AGENDA
Four days, everything on at SACC
How Animation Deals Get Made
Conference Hall
Olfa Sakakibara, Abdullah Moatasem +2 more
How to Turn a Comic into a Published and Collectible Book
The Ink Foundary
Marko MatijaševićFounder & Creative Director — Pigment Collective / Argent Comics
Making Independent Animation
The Motion Lab
SanjauneFilm Director
From Poem to Storyboard
The Sketch Lab
Sofia El KhyariAnimation director — Oneiris Animation
Meet the Producers
B2B Area
Abdullah Moatasem, Valeria Korotina +3 more
A Collage Workshop in Visual Storytelling
The Creative Forge
German Fernandez CantosArtist / Designer
The Voice Behind the Story
Tala TourganeFounder / Voice Acting Director / Actress — Tourgane Production
How to Work with a Publisher to Bring Your Graphic Novel to Life
Joseph MontangeVP & Publisher — Abrams ComicArts
Artists’ Short Films
Short films by the artists of SACC26.
Main StageIncluded with your pass
SACC All Stars: Stories from Behind the Screen
Terry Notary, Lauren Mary Kim +2 more
Echoes of Fantasy
Anime and K-Pop favourites, performed live.
Behind the Action: Women in Stunts
Lauren Mary Kim, PeiPei Yuan
Making Monsters
Theodore SalisburyHair, Makeup & Prosthetics Designer / SFX Artist
Creature Performance & Motion Capture
Terry NotaryActor & Movement Coach
Shoot Your Own Stop-Motion
Dina AminStop Motion Director / Artist — Tinker Land
AI Workflows That Don't Harm Your Art
Saud Boksmati, Aisha Binghalib +2 more
Special Cartooning & Character Workshop
Guy GilchristCartoonist / Illustrator / Author
2D Animation — Learning Traditional Animation
Robb PrattAnimator
What Happens When Creativity Goes Hybrid?
Alex Rodrigues, Nisrine Zawahra
Webtoon — The Reinvention of Comics
Park Chang-haWebtoon Creator and Illustrator
Speak Like a Character
Monsters, Inc.
Mike and Sulley, 25 years on.
Main StageIntroduced by Andrew Gordon & Doug Sweetland
Comic and Anime Character Creation
Areef Albadwi, Mohamed Dardiri +1 more
Selling Studio Services Internationally
Ashish ThaparCEO — HiTech Animation Studios
Smarter Animation Pipelines
Saud Boksmati, Mbuotidem Johnson +1 more
The Art of Lightsaber Dueling
Where AI Fits Into Animation
Andrew GordonChief of Storytelling — EyeTell
Building a World That Can Travel
Paola Visconti, Yasmeen Sinan
Artistry Collaborates with Intelligence
Abdullah MoatasemChief Creative Officer / Co-Founder — Sinai.ai / Sinai Studios
Walking with Animators
More than seventy animators on the art of bringing things to life.
Sketch Like a Comic Pro
Shannon Eric Denton, Ashraf Ghori
Beyond the Screen The Future of Animation
Fatiha Bensalem, Mounia Aram
How to Monetize Animation IPs on Youtube
Valeria KorotinaCEO and Founder — My Bestie Entertainment, FZ-LLC
From Anime Fans to Arab Creators
Olfa Sakakibara, Yasmeen Sinan
City of Brass
A short film by Sinai.ai.
Getting Work in the Film & Television Industry
Kelly WarnellFounder & CEO — Screen Masters International
Creating for an AI Generation
Irmak AtabekCo-founder / CEO — KidsAI
Inside Pixar's Creative Culture
Doug Sweetland, Andrew Gordon
Once Upon a Disney Night
Disney favourites, from the first note to happily ever after.
Building a Creative Career in Comics, Animation & Digital Art
Fadel AlMheiri, Almegdad Salih +1 more
Concept Art and Storyboarding for Comics and Film
Ashraf GhoriComic Book Artist / Filmmaker / Entrepreneur
Buy, Sell & Build: Comics & Collectibles
Jordan Taylor-Workman, Ian Eleria
Adapting Film and Animation into Webtoons
How Buzz Spoke Arabic
Doug Sweetland, Jehan Al Nasser +2 more
Who Owns What
Stefano La PortaLegal Counsel — Gallavotti, Bernardini & Partners
How Culture Shapes Production
Sofia El Khyari, Ferdy Adimefe +1 more
Behind The Creatures That Haunted Gulf
Jalal LuqmanMixed-Media Artist / Author
The Glassworker
Pakistan’s first hand-drawn animated feature, with its director Usman Riaz.
From Regional Stories to New Pop Culture Worlds
Fadel AlMheiriFilmmaker — Tent Pictures Productions FZ LLC
Books to Interactive Worlds
Abdullah Moatasem, Hana Malhas +1 more
The Art of Extreme Breakdowns
Abdulwareth LahhamDirector
Morphing Matter
Fabio Cirilli, Adriana Napolitano
WHAT FOLKLORE CREATURE THINK OF US?
The Artists Behind the Characters
Almegdad SalihCreative Community & Content Manager
Taking Local Stories Global
Ashish Thapar, Nisrine Zawahra
Toy Story
The film that started it all, back on the big screen.
Chibi Manga & 4-Panel Storytelling
Asmaa Al RemeithiManga Artist — Nojoum Art Studio
Ten Years to Make a Film
Usman Riaz, Yasmeen Sinan
An Odyssey Through Iconic Film Scores
Unforgettable movie soundtracks, performed live by a full orchestra.
Making it in Emerging Markets
Minasie Terefe, Ferdy Adimefe +2 more
Inside the Dubbing Process
Adham SayedDirector
Writing for Animation — From Script to Screen
Robb Pratt, Shannon Eric Denton
Building Mano: Creating a Hand-Drawn Animation Studio
Warner Bros. Arabic TV Series
An Arabic animated series from Warner Bros.
Action Posing from Model Sheets
International Coproductions Beyond the Idea
Pietro PinettiCEO / Studio Bozzetto
Women Leading the Narrative Shift
Mbuotidem Johnson, Esther Kemi Gbadamosi +3 more
From Comic Art to Collectibles
Hal LarenComic Artist / Concept Designer / Publisher — Reaper Comics
The Making of The Glassworker
How a small Karachi studio hand-drew a feature, frame by frame.
Taking Your Show Beyond the Screen
Aya HammadMarketing, PR & Digital Manager MENA — Warner Bros. Discovery
The IP Struggle and Building Regional Models
Nathalie Habib, Abdulrahman Khedr +1 more
From Publisher to Producer
40+ Years of Polygon Pictures
Shuzo ShiotaCEO — Polygon Pictures
Building Worlds That Feel Alive
Shuzo Shiota, Olfa Sakakibara +4 more
The Making of a Hit / What Makes an Animated IP Break Through? Lessons from the Shows That Connected
Aya Hammad, Nisrine Zawahra
Scoring Animation, Live
Main Stage
Carlo ChiarottiComposer & Conductor — Florence Pops Orchestra
How Storyboards Change a Story
Puppet Armature Design & Fabrication
Esther Kemi GbadamosiCEO / Creative Director — Radioxity Media
How to Develop and Pitch Your Original Comic
Shannon Eric DentonArtist / Writer / Director / Producer
Pigment Collective: Pursuing the Extraordinary
Spacetoon Classics with Sham Taha
The Spacetoon songs we all grew up with, sung live.
Are We Training Animators for the Real World?
Ali Rguigue, Khaoula Zouine
NEMO Academy: Best of Shorts
The best short films from NEMO Academy.
How to Scale an Animation Idea
Bernard Chang, Erica D'Urso +1 more
Annecy Festival: The Best Of
Prize-winning shorts from the world’s biggest animation festival.
Independent Comics: From Regional Stories to Global Shelves
Shannon Eric Denton, Marko Matijašević +1 more
Draw Faces That Move
Mehdi Aouichaoui2D Animator / Director — AZ Animation
How to Fund Your Short Film
Lola Aikins, Mounia Aram
5 Golden Rules to Succeed in the Creative Industry
Let's Animate with Adobe Animate
Mohammad FikreeFilmmaker & UI Designer — Rogue Ant Studio
Directing a Great Animated Short
Doug SweetlandDirector & Animator
The Project Package
Mounia AramFounder & CEO — Mounia Aram Company
Where Short Films Begin
Sofia El Khyari, Dina Amin +2 more