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Crime + Punishment

Stephen Maing is an Emmy-nominated documentary filmmaker and visual journalist based in Brooklyn, NY. His filmmaking merges an interest in underrepresented individuals and communities, and the evolving considerations of identity, visual language and narrative structure. Stephen has directed films for the New York Times, Time Magazine, The Nation, The Intercept and Field of Vision. He is a fellow of the Sundance Institute's Documentary Film Program, and recipient of the International Documentary Association's inaugural Enterprise Investigative Journalism grant. He is an adjunct at Massachusetts College of Art in Boston where he teaches summer courses in documentary filmmaking.

Selected filmography: 
2016 - The Release (documentary short)
2015 - The Surrender (documentary short)
2012 - High Tech, Low Life

Cold Case Hammarskjöld

Mads Brügger is a Danish journalist, television host, author and filmmaker. He has written several books, worked for magazines and newspapers, produced award-winning radio programs, and hosted the critically-acclaimed, late-night television show, The 11th Hour, as well as the daily news program, Deadline.

Selected filmography: 
2012 - The Ambassador
2010 - The Red Chapel

Code of Freedom 1991

Andrius Lekavičius is a multimedia storyteller directing commercial and non-commercial audiovisual productions. His latest animated documentary, Delta Zoo, was screened in cinemas across Lithuania and at festivals around the world. Growing up in the 1990s, his creative focus is on this period of essential change.

Selected filmography: 
2019 - Delta Zoo
2018 - Blurred Border

Call Me Intern

Nathalie Berger applies her interest in art and politics to incite debate on social issues. She made a documentary about the impact of “voluntourism” on local communities in Kenya, and initiated a human rights art collective in Geneva. She was a content creator for the Solar Impulse project, and produced videos for the world's first solar plane.

Leo David Hyde is an activist, filmmaker and editor from New Zealand. He has worked on a variety of projects, including social media campaigns for NGOs and political activism, through Collective Bievre. He recently completed work on a 12-part documentary series for Public Services International, which examines the achievements and challanges of public service workers across the world.

Breathless

Daniel Lambo is a filmmaker from Belgium. He started his career as a writer for theater, television and cinema. As a director, Lambo shifted his attention towards social themes. His renewed approach to filmmaking—both intuitive and socially engaged—inspired him to start his own production company, Lambo Films.

Selected filmography: 
2016 - De Figurant
2013 - Los Flamencos
2012 - Dry Branches of Iran

Bellingcat - Truth in a Post-Truth World

Hans Pool is a Dutch director and cinematographer who creates films with a journalistic approach. He studied Dutch Language and Literature at the University of Amsterdam, and later specialized in Camera and Directing in the Audiovisual Design Department of the Royal Academy, Den Hague. His films often include the topic of journalism and the impact of media, and tackle political questions.

Selected filmography: 
2012 - Putin's Olympic Dream
2009 - Views on Vermeer
2004 - The Right to Win

-22.7°C

Jan Kounen is a director, screenwriter and producer born in the Netherlands. He has made several short films, feature films, documentaries and recently released three VR experiences: Ayahuasca – Kosmik Journey, Seven Lives and -22.7°C.

Selected filmography: 
2009 - Coco Chanel & Igor Stravinsky (fiction feature)
2004 - Other Worlds
1997 - Dobermann (fiction feature)

Earth

Nicolaus Geyrhalter is a director, cinematographer, scriptwriter and producer. At the age of 22, he formed his own production company, Nikolaus Geyrhalter Filmproduktion (NGF), which has since produced many award-winning documentaries, fiction features, and series for TV and cinema. Geyrhalter's films have been screened at the New York Museum of Modern Art's Doc Fortnight, and at multiple festivals worldwide.

Selected filmography: 
2018 - The Border Fence
2016 - Homo sapiens
2015 - Over the Years

Free University

Born in the UK, Jonathan Hunter moved to Budapest in 2016, and studied documentary filmmaking and philosophy at Central European University. Hunter has made educational content, several commercial videos and short documentaries. He now works as a freelance filmmaker and videographer in Florence, Italy.

Hi, A.I.

Isa Willinger is a documentary film director. She studied directing at the University of Film and Television in Munich. She also holds Master’s degrees in Slavic Studies, North American Studies and Sociology. Willinger is interested in social change and the history of human ideas. She has contributed to the film magazine, Revolver, and is the author of a book on the films of Kira Muratova.

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