Ida Melum is an EE BAFTA and BIFA-nominated, Annie and RTS award-winning animation director based in Sweden.

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She is an alumna of the prestigious MA Directing Animation program at the National Film and Television School, where she graduated with the stop-motion film ‘Night of the Living Dread’. The film was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Short Animation, won an Annie Award in 2023 and was selected for over 80 festivals worldwide.

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Her upcoming stop-motion short, ‘Ovary-Acting’, was supported by both the Norwegian and Swedish Film Institute and had iits world premiere at Tribeca Film Festival 2025. The film was also selected for Official Competition at Annecy International Animation Film Festival 2025.

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Her other credits include working as an animator on acclaimed projects such as the BAFTA-winning ‘Poles Apart’ and ‘Facing It’ and the BBC nature documentary ‘Attenborough's Wonder of Song’. In 2022 she was also hired to create and direct the festival trailer for Fredrikstad Animation Festival.

In addition to her work as a filmmaker and animator, Ida has served on multiple film festival juries, using her experience and perspective to support and celebrate emerging voices in animation.