Adi SidemanCEOFounderMaciej ZientaraEntrepreneurAngel InvestorStephan V. BugajCreative DirectorProducerMinh DoCEOProducerJames DrakePhilanthropistFounderMassimo BenvegnùCriticCuratorStuart CrippsSupervisorVFX / AIJagger WatersDirectorFilmmakerAffan ImranCEOFounderArtem PetrovCEOFounderThomas R. CarringtonDirectorFounderBilguun AriunbaatarPresenterActorPaweł DelągActorDirectorKarol ŻbikowskiCEOProducerJaroslaw GrzywinskiCEOLawyerMichał "OverJK" OwerczukDirectorFounderRobert MoscickiCEOMike WolniakCEOFounderMaciej GozdowskiStreamingCEOJan KepinskiDirectorProducerLukasz KowalskiDirectorJournalistMarcin PerzynaCEOProducerMaciej KaweckiLawyerEducatorKatarzyna StaroslawskaData & AIAI RegulationPiotr SliskowskiCinematographerEducatorCezary GrzesiukEditorFilmmakerKamil PrzeleckiProducerEducatorMatt TokarzVFX SupervisorCreative DirectorMeggie MiaoProducerEducatorMargarita GrubinaVoice AIBusiness GrowthOscar BurgosVFX SupervisorDirectorCaroline KoziolComedianCreatorJakub SzymczukPhotojournalistJournalistRobert GulaczykActorPolicy ReformAndrzej NejmanActorDirectorBartosz TrzopArchitectCEOSebastian FabijanskiActorDirectorAureliusz GorskiFounderEntrepreneurEdmond YangArtistCreative DirectorNik Preston KujavecProducerDesignerMarc HorguesCreative DirectorFounderArtur KurasinskiEntrepreneurAuthorMarcin GrabarczykCybersecurityEngineerEdi PyrekFuturistAuthorJustin Trevor WintersScriptwriterEducatorAdrien BodsonProducerScriptwriterMatthew SzewczykDirectorCreative DirectorBen ChimoyDirectorFilmmakerMarcus GripFilmmakerEducatorElettra FiumiDocumentaryDirectorMarta SolikCreative DirectorFounderMeg ButtonCreative DirectorProducerMatt SwulinskiBusiness GrowthFounderJoshua KappelLawyerPolicy ReformMichal KibilLawyerTech LawFilip KonopczynskiLawyerAI RegulationMariusz BusiloLawyerMedia LawPiotr SenkusScientistEducatorMarek TryzybowiczArchitectFounderSylvain PerretCreative TechnologistFounderDominika Aurelia KoryckaArtistFilmmakerMarta Mary SoltysiakMotion CaptureAnimationLaura TorngaProducerEducatorDiane LaidlawFilmmakerCreative TechnologistCaroline ThireauCreative TechnologistEducatorMonsieur MoyenDirectorFilmmakerBrogan WassellFilmmakerDirectorAlbert BozesanFilmmakerScriptwriterAdrian Daniel BotnariuFilmmakerFounderEugenio FierroArt DirectorEducatorBilly BomanFounderProducerPawel PotakowskiAccessibilityLawyerThemo "themojn" MelikidzeActorCreative DirectorMarkus & Tanja LaukkanenArtistsFilmmakersAmit LathCEOEntrepreneurMarcin SlaczkaCEOFuturistBartlomiej KurylakInvestorFounderPiotr ZientaraFounderCEORadoslaw JareckiProducerCEOMichal RatajczakCEOFounderMariusz PolecCEOFounderCezary BrodaCEOBusiness GrowthDominika MazurFounderIRL EntertainmentMaciej Krystian SzymanskiBusiness GrowthAI RegulationIrmina ZakrzewskaPresenterBusiness GrowthBartlomiej GlowackiFounderHealth TechKacper WikielFounderEngineerYonatan KraSoftware ArchitectEngineerIllarion KoperskiCTOE-commerceMikhail KorolevEngineerDeveloper ExperienceArtur ZochniakEngineerJan Ignacy KrólikowskiComposerMusic ProducerAndre DanekMusic ProducerComposerPola LachnikModelAI RegulationJedrzej JezierskiActorPresenterPhilippe BukaTalent AgentFounder

Adi SidemanCEOFounderMaciej ZientaraEntrepreneurAngel InvestorStephan V. BugajCreative DirectorProducerMinh DoCEOProducerJames DrakePhilanthropistFounderMassimo BenvegnùCriticCuratorStuart CrippsSupervisorVFX / AIJagger WatersDirectorFilmmakerAffan ImranCEOFounderArtem PetrovCEOFounderThomas R. CarringtonDirectorFounderBilguun AriunbaatarPresenterActorPaweł DelągActorDirectorKarol ŻbikowskiCEOProducerJaroslaw GrzywinskiCEOLawyerMichał "OverJK" OwerczukDirectorFounderRobert MoscickiCEOMike WolniakCEOFounderMaciej GozdowskiStreamingCEOJan KepinskiDirectorProducerLukasz KowalskiDirectorJournalistMarcin PerzynaCEOProducerMaciej KaweckiLawyerEducatorKatarzyna StaroslawskaData & AIAI RegulationPiotr SliskowskiCinematographerEducatorCezary GrzesiukEditorFilmmakerKamil PrzeleckiProducerEducatorMatt TokarzVFX SupervisorCreative DirectorMeggie MiaoProducerEducatorMargarita GrubinaVoice AIBusiness GrowthOscar BurgosVFX SupervisorDirectorCaroline KoziolComedianCreatorJakub SzymczukPhotojournalistJournalistRobert GulaczykActorPolicy ReformAndrzej NejmanActorDirectorBartosz TrzopArchitectCEOSebastian FabijanskiActorDirectorAureliusz GorskiFounderEntrepreneurEdmond YangArtistCreative DirectorNik Preston KujavecProducerDesignerMarc HorguesCreative DirectorFounderArtur KurasinskiEntrepreneurAuthorMarcin GrabarczykCybersecurityEngineerEdi PyrekFuturistAuthorJustin Trevor WintersScriptwriterEducatorAdrien BodsonProducerScriptwriterMatthew SzewczykDirectorCreative DirectorBen ChimoyDirectorFilmmakerMarcus GripFilmmakerEducatorElettra FiumiDocumentaryDirectorMarta SolikCreative DirectorFounderMeg ButtonCreative DirectorProducerMatt SwulinskiBusiness GrowthFounderJoshua KappelLawyerPolicy ReformMichal KibilLawyerTech LawFilip KonopczynskiLawyerAI RegulationMariusz BusiloLawyerMedia LawPiotr SenkusScientistEducatorMarek TryzybowiczArchitectFounderSylvain PerretCreative TechnologistFounderDominika Aurelia KoryckaArtistFilmmakerMarta Mary SoltysiakMotion CaptureAnimationLaura TorngaProducerEducatorDiane LaidlawFilmmakerCreative TechnologistCaroline ThireauCreative TechnologistEducatorMonsieur MoyenDirectorFilmmakerBrogan WassellFilmmakerDirectorAlbert BozesanFilmmakerScriptwriterAdrian Daniel BotnariuFilmmakerFounderEugenio FierroArt DirectorEducatorBilly BomanFounderProducerPawel PotakowskiAccessibilityLawyerThemo "themojn" MelikidzeActorCreative DirectorMarkus & Tanja LaukkanenArtistsFilmmakersAmit LathCEOEntrepreneurMarcin SlaczkaCEOFuturistBartlomiej KurylakInvestorFounderPiotr ZientaraFounderCEORadoslaw JareckiProducerCEOMichal RatajczakCEOFounderMariusz PolecCEOFounderCezary BrodaCEOBusiness GrowthDominika MazurFounderIRL EntertainmentMaciej Krystian SzymanskiBusiness GrowthAI RegulationIrmina ZakrzewskaPresenterBusiness GrowthBartlomiej GlowackiFounderHealth TechKacper WikielFounderEngineerYonatan KraSoftware ArchitectEngineerIllarion KoperskiCTOE-commerceMikhail KorolevEngineerDeveloper ExperienceArtur ZochniakEngineerJan Ignacy KrólikowskiComposerMusic ProducerAndre DanekMusic ProducerComposerPola LachnikModelAI RegulationJedrzej JezierskiActorPresenterPhilippe BukaTalent AgentFounder

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DianeLaidlaw

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The creator behind Afro Futcha, an AI filmmaker and creative technologist working where culture, technology and storytelling meet, through an Afrofuturist lens. A Chroma Awards and Project Odyssey winner, with awards across most major AI film competitions, and twice a TEDAI speaker. At Nura Studios she made films on mental health and neurodiversity, among them the short Quiet Please. She runs generative AI workshops for studios, brands and educators.

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NEWBrainer becomes a main sponsor and the official drink of the festival: a functional drink from Polish scientists, no caffeine, no taurine.NEWNik Preston Kujavec joins the line-up: creative producer at Floyo AI, taking shots from concept to final cut.NEWMaspex joins as an official partner: the largest private food company in Poland, close to 90 brands in over 70 countries.NEWRobert Gulaczyk joins the line-up: the actor from Loving Vincent, now chairing the Polish Actors' Union.NEWAndrzej Nejman joins the line-up: Waldek from Złotopolscy, Władysław from 1670, and a theatre director.NEWSaturday afternoon on the main stage: three panels on the actor, the model and trust.NEWBartosz Trzop joins the line-up: the architect behind offices for Microsoft, Google and McKinsey.NEWArchitecture and Real Estate: a new band of partners, with Extract, Pratum and Trzop Architekci.NEWSebastian Fabijański joins the line-up: actor in Warsaw 44 and Kamerdyner, and a director since 2023.NEWAureliusz Górski joins the line-up: founder of CampusAI and the man behind Poland's innovation districts.NEWEdmond Yang joins the line-up: AI artist from Oslo, creative partner to Runway, Luma and Pika.NEWJoshua Kappel joins the line-up: the American lawyer who wrote the rules for a market that did not exist.NEWMatt Swulinski joins the line-up: growth for AI products, from the first user to 55,000 teams.NEWThe programme now runs on four tracks: film, technology, brand and investment.NEWAI25.Studio joins the official partners.NEWDGTL becomes the festival's Legal & Policy Partner.NEWPiotr Śliskowski joins the line-up, chair of the Polish Society of Cinematographers.NEWMichał Kibil joins the line-up, senior partner at the DGTL law firm.NEWKatarzyna Starosławska joins the line-up, board advisor to the SpeakLeash Foundation and the Bielik.ai model.NEWRon Burgundy joins the advisory board on the Warsaw Glitch page layout. Stay classy, Warsaw.

NEWBrainer becomes a main sponsor and the official drink of the festival: a functional drink from Polish scientists, no caffeine, no taurine.NEWNik Preston Kujavec joins the line-up: creative producer at Floyo AI, taking shots from concept to final cut.NEWMaspex joins as an official partner: the largest private food company in Poland, close to 90 brands in over 70 countries.NEWRobert Gulaczyk joins the line-up: the actor from Loving Vincent, now chairing the Polish Actors' Union.NEWAndrzej Nejman joins the line-up: Waldek from Złotopolscy, Władysław from 1670, and a theatre director.NEWSaturday afternoon on the main stage: three panels on the actor, the model and trust.NEWBartosz Trzop joins the line-up: the architect behind offices for Microsoft, Google and McKinsey.NEWArchitecture and Real Estate: a new band of partners, with Extract, Pratum and Trzop Architekci.NEWSebastian Fabijański joins the line-up: actor in Warsaw 44 and Kamerdyner, and a director since 2023.NEWAureliusz Górski joins the line-up: founder of CampusAI and the man behind Poland's innovation districts.NEWEdmond Yang joins the line-up: AI artist from Oslo, creative partner to Runway, Luma and Pika.NEWJoshua Kappel joins the line-up: the American lawyer who wrote the rules for a market that did not exist.NEWMatt Swulinski joins the line-up: growth for AI products, from the first user to 55,000 teams.NEWThe programme now runs on four tracks: film, technology, brand and investment.NEWAI25.Studio joins the official partners.NEWDGTL becomes the festival's Legal & Policy Partner.NEWPiotr Śliskowski joins the line-up, chair of the Polish Society of Cinematographers.NEWMichał Kibil joins the line-up, senior partner at the DGTL law firm.NEWKatarzyna Starosławska joins the line-up, board advisor to the SpeakLeash Foundation and the Bielik.ai model.NEWRon Burgundy joins the advisory board on the Warsaw Glitch page layout. Stay classy, Warsaw.

Adi SidemanCEOFounderMaciej ZientaraEntrepreneurAngel InvestorStephan V. BugajCreative DirectorProducerMinh DoCEOProducerJames DrakePhilanthropistFounderMassimo BenvegnùCriticCuratorStuart CrippsSupervisorVFX / AIJagger WatersDirectorFilmmakerAffan ImranCEOFounderArtem PetrovCEOFounderThomas R. CarringtonDirectorFounderBilguun AriunbaatarPresenterActorPaweł DelągActorDirectorKarol ŻbikowskiCEOProducerJaroslaw GrzywinskiCEOLawyerMichał "OverJK" OwerczukDirectorFounderRobert MoscickiCEOMike WolniakCEOFounderMaciej GozdowskiStreamingCEOJan KepinskiDirectorProducerLukasz KowalskiDirectorJournalistMarcin PerzynaCEOProducerMaciej KaweckiLawyerEducatorKatarzyna StaroslawskaData & AIAI RegulationPiotr SliskowskiCinematographerEducatorCezary GrzesiukEditorFilmmakerKamil PrzeleckiProducerEducatorMatt TokarzVFX SupervisorCreative DirectorMeggie MiaoProducerEducatorMargarita GrubinaVoice AIBusiness GrowthOscar BurgosVFX SupervisorDirectorCaroline KoziolComedianCreatorJakub SzymczukPhotojournalistJournalistRobert GulaczykActorPolicy ReformAndrzej NejmanActorDirectorBartosz TrzopArchitectCEOSebastian FabijanskiActorDirectorAureliusz GorskiFounderEntrepreneurEdmond YangArtistCreative DirectorNik Preston KujavecProducerDesignerMarc HorguesCreative DirectorFounderArtur KurasinskiEntrepreneurAuthorMarcin GrabarczykCybersecurityEngineerEdi PyrekFuturistAuthorJustin Trevor WintersScriptwriterEducatorAdrien BodsonProducerScriptwriterMatthew SzewczykDirectorCreative DirectorBen ChimoyDirectorFilmmakerMarcus GripFilmmakerEducatorElettra FiumiDocumentaryDirectorMarta SolikCreative DirectorFounderMeg ButtonCreative DirectorProducerMatt SwulinskiBusiness GrowthFounderJoshua KappelLawyerPolicy ReformMichal KibilLawyerTech LawFilip KonopczynskiLawyerAI RegulationMariusz BusiloLawyerMedia LawPiotr SenkusScientistEducatorMarek TryzybowiczArchitectFounderSylvain PerretCreative TechnologistFounderDominika Aurelia KoryckaArtistFilmmakerMarta Mary SoltysiakMotion CaptureAnimationLaura TorngaProducerEducatorDiane LaidlawFilmmakerCreative TechnologistCaroline ThireauCreative TechnologistEducatorMonsieur MoyenDirectorFilmmakerBrogan WassellFilmmakerDirectorAlbert BozesanFilmmakerScriptwriterAdrian Daniel BotnariuFilmmakerFounderEugenio FierroArt DirectorEducatorBilly BomanFounderProducerPawel PotakowskiAccessibilityLawyerThemo "themojn" MelikidzeActorCreative DirectorMarkus & Tanja LaukkanenArtistsFilmmakersAmit LathCEOEntrepreneurMarcin SlaczkaCEOFuturistBartlomiej KurylakInvestorFounderPiotr ZientaraFounderCEORadoslaw JareckiProducerCEOMichal RatajczakCEOFounderMariusz PolecCEOFounderCezary BrodaCEOBusiness GrowthDominika MazurFounderIRL EntertainmentMaciej Krystian SzymanskiBusiness GrowthAI RegulationIrmina ZakrzewskaPresenterBusiness GrowthBartlomiej GlowackiFounderHealth TechKacper WikielFounderEngineerYonatan KraSoftware ArchitectEngineerIllarion KoperskiCTOE-commerceMikhail KorolevEngineerDeveloper ExperienceArtur ZochniakEngineerJan Ignacy KrólikowskiComposerMusic ProducerAndre DanekMusic ProducerComposerPola LachnikModelAI RegulationJedrzej JezierskiActorPresenterPhilippe BukaTalent AgentFounder

Adi SidemanCEOFounderMaciej ZientaraEntrepreneurAngel InvestorStephan V. BugajCreative DirectorProducerMinh DoCEOProducerJames DrakePhilanthropistFounderMassimo BenvegnùCriticCuratorStuart CrippsSupervisorVFX / AIJagger WatersDirectorFilmmakerAffan ImranCEOFounderArtem PetrovCEOFounderThomas R. CarringtonDirectorFounderBilguun AriunbaatarPresenterActorPaweł DelągActorDirectorKarol ŻbikowskiCEOProducerJaroslaw GrzywinskiCEOLawyerMichał "OverJK" OwerczukDirectorFounderRobert MoscickiCEOMike WolniakCEOFounderMaciej GozdowskiStreamingCEOJan KepinskiDirectorProducerLukasz KowalskiDirectorJournalistMarcin PerzynaCEOProducerMaciej KaweckiLawyerEducatorKatarzyna StaroslawskaData & AIAI RegulationPiotr SliskowskiCinematographerEducatorCezary GrzesiukEditorFilmmakerKamil PrzeleckiProducerEducatorMatt TokarzVFX SupervisorCreative DirectorMeggie MiaoProducerEducatorMargarita GrubinaVoice AIBusiness GrowthOscar BurgosVFX SupervisorDirectorCaroline KoziolComedianCreatorJakub SzymczukPhotojournalistJournalistRobert GulaczykActorPolicy ReformAndrzej NejmanActorDirectorBartosz TrzopArchitectCEOSebastian FabijanskiActorDirectorAureliusz GorskiFounderEntrepreneurEdmond YangArtistCreative DirectorNik Preston KujavecProducerDesignerMarc HorguesCreative DirectorFounderArtur KurasinskiEntrepreneurAuthorMarcin GrabarczykCybersecurityEngineerEdi PyrekFuturistAuthorJustin Trevor WintersScriptwriterEducatorAdrien BodsonProducerScriptwriterMatthew SzewczykDirectorCreative DirectorBen ChimoyDirectorFilmmakerMarcus GripFilmmakerEducatorElettra FiumiDocumentaryDirectorMarta SolikCreative DirectorFounderMeg ButtonCreative DirectorProducerMatt SwulinskiBusiness GrowthFounderJoshua KappelLawyerPolicy ReformMichal KibilLawyerTech LawFilip KonopczynskiLawyerAI RegulationMariusz BusiloLawyerMedia LawPiotr SenkusScientistEducatorMarek TryzybowiczArchitectFounderSylvain PerretCreative TechnologistFounderDominika Aurelia KoryckaArtistFilmmakerMarta Mary SoltysiakMotion CaptureAnimationLaura TorngaProducerEducatorDiane LaidlawFilmmakerCreative TechnologistCaroline ThireauCreative TechnologistEducatorMonsieur MoyenDirectorFilmmakerBrogan WassellFilmmakerDirectorAlbert BozesanFilmmakerScriptwriterAdrian Daniel BotnariuFilmmakerFounderEugenio FierroArt DirectorEducatorBilly BomanFounderProducerPawel PotakowskiAccessibilityLawyerThemo "themojn" MelikidzeActorCreative DirectorMarkus & Tanja LaukkanenArtistsFilmmakersAmit LathCEOEntrepreneurMarcin SlaczkaCEOFuturistBartlomiej KurylakInvestorFounderPiotr ZientaraFounderCEORadoslaw JareckiProducerCEOMichal RatajczakCEOFounderMariusz PolecCEOFounderCezary BrodaCEOBusiness GrowthDominika MazurFounderIRL EntertainmentMaciej Krystian SzymanskiBusiness GrowthAI RegulationIrmina ZakrzewskaPresenterBusiness GrowthBartlomiej GlowackiFounderHealth TechKacper WikielFounderEngineerYonatan KraSoftware ArchitectEngineerIllarion KoperskiCTOE-commerceMikhail KorolevEngineerDeveloper ExperienceArtur ZochniakEngineerJan Ignacy KrólikowskiComposerMusic ProducerAndre DanekMusic ProducerComposerPola LachnikModelAI RegulationJedrzej JezierskiActorPresenterPhilippe BukaTalent AgentFounder