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Technology executive-turned-filmmaker Hao Wu takes a raw and human approach to storytelling in an era when culture evolves online. Wu previously held management roles at Alibaba, TripAdvisor and Excite@Home. His award-winning films have received support from JustFilms/Ford Foundation, ITVS, Sundance, Tribeca and international broadcasters. His 2018 documentary film People's Republic of Desire was screened at the 16th Verzió in the Media the 4th Estate section.

This local reporter in Wuhan wishes to remain anonymous to protect his identity. On assignment to take photos for his employer at different Wuhan hospitals during the lockdown, he started shooting videos for the first time, for himself.

Shengze Zhu (born in 1987, in China) is a documentary filmmaker and producer. Her directorial feature debut, Out of Focus (2014), premiered at Cinéma du Réel. Her second feature documentary, Another Year (2016), received the Best Film Award at Visions du Réel, and the Grand Prize at Montreal. Zhu co-founded the production company, Burn The Film, with director and visual artist, Yang Zhengfan, and has also served as producer for Yang's films.

Akshaya Sawant is a multimedia artist from Mumbai, India, who focuses on the human experience as knitted in the web of gender, culture and traditions. She has a bachelor's degree in fine arts, with a major in painting. She is a Dean's Fellow and received her MFA from Emerson College, Boston, in May 2019. Her first feature documentary, Talking To The Wind, received the Virgin Unite Social Impact Film Fund (2017, 2018), and won the Platinum Remi Award in the social/economic films category at the 53rd WorldFest Houston International Film Festival.

Eszter Hajdú is a film director, scriptwriter and producer based in Portugal and Hungary. She regularly lectures at universities, and holds workshops and masterclasses for film students and human rights activists. Her films cover social and political taboos.