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Abdal\u00adlah Jamal Al-Kha\u00adtib<\/strong>, born in Damas\u00adcus in 1989, began his aca\u00adde\u00admic stu\u00addies in Socio\u00adlo\u00adgy at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Damas\u00adcus. He is curr\u00adent\u00adly con\u00adti\u00adnuing his stu\u00addies in Social Work in Ger\u00adma\u00adny, whe\u00adre he lives and works as a wri\u00adter, social rese\u00adar\u00adcher, and film\u00adma\u00adker. In 2014, he was sel\u00adec\u00adted by the Ger\u00adman maga\u00adzi\u00adne Green\u00adpeace<\/em> as \u201cPeace Maker of the Year\u201d, and in 2016 he recei\u00adved the Swe\u00addish Human Rights Award. In 2021, he direc\u00adted his first fea\u00adture docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry, Litt\u00adle Pal\u00ades\u00adti\u00adne \u2014 Dia\u00adry of a Sie\u00adge<\/em>, which recei\u00adved seve\u00adral awards and cri\u00adti\u00adcal accla\u00adim at inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal film fes\u00adti\u00advals. In 2023, he com\u00adple\u00adted his first short film, Sokra\u00adnia 59<\/em>. In 2026, he com\u00adple\u00adted his first nar\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve fea\u00adture film Chro\u00adnic\u00adles from the Sie\u00adge,<\/em> which won the GWFF Best First Fea\u00adture Award at the Ber\u00adlin Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Film Fes\u00adti\u00adval and has been scree\u00adned at num\u00ade\u00adrous fes\u00adti\u00advals sin\u00adce.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Athi\u00adna Rachel Tsa\u00adn\u00adga\u00adri<\/strong>\u2019s gen\u00adre-ben\u00adding films (The Slow Busi\u00adness of Going, Atten\u00adberg, Che\u00adva\u00adlier, The Cap\u00adsu\u00adle, Har\u00adve\u00adst<\/em>) explo\u00adre power and desi\u00adre in gen\u00adder, class and alteri\u00adty. Foun\u00adder of Haos Film pro\u00adduc\u00adtion coll\u00adec\u00adti\u00adve (Athens-Los Ange\u00adles). Producer\/ co-pro\u00addu\u00adcer on Yor\u00adgos Lan\u00adt\u00adhi\u00admos\u2019 Kinet\u00adta,<\/em> Alps<\/em>, Dog\u00adtooth<\/em>; Geor\u00adgis Gri\u00adgora\u00adkis\u2019 Dig\u00adger<\/em>; Richard Linklater\u2019s Befo\u00adre Mid\u00adnight.<\/em> Video direc\u00adtor of Athens 2004 Olym\u00adpics ope\u00adning cerem\u00ado\u00adny<\/em>. Con\u00adcept crea\u00adtor & direc\u00adtor of Reflec\u00adtions<\/em>, the Acro\u00adpo\u00adlis Muse\u00adum inau\u00adgu\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon lar\u00adge-sca\u00adle  pro\u00adjec\u00adtions. Epi\u00adso\u00addic series direc\u00adtor (Tri\u00adgo\u00adno\u00adme\u00adtry @<\/em> BBC2\/ HBO, Upload @<\/em>Ama\u00adzon Prime, Bor\u00adgia<\/em> @Canal+\/Sky\/ZDF). Thea\u00adter direc\u00adtor of Wedekind\u2019s Lulu<\/em> for the Salz\u00adburg Sum\u00admer Fes\u00adti\u00adval. Cine\u00adma\u00adte\u00adxas Fes\u00adti\u00adval foun\u00adder & artis\u00adtic direc\u00adtor, Aus\u00adtin, TX (1998\u20132008). Artis\u00adtic direc\u00adtor of Oxbel\u00adly Screen\u00adwri\u00adting & Direc\u00adting Labs (2016\u20132023). Direc\u00adting men\u00adtor at the Tori\u00adno Film Lab, pre\u00adsent\u00adly. Film retro\u00ads\u00adpec\u00adti\u00adves (2025\u20132026) at Dia\u00adgo\u00adna\u00adle, Wro\u00adclaw New Hori\u00adzons, Reykja\u00advik FF, ACME Mel\u00adbourne, Acro\u00adpo\u00adlis Cine\u00adma & Ame\u00adri\u00adcan Cine\u00adma\u00adthe\u00adque in LA.  She has taught cine\u00adma at Le Fres\u00adnoy, Bela Tarr\u2019s Film Fabri\u00adca, at the Cali\u00adfor\u00adnia Arts Insti\u00adtu\u00adte and curr\u00adent\u00adly at Harvard\u2019s AFVS.
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Ava Ber\u00adkof\u00adsky,<\/strong> (they\/she), is an awar\u00adding-win\u00adning cine\u00adma\u00adto\u00adgrapher and film\u00adma\u00adker, len\u00adsing films, tele\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon, docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adries and com\u00admer\u00adcials. They hold a BFA in pho\u00adto\u00adgra\u00adphy from the School of Visu\u00adal Arts in NYC, and an MFA in cine\u00adma\u00adto\u00adgra\u00adphy from the Ame\u00adri\u00adcan Film Insti\u00adtu\u00adte in Los Ange\u00adles. Ber\u00adkof\u00adsky work\u00aded on 18 epi\u00adso\u00addes of the HBO hit show Inse\u00adcu\u00adre<\/em>, crea\u00adted by Issa Rae and Lar\u00adry Wilm\u00ado\u00adre, for which ear\u00adned them three Emmy Award nomi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adons and one nomi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon by the Ame\u00adri\u00adcan Socie\u00adty of Cine\u00adma\u00adto\u00adgraph\u00aders for Out\u00adstan\u00adding Achie\u00adve\u00adment in Cine\u00adma\u00adto\u00adgra\u00adphy bet\u00adween 2018 and 2022. Ber\u00adkof\u00adsky was nomi\u00adna\u00adted for an Inde\u00adpen\u00addent Spi\u00adrit Award for their cine\u00adma\u00adto\u00adgra\u00adphy on the fea\u00adture Free in Deed<\/em> (2015) by Jake Mahaffy which won the Venice Hori\u00adzons Award. Other award-win\u00adning fea\u00adture films include Share<\/em> (2019) by Pip\u00adpa Bian\u00adco, The Sky is Ever\u00ady\u00adwhe\u00adre<\/em> (2022) by Jose\u00adphi\u00adne Decker The Front Room<\/em> (2024) by Sam and Max Eggers, and One of Them Days<\/em> (2025) by Law\u00adrence Lamont. In addi\u00adti\u00adon to crea\u00adting and exe\u00adcu\u00adting looks for A24, HBO, Ama\u00adzon, Net\u00adflix and Hulu, Ava has work\u00aded on a num\u00adber of film based art pro\u00adjects shown at MoMA, Brook\u00adlyn Muse\u00adum, and the Arme\u00adni\u00adan Natio\u00adnal Gal\u00adlery. 
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Sil\u00adke Botsch<\/strong> (*1967, Ber\u00adlin) is a Ber\u00adlin-based edi\u00adtor and film\u00adma\u00adker who\u00adse work moves bet\u00adween nar\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve cine\u00adma, visu\u00adal expe\u00adri\u00admen\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon, and AI-based image pro\u00adduc\u00adtion. She has col\u00adla\u00adbo\u00adra\u00adted on fic\u00adtion, ani\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon, and docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry films pre\u00adsen\u00adted at fes\u00adti\u00advals inclu\u00adding Ber\u00adli\u00adna\u00adle, Can\u00adnes, Sun\u00addance, Locar\u00adno, Kar\u00adl\u00ado\u00advy Vary, and Anne\u00adcy. Her edi\u00adto\u00adri\u00adal work is shaped by a strong inte\u00adrest in rhythm, per\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adon, and the con\u00ads\u00adtruc\u00adtion of sub\u00adjec\u00adti\u00adve rea\u00adli\u00adties. She shares her AI exper\u00adti\u00adse as a guest lec\u00adtu\u00adrer at Film\u00aduni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adt\u00e4t Babels\u00adberg KONRAD WOLF and HFF Munich, and in work\u00adshops and talks, most recent\u00adly at re:publica. Botsch explo\u00adres AI not as an auto\u00adno\u00admous sys\u00adtem, but as a means of expan\u00adding visu\u00adal lan\u00adguage and aut\u00adhor\u00adship, inves\u00adti\u00adga\u00adting inner sta\u00adtes and trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon through prompt-based image crea\u00adti\u00adon. Her first fea\u00adture-length AI-based film, Grace<\/em> (2025\/26), com\u00adbi\u00adnes auto\u00adbio\u00adgra\u00adphi\u00adcal ele\u00adments with expe\u00adri\u00admen\u00adtal docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry. Reflec\u00adting on addic\u00adtion, per\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adon, and chan\u00adge.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Sata Cis\u00adsok\u00adho<\/strong> is the Head of the World Cine\u00adma Fund and EFM Tool\u00adbox programmes.From 2014 to 2025, she work\u00aded at the Paris-based sales com\u00adpa\u00adny Para\u00addi\u00adse City Sales (form\u00ader\u00adly known as Memen\u00adto Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal), first as fes\u00adti\u00adval mana\u00adger and cura\u00adtor of the art\u00adhouse label ARTSCOPE, befo\u00adre beco\u00adming Head of Acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons and Copro\u00adduc\u00adtions. She pre\u00advious\u00adly work\u00aded at the New York-based inde\u00adpen\u00addent dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adon com\u00adpa\u00adny Zeit\u00adgeist Films, and assis\u00adted the Tri\u00adbe\u00adca Film Festival\u2019s pro\u00adgramming team. She also took part in seve\u00adral co-pro\u00adduc\u00adtion plat\u00adforms, working as Indus\u00adtry coor\u00addi\u00adna\u00adtor for Paris Pro\u00adject, Les Arcs Co-pro\u00adduc\u00adtion Vil\u00adla\u00adge and Paris Co-pro\u00adduc\u00adtion Vil\u00adla\u00adge. Sata Cis\u00adsok\u00adho has ser\u00adved on num\u00ade\u00adrous film com\u00admis\u00adsi\u00adons, sel\u00adec\u00adtion com\u00admit\u00adtees and juries, inclu\u00adding for the French CNC Aide aux Cin\u00e9\u00admas du Mon\u00adde, the Mar\u00adrak\u00adech Film Fes\u00adti\u00adval Atlas Work\u00adshops, Rotterdam\u2019s CineMart, and the New Dawn fund. In addi\u00adti\u00adon, she has been a men\u00adtor, work\u00adshop lea\u00adder and indus\u00adtry expert for many inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly renow\u00adned initia\u00adti\u00adves such as the Can\u00adnes\u2019 Pro\u00addu\u00adcers Net\u00adwork, Rot\u00adter\u00addam Lab, EAVE or Crea\u00adti\u00adve Pro\u00addu\u00adcer Indaba. She holds a BA in Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Manage\u00adment from the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of West\u00admins\u00adter, Lon\u00addon, and a Mas\u00adters degree in Cine\u00adma, TV and New Medi\u00adas from La Sor\u00adbon\u00adne, Paris.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nico Hof\u00admann<\/strong> is one of Ger\u00admany\u2019s most signi\u00adfi\u00adcant film and tele\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon pro\u00addu\u00adcers. In 2024, he estab\u00adlished his own com\u00adpa\u00adny, \u201cNico Hof\u00admann Film\u201d, which offers con\u00adsul\u00adting and deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment ser\u00advices for pro\u00adduc\u00adtions. Befo\u00adre then, he work\u00aded for UFA, start\u00ading out as Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of the UFA sub\u00adsi\u00addia\u00adry team\u00adWorx in 1998 befo\u00adre taking the helm at UFA Fic\u00adtion and then beco\u00adming CEO of the enti\u00adre UFA Group. Hof\u00admann has recei\u00adved num\u00ade\u00adrous Ger\u00adman and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal awards for his work. He pro\u00addu\u00adced seve\u00adral of Ger\u00admany\u2019s most suc\u00adcessful films and series, inclu\u00adding Gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon War (Unse\u00adre M\u00fct\u00adter, unse\u00adre V\u00e4ter)<\/em>, Deutsch\u00adland 83<\/em> and Cha\u00adri\u00adt\u00e9<\/em>, as well as the top-gros\u00adsing Ger\u00adman cine\u00adma pro\u00adduc\u00adtion in 2018, All About Me (Der Jun\u00adge muss an die fri\u00adsche Luft)<\/em>. In 1999, he tea\u00adm\u00aded up with Bernd Eichin\u00adger to estab\u00adlish the FIRST STEPS awards for young film\u00adma\u00adking talents. Hof\u00admann is also a pro\u00adfes\u00adsor at the Baden-W\u00fcrt\u00adtem\u00adberg Film Aca\u00adde\u00admy and the direc\u00adtor of the Nibe\u00adlun\u00adgen\u00adfest\u00adspie\u00adle theat\u00adre fes\u00adti\u00adval in Worms<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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D\u00e9a Kul\u00adum\u00adbe\u00adgash\u00advi\u00adli<\/strong> is a Geor\u00adgi\u00adan film\u00adma\u00adker, direc\u00adtor, and screen\u00adwri\u00adter who\u00adse work has gai\u00adned inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal cri\u00adti\u00adcal accla\u00adim. Her most recent fea\u00adture, April<\/em> (2024) pre\u00admie\u00adred at the Venice Film Fes\u00adti\u00adval, whe\u00adre it was award\u00aded the pres\u00adti\u00adgious Spe\u00adcial Jury Pri\u00adze. The film then scree\u00adned at major inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal fes\u00adti\u00advals inclu\u00adding Toron\u00adto, New York, San Sebas\u00adti\u00e1n, and Lon\u00addon. April<\/em> exami\u00adnes the\u00admes of sexua\u00adli\u00adty and trans\u00adgres\u00adsi\u00adon through the sto\u00adry of a hos\u00adpi\u00adtal obste\u00adtri\u00adci\u00adan who\u00adse care\u00ader is jeo\u00adpar\u00addi\u00adzed when a still\u00adbirth risks expo\u00adsing her secret work as an abor\u00adti\u00adon pro\u00advi\u00adder. Kul\u00adum\u00adbe\u00adgash\u00advi\u00adli made her fea\u00adture direc\u00adto\u00adri\u00adal debut with Begin\u00adning<\/em> (2020) and pre\u00admie\u00adred as part of the Can\u00adnes Offi\u00adci\u00adal Sel\u00adec\u00adtion, Spe\u00adcial Edi\u00adti\u00adon. The film went on to screen at TIFF whe\u00adre it recei\u00adved the FIPRESCI Pri\u00adze, and the San Sebas\u00adti\u00e1n Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Film Fes\u00adti\u00adval whe\u00adre it won Best Film, Best Direc\u00adtor, and Best Screen\u00adplay. Her ear\u00adlier short films, Invi\u00adsi\u00adble Spaces<\/em> and L\u00e9th\u00e9<\/em>, were also pre\u00adsen\u00adted at the Can\u00adnes Film Fes\u00adti\u00adval.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Nadav Lapid<\/strong>, is a film direc\u00adtor and wri\u00adter, born in Tel Aviv, moved to Paris. Gol\u00adden Bear win\u00adner, Can\u00adnes Jury Award win\u00adner, Locar\u00adno Spe\u00adcial Jury Pri\u00adze win\u00adner. His fea\u00adture films include Poli\u00adce\u00adman<\/em> (2011), The Kin\u00adder\u00adgar\u00adten Tea\u00adcher<\/em> (2014), Syn\u00adonyms<\/em> (2019), Ahe\u00add\u2019s Knee<\/em> (2021), and Yes<\/em> (2025).  Lapi\u00add\u2019s films won more than 100 inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal awards and were thea\u00adtri\u00adcal\u00adly released all over the glo\u00adbe. They were sel\u00adec\u00adted by the press (New York Times, Varie\u00adty, Cahiers du Cine\u00adma, Le Mon\u00adde, Indie\u00adWire) among the best films of the year and of the deca\u00adde. The French mono\u00adgraph ana\u00adly\u00adzing his cine\u00adma, \u201cNadav Lapid \u2014 Descrip\u00adti\u00adon d\u2019un com\u00adbat\u201d (\u201cNadav Lapid \u2014 Descrip\u00adti\u00adon of a Fight\u201d) by French wri\u00adter Mor\u00adga\u00adne Pok\u00e9e, was published in 2025. Num\u00ade\u00adrous retro\u00ads\u00adpec\u00adti\u00adves of his works were being held (Toron\u00adto Cine\u00adma\u00adthe\u00adque, Har\u00advard Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, Cam\u00adbridge Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty, Moscow Cine\u00adma\u00adthe\u00adque, Forum des Images etc.)  He was a jury mem\u00adber in Ber\u00adlin, Can\u00adnes Cri\u00adtics\u2019 Week, Venice and Locar\u00adno. He published novels, work\u00aded as a sport jour\u00adna\u00adlist, secu\u00adri\u00adty agent, wed\u00adding pho\u00adto\u00adgrapher and film cri\u00adtic.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ali\u00adna Matoch\u00adki\u00adna<\/strong>, film direc\u00adtor, script\u00adwri\u00adter, and edi\u00adtor, was born in 1988 in eas\u00adtern Ukrai\u00adne, in Sta\u00adro\u00adbilsk. In 2006 she moved to Kyiv.Her first gra\u00addua\u00adti\u00adon is \u201cFinan\u00adce\u201d. 2017\u20132019 stu\u00addi\u00aded at the Kyiv Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Thea\u00adter, Cine\u00adma, and Tele\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon of Kar\u00adpen\u00adko-Kary, spe\u00adcial\u00adty \u201cDirec\u00adtor of a docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry film\u201d. She work\u00aded in video pro\u00adduc\u00adtion for the last 10 years. In 2018, she won the main pri\u00adze for the best social adver\u00adti\u00adsing at the Molo\u00addi\u00adya Fes\u00adti\u00adval. In 2022 she finis\u00adhed her first full-length self-pro\u00addu\u00adced docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry \u201cADA\u201d. Sin\u00adce 2022, she has been based in Ber\u00adlin.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Mahn\u00adaz Moham\u00adma\u00addi<\/strong> is an Ira\u00adni\u00adan wri\u00adter and film\u00adma\u00adker who\u00adse work moves bet\u00adween docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry and fic\u00adtion. Her docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adries have been shown and award\u00aded inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly. Her first fic\u00adtion fea\u00adture, Son-Mother<\/em> (2019), pre\u00admie\u00adred at the Toron\u00adto Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Film Fes\u00adti\u00adval and went on to recei\u00adve seve\u00adral inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal awards. Moham\u00adma\u00addi\u2019s film\u00adma\u00adking and women\u2019s rights acti\u00advism have also led to repea\u00adted arrests, a seven-year pri\u00adson sen\u00adtence, and a ten-year con\u00adfis\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon of her pass\u00adport in Iran. The\u00adse expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adces are part of the con\u00addi\u00adti\u00adons from which she has work\u00aded, but not the sub\u00adject or defi\u00adni\u00adti\u00adon of her cine\u00adma. Her latest fea\u00adture, ROYA<\/em> (2026), con\u00adti\u00adnues her explo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of per\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adon, repres\u00adsi\u00adon, memo\u00adry, and the unsta\u00adble boun\u00adda\u00adry bet\u00adween inner and exter\u00adnal rea\u00adli\u00adty. The film pre\u00admie\u00adred in Ber\u00adli\u00adna\u00adle Pan\u00adora\u00adma and was sub\u00adse\u00adquent\u00adly released thea\u00adtri\u00adcal\u00adly in Ger\u00adma\u00adny. Moham\u00adma\u00addi has recei\u00adved inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal reco\u00adgni\u00adti\u00adon for her com\u00admit\u00adment to free\u00addom of expres\u00adsi\u00adon, inclu\u00adding the Free\u00addom of Speech Award in Aus\u00adtria in 2015.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jor\u00adgo Nar\u00adjes<\/strong> is a Ger\u00adman-Greek film pro\u00addu\u00adcer. He stu\u00addi\u00aded Media and Cul\u00adtu\u00adral Stu\u00addies in Wei\u00admar and Film Pro\u00adduc\u00adtion at both the Tisch School of the Arts in New York and Golds\u00admit\u00adhs, Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Lon\u00addon. Nar\u00adjes pro\u00addu\u00adced the antho\u00adlo\u00adgy series Zeit Crime (Zeit Ver\u00adbre\u00adchen)<\/em>, direc\u00adted by Jan Bon\u00adny, Hele\u00adne Hege\u00admann, Mari\u00adko Mino\u00adguchi and Faraz Sha\u00adri\u00adat, for the com\u00adpa\u00adny X Fil\u00adme. After cele\u00adbra\u00adting its pre\u00admie\u00adre at the Ber\u00adli\u00adna\u00adle, the series went on to be nomi\u00adna\u00adted for the Grim\u00adme Award and won two Ger\u00adman Tele\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon Awards. He also co-pro\u00addu\u00adced the film Franz<\/em> (Franz K).<\/em>by Agnieszka Hol\u00adland, which scree\u00adned at the Toron\u00adto Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Film Fes\u00adti\u00adval and recei\u00adved three nomi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adons for the Euro\u00adpean Film Awards. Nar\u00adjes\u2019 most recent work was the film Pro\u00adse\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adon (Staats\u00adschutz)<\/em> by Faraz Sha\u00adri\u00adat, which he pro\u00addu\u00adced tog\u00ade\u00adther with Pau\u00adli\u00adna Lorenz for the com\u00adpa\u00adny J\u00fcng\u00adlin\u00adge Film and which won acco\u00adlades such as the Pan\u00adora\u00adma Audi\u00adence Award at the Ber\u00adli\u00adna\u00adle in 2026. In coope\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon with Rosh Khodabakhsh, Nar\u00adjes has also foun\u00added New\u00adMo\u00adti\u00adon, a job ent\u00adry pro\u00adgram\u00adme that aims to diver\u00adsi\u00adfy the film indus\u00adtry. He com\u00adple\u00adted the EAVE Pro\u00addu\u00adcers Work\u00adshop in 2025 and he is a mem\u00adber of the Euro\u00adpean Film Aca\u00adde\u00admy.
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Simo\u00adne Pero<\/strong> is an Emmy-nomi\u00adna\u00adted impact pro\u00addu\u00adcer, Foun\u00adder of For Impact Pro\u00adduc\u00adtions, cour\u00adse crea\u00adtor of Artists for Impact\u2122, Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty pro\u00adfes\u00adsor, and public spea\u00adk\u00ader. Her work helps artists step into their power as agents of social trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon. Pero has pro\u00addu\u00adced nar\u00adra\u00adti\u00adve films inclu\u00adding Lil\u00adly<\/em> (2024),<\/em> by Rachel Feld\u00adman (Netflix\/ Blue Har\u00adbor Enter\u00adtain\u00adment), as well as the award-win\u00adning fea\u00adture The Tale<\/em> by Jen\u00adni\u00adfer Fox (HBO Films). She exe\u00adcu\u00adti\u00adve pro\u00addu\u00adced the Aca\u00adde\u00admy Award-nomi\u00adna\u00adted Viva Ver\u00addi!<\/em> (2024) by Yvonne Rus\u00adso and the award-win\u00adning docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry This Chan\u00adges Ever\u00ady\u00adthing<\/em> direc\u00adted by Tom Donahue. Pero con\u00adsul\u00adted on the docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry series Vow Of Silence: The Ass\u00adas\u00adsi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adon Of Annie Mae<\/em> (2025) by Yvonne Rus\u00adso (win\u00adner of the Huma\u00adni\u00adtas Pri\u00adze) and the docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry Ste\u00adal This Sto\u00adry, Plea\u00adse!<\/em> (2026) by Carl Deal and Tia Les\u00adsin. Pero tea\u00adches at Stony Brook Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty Kil\u00adler Films MFA in Film & TV Wri\u00adting pro\u00adgram and ser\u00adves on the President\u2019s Coun\u00adcil of New York Women in Film & Tele\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon. She is a mem\u00adber of the Pro\u00addu\u00adcers Guild of Ame\u00adri\u00adca, BAFTA North Ame\u00adri\u00adca, Women Inde\u00adpen\u00addent Pro\u00addu\u00adcers, and the Glo\u00adbal Impact Pro\u00addu\u00adcers Alli\u00adance.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Juli\u00aden Raza\u00adfin\u00addrana\u00adly<\/strong> is Head of Sales at Films Bou\u00adtique. After gai\u00adning initi\u00adal expe\u00adri\u00adence in the fields of cine\u00adma exhi\u00adbi\u00adti\u00adon, fes\u00adti\u00adval pro\u00adgramming and pro\u00adduc\u00adtion in France, he moved to Ber\u00adlin in 2012 to join the Match Fac\u00adto\u00adry. The\u00adre, he ulti\u00adm\u00adate\u00adly took on the posi\u00adti\u00adon of Seni\u00ador Sales Mana\u00adger, in which he was respon\u00adsi\u00adble for the inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal dis\u00adtri\u00adbu\u00adti\u00adon of more than 150 fea\u00adture films. Sin\u00adce 2020, Raza\u00adfin\u00addrana\u00adly has been the Head of Sales at Films Bou\u00adtique, whe\u00adre he has play\u00aded a cen\u00adtral role in the release of over 80 films. Some of the stand-out pro\u00adduc\u00adtions he has work\u00aded on include Toni Erd\u00admann<\/em>, direc\u00adted by Maren Ade; In the Fade (Aus dem Nichts)<\/em>, direc\u00adted by Fatih Akin; Girl<\/em>, direc\u00adted by Lukas Dhont; Silent Fri\u00adend<\/em>, direc\u00adted by Ildi\u00adk\u00f3 Eny\u00adedi; 45 Years<\/em>, direc\u00adted by Andrew Haigh; The Other Side of Hope<\/em>, direc\u00adted by Aki Kau\u00adris\u00adm\u00e4\u00adki); The\u00adre is no Evil<\/em> and The Seed of the Sacred Fig<\/em>, direc\u00adted by Moham\u00admad Rasou\u00adl\u00adof); The Won\u00adders<\/em> and Hap\u00adpy as Laz\u00adz\u00adaro<\/em>, direc\u00adted by Ali\u00adce Rohr\u00adwa\u00adcher; and The Blue Caf\u00adtan<\/em> and Cal\u00adle M\u00e1la\u00adga<\/em>, direc\u00adted by Maryam Tou\u00adza\u00adni.
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Isa\u00adbel\u00adla Rinal\u00addi<\/strong> is a direc\u00adtor and pro\u00addu\u00adcer based in Ita\u00adly. Her work has been sup\u00adport\u00aded by Chi\u00adcken & Egg Films, Doha Film Insti\u00adtu\u00adte, IDFA Ber\u00adtha Fund, Swiss Fede\u00adral Office of Cul\u00adtu\u00adre, among others. She gra\u00addua\u00adted from the Doc\u00adNo\u00admads Mas\u00adter Cour\u00adse and is a Ber\u00adli\u00adna\u00adle Talents alum\u00adna. \u2028In 2016 with Arya Rothe and Cris\u00adti\u00adna Hanes, she foun\u00added NoCut Film Coll\u00adec\u00adti\u00adve, a film\u00adma\u00adker-led coll\u00adec\u00adti\u00adve across India, Roma\u00adnia and Ita\u00adly. NoCut pro\u00addu\u00adces aut\u00adhor-dri\u00adven docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adries through trans\u00adcul\u00adtu\u00adral and ethi\u00adcal film\u00adma\u00adking prac\u00adti\u00adces. The coll\u00adec\u00adti\u00adve fos\u00adters a sup\u00adport\u00adi\u00adve envi\u00adron\u00adment whe\u00adre film\u00adma\u00adkers can share respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties and crea\u00adti\u00adve decis\u00adi\u00adons. Along\u00adside pro\u00addu\u00adcing its own films, NoCut sup\u00adports emer\u00adging voices and explo\u00adres alter\u00adna\u00adti\u00adve ways of working, pla\u00adcing par\u00adti\u00adci\u00adpan\u00adts and artis\u00adtic free\u00addom at the cent\u00adre of the pro\u00adduc\u00adtion pro\u00adcess.\u2028Their first fea\u00adture, A Rif\u00adle and a Bag<\/em> (2020), co-direc\u00adted and co-pro\u00addu\u00adced by Isa\u00adbel\u00adla Rinal\u00addi, recei\u00adved the Jury Men\u00adti\u00adon at the Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Film Fes\u00adti\u00adval Rot\u00adter\u00addam and was then scree\u00adned at more than 50 fes\u00adti\u00advals. Isa\u00adbel\u00adla is curr\u00adent\u00adly invol\u00adved in seve\u00adral inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal co-pro\u00adduc\u00adtions with Ita\u00adly, India and the US. Green Is the Fire\u2019s Tint<\/em>, the coll\u00adec\u00adti\u00adve\u2019s second fea\u00adture docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry, is now in post-pro\u00adduc\u00adtion.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Jo\u00e3o Pedro Rodri\u00adgues<\/strong> is an inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal\u00adly acclai\u00admed Por\u00adtu\u00adgue\u00adse film\u00adma\u00adker. He direc\u00adted seven fea\u00adtures: O Fan\u00adtas\u00adma<\/em> (2000), Ode\u00adte<\/em> (2005), To Die Like A Man<\/em> (2009), The Last Time I Saw Macao<\/em> (2012, co-direc\u00adtor: Jo\u00e3o Rui Guer\u00adra da Mata), The Orni\u00adtho\u00adlo\u00adgist<\/em> (2016, Sil\u00adver Leo\u00adpard for Best Direc\u00adtor \u2014 Locar\u00adno), Will\u2011O\u2019-The-Wisp<\/em> (2022) and Whe\u00adre Is This Street? or With No Befo\u00adre And After<\/em> (2022 co-direc\u00adtor: Jo\u00e3o Rui Guer\u00adra da Mata) and seve\u00adral short films. Rodri\u00adgues\u2019 films were award\u00aded at the most pres\u00adti\u00adgious film fes\u00adti\u00advals, inclu\u00adding Can\u00adnes, Venice, Locar\u00adno, Toron\u00adto and Ber\u00adli\u00adna\u00adle and are part of seve\u00adral film archi\u00adves and museum\u2019s per\u00adma\u00adnent coll\u00adec\u00adtions, like the Muse\u00adum of Modern Art (MoMA), the Har\u00advard Film Archi\u00adve, the Por\u00adtu\u00adgue\u00adse Cine\u00adma\u00adthe\u00adque, the Aus\u00adtri\u00adan Film Muse\u00adum and the Swiss Cine\u00adma\u00adthe\u00adque. In 2016, the Pom\u00adpi\u00addou Cent\u00adre in Paris hono\u00adred him and Guer\u00adra da Mata with a com\u00adple\u00adte retro\u00ads\u00adpec\u00adti\u00adve and instal\u00adla\u00adti\u00adon exhi\u00adbi\u00adti\u00adon. In 2025, the Cine\u00adma\u00adte\u00adca Por\u00adtu\u00adgue\u00adsa dedi\u00adca\u00adted the pro\u00adgram \u201cGuest Direc\u00adtors \u2013 Malamor\/Tainted Love\u201d to them. In 2016, he foun\u00added his own pro\u00adduc\u00adtion com\u00adpa\u00adny, Fil\u00admes Fan\u00adtas\u00adma.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Ta\u00e7 Romey<\/strong> was born in the United Sta\u00adtes and has lived and work\u00aded in Tur\u00adkey, the US, the Net\u00adher\u00adlands, and Ger\u00adma\u00adny. He stu\u00addi\u00aded acting, direc\u00adting, and dra\u00adma\u00adtur\u00adgy in the US and gra\u00addua\u00adted from the renow\u00adned Brown Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty. He is a free\u00adlan\u00adce wri\u00adter, pro\u00adfes\u00adsor, pro\u00addu\u00adcer, and Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of Phan\u00adtom\u00adfilm GmbH. A pio\u00adneer in AI-assis\u00adted screen\u00adwri\u00adting work\u00adshops, he curr\u00adent\u00adly advi\u00adses wri\u00adters, pro\u00addu\u00adcers, agents, pro\u00adduc\u00adtion com\u00adpa\u00adnies, and tele\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon net\u00adworks on the respon\u00adsi\u00adble use of AI. He also ser\u00adves as a jury mem\u00adber for the Blau\u00ader Pan\u00adther. Sin\u00adce 2016, Ta\u00e7 has been Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of Series Sto\u00adrytel\u00adling at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Tele\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon and Film Munich (HFF M\u00fcn\u00adchen). His pro\u00adjects have recei\u00adved num\u00ade\u00adrous nomi\u00adna\u00adti\u00adons and awards, inclu\u00adding the Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Emmy Award, Gol\u00adden Magno\u00adlia, Rose d\u2019Or, and Ger\u00adman Tele\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon Award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Lone Scher\u00adfig<\/strong> is one of the most sought-after direc\u00adtors working today. Her broad care\u00ader has included Denmark\u2019s fifth offi\u00adci\u00adal \u201cDog\u00adme\u201d film, Ita\u00adli\u00adan For Beg\u00adin\u00adners<\/em>, which estab\u00adlished her glo\u00adbal repu\u00adta\u00adti\u00adon. At the Ber\u00adlin Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Film Fes\u00adti\u00adval, it won the Sil\u00adver Bear Jury Pri\u00adze, the FIPRESCI Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Cri\u00adtics Award, and the Ecu\u00adme\u00adni\u00adcal Pri\u00adze. Lone\u2019s first Eng\u00adlish-lan\u00adguage fea\u00adture, Wil\u00adbur Wants To Kill Hims\u00adelf<\/em> recei\u00adved mul\u00adti\u00adple honors, inclu\u00adding Best Screen\u00adplay at the U.S. Come\u00addy Arts Fes\u00adti\u00adval. Scher\u00adfig direc\u00adted the Oscar-nomi\u00adna\u00adted An Edu\u00adca\u00adti\u00adon<\/em>, star\u00adring Carey Mul\u00adligan and Peter Sars\u00adgaard fol\u00adlo\u00adwed by One Day<\/em> star\u00adring Anne Hat\u00adha\u00adway and The Riot Club<\/em> based on the play writ\u00adten by Lau\u00adra Wade and star\u00adring Sam Claf\u00adlin and Nata\u00adlie Dor\u00admer. Lone\u2019s tele\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon work includes ABC\u2019s Astro\u00adnaut Wives Club<\/em> and the Danish dra\u00adma series The Shift<\/em>. Recent films include Their Finest<\/em>, The Kind\u00adness Of Stran\u00adgers<\/em>, which had its world pre\u00admie\u00adre at the 2019 Ber\u00adlin Film Fes\u00adti\u00adval, and The Movie Tel\u00adler<\/em>, which pre\u00admie\u00adred at Toron\u00adto Inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal Film Fes\u00adti\u00adval and star\u00adred B\u00e9r\u00e9\u00adnice Bejo and Dani\u00adel Br\u00fchl.
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Kazu\u00adhi\u00adro S\u014dda<\/strong> was born in Japan in 1970. He prac\u00adti\u00adces obser\u00adva\u00adtio\u00adnal docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry film\u00adma\u00adking method which does not use pre-shoot rese\u00adarch, scripts, nar\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon, or back\u00adground music, based on his own \u201cTen Com\u00admandments\u201d. The\u00adse are impo\u00adsed in order to mini\u00admi\u00adze pre\u00adcon\u00adcep\u00adti\u00adons and to be able to make unex\u00adpec\u00adted dis\u00adco\u00adveries while film\u00ading and editing. His works include Cam\u00adpaign<\/em> (Sen\u00adkyo<\/em>, 2007), Men\u00adtal<\/em> (Seis\u00adhin,<\/em> 2008), Inland Sea<\/em> (Min\u00adato\u00adma\u00adchi,<\/em> 2018), Zero<\/em> (Seis\u00adhin 0<\/em>, 2020), and The Cats of Goko\u00adgu Shri\u00adne<\/em> (Goko\u00adgu no Neko<\/em>, 2024) which all pre\u00admie\u00adred at Ber\u00adli\u00adna\u00adle Forum, as well as Peace<\/em> (2010), Theat\u00adre 1<\/em> (Enge\u00adki 1<\/em>, 2012), Theat\u00adre 2<\/em> (Enge\u00adki 2<\/em>, 2012), Oys\u00adter Fac\u00adto\u00adry<\/em> (Kaki Kou\u00adba<\/em>, 2015), and The Big House<\/em> (2018.<\/em> Retro\u00ads\u00adpec\u00adti\u00adves of his works have been held in France, USA, Croa\u00adtia, Pol\u00adand, South Korea, Cana\u00adda, Ita\u00adly, Bel\u00adgi\u00adum, Chi\u00adna, and Tai\u00adwan. He is also the aut\u00adhor of 10 books published in Japan. His book \u201cWhy I Make Docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adries\u201d has been trans\u00adla\u00adted into Eng\u00adlish, Chi\u00adne\u00adse, and Kore\u00adan. Kazu\u00adhi\u00adro Soda taught at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of Michi\u00adgan as a visi\u00adting pro\u00adfes\u00adsor and is the reci\u00adpi\u00adent of a Pea\u00adbo\u00addy Award and the Marek Nowi\u00adcki life\u00adtime achie\u00adve\u00adment award by the Hel\u00adsin\u00adki Foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adon for Human Rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Isa Wil\u00adlin\u00adger<\/strong> is an aut\u00adhor and direc\u00adtor. She stu\u00addi\u00aded docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry film direc\u00adting at the HFF Munich and North Ame\u00adri\u00adcan Stu\u00addies, Sla\u00advic Stu\u00addies, and Socio\u00adlo\u00adgy in Ber\u00adlin, Moscow, Pra\u00adgue, and New York. Her fea\u00adture debut Hi, AI: Love Sto\u00adries from the Future<\/em> (2019) was nomi\u00adna\u00adted for the Ger\u00adman Film Award and recei\u00adved num\u00ade\u00adrous awards inclu\u00adding Max Oph\u00fcls Award for best docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry and the SI STAR Film Award for out\u00adstan\u00adding fema\u00adle direc\u00adtors. Willinger\u2019s second docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry fea\u00adture Pla\u00ads\u00adtic Fan\u00adta\u00adstic<\/em> (2024) recei\u00adved the Ger\u00adman Docu\u00admen\u00adta\u00adry Film Award, the Ger\u00adman Mari\u00adne Film Award, and seve\u00adral inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal awards like Best Fea\u00adture Green Film at the Green Film Net\u00adwork Awards. Her recent film No Mer\u00adcy<\/em> (2025) has been scree\u00adned at num\u00ade\u00adrous inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal film fes\u00adti\u00advals like Vien\u00adna\u00adle, DOC NYC, and Thes\u00adsa\u00adlo\u00adni\u00adki Film Fes\u00adti\u00adval and had its cine\u00adma\u00adtic release in Ger\u00adma\u00adny and Aus\u00adtria this year. Wil\u00adlin\u00adger is the aut\u00adhor of a mono\u00adgraph on the work of Ukrai\u00adni\u00adan direc\u00adtor Kira Mura\u00adto\u00adva, \u201cKira Mura\u00adto\u00adva Kino und Sub\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adon\u201d, published in 2013. In 2026, she was the ambassa\u00addor for the cam\u00adpaign \u201eFace to Face with Ger\u00adman Films\u201d by Ger\u00adman Films. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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John Yor\u00adke<\/strong> is Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of Angel Sta\u00adti\u00adon and John Yor\u00adke Sto\u00adry, whe\u00adre he works as a dra\u00adma pro\u00addu\u00adcer, con\u00adsul\u00adtant and lec\u00adtu\u00adrer on all forms of sto\u00adrytel\u00adling. For\u00admer Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of Com\u00adpa\u00adny Pic\u00adtures whe\u00adre he pro\u00addu\u00adced the TV series Wolf Hall.<\/em> Has work\u00aded as Head of Chan\u00adnel Four Dra\u00adma and Con\u00adtrol\u00adler of BBC Dra\u00adma Pro\u00adduc\u00adtion. As a com\u00admis\u00adsio\u00adning Editor\/Executive Pro\u00addu\u00adcer, he cham\u00adpio\u00adned huge Bri\u00adtish hits such as Life on Mars<\/em>, The Street<\/em>, Shame\u00adl\u00adess<\/em> and Bodies<\/em> and in 2005 he crea\u00adted the BBC Wri\u00adters Aca\u00adde\u00admy, a year-long in-depth trai\u00adning sche\u00adme which has pro\u00addu\u00adced a gene\u00adra\u00adti\u00adon of suc\u00adcessful tele\u00advi\u00adsi\u00adon wri\u00adters.  Recent trai\u00adning pro\u00adjects have been for Sony Ani\u00adma\u00adti\u00adon in LA, and for Net\u00adflix world\u00adwi\u00adde, his most recent TV pro\u00adduc\u00adtion is The Wit\u00adness<\/em> for Net\u00adflix. He is the aut\u00adhor of \u201cInto The Woods\u201d (which has now sold over 250,000 copies), and the recent\u00adly released \u201cTrip To The Moon\u201d. Yor\u00adke is a dou\u00adble BAFTA win\u00adner (as pro\u00adgram maker) and mul\u00adti-BAFTA win\u00adner (as com\u00admis\u00adsio\u00adner). He pres\u00adents his own weekly radio show Ope\u00adning Lines<\/em> about clas\u00adsic novels on BBC R4, and for many years was Visi\u00adting Pro\u00adfes\u00adsor of Eng\u00adlish Lan\u00adguage and Lite\u00adra\u00adtu\u00adre at the Uni\u00adver\u00adsi\u00adty of New\u00adcast\u00adle-upon Tyne. He lives in Lon\u00addon.
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