland, grew up in South Africa and graduated from the Florence Academy of Fine Arts. Karsten Kjærulf-Hoop graduated from The Animation Workshop in Viborg, Denmark. After co-directing Drops, they founded Denmark’s Ox and Bird animation studio.

Lucie Sunková was born in Prague, where she studied at the Vaclav Hollar School of Art and FAMU (Film and Television School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague). She now works as a scriptwriter, artist, director and animator. The animation technique she enjoys the most is painting on glass.

Elena Walf is an animator and illustrator based in Stuttgart. After studying design at the Moscow State University of Printing Arts, she illustrated children’s magazines and picture books across Russia, Germany, Taiwan, and South Korea. In 2015 she graduated from the Institute of Animation, Visual Effects and Digital Postproduction at the Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg. Her work has received numerous awards, including the Children’s Audience Award at the Primanima World Festival in Hungary (2015) and Best Shortfilm at PLAY Lisbon’s Children and Youth Film Festival (2017).