Presence presents a trio of directors

Production company Presence welcomes Toby Auberg, Paulina Ziółkowska and Dimitris Armenakis; three highly gifted directors of animation; to their roster.

Each director brings a fresh and arresting approach to animation and each demonstrates their talents through three very different styles of the same form of film craft.

Toby Auberg

Auberg’s 3D CGI creations are bizarre and credible as are the situations which evolve and revolve in his films. "I'm a London (Hamburg) based 3D visual artist and animator person," says Auberg. "I'm really into sensory overload, abstract characters and virtual worlds, sometimes dabbling in political themes. Originally I started out working in film in Los Angeles, I moved to Sweden to study Motion Graphics at Hyper Island, and studied Experimental Animation at the Royal College of Art in London.

"I’m super excited and grateful to be joining Presence! I can't wait to begin this next stage of my directing career, exploring new contexts for fringe 3D/CGI together with the Presence team."

His RCA grad film Pile scooped the prestigious Best Graduation Film award at Annecy in 2019 and he has just been chosen for staff picks on Vimeo.

Paulina Ziółkowska

Ingenious animator, Paulina Ziółkowska, has pedigree as a 2D artist and storyteller using elegant form to drive forward narratives in animation with acute self-awareness and well-observed commentary on the human condition.

Paulina was educated in Poland and Berlin and has had a prestigious residency in TAIS Toronto Artist in Residence Program. We love the drawing and animation in her film O Matko.

EP Danny Fleet says “Her drawings are exquisite and the stories brilliant and irreverent.”

Dimitris Armenakis

Athens born Dimitris Armenakis studied Film in Corfu, Greece and then graduated in 2019 with an MA Animation from the Royal College of Art in London.

"As an animation director," says Armenakis, "I'm really excited to be part of this brilliant team, consisting of some fantastic directors. Looking forward to working with Presence on great projects for the world to see!'

Armenakis brings to Presence dynamic 2D animations - luminous, big-eyed cartoon characters in dystopian environments. He uses a unique and very ‘current’ look to poke fun at social norms.