Bart Simpson is an award-winning filmmaker interested in films that entertain, evoke and engage public debate. He produced the feature documentary The Corporation (winner at over 25 festivals including Sundance, Toronto and IDFA).
Bing Liu moved from China to Alabama to California to Rockford, Illinois with his mother all before he was 8 years old. He honed his cinematography and editing skills making DIY skateboarding films as a teenager.
Born in 1977 in Leskovac (southern Serbia). Lived on a few continents, settled back in Belgrade, worked for 5 years for top-level international media, understood a few things and dedicated the rest of his life to creative parenting, creative football and creative documentaries.
Swiss director and producer Christian Frei is considered one of today’s most innovative and compelling documentary filmmakers. He was nominated for an Academy Award with War Photographer (2001) and won the World Cinema Directing Award at Sundance with Space Tourists (2009).
Elwira Niewiera is director, writer and researcher. Her last feature documentary „Domino Effect“ (directed with Piotr Rosołowski) was shown worldwide at more than 30 festivals and won many awards among them the Golden Dove for the best film in the German Competition at DOK Leipzig and the Golden Horn for the Best Film of the International Competition at 54 Krakow IFF.
Born in 1981 in Prague. Jan Gebert graduated with a degree in history from Charles University in Prague. He also studied in Spain, the US and Mexico. He works as a journalist and a filmmaker.
The director of “Looking for Jesus” („Szukając Jezusa”). Born in Warsaw in 1963. Sculptor, photographer, performer, film director, creator of video installations and artistic initiatives. Graduated from the Faculty of Sculpture of the Academy of Fine Arts in Warsaw. In 1998 Kozyra started postgraduate studies at the New Media atelier led by professor Helmut Mark at the Academy of Fine Arts Leipzig.
Born in 1972. Dutch journalist, writer, filmmaker, TV show host. Brügger wrote a couple of books and worked with magazines as well as with newspapers. Producer of award-winning radio shows. Host of the critically acclaimed evening TV show “The 11 Hour” and also of the daily news program “Deadline”. One of the creators of the satirical documentary show „Danes for Bush” (2004).
Living and working between Canada and Switzerland, Peter Mettler melds intuitive-associative processes with drama, essay, experiment or documentation. A strong supporter of independent creativity, he has collaborated with numerous filmmakers, artists and musicians including Atom Egoyan, Fred Frith, Robert Lepage, Andreas Züst, Edward Burtynsky, Jennifer Baichwal, Michael Ondaatje.
Piotr Rosołowski is director and cinematographer. Graduated from the Katowice Film School, awarded with a scholarship of the Academy of Media Arts in Cologne. Co-author of “Rabbit à la Berlin” – Academy Award nominated documentary film and co-director of documentary film “Domino Effect”.
Wiktoria Szymańska is a British Academy nominated director, recognized and regularly awarded for her achievements shown in prestigious festivals (like Toronto, Locarno, Karlove Vary…).
