Mark studied Independent Film Production and Avant-garde Film. He has worked in television production and as a sports journalist and teaches screenwriting. His award winning films include Shadow Gene, Ham & The Piper and Crossing Bridges.

A filmmaker and producer, in June of 2025 Emanuela was named President of CNA Toscana Centro – Cinema ez Audiovisivo in Italy. Her films have figured prominently.

(Our Old Man and the Sea). Lander is a native of Bilbao, Basque Country and a graduate in Audiovisual Communication. He worked primarily as a screenwriter, assistant director and editor for Spanish tv networks in the 2000s. He founded his production company Pressure Filmak in Bilbao, and has won awards in Chile, UK, Italy, United Arab Emirates, Iraq and Hungary. He moved to New York City in 2017, opened Pressure Filmak LLC in Brooklyn and turned to a more technical career as cinematographer. As Producer and Director in the US, his web series The Coffee Advisors, an investigation of the 9/11 terrorist attacjs through a comedy series, and his short film The Union, a study of union power structures in the NYC metropolitan area, are two among many of his US-based projects. He’s also co-founder of Defy Funding LLC, a startup that works to tokenize global culture through the Defy Portal ticketing platform. His passion lies in committed storytelling, cultural diversity and art independent of funding methods.

Emmitt H. Thrower is an award-winning disabled filmmaker, producer, director, and activist whose work fuses art and advocacy to elevate marginalized voices, especially within the disability community. Living with impaired vision, he transforms personal experience into stories that challenge stereotypes and demand inclusion. His documentaries include Where Is Hope: The Art of Murder (2015) and New Borning: A Bronx Tale (2023). His sci-fi series Beyond The Limits – Disability in the Twilight Zone (2024) reimagines genre storytelling through a disability lens. His short film Dancing with Waves (2024) earned multiple festival honors, alongside Telly and the Independent Spirit award in culture.

Hiroya Sakurai is a famous video artist in Japan, a representative of the second generation of Japanese video art. The 1980s became a golden age of discovering oneself through new technologies that were more affordable and flexible than those of the generation of the late 1960s. He is a protegé of the celebrated Katsuhiro Yamaguchi, pioneer in the development of Japanese video art.

Alan lives and works as a Producer / Director / Editor and Photographer in New York City and Berlin.

As the founder of Angry Buddha Films and Shila Creatives NYC, he does not only take care of his crews and clients from all around the world, but also of his three lovely daughters and cat Shila.

By now, Alan has developed a great passion for shooting films, especially documentaries, documentary-style commercials and branded content clips.

Numerous travels to the most remote places and his involvement in various socially engaged projects, mainly in Mexico and Nepal, shaped his view of the world and are strongly reflected in his work.

He is currently working on the feature documentary #WHEREAREYOU about the limits of digital communication.

Carmine Carpenito, Swiss-born of Italian descent, is a film journalist, first-time director, writer, and producer. He joined genre platform BlairWitch.de in 2005, becoming its owner by 2021. He’s conducted in-depth interviews with Hollywood icons like Jamie Lee Curtis and Charlize Theron. Since 2013, he has managed press materials for Universal, Disney, and Paramount in Switzerland, and contributes to Swiss cinema magazine FILM GUIDE. In 2024, he independently financed his short film COME AND FIND ME, exploring unnoticed dangers, aiming to spark conversation about overlooked threats.

the short youth film “Rups” (Caterpillar), about the quiet strength of the introvert, which won several nominations and awards at festivals such as Cinekid, NFF, Northern Filmfestival, Youth Filmfestival Antwerp. Her work is distinguished by a feminine perspective on youth film with a distinctive visual style. Through imaginative stories and colourful worldbuilding, the perspective of kids themselves is crutial in her films. She aims to not underestimate children, but rather to challenge them.

Director, screenwriter and producer of the short film “Sangro”, winner of the “Silver Hugo awards for Best Animated Film” at the 2019 Chicago Festival, “Best Brazilian Short Film” and “Best Documentary” at Anima Mundi 2019, selected by “Annecy International Animation Festival”. Scriptwriter for the reality show “Drag Race Brazil” on Paramount+ and WOW. Producer and screenwriter of the short film “Guida”, by Rosana Urbes, winner of the Jean-Luc Xiberras prize at the “Annecy International Animation Festival 2015”. Director of the stop motion short film "Kabuki", a Brazil/France co-production in partnership with Wag Films, Amopix and the France 3 channel.

Julien Jean-Zayatz is French-American of Italian and Eastern European descent, born in Boston and raised in the Normandy countryside in France. After graduating from high school, he began studying Image Science in Paris. At the same time, to gain practical experience, he worked on small film projects, which confirmed his passion for storytelling. With his multicultural roots, he was always curious about living abroad. After a few years in the media industry in the French capital, Julien relocated to Spain, near Valencia, where he worked as a freelance videomaker and editor. Julien’s time there inspired his debut short film Tea Travel, which won an award at its world premiere, the International Sound & Film Music Festival in Croatia, judged and celebrated by Oscar, BAFTA, and César winners. Since its premiere, Tea Travel has continued to win awards in England and the United States of America.

Director Edi Erceg grew up in Zagorje. His love for movies manifested after watching a lot of behind the scenes features in a local videostore. After filming his 1st movie on a workshop during Pula Film Festival in 2013, he continued to go on film workshops for the next 10 years, culminating in his first directorial feature, pilot-project of a TV show S.N.A.P. Besides filmmaking, he is a history and literature graduate.

Director Nimai Kolega grew up in Los Angeles close to Universal Studios, where he spent most of his days. His love for film manifested in movie capital of the world, especially after seeing Steven Spielberg directing his movie "War of the Worlds". He came to Zagreb in 2008, and after finishing high school pursued career in filmmaking, debuting with the pilot-project of TV show S.N.A.P., which featured in numerous youth film festivals like Sisak and Karlovac. Beside filmmaking, he has graduated audio engineering at MPA and has worked for an Emmy award winning CGI firm.

While this marks KR Rajesh’s debut writing and directing a narrative film, he has 27 years of behind-the-scenes experience in the Indian Film Industry, overseeing and executing film productions for feature and ad films, running production houses, studios and film education institutes. He is a disciple and close associate of the legendary Bharathiraja, and gained much of his expertise working under him in his world-class films and assisting him in his makings.

Rajesh KR is a Gold medalist in film directing from Kerala Film Academy, Trivandrum, India.

Eva Kübar (1981) is an Estonian filmmaker, culture critic and film teacher. She has

studied film directing in the Baltic Film and Media School (BFM). Her graduation

work, the short film “Three” has earned several international prizes and

visited numerous festivals (Beijing Film Academy student film festival, China) ,

2ANNAS (Latvia), Le Cinema et la Mer (Morocco) etc). Her first short documentary“Feathers or Glamour” (2023) about chicken living in the urban environment was a big success in Estonia. In 2024 her first feature length documentary “My Partners” about polyamory was released In addition to that Kübar works as a film producer, culture critic and 1st assistant director. Kübar is also one of the founders of Kinomaja Film School in Tallinn where she teaches filmmaking to teenagers.

Ángel-Manuel Torres, Jr -- born and raised in The Bronx, NY, is a Puerto Rican artist, with a focus on filmmaking. Since a young kid running around in the projects of the South Bronx, Ángel-Manuel has always been imaginative. Since a child he imagined himself being a writer, so he became one. 

After self-publishing a sci-fi novel, Light Minutes, he co-wrote his first ever screenplay -- a feature-length based on his novel. This would become the start of more projects as that very script had become the catalyst to Angel-Manuel's motion-picture work to-date.

Alana Gill is a 20-year-old filmmaker who is currently completing her undergraduate degree in Media Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. She actively participates in Carmichael Studios and Writers Room, both college clubs about film creation. Ever since she was little, she has enjoyed watching movies and shows and has always been inspired to create. Now in college, she finds great love and passion when working on short independent films with her peers. As of now, set design, lighting, and editing hold her current interest and are the positions she gravitates to most when working on films. However, she is always learning, growing, and expanding her interests. Outside of film and school, she enjoys drawing, spending time with her friends and family, and absolutely loves anything animated or Stranger Things related.

Bee Harwell (b. 2005) is an emerging filmmaker based in Raleigh, North Carolina currently majoring in Media Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Her  works have been included in film and moving images festivals such as the Bronx World Film Cycle in New York. She enjoys editing and writing poetry and hanging out with her cat, Pescara.

Braeden Hosier (b. 2004) is an emerging filmmaker based in Greensboro, North Carolina currently majoring in Media Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (class of 2027). Braeden participates in the creation of student films on campus and enjoys baking, collecting physical media, and reading/writing screenplays. He has written 2 short film screenplays and is currently in the process of writing a third.