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Eliza Capai is an independent documentary filmmaker who focuses on social issues. She is especially interested in amplifying voices from marginalized sectors of society to foster empathy. Capai graduated from Universidade de São Paulo with a degree in journalism, and was a fellow at MIT’s Open Documentary Lab.

White Right: Meeting the Enemy

Deeyah Khan is an Emmy and Peabody award-winning documentary film director. In 2016, she became the first UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador for artistic freedom and creativity. Her documentary, Banaz: A Love Story (2012), chronicles the life and death of a young, British Kurdish woman murdered by her family in a so-called honor killing. Khan's second film, Jihad, involved two years of filming with Islamic extremists, convicted terrorists and former jihadis. Khan has also produced a number of critically-acclaimed albums, including Listen to the Banned, a compilation that brought together musicians from around the world who have been subject to persecution, censorship and imprisonment.

Whispers

Jacek Nagłowski is a film producer, director, and member of the Polish Film Academy. His documentary film, Gugara (2008), was selected by the Cannes Film Festival and was purchased for the Centre Pompidou collection in Paris. In 2012, he co-founded Circus Digitalis, a company focused on VFX, 3D imaging solutions and virtual reality.

When Tomatoes Met Wagner

Marianna Economou studied anthropology, photojournalism and film production in London. Since 2000, she has directed and produced documentary series and independent films, in co-production with European broadcasters such as the BBC, ARTE and YLE.

What Walaa Wants

Christy Garland has directed award-winning and critically acclaimed documentary features and fiction shorts. Based in Toronto, she often co-produces with the Nordic countries. Distributed worldwide, Garland's films deliver strong dramatic development, poignant character transformation and universally felt themes.

Wanderers of White Time

Rimvydas Leipus is an award-winning cinematographer. He attended the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography (VGIK) in Moscow, and received a Bachelor's degree in Cinematography. Rimvydas's work was shown on many A-class film festivals such as Cannes, Berlinale, Venice, Karlovy Vary, Shanghai, Rotterdam, Tallin.

Village in the Sky

Ramesh Holbole studied Marathi Literature at Fergusson College, in Pune, India. He was the editor of the literary magazine, Aksharvel. He currently studies directing and scriptwriting at the Film & Television Institute of India.

Time Passes Through the City

Almantas Grikevičius is a documentary and feature film director and scriptwriter graduated from All-Union State Institute of Cinematography in 1965. In 1969-1992 he worked at the Lithuanian Film Studio. His film A Fact was the first Lithuanian film to be shown and awarded at the Cannes Film Festival, whereas his film Feelings is considered to be all-time best Lithuanian film. In 2009 he was awarded with the Lithuanian National Prize for his lifetime achievements and input in Lithuanian culture.

Tiny Souls

A Jordanian director and producer with Palestinian roots, Dina Naser graduated with a BA in Art and Graphic Design. In 2013, she received the DocNomads scholarship to pursue a Master's Degree in Documentary Filmmaking. Naser’s devotion for documenting is inspired by seemingly ordinary people and stories that spring from her homeland in Palestine.

Selected filmography:

2016 - Sea Wash

2015 - One Minute

Transnistra

Anna Eborn is a Swedish artist and filmmaker, working and producing her films in Denmark. She studied Film and Photography in Malmö, and Human Geography at the University of Gotland, Sweden. Her debut documentary, Pine Ridge (2013), was in the Official Selection at the Venice International Film Festival 2013, and was awarded the Best Nordic Documentary at the International Film Festival in Gothenburg in 2014.