For its 12th edition, the Pictoplasma Berlin conference and festival of character design and art zooms away from the facial expression and its empathic qualities to take a wider look at the character’s posture. Can characters express themselves merely through body language? How can their appearance create personality and attitude? Confirmed speakers include: Becky and Joe (UK) / Julian Glander (USA) / Amélie Fléchais (FR) / Merijn Hos (NL) / Jun Seo Hahm (KR) / Wilfrid Wood (UK) / Ugo Gattoni (FR) / Jim Avignon (DE) / Agostino Iacurci (IT) / Niels Kalk (DE) / Guillaume Kashima (FR) / Aisha Franz (DE) / Mr Bingo (UK) / Jan de Coster (BE) / Cécile Dormeau (FR) / Rex Crowle (UK) / Ben Newman (UK) / Martina Paukova (SK)