Mickey Yamine grew up in Cairo (Egypt) and moved to Germany at 18. After various jobs in film and TV, he began his studies in film production at the HFF Film University […]

Philip Gnadt gained first experiences as a camera assistant for five years in TV and cinema productions, before studying at the Media University in Stuttgart. In 2003 he received the […]

Naotaro Endo is the director, cinematographer and editor from Tokyo, Japan. His film Tsukiji Wonderland was selected for the 2017 Festival.

Zackary Canepari is a photographer and filmmaker with a specialty in, as he puts it “documentary-editorial-portrait-commercial-journalism-reportage with a secret passion for still life.” He has worked as a photojournalist for New York […]

Drea Cooper has an MFA in Cinema directed big-deal commercials that played all the time during the Olympics, made an award-winning documentary, directed other TV commercials and web films for […]

A passion for nature has led Sindre Kinnerød to every continent and on a slew of climbing expeditions. An explorer and photographer, Kinnerød merged his talents to create Flash Studio […]

Both a documentary filmmaker and photographer, Auden Fjeldheim strives to create a closeness between the audience and the characters in his films. Fjeldheim works in the film environment quietly to […]

Senior attorney Adam Keats works on water supply and water privatization issues, focusing on agricultural water use. He is currently litigating several cases regarding water privatization in California, including a […]

Jake Norton is a world-renowned climber, photographer, filmmaker, philanthropist, and inspirational speaker. Based in Evergreen, Colorado, Jake’s worldwide adventures have taken him to the summit of Mount Everest (three times) and on expeditions […]

Based in Brooklyn, NY, Nicholas Pilarski works to create art that facilitates dialogue through documentary. Central to this practice is a focus on activism and restorative justice through an art-making […]