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Aakash Gawali

filmmaker

COUNTRY: India
CONTACT: aak.gawali@gmail.com

Aakash is a graduate in mechanical engineering from MIT college of engineering, Pune (India). During his graduation Aakash practiced theatre by working as an actor, writer, director, set designer and lights designer for many experimental as well as professional plays in Marathi language. After graduation, he studied film-making at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune (FTII) with specialization in film editing where he learned to be proficient in both mechanical editing equipment and digital platforms. After finishing his course in FTII, Aakash has worked in several feature films, short films, documentaries, corporate documentaries, commercial ads and promos for films. Currently he is in the process of writing his first feature film (fiction) and researching for his first documentary project.

Karkhanisanchi Waari / feature film / 2020 / as online & offline editor
Shepherdess and the seven songs / feature film / 2020 / as online & offline editor
Peepal Tree / feature documentary / 2019 / as online editor
Hora / short documentary / 2018 / as editor, co-writer
The Famished road / short film / 2018 / as editor, co-writer
The Head hunter / feature film / 2015 / as assistant production designer

The Head Hunter / National awards / New Delhi, India/ 2015 / Best film in Wancho Language

Alvina Joshi

filmmaker

COUNTRY: India
CONTACT: alvina.joshi177@gmail.com

Alvina is an editing graduate from Whistling Woods International, Mumbai (2018-2020). She studied Psychology, Literature and Journalism for her Bachelor’s Degree. Before that, she did her IBDP program in Stockholm, Sweden. Alvina is an editor by profession, based in Mumbai. She is also a photographer, and was the youngest photographer to be hired by the Stockholm International Film Festival since their inception.
Alvina is directing her first documentary as a part of PSBT’s Doc Commune programme – a mentorship and funding programme for 10 projects from all over India. The first feature film she edited was screened at MAMI, one of the biggest film festivals in India. Her diploma film was screened at IFFSA Toronto, and a short film that she co-wrote and was associate director on, was selected and screened by the UNHCR in Dhaka.

My Grandfather's House / short documentary / work in progress / as director, cinematographer, editor
Shikhandi / short film / 2020 / as editor
Li Ej Hu / short film / 2019 / as writer, associate director, editor

Shikhandi / Crossroads International Short Film Festival / Finalist / 2021 / Jackson, USA
Shikhandi / Infic Film Utsav / Best Short Film/ 2021 / Mumbai, India
Li Ej Hu / Shorted / Short Film of the Year Nominee / 2020 / Mumbai, India
My Grandfather's House / PSBT Doc_Commune / Selected for Mentorship and Funding / 2022 / Delhi, India

Ananthakrishnan Baburajendran Pillai

filmmaker

COUNTRY: India
CONTACT: appus090@gmail.com

Ananthakrishnan is deeply involved in cinematographic and photographic storytelling. He travelled across India for geographical exploration of the socio-political structure. He worked as a cinematographer for Tehelka Music Project, in New Delhi, and also with a documentary curating initiative called Magic Lantern Movies. Finally, as a video volunteer, he worked at Primitive Seed Movement in Navdanya. His ambition is to contemplate on the borders of practice and theory of documentary and fiction.
At the moment he is doing the DocNomads Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree 2017-2019 in Documentary Filmmaking delivered by a consortium of the University of Lusofona in Portugal, University of Theatre and Film in Hungary and St. Lucas School of Arts in Belgium. He finished An Writers Residency by Deauteurs, Brussels. At the moment, he is being mentored by SIC in Brussels and supported by Sabam.

Shadows of Gandhi / documentary in post-production / 2023 / as director, cinematographer
Scanning You / short documentary / 2022 / as director, cinematographer
My Dear / documentary / 2022
14.6 KM / short documentary / 2021
Where Is My Red Tie / short documentary / 2021 / as director, cinematographer
Kosa / 2020 / as cinematographer
The Celluloid woman / short documentary / 2020 / as director, cinematographer
Tales of Men / short documentary / 2019 / as cinematographer
What a Beautiful Duck / short documentary / 2019 / as cinematographer
Res.Cogitans / short / 2019 / as cinematographer
Afrodite / short documentary / 2018 / as director, cinematographer
Shape of Soul / shot video / 2018 / as director of photography
My name is Fernando / short documentary / 2017 / as cinematographer
Call Marx / short / 2014 / as director
Kollavum Pazhaya pattum / short video / 2013 / as cinematographer
Save water Save life / short video documentary / 2012 / as director, cinematographer
IINo Escape / short documentary / 2008 / as cinematographer

National Student Contest at the International Year of Planet Earth / 2018 / India
Best Cinematography Award / Cinemadamare edition (twice) / 2018 / Italy

Andre Hayato Saito

filmmaker

COUNTRY: Brasil
CONTACT: ahsaito@gmail.com

After graduating in Social Communication, Saito studied cinema in Buenos Aires. In 2012, he released a book and a short film called Thomás Tristonho, selected for 13 festivals around the globe. In 2013/2017, at Paranoid BR, he directed advertising and content, such as the short LUZ, selected for the 29th Festival Cinélatino in Toulouse. He is now a partner at MyMama Entertainment, where he develops his first fiction feature film Yellow Chrysanthemum selected for several labs and market events such as TIFF Filmmakers Lab 2021. In 2022, Saito joined Berlinale Talent Buenos Aires and is releasing a short fiction-documentary called Kokoro to Kokoro, which premiered at the 40th Uruguay International Film Festival. His next work, A Wind of Gold, a short fiction-doc, is now in post.

Vento Dourado / short fiction-doc / 2023, post-production / as screenwriter, director
In Silence / short fiction / 2022, post-production / as screenwriter, director
Kokoro to Kokoro / short documentary / 2022 / as screenwriter, director
Luz / short fiction / 2017 / as screenwriter, director
Tom Sadly / short fiction / 2013 / as screenwriter, director

Tom Sadly / New York City Film Festival / US / 2013 / Best Original Storyline
Tom Sadly / Mama Film Festival / São Paulo / 2012 / Jury Prize
Luz / 29th Cinélatino Toulouse Festival / France / 2017
Kokoro to Kokoro / 40th Uruguay International Film Festival / Montevideo, Uruguay / 2022 / Panorama International Shorts Selection

Andrius Lekavicius

filmmaker

COUNTRY: Lithuania
CONTACT: andriuslekas@gmail.com

Andrius Lekavicius is an all-around media storyteller directing high-end commercial and non-commercial audio-visual productions. His latest animated documentary Delta Zoo was successfully screened in cinemas across Lithuania and festivals around the world. He is an alumni of Berlinale Talents and IDFAcademy. Meanwhile, Andrius is developing a docuseries Armour, Rust and Power, selected to The Documentary Campus Masterschool 2021 training programme, and his first fiction feature The Hood, selected to LIM | Less is More Annual Training Programme 2021. In February 2022, Lekavicius premiered his feature documentary Kernagis in cinemas in Lithuania. The documentary ran for 9 weeks in cinemas and got 25k admissions, making it the best grossing documentary of 2022.

Kernagis / documentary / 2022 / as director
Delta Zoo / animated documentary / 2018 / as director
Code of Freedom 1991 / Interactive VR / 2018 / as director
Blurred Border / web documentary / 2018 / as director
After 42 / short experimental / 2015 / as director, producer

Blurred Border / LOGIN best online film / 2019
Blurred Border / PRIX EUROPA / Nomination / 2019
Code of Freedom 1991 / Busan International Film Festival (BIFF) 2019
Code of Freedom 1991 / goEast - Festival of Central and Eastern European Film / Open Frame Award Nomination / 2019
Code of Freedom 1991 / PSIAF Palm Springs International Animation Festival / Jury Award for Best Animated Short / 2019

Anitha Gomathy

filmmaker

COUNTRY: India
CONTACT: anithagomathy@gmail.com

Anitha Gomathy is a debut director from Trivandrum, India. She has studied Media Management − Productions in Electronic and Digital Media Wing in Satyajit Ray Film and TV Institute, Kolkata, which is coming under the I&B Ministry of India. Its sisterhood film school is Pune Film Institute (FTII). She has done a few academic projects as a Producer and Executive Producer. She is working as a director and producer of the film named Mind your Language. She is also a freelance journalist, professional translator and interpreter.

The Remaining / feature documentary / late development / as director
Mind your Language / feature documentary / late development / as director

Anja Koprivšek

director

COUNTRY: Serbia
CONTACT: akoprivsek9@gmail.com

Anja Koprivšek was born in Novi Sad. She graduated from the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade in 2019, with a degree in International Politics. Through the course of her studies, she completed two educational programmes in the Gender studies field - one in Belgrade, the other in Zagreb. She is currently a student at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in Zagreb, where she is studying Documentary filmmaking. She has been employed as an assistant coordinator at CIRCLE Women Doc Accelerator since February 2022. Between Summers (2021) is her first film.

Between Summers / short documentary / 2021 / as director, producer, cinematographer

Between Summers / Days of Croatian Film / Main competition /Zagreb, Croatia / 2022 / Award for best young director (Jelena Rajković)

Ariane Doehring

director

COUNTRY: Germany
CONTACT: arianedoehring@gmail.com

Ariane is a filmmaker and social psychologist based in Berlin. She took filmmaking classes at the School of Visual Arts in New York, studied psychology and philosophy at the Universität Wien and holds a Master's degree in Social Psychology from the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Along with her studies, she has been directing and producing many music videos, short films and image videos. Her short film MANNN (2018) won in the category Best Short Film at the Pigneto Film Festival. In the last three years, Ariane has been focusing on directing documentaries about desirable futures of education, work and the economy.

Sustainability Pioneers / documentary series / 2021 / as director
Geht doch! / documentary / 2020 / as director
Learn to Love Learning / documentary / 2019 / as producer, editor
MANNN / short film / 2018 / as director, editor
Mach dein Wedding / image film / 2018 / as director
Deep City Session / short film / 2011 / as director, editor

MANNN / Pigneto Film Festival / Rome, Italy / Short Competition / 2018 / Best Film

Ashok Meena

filmmaker

COUNTRY: India
CONTACT: ashokmeenacinema@gmail.com

Ashok Meena was born and brought up in a small village in Rajasthan and saw the face of a city only in his teens. He began his filmmaking journey in his early college days when he travelled across the country with a camcorder, thanks to a job by an independent producer. He later went on to study cinematography at the Film and Television Institute of India. He trained further under the tutelage of auteur filmmaker Kamal Swaroop, as the cinematographer of his film, Pushkar Puran. He has been keeping his passion for cinema, more so for documentary films alive by collaborating on various independent projects. He has also shot several independent feature films, ads and music videos.

Kunchok / documentary / work in progress / as director, cinematographer
Against the tide / documentary / work in progress / as cinematographer
In Retreat / fiction / work in progress / as cinematographer
Demons / fiction / 2022 / as cinematographer
Meen Raag / short documentary / 2021 / as cinematographer
The Royal Palate / docu series / 2019 / as cinematographer
Pushkar Puran / documentary / 2017 / as cinematographer
Of Love & Artistry / short documentary / 2017 / as cinematographer

Kunchok / DocedgeKolkata Pitch Award / 2021
Kunchok / Baltic Sea Docs Award / 2021
Ichigo Ichie / Audience Choice Award- Vinilonga - International Short Film & Music Video Festival / 2020
Ichigo Ichie / Best of Latin America Short Film Festival / 2020
Opium / The Hague Global Cinema Festival / Honourable Mention / 2020

Eva Lokajová

filmmaker

COUNTRY: Slovakia
CONTACT: lokajka@gmail.com

Eva Lokajová studied Media studies at The University of Constantine the Philosopher, Faculty of Arts in Nitra, Slovakia. She has worked in production at TV LUX in Bratislava, Slovakia, as well as LUX NEW YORK in New York City in broadcasting, making short videos and social media marketing. She is currently working at the Nation’s Memory Institute in Bratislava, on collecting and shooting of the Oral History of the victims of totalitarian regimes, editing and production of the short documentaries on social media, features and reportages; as well as at The Freedom Festival in Bratislava, as a supervisor of the programme, structure, web content and PR activities.

The family that brought the film to Nitra. Story of the Starks / documentary / 2022, in post-production / as editor, sound designer
Small World of Truth / documentary / 2021-2022 / as screenwriter, director, cinematographer, editor
33 years since the Candle Manifestation / short documentary / 2021 / as screenwriter, director, cinematographer, editor
Victims' memories of Action K (Spomienky obetí na Akciu K) / short documentary / 2020 / as screenwriter, director, cinematographer, editor

Janine Grün

director

COUNTRY: Germany
CONTACT: janinegruen97@web.de

Janine Grün is a film student and aspiring filmmaker from Germany, currently living in Cluj - Napoca, Romania. She finished her Bachelor in Communication Studies and Public Relations and since then she has been working as a copywriter, proof-reader and translator on a freelance basis. She volunteered at the Transilvanian International Film Festival and completed internships at Numa Film, a local production company, the German television ZDF, and is currently responsible for the communication of Cineimpact, an Academy of Film, Transmedia and Interaction Design, based in Romania. Driven by her curiosity and empathy, she likes to explore stories of real, authentic human experiences starting with her own life.

Between Us / short documentary / 2021 / as director, camera operator, editor

Liina Salonen

photographer / artist

COUNTRY: Estonia
CONTACT: liinasalonen4@gmail.com

Liina Salonen studies, teaches, organises exhibitions and takes part in various projects and courses. She decided to turn her head toward documentary film at the end of her year in art school, where she was studying photography. It seems to her that documentary has more potential to bring forth conversations and, eventually, change.
At the moment, she also works in a non-profit organisation Effective Altruism Estonia as a communications manager. There she aims to find people with altruistic and analytical mind-sets that could use their skills in a beneficial way for the world. She wishes to continue to communicate with the world through film.

Lucky to be Here / short documentary / 2022 / as director

Lucia Lalor

filmmaker

COUNTRY: Argentina
CONTACT: lalorlucia@gmail.com

Lucía Lalor wrote and directed the short films Notes from a Dromedary (2022- co-produced by Werner Herzog Film), Igneous Journal (2022), Azul (2019 - Bafici, Fice, International Female Festival Turkey) and Paulina (2019). She studied film direction at Universidad del Cine Buenos Aires. In 2021 she was a part of the Film Programme of Universidad Di Tella and of the Werner Herzog Film Accelerator in Lanzarote. Nowadays she is focused on her documentary Mam and her first feature Saturn Return, both produced by Gale Cine.

Notes on a Dromedary / short film / 2022 / as director, writer, editor
Igneous Journal / short documentary / 2022 / as director, writer, editor
Azul / short film / 2019 / as director, writer
Con este miedo al futuro / feature film / 2018 / as production designer
Paulina / short film / 2017 / as director, writer

Azul / Bafici / Buenos Aires, Argentina / 2019
Azul / FICE / Ensenada, Argentina / 2021
Azul / International Women Filmmakers Festival Kadin / Turkey / 2022
Paulina / Early Bird International Student Film Festival / Bulgaria / 2017
Paulina / Sydney World Film Festival / Australia / 2017

Mateusz Gołębiewski

filmmaker

COUNTRY: Poland
CONTACT: mateusz.golebiewski.film@gmail.com

Mateusz Gołębiewski is a graduate of the Academy of Film and Television and the Warsaw School of Advertising. He began his career in Polish Radio, where he made several radio reportages. One of them, Dookoła nic nie widać, was awarded second prize in a national radio documentary competition. His work is inspired by the Polish School of Documentary, American Sport Documentaries (Once Brothers, Escobar vs. Escobar) and Romanian New Wave. Common denominator of his inspirations is undoubtedly a great interest in a character, often a hero and a brave but for some reason forgotten individual. Gołębiewski is also a fan, an enthusiast, and a proponent of sport, in practice.

The Fencer / short documentary / 2021 / as director, screenwriter, director of photography
Learn to fly / short documentary / 2021 / as director, screenwriter, director of photography

Miguel Ángel Sánchez

filmmaker

COUNTRY: Mexico
CONTACT: miguel.tresmas@gmail.com

Miguel Ángel Sánchez is an independent Mexican filmmaker, activist and teacher. His work has premiered and been awarded nationally and internationally, and addresses humanitarian and urgent social issues in Mexico and the world, from an angle of reality and empowerment through the use of stories. He studied film creation and production for 11+ years. He has a Multimedia Design specialisation from the School of Fine Arts in Mexico City. He specialised in Producing and Directing in the National School of Film Arts of the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He was selected at the Berlinale Talents 2022. He currently directs two documentary series for video on demand platforms. He co-founded Libres Films, a production company that addresses urgent humanitarian and social issues in Mexico.

Anthropos / work in progress/ full-length documentary / 2022 / as director
Turtle World / work in progress /documentary series / 2022 / as director
#DignaDigna / work in progress / transmedia and interactive project which include documentary series / 2021 / as creative director, director of some episodes of the series
The Same Blood / work in progress / full-length documentary / 2022 / as producer
The Outcast Dance / work in progress / documentary series / 2022 / as producer
Mexican Town / work in progress / full-length fiction / 2022 / as producer
Out with Our Love / work in progress / full-length hybrid film / 2022 / as producer
The Dove and the Wolf / full-length fiction / 2019 / as producer

The Dove and the Wolf / Locarno Film Festival / Cineasti del presente / 2019 / Switzerland / Swatch Art Peace Hotel Award | Best Mexican Film, Los Cabos International Film Festival | Best Mexican Film, UNAM International Film Festival
The Same Blood / IMCINE / New Looks / EICTV, Cuba / 2018 / EFD AWARD / Havana, Cuba

Mike Freedman

filmmaker

COUNTRY: United Kingdom
CONTACT: defamerminke@outlook.com

Mike Freedman is a filmmaker with eighteen years of experience in the industry. He directed the award-winning feature documentary Critical Mass, which played globally including screenings at the Smithsonian Museum in Washington DC and Lincoln Centre in New York City. Mike has travelled to over 60 countries, some of which do not technically exist, and worked on projects in 15 of them. Excerpts from his film work with genocide survivors and Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh have been screened by the Aegis Trust in Kigali at their commemoration of the genocide against the Tutsis in Rwanda and used by the law firm Foley Hoag in preparation for their landmark suit against the government of Myanmar for crimes against humanity.

Critical Mass / documentary / 2012 / as director, writer, producer
Blessed Are The Strangers / documentary / 2017 / as producer
The Last Guardians / documentary / 2017 / as producer
Hitman: Breaking Out Of The Box / documentary / 2017 / as editor, camera operator

Critical Mass / Newport Beach Film Festival / Newport Beach, USA / 2013 / Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking
Critical Mass / DOXA / Vancouver, Canada / 2013
Critical Mass / European Film Festival / Palic, Serbia / 2013
Critical Mass / DC Environmental Film Festival / Washington, D.C., USA / 2014

Nataša Gaši

screenwriter

COUNTRY: Slovenia
CONTACT: natasa.gasi@gmail.com

Nataša Gaši works in the Educational department at Slovenian national television – RTVSLO. Her specialty is developing and executing various formats of TV shows. In recent years she mostly worked on science TV shows, but she always wanted to tell different stories through audio-visual work like documentaries and other forms of films. In the past decade she occasionally made some documentaries and various shorter forms (5-minute-long documentaries on history, cultural and natural heritage, and science, which were included in some of the shows produced by RTVSLO). She has a lot of interesting stories to tell but she wants to dedicate more time and knowledge to develop a script, which does not have to rely on the budget but the story and film.

Karla Bulovec Mrak / short documentary / 2015 / as screenwriter, director
Slovenia, the Promised Land / short documentary / 2011 / as screenwriter
Sculpture of Time / documentary / 2009 / as screenwriter

Pio Filgueira Risso

filmmaker

COUNTRY: Argentina
CONTACT: filgueirapio@gmail.com

Pio Filgueira Risso was born in Buenos Aires. He is a professional music producer and image and sound designer. Pio is also a director and producer at SIESTA CINE. Since 2017, he has worked as an assistant in advertising for Key Production. He worked for brands such as Renault, Ford, Pure Leaf, Colgate, and in production companies such as SALADO UNLTD, REBOLUCIÓN, LUNGO FILMS, among others.
His first approach to art was the guitar, he started with rock until he moved to jazz, and studied with musicians who were always taking him down the path of authorship and finding personality in interpretation. As the years passed, he became more and more interested in cinema and literature until he started studying at the University of Buenos Aires, when his search changed direction and became completely consolidated. He began to be interested in immersive film, the construction of a climate, a dense universe that tells more than the narrative itself.

The Once and The Future / feature film / 2021 / as production assistant
Inner Space / feature documentary / 2020 / as screenwriter, director
Marilyn / feature film / 2018 / as production assistant
The Hare / short fiction / 2016 / as production assistant
Ribbon / short fiction / 2016 / as screenwriter, director

Rratseko Howard Mashilo Nthite

filmmaker

COUNTRY: South Africa
CONTACT: napwadiwa9u9@gmail.com

Rratsheko Mashilo Nthite is an award winning integration documentary filmmaking from South Africa, Winner of the Basha Uhuru Creative Pitch. He is currently running Room 53 Films which is a South African film production that is able to actively do projects across African countries. He believes in projects that question human sociology, philosophy and its ethics, and speak to all genders and races. He has been specialising in integration documentary films that reflect on the abilities of people who are born differently, but able to live in a different human shell. He is a member of the South African Documentary Association.

Risen Gods / feature documentary / 2021 / as producer, director
Africa Ikalafe / feature series / 2021 / as co-director , director of photography
Womb Dance / short documentary / 2019 / as producer, director, cinematographer
I saw it / short documentary /2018 / as producer, cinematographer
Bathelhelm / short documentary / 2019 / as producer, director, cinematographer
Sibusiso's Handprint / documentary / 2017 / as producer, director

Womb Dance / Fespaco Pan African Film & TV Festival / Competition / Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso / 2021
Womb Dance / Rwanda Film Festival / Competition / Kigali, Rwanda / 2020
Womb Dance / Durban International Film Festival / Durban, South Africa / 2019

Salu K Thomas

cinematographer

COUNTRY: India
CONTACT: kthomas.salu@gmail.com

Salu K Thomas went to school in his hometown and obtained a degree in mechanical engineering from Mar Athanasius College of Engineering, Kerala. After working as assistant director in some commercials and feature films, he joined a national film school in Kolkata and took cinematography as the major subject. The film school influenced and developed his aesthetics, offering him as much knowledge as such a school can offer. After graduating from Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute, Salu shot his first feature film The great Indian Kitchen which went on to become the subject of a big discussion and success in India. The latest film is a documentary about his hometown, shot and processed in 8k resolution. He is now interested in exploring the possibilities and excitement of the full-length documentary format?

Tarla / feature film / 2022 / as director of photography
Sree Dhanya Catering / feature film / 2022 / as director of photography
Untitled / full-length documentary / 2022 / as director of photography
Have You Seen Him / short fiction / 2021 / as director of photography
Asangadithar / short docu-fiction / 2021 / as director of photography
Old Age Home / short fiction / 2021 / as director of photography
Since Forever / short fiction / 2021 / as director of photography
Life in stars / short fiction / 2021 / as director of photography
The great Indian Kitchen / feature film / 2020 / as director of photography
Suranga / short fiction / 2020 / as director of photography
Weaving a Dream / feature documentary / 2019 / as director of photography
IIT KGP - Avenue of Excellence / short documentary / 2019 / as director of photography
Dhyamna / feature docu-fiction / 2018 / as director of photography
On the Edge of Life / short documentary / 2018 / as director of photography
Bhoomi / short fiction / 2017 / as director of photography
Aatishbaazi / short fiction / 2016 / as director of photography
Barota / short fiction / 2016 / as director of photography
Certain people / short fiction / 2016 / as writer, director
In Search of the Last God / short documentary / 2014 / as director of photography
Kothamangalam - a monsoon journey / short documentary / 2013 / as director, cinematographer, editor
Praanthu / short fiction / 2012 / as writer and director

The Great Indian Kitchen / Indian film festival, Stuttgart / Stuttgart, Germany / 2021/ PM_Winner_IFFS18 / The German star of India
The Great Indian Kitchen / UK Asian Film Festival/ UK/ 2021/ Tongues on Fire Making waves digitally
The Great Indian Kitchen / Indian film festival of Melbourne/ 2021 / Melbourne, Australia/ 2021/ Equality in cinema
Since Forever / International short film festival of Kasargod / Kasargod, India / 2021/ Best cinematography
Life in Stars / International short film festival of Bengaluru/ Bengaluru, India / 2021/ Best runner up
Bhoomi / Ragam Short Film Festival / NIT Calicut / 2018/ Best Cinematography
Bhoomi / Cinema Paradiso Short Film Featival / Kerala, India/ 2018/ Best Cinematography

Sanne De Wilde

visual artist

COUNTRY: Belgium
CONTACT: contact@sannedewilde.com

Sanne De Wilde is a visual artist working with the medium of photography, film, installation and painting creating long term work on genetics, identity and perception while experimenting with collaborative approaches in storytelling.
She graduated with a Master in the Fine Arts at KASK in Ghent (BE) with great honours in 2012. The British Journal of Photography selected De Wilde as one of 'the best emerging talents from around the world' in 2014.
Her work has been internationally published (The Guardian, The New Yorker, Le Monde, CNN, Vogue) and exhibited (Voies OFF, Tribeca Film Festival, Circulations, Lagos Photo, Lodz Fotofestival, IDFA, STAM and EYE). De Wilde joined NOOR in 2017. Currently she is a professor in photography at the University of Applied Science and Arts in Dortmund, Germany. She is represented by East Wing Gallery (Doha, Qatar).

The Island of the Colorblind

2021 / Juror IDFA Doclab: DocLab Competition for Digital Storytelling
The Island of the Colorblind / 2017 / Storyscapes, Tribeca Film Festival / NY, USA
The Island of the Colorblind / 2016 / DOCLAB: Elastic Reality, IDFA, de Brakke Grond, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Winner World Press Photo Award 2019 in category 'Portraiture' / 2019
Winner CAP Prize / 2019
Winner Prix VOIES OFF / 2019
Winner Grand Prix Rovinj Photodays / 2019
Winner Jury Special Prize in Lianzhou / 2019
Winner Best vormgegeven Boeken 2019, Beste Beeldboek, The Island of the Colorblind
PHMuseum 3rd prize winner / 2018
Zilveren Camera 2017 Storytelling Award / 2017
PHMuseum 3rd prize winner / 2017
Finalist FC Barcelona Award / 2016
Finalist Viewbook Grant / 2016
Winner Firecracker Photographic Grant 2016, Firecracker, UK / 2016
Winner Portfolio Review Athens Photofestival / 2016
Finalist ‘Grand Prix Fotofestival 2016’, Lodz, Poland / 2016
Finalist ‘Skin Photo Prize 2016’ Exhibition, Fondazione Studio Marangoni, Florence, Italy / 2016

Solanki Chakraborty

filmmaker

COUNTRY: India
CONTACT: solankirchithi@gmail.com

Solanki studied at the Satyajit Ray Film & Television Institute of India, Kolkata, where he acquired a diploma in Cinema, Department of Motion Picture Photography. Over the past 9 years, she has participated in the making of a few documentaries, short films, digital ads and independent feature films, in the role of a cinematographer.
According to Solanki, film is an extremely sensitive art form. It gives immense power to the storyteller to impact the viewer's mind in whichever way he/she chooses to. Solanki believes that films are agents of change. They are a superior medium to reflect on realities of life and sometimes even dreams and hyper-realities of life.

Parde Meh Rehneh Doh / short fiction / 2022, post-production / as cinematographer
Moo! The Epic Horns / documentary / 2022, post-production / as cinematographer
Portrait / short fiction / 2022, post-production / as cinematographer
The Warli Revolt / documentary / 2021-22 / as cinematographer
Serengeti / short fiction / 2021 / as cinematographer
Transnational India / docu-series / 2021 / as cinematographer
Indian Children during Pandemic / documentary / 2021 / as cinematographer
Sharmila Tagore / documentary / 2019 / as cinematographer
Pi / feature film / 2019 / as cinematographer
Adi Sonal / short fiction / 2019 / as cinematographer
Chupchaap / short fiction/ 2019 / as cinematographer
Bunno-K-Endo / feature film / 2019 / as cinematographer
Welcome to Conspiracy / documentary / 2018 / as cinematographer
Mentor To Go / documentary / 2017 / as cinematographer
My Blue Sky / short film / 2017 / as cinematographer
Double Life / short film / 2017 / as cinematographer
For Your Eyes Only / short film / 2017 / as cinematographer
Teenage of India / documentary / 2016 / as cinematographer
Rahat / documentary / 2016 / as cinematographer
India In One Day / documentary / 2015 / as cinematographer
Silence Amidst Violence / documentary / 2015 / as cinematographer
Images, Reflections / documentary / 2015 / as cinematographer
Dibba / short fiction / 2015 / as cinematographer
Barre / short fiction / 2014 / as cinematographer

Transnational India / 33rd Glaad Media PEABODY Award / Docu-Series / USA / Best Docu Series
India In One Day / Sundance Film Festival / Documentary / USA
Chupchaap / Jio-FilmFare Award / Short Film / India

Tadej Čater

filmmaker

COUNTRY: Slovenia
CONTACT: catertadej@gmail.com

Tadej Čater was born in Celje, Slovenia. During his studies he wrote literary critiques and essays, as well as drama scripts. For the last twenty years he has been working in scriptwriting and directing. He participated in various festivals (EBU Creative Forum, Berlin 2013). For the show Enajsta Šola (11th School) he received two Viktor awards for best kids and youth show (2008, 2009). He is also the author of some television formats.

The Last Cowboy / documentary / 2022 / as screenwriter, director
Oma / short documentary / 2021 / as screenwriter, director
My New Goal / short documentary / 2020 / as screenwriter, director
By One Degree Too / short documentary / 2019 / as screenwriter, director
Swallows Fly Low / documentary / 2018 / as screenwriter, director
When We Were Only Children / documentary / 2017 / as screenwriter, director
Pišnica River Basin With Berr Grillz / short film / 2016 / as screenwriter, director
Mesto, ki kljubuje / documentary / 2016 / as screenwriter, director
Roof of Rock / short documentary / 2014 / as screenwriter, director
Return Ticket / short documentary / 2012 / as screenwriter, director
The Last Post / short documentary / 2011 / as screenwriter, director

Viktorija Akavickaitė

producer

COUNTRY: Lithuania
CONTACT: vhiktorija@gmail.com

Viktorija Akavickaitė graduated from the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre with a Bachelor’s degree in Film Management in 2018. In 2020, she obtained a Master’s degree in Film Art (Production). In 2021, Viktorija established a film production company CINERGIJA Production House and at this moment she is developing new documentary film projects with young and promising Lithuanian filmmakers. Viktorija is also a mental illness prevention activist. She does believe that films can help audiences to better understand these topics and thus lead to help-seeking behaviour.

Eine schokoladen lampe / short fiction / 2020 / as producer
It's alright / short fiction / 2020 / as producer
Old rifle / short fiction / 2019 / as producer
Tragedy of Irka / short fiction / 2017 / as producer

It's alright (dir. J. Greičiūtė) / Best Lithuanian short film / European film forum Scanorama, New Baltic Cinema / 2020
It's alright / Best Student short Film of the Year / National cinema awards Silver Winch / 2022
Eine schokoladen lampe (dir. A. Bartkus) / Best student short film / Moscow shorts films festival / 2020

Aakash Gawali

filmmaker

Aditya Gosar

cinematographer

Alvina Joshi

filmmaker

Ananthakrishnan Baburajendran Pillai

filmmaker

Andre Hayato Saito

filmmaker

Andrius Lekavicius

filmmaker

Anitha Gomathy

filmmaker

Anja Koprivšek

director

Ariane Doehring

director

Ashok Meena

filmmaker

Eva Lokajová

filmmaker

Janine Grün

director

Liina Salonen

photographer / artist

Lucia Lalor

filmmaker

Mateusz Gołębiewski

filmmaker

Max Orlewicz

filmmaker

Miguel Ángel Sánchez

filmmaker

Mike Freedman

filmmaker

Nataša Gaši

screenwriter

Nikola Egerić

assembler

Pio Filgueira Risso

filmmaker

Rratseko Howard Mashilo Nthite

filmmaker

Salu K Thomas

cinematographer

Sanne De Wilde

visual artist

Solanki Chakraborty

filmmaker

Tadej Čater

filmmaker

Viktorija Akavickaitė

producer

NFC Filmart 2022.