THE WORLD OF ILLUSTRATION BEYOND BOOKS

Nicoletta Costa is the number one children's author and illustrator in Italy, an absolute best seller in Italian bookshops, loved by children, mothers and teachers, an unchallenged model of the 'children's planet'. Nicoletta Costa has been described as one of the greatest interpreters of the 'children's planet' worldwide because she has been able to preserve childhood within herself and see the world through a child's eyes. Since 1980, she has been telling that world in words and images in countless stories: more than 500 books, most of which have been translated worldwide.

His is Giulio Coniglio, the protagonist of the TV series of the same name distributed worldwide by B&R 360 co-produced by RAI. A new TV series is currently being broadcast for Rai Ragazzi - Rai YoYo -, produced by Enanimation, which brought another of her cult characters, La Nuvola Olga, to the small screen in 2021. Nicoletta Costa has received numerous awards and her books are published by many foreign publishers. She collaborates with various companies in the creation of toys, children's clothing, children's rooms and stationery. She has worked with Unicef to illustrate Christmas cards and was the designer of several Benetton baby clothing lines.

Federica De Federicis is in charge of Product Development and Licensing at Ludattica, a publishing house specialising in the creation of high-quality game-books and educational games made in Italy.

As head of the game-book area, she is in charge of product conception and design, taking care of every stage of development: from the creation of the editorial project to the definition of the illustrative style, to the choice of materials and technical solutions.

Federica comes from an art-historical background and has decades of experience in the world of children.

With over twenty year’s experience in the international distribution and coproduction business, and a previous life as a Froebel teacher, Julie created award winning indie distributor awol animation in 2004, counting over 170 international buyers from traditional/new media/publishing/licensing & merchandising biz as clients.

Now heading up Gaumont Animation’s France & European Development out of Paris, Julie’s remit focuses on developing animated series based on book IPS and is thrilling return for her first love of children’s literature. 

Cinzia has a degree in art history from the University of Bolgna and a specialisation in cultural heritage legislation from the Catholic University of Milan. For over twenty years, she has worked in the Library of the same university as a cataloguer, initially in bibliography and then in special collections.

A long-time fan of children's illustration, in 2019 she founded Illustrabimbi, with the conviction that drawings can also be worn. In the beginning, it was just a hobby. Gradually, it turns into a small company, which, since 2022, after participating at Pitti Bimbo, is continuously growing, thanks to the interest of important customers, both Italian and foreign. 

Susanna Iraci is an Italian industrial designer graduated from Milan’s Polytechnic, whose initial work has gravitated around sustainability and service design. It was only after a few roller coaster rides and becoming a mother that she decided to shift the focus of her career and head back to school, to enroll in the Master in Design for Kids and Toys at Poli.design. That lead to the start of design studio BICCO, a creative space dedicated to design for kids. Sometimes, with kids too!

Enthusiastic designer, she likes to seek beauty in the details while working for clients. 

Davide Rosio, Co-Founder, CEO and Art Director of Movimenti Production.

Graduated from IED (European Institute of Design), he began his career as animator and character designer working for several agencies and production studios in Milan.

In 2004, along with Giorgio Scorza, he founded Movimenti Production, an Italian independent production and animation studio that has become a valuable point of reference for broadcasters and co-producers such as RAI, Netflix and Disney, producing short film and some of the most relevant titles in the animation field, such as “Le Loup” (Season 1 and 2) and “Topo Gigio” (RAI).

For several years Davide Rosio has been teaching animation cinema and digital animation at the IED, while personally following the recruitment and training of the artistic and production figures employed in the finalization of the projects in development.

In 2018, along with Giorgio Scorza, he founded in Florence DogHead Animation, the 2D animation studio that realised the first animated series of Zerocalcare, Italy’s most famous novelist, “Tear Along the Dotted Line”. Davide Rosio co-signed the technical direction of

the show, which was produced by Movimenti Production and released globally in November 2021 on Netflix, and achieved several awards such as “Best Tv Series” at the Diversity Media Awards 2022, the “Nastro of the Year” at the Nastri d’Argento Grandi Serie Awards 2022. More recently the show achieved 5 Serial Awards, such as Directing and Scripted Series of the Year, at FeST - Il Festival delle Serie Tv 2022 and the Globo d’Oro 2022 - the film prize given by the Foreign Press Club in Rome. 

An illustrator and author of children's and young adult books for over 25 years, she has more than 150 international publications to her credit.

She has experience working on her own and with major agencies in the UK, USA and Asia.

She speaks English very fluently, also thanks to her bilingual family.

Alongside her authoring work, she runs workshops for children, adults and teachers, working in schools, libraries, museums, bookshops and trade fairs and designs graphics for catalogues, covers and coordinated images.

A few months ago she started a new path as Agent for Advocate Art, an international Illustration Agency for which she is Agent in Italy.