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Cafecito with Sony Pictures Animation

Equal parts hilarious and heartwarming, The Mitchells vs. The Machines debuted on Netflix earlier this spring. Now, LALIFF attendees can get exclusive hot takes from the animated feature's creative team, including Producer Phil Lord, Production Designer Lindsey Olivares, and Head of Story Guillermo Martinez. We'll get the scoop on the origins of The Mitchells vs. The Machines, the collaborative creative process of bringing a feature to life, and how animation still remains something that brings us all -- families, friends, and pugs -- together.

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Phil Lord and his creative partner Chris Miller were behind the animated feature Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The film, which Lord co-wrote and the pair produced, won the Academy Award and Golden Globe Award for Best Animated Feature. Lord and Miller wrote and directed the first installment in the franchise The Lego Movie, which earned BAFTA, PGA, NBR, BFCA Critics Choice and Annie Awards as well as a Golden Globe nomination. They’re developing the feature tent-pole The Last Human for Sony, Fox’s Artemis and an adaptation of Weir’s novel Project Hail Mary starring Ryan Gosling for MGM.


Lindsey Olivares currently serves as Production Designer and lead character designer on Sony Pictures Animation's original animated comedy The Mitchells vs. The Machines. Her film credits include DreamWorks Animaton’s Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted, Penguins of Madagascar and Trolls, as well as Sony Pictures Animation’s The Emoji Movie.

Guillermo Martinez is the head of story on Sony Pictures Animation’s upcoming original feature comedy The Mitchells vs. The Machines. Prior to joining Sony Pictures Animation, he served as a story artist at Laika Studios on Kubo and the Two Strings and Missing Link. Martinez’s additional credits include storyboard artist and writer on the Cartoon Network series We Bare Bears.

Jenny Lorenzo is a Cuban-American actor, writer and content creator known for her work on “We Are Mitú” and is one of the original co-founders of BuzzFeed's “Pero Like”. Jenny became a viral sensation with her beloved Abuela character that has garnered millions of views online along with her relatable, Latino-based content seen through the comedic and nostalgic lens of a 1st generation Cuban-American. In other words, living in the hyphen.