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Abraham Escobedo-Salas

COUNTRY: Mexico
FILM SCHOOL: DocNomads, Lisbon-Budapest-Brussels, Portugal, Hungary, Belgium
CONTACT: ab.escobedosalas@gmail.com

Abraham Escobedo Salas (A.E.S.) is a Mexican film director. Bachelor in Audiovisual Arts at the University of Guadalajara. Recently graduated from the Master Degree program DocNomads at SZFE (Hungary), Lusófona (Portugal), and LUCA (Belgium). Nominated for the Ariel Mexican Film Academy Award. Zacatecas State Youth Award. Erasmus Mundus scholarship receipt. FONCA grant for Young Mexican National Talent. Recent winner of the Sophia Student Prize by the Portuguese Film Academy.
His short films have screened over several festivals such as the Morelia International film festival, Guadalajara, la Habana Film Festival, Sao Pablo, Rio de Janeiro, Houston, Girona and Vancouver.

Breaking la Vida (Underdogs) / 2022 / documentary, feature / as director
The Devil's Horns salute you from the most diehard flowers / 2022 / documentary, short, student thesis / as director
The Light Dances and the Wind Runs Wild / 2022 / documentary, short, student / as director
In the End of the World / 2021/ documentary, short, student / as director
Tastuanes / 2019 / documentary web short series / as director
Children of the Mangrove / 2016 / documentary, short, student / as director
Seeing you again / 2015 / short fiction / as director
The Barber, a Story About Vigilantes / 2015 / short fiction, student / as director
B-boy / 2014 / documentary, short, student / as director

In the End of the World / 2021/ Documentary, Short Student / Best Student Film, Portuguese Film Academy / Best documentary short student, Portuguese Film Academy / Viseu Film Festival, Portugal / Morelia International Film Festival, Mexico / Latinamerican showcase Lisbon, Portugal / Zanate Film Festival, Mexico / Fresnillo Film Fest, Mexico / 2021
Children of the Mangrove / Mira Film Festival / Best short film / 2016 / Mexico
Seeing You Again / Colima Film Festival / Best Short film / 2015 / Mexico
The Barber. A Story About Vigilantes / Girona Film Festival / Best international short film, Best photography and Best Actor / 2017 / Spain
The Barber. A Story About Vigilantes / Tequila Film Festival / Best Jalisco’s short film / 2017 / Mexico
B-boy / 2013 / Documentary, Short, Student / Honorific mention, FICM. Morelia International Film Festival, México, 2013 / Best university documentary short film, Zanate film festival, Colima, 2013. Special Mention in Shorts film festival, México, 2013 / Special Mention of Documentary prize José Rovirosa de la UNAM, México, 2013 / Honorific Mention in the International Filmschool festival in Montevideo Uruguay / Best mexican short film, KINOKI film festival, México, 2013.

Jovana Avramović

COUNTRY: Serbia
FILM SCHOOL: Faculty of Dramatic Arts Belgrade
CONTACT: jovana.avramovic031@gmail.com

Jovana Avramović (1995) is a film and television director from Serbia. She graduated from FDA, Belgrade, where she is currently finishing an M.A. module of Film and Television Directing. She has made several short films and music spots.

Silence / short fiction film /2017 / as director
Belgrade Trilogy / tv film / 2018 / as director
不息 / Flow /short documentary/ 2019 / as director
Days Lost / short fiction film / 2021 / as director

Days Lost / 2021 / Indie Shorts Awards Cannes / Award Winner
Days Lost / 2021 / Prokuplje Film Festival ProFiFest / The Best Film – National Competition / Prokuplje, Serbia
Days Lost / 2021 / The International Short Film Festival Short Form / The Best Film – National Competition / Gornji Milanovac, Serbia

Jovan Dopuđ

COUNTRY: Serbia
FILM SCHOOL: Academy of Arts Belgrade
CONTACT: jovanmyndo@gmail.com

Jovan Dopuđ was born in 1994 in Knin Croatia. He started film school in 2014. in the class of Dragoljub Elcic, the department of film and television Directing. As a director, he worked on many movies, commercials, music videos, and others. He is most known for the movies Marked, Find Me and Marry Young, Divorce Younger. At the beginning of 2019, after it was shown at the ‘Human Rights Film Festival’ in Barcelona, the organisation AECID, sponsored by Spain’s Foreign Affairs, screened the film Marked in almost every country in South America, Africa, and the Middle East, with the aim of spreading awareness of the fight for human rights.

To Be or To Have / 2015 / short fiction / as director
Marked / 2017 / short documentary / as director
Freechain / 2023 / in pre-production / feature documentary / as director

Marked / 2020 / First Frame, B&H / Best short documentary
Marked / 2020 / Sax International Film Festival / Best short fiction
Marked / 2020 / Palena film festival / Best international short
Marked / 2020 / Fresh student media awards / Best short fiction / BAFTA qualifying
Marked / 2020 / Ischia film festival / Best short
Marked / 2020 / Golden Knight / Silver Knight for short documentary film
Marked / 2020 / Golden flask for the best short documentary / Velika plana

Siddhant Sarin

COUNTRY: India
FILM SCHOOL: DocNomads, Lisbon-Budapest-Brussels, Portugal, Hungary, Belgium
CONTACT: siddhant.sarin@gmail.com

Siddhant Sarin is currently a scholarship student, enrolled in DocNomads masters’ course, specializing in documentary directing. He previously attended an academic course in DFFB (German Film and Television School, Berlin) pursuing cinematography. Before DFFB, he was studying at FAMU - National Film School of Czech Republic. He graduated from Government Law College, Mumbai before pursuing his film-making career. His debut feature length documentary, 'Ayena (Mirror)' premiered in festivals such as Budapest International Documentary Festival (BIDF), Kino Pavasaris, Dokfest München, MAMI, amongst others.

Nailed / short documentary / 2015 / as director
Irreplaceable / short fiction / 2016 as director
Wunden / Wounds / short documentary / 2017 / as director
Happy Days / short fiction / 2018 / as cinematographer
Ayena / Mirror / feature documentary / 2022 / as director
Mum / short documentary / 2022 / as director

Luis Armando Sosa Gil

COUNTRY: Mexico
FILM SCHOOL: DocNomads, Lisbon-Budapest-Brussels, Portugal, Hungary, Belgium
CONTACT: luissosamx@gmail.com

Sosa is currently in the International Documentary Directing - DocNomads Master Degree in Europe with an Erasmus Mundus scholarship. Selected for the International Educator-Explorer Exchange Programme (in Baku, Azerbaijan) by National Geographic. He was awarded with two different Youth Prizes in Mexico in 2017 and 2019. Selected for a Film Critic Seminar by Centro Cultural España and Correspondencias Magazine, he has been published in Mexico and Italy. Selected for the Rencontres Internacionales at the 16º TransAmériques Theater Festival in Quebec, Canada.
He has won grants in Mexico to produce his independent films, supported by National Geographic, FONCA, Ministry of Culture, DocsLab/DocsMx, etc.

Men of Salt / short documentary / 2022 / as director, producer, cinematographer and sound designer
Darkly under the Sun / short fiction / 2020 / as director and producer
Brave / short documentary / 2018 / as director, producer, cinematographer and sound designer
Micael / short documentary / 2023 / as director, producer, cinematographer and sound designer / in progress

Violena Ampudia

COUNTRY: Cuba
FILM SCHOOL: Docnomads, Lisbon-Budapest-Brussels, Portugal, Hungary, Belgium
CONTACT: violenampudia@gmail.com

Graduated from the International Film and TV School of San Antonio de los Baños (EICTV) in the specialty of Documentary filmmaking.
Her films explore interpersonal relationships, and growth processes, and have been selected in several festivals such as Ji.hlava IDFF, Cinélatino Rencontres de Toulouse, Curta Kinoforum São Paulo ISSF, Potiers IDFF & Doc Buenos Aires.
She is currently studying a two-year master’s degree in Documentary filmmaking at DocNomads, between Lisbon, Budapest and Brussels and developing her first feature-length documentary Escuela de Salvavidas.

Shooting Leticia / documentary / 2022 / as director, cinematographer, editor
Utopía 360 / experimental / 2020 / as director, cinematographer, editor and sound designer
Neverland / documentary / 2021 / as director and writer
Our Home / self-referential Documentary / 2021 / as director & writer
La Espera / The Waiting / documentary / 2018 / as director & writer
Rome / documentary /2017 / as director & writer

Utopía 360 / Filmic Revolutions / Best Short Film Filmic Revolutions / 2021 / Peru
Neverland / Cine Patológico International Film Festival / Award alla Memoria di Antonio Messia / 2021 / Rome
La Espera / Tlanchana International Film Festival / Best Short Documentary / 2020 / Mexico

Matt Part

COUNTRY: UK
FILM SCHOOL: Kino Eyes Master Program, Lisbon-Edinburgh-Tallinn-Dublin, Portugal, UK, Estonia, Ireland
CONTACT: mattpartsound@gmail.com

After graduating from Leeds College of Music with a BA in Music Production, Matt has worked as a Sound Designer on a variety of projects – from short films to theatre, live events and VR installations.
After touring the UK as a theatre technician, he moved to Barcelona and approaches filmmaking and sound design with a collaborative mentality, focusing on how to best support the narrative of each project he works on. He is currently studying a Masters in Film as part of the KINO EYES International Movie Masters.

Retreat / feature film / 2022 / re-recording Mixer
Earth Is Never Dry / short fiction film / 2022 / as sound designer
Paradise / short fiction film / 2021 / as sound designer
The Cather / short film / 2021 / as sound designer
Alison Gopnik: Cognition, Care and Spirituality / animated video essay / 2021 / as sound designer
INSIGHT: Pedro Ferreira / animated video essay / 2021 / as sound designer
O Que Vemos / short fiction film / 2021 / as sound designer
Dramatic Narrative / feature documentary / 2020 / as sound designer

Can't Go Home Again / Thrills and Chills Film Awards July 2021 / Short Film / Online, UK / 2021 / Best Sound Design

Sudarshan Sawant

COUNTRY: India
FILM SCHOOL: Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, India
CONTACT: sudarshan.sawant.747@gmail.com

Sudarshan Sawant completed Masters in Signal Processing (E&TC) engineering, and worked for 6 years in manufacturing companies until he decided to quit his job and pursue his passion for storytelling, cinema and sound. He is currently pursuing PGD in Sound Recording and Sound Design (SRSD) at FTII, Pune. He made one musical feature documentary, one feature film, two short documentaries and many short films. These films are selected in various festivals like IDFA 2021, UNICEF 2021, FSA 2022, IFFI 2020, DIFF 2020/21, IDSFK 2021 and more.
He was awarded the “Dolby Scholarship” for best students in SRSD by DOLBY.

Mahalle’s School - Family Going Live / documentary short / 2021 / as sound designer
Our Mountain Valley Home / documentary short / 2019 / as sound designer
Kiss My Brass / documentary Feature / 2022 / as sound designer
Geometry Box / fiction feature / 2021 / as sound designer
Dhulo / fiction short /2018 / as sound designer
Pertichor / fiction short / 2022 / as sound designer
Kala Kollage / fiction short /2019 / as Sound designer
White Flakes / fiction short / 2020 / as sound designer
Aakda / fiction short / 2019 / as sound designer

Mahalle’s School - Family Going Live / 13th Film SouthAsia 2022, Children Issue Category / Best Film on Children’s Issue Award / 2022 / Nepal
Mahalle’s School - Family going live / PSBT Film Challenge 2020-21, Amateur Category / Silver award / 2021 / India

Ognjen Vidaković

COUNTRY: Serbia
FILM SCHOOL: Academy of Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
CONTACT: vidakovic.ognjani@gmail.com

Ognjen Vidaković, student of the Academy of Arts in Belgrade, majoring in Music Production and Sound Design.
During the past two years, he participated in twenty film projects as a sound recordist, sound designer, composer, foil artist and actor. He composed the music for the musical "From Nirvana to Silvana", which was screened at festivals around the world. He composed the music for the short film "While the Sun Rises", which had its regional premiere at the 69th March Festival in Belgrade, 2022. As an actor, he debuted in the short film "The Beginning of the End" in June 2022. Recently, he is working on the first feature film "Rejected from Sinocity".
He participated in the studio recording of 5 music albums.

From Nirvana to Silvana / short musical / 2021 /as music arranger /mixer
While the Sun Rises / short fiction / 2021 / as composer and sound recorder
Lungome Dromenca / short fiction / 2021 / as sound recorder
Da capo / short / 2022 / as music recorder and sound postproduction
The Crimson Guardian / short documentary / 2022 / sound post production / foley

From Nirvana to Silvana / International Sound Future Awards / Best Musical film short / 2021/ New York City / USA
From Nirvana to Silvana / IMVA Awards / Best Musical Film (short) / 2021 / London / UK
From Nirvana to Silvana / Munich Music Video Awards / Best Musical Film (short) / 2021 / Munich / Germany

Candelaria Gutierrez

COUNTRY: Argentina / Sweden
FILM SCHOOL: Lens School of Visual Arts, Spain
CONTACT: candelariabeatrizg@gmail.com

Candelaria Beatriz Gutierrez Pesoga was born in Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina in 1992. She studied Image and Sound Design at the University of Buenos Aires. She is currently studying film editing at Lens School of visual arts in Madrid Spain.
In 2019, her first short documentary The Fire We Saw premiered in the 34th edition of The Mar del Plata International Film Festival. Currently she is developing The Loners, her second short documentary.

The Fire We Saw / Short documentary / 2019 / as director, producer, editor
Inventario Aleatorio Muestrario / short film/ 2016 /as producer
Bowling / short documentary/ 2013 / as editor

Arielle Granof

COUNTRY: Israel
FILM SCHOOL: The Steve Tisch School of Film and Television Tel Aviv University
CONTACT: a.granof@gmail.com

Arielle Granof began making short films in highschool, and by the end of her final year she was an intern for a local documentary film company. She drafted a special film unit in the army, where she made internal documentaries and short films on a variety of topics. During this time, she was able to learn technical knowledge while also experimenting with style. After her release, she focused on classic documentary filmmaking and was accepted to the Jerusalem Film Festival workshop. She then worked with Second City in Chicago in the writing department. At her University, she is focused on creative and experimental documentary styles. Arielle is in the directing track, but she also edit and do sound on set.

@Home / feature documentary / 2014 / as media intern
How to Ride an Elevator on Shabbat / documentary short / 2017 / as editor
Travelers / documentary anthology / 2017 / as editor
Shaken Not Stirred / episode of Second City Web Series / 2018 / as director
Default Choice / narrative short / 2020/ as editor
The Separation / narrative short / 2021 / as editor
The Golden Chicken / documentary short (in post) / 2022/ as director

How to Ride an Elevator on Shabbat / JCC Chicago Jewish Film Festival/ Student Competition/ Chicago, USA/ 2018/ Best Student Film Ages (18-25)

Guillermina Gala Chiariglione

COUNTRY: Argentina
FILM SCHOOL: National School of Cinema, Argentina
CONTACT: guillerminagala22@gmail.com

Argentinian editor and director. She has a film in post production that participated in Doc Lisboa Arché, Doc Montevideo and FIDBA, and received argentinian funds. She also works on different areas of editing for audiovisual production for UN3 TV, Endemol and for cinema. Among her editing jobs, she worked on Bajo la Corteza (Martín Heredia Troncoso 2022 MALBA) Alonso, El Pintor (In Progress), Fuimos felices (BAFICI 2018), Los Dias y Los Trabajos (The Colon Theatre, Juan Villegas). She was an editing assistant for renowned editors and directors such as Andrés Di Tella and the Puenzo directors, and participated in the making of several productions for the magazine Lumière, from Seville, Spain.
As a director she made the short film Cinegética, which had a special mention in the Human Rights Short Films Contest.
She participated in several seminars by José Luis Guerin, Harun Farocki, Román Gubern, James Benning and others.

The Creator / documentary / 2022 / as director
Me.Mory / experimental short documentary / 2022 / as director
The Stories of Rita / documentary / 2022 / as editor
Terricide / documentary / 2022 / as editor
What is Left / fiction / 2022 / as editor
Alonso, The Painter / documentary / 2022 / as co-editor
Under Bark / fiction / 2021 / as editor
Loneliness of the bones / documentary / 2020 / as editor
The Days and the Jobs / documentary / 2019 / as editor
We were Happy / documentary / 2018 / as editor
Alejandro del Prado, The Missing Link / documentary / 2018 / as editor
327 Diaries / documentary / 2016 / as editor assistant
Chromo / fiction serie / 2015 / as editor assistant

Anđela Lazić

COUNTRY: Serbia
FILM SCHOOL: Kino Eyes Master Program, Lisbon-Edinburgh-Tallinn-Dublin, Portugal, UK, Estonia, Ireland
CONTACT: lazicandjela996@gmail.com

Anđela Lazić is an aspiring young film producer from Serbia, with Bachelor degree in Film and TV production, and soon to be a Master graduate in creative film production. For the last two years she has been living in Portugal and Estonia, shooting short films with the international crew, from fiction to dance and experimental pieces.

Sunshine / short fiction film / 2022 / as producer / pre-productio
1000 / short fiction film / 2022 / as producer / postproduction
On High / short fiction film / 2022 / as producer / pre-production
Strawberry Shake / short fiction film / 2022 / as producer
Hunger / dance film/ 2022 / as producer
Aurora's Song / short fiction film / 2021 / as producer
O Que Vemos / short fiction film| 2021 / as producer
Empty House / short fiction film / 2022 / as production manager, costume designer
Spring in January / TV feature / 2019 / as production manager
Power of Love / featurette documentary film/ 2018 / as production manager
Cinema Timok / short documentary / 2018 / producer and director
Branded Skin / short fiction film / 2017 as producer / Serbia)
Life According to Moskri / short fiction film / 2017 / 2nd AD
Ivan / short fiction film / 2016 /as producer

Katniss Tung Cheng

COUNTRY: Hong Kong
FILM SCHOOL: Kino Eyes Master Program, Lisbon-Edinburgh-Tallinn-Dublin, Portugal, UK, Estonia, Ireland
CONTACT: katnissct@gmail.com

After graduating from the School of Film and Television of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts as a screenwriter, she began her career at Keshet International Asia, a leading global content production and distribution company. In 2020, she started to work as a freelance producer and production manager for short films, commercials and music videos in Hong Kong. Later, she worked as a screenwriter for a Hong Kong feature film in 2021. She has recently worked as a production manager in the independent Hong Kong feature film May You Stay Forever Young. The film was nominated for the Golden Horse Film Festival 2021 in Taiwan, where she won the NETPAC Award.
She participated in five different film festivals globally. She is currently attending the European Master Programme Kino Eyes specializing in film production. Her short film Fado Menor that she produced last year has been selected by 7 film festivals on different continents.

Fado Menor / Short Fiction /2021/ as Producer
May You Stay Forever Young / Independent feature fiction / 2021 / as Production Manager
A Mother and a Son / Short fiction /2017 / as Screenwriter
Man on hill / Short documentary/2016/ as Producer
Ten Years/ Independent feature fiction / 2015 / as Costume and Make-Up Assistant

Fado Menor / Festival Of the Moving Image 2022 / Narrative Short Competition / London, United Kingdom / 2022 / Best Short Film
Fado Menor / 13th KASHISH Mumbai International Queer Film Festival / Students Shorts Competition / Mumbai, India / 2022
Fado Menor / 9th Shorts@Fringe, Azores Fringe Festival / National Shorts Competition / Azores, Portugal /2022
Fado Menor / 18th Bendigo Queer Film Festival / Narrative Short Competition/ Bendigo, Australia / 2022
Fado Menor / The Bangalore Queer Film Festival 2022/ Narrative Short Competition / Bangalore , India / 2022
May You Stay Forever Young / Golden Horse Film Festival 2021 / NETPAC Award / Taipei, Taiwan / 2021
May You Stay Forever Young / Golden Horse Film Festival 2021 / FIPRESCI Prize Nomination / Taipei, Taiwan / 2021
A Mother and a Son /16th Grenoble Student Short Films Festival / Narrative Short Competition / Grenoble, France / 2019
A Mother and a Son / Kuan-Du Film Festival 2017/ Student Film Selection / Taipei, Taiwan / 2017
Ten Years / Hong Kong Film Award 2016/ Feature Film Competition / 2016 / Best Picture

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