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Brandon Kramer Washington D.C.-ben élő filmrendező testvérével, Lance-szel alapította a Meridian Hill Picturest. Rendezője a The First Step (Tribeca, AFI DOCS), a City of Trees (Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, PBS, Netflix) című filmeknek, valamint a Webby-díjjal kitüntetett, The Messy Truth című független dokumentumfilm-sorozatnak (CNN). A Film Independent és a D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities volt ösztöndíjasa, a Kartemquin Films rendszeres közreműködője, a John F. Kennedy Előadóművészeti Központ oktatója. Diplomáját a Bostoni Egyetemen szerezte film- és kulturális antropológiából.

Amerika alulnézetből

Monica Strømdahl a Falmouth College of Artson végzett, nemzetközi díjakkal elismert dokumentarista stillfotós. Elnyerte 2019-ben az Norwegian Picture of the Year első díját, jelölték a Leica Oscar Barnack Awardra. Az emberek és életük meghitt ábrázolásáról ismert. Rövidfilmeket is forgatott, Flophouse America az első egész estés filmje.

Áttörni a sziklákon

Sara Khaki elnyerte a Sundance Filmfesztivál világ-dokumentumfilm kategóriájának nagydíját Áttörni a köveken című dokumentumfilmjével. Társrendezője a Guardianen streamelt Our Iranian Lockdown című filmnek, amely IDA-jelölést, illetve a Netflixes Convergencenek, amely Emmy-jelölést kapott. A Chicken & Egg Films és a Sundance Alumni tagja, a nemek közti egyenlőségről szóló történetek iránt elkötelezett filmrendező, producer és szerkesztő.

Mohammadreza Eyni elnyerte a Sundance Filmfesztivál világ-dokumentumfilm kategóriájának nagydíját Áttörni a köveken című dokumentumfilmjével. A Sundance és a Tribeca öregdiákja, filmrendező, producer és operatőr; határokon átívelő karrierje során filmes hozzáállásával az alulreprezentált hangok felerősítésére, a különböző globális nézőpontok összekapcsolására törekszik. A Gandom Films Production L.L.C. társalapítójaként Mohammadreza munkái IDA-jelölést és más nemzetközi elismerést szereztek.

Monk in Pieces

Billy Shebar is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker known for High Noon on the Waterfront (2022), with John Turturro and Edward Norton, which premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and was broadcast on TCM and HBO; and Dark Matter (2007), starring Meryl Streep, which won the Alfred P. Sloan Prize at Sundance. He collaborated with animator Bill Plympton on The New York Times viral web series Trump Bites (2018-2020) and with animator Yoni Goodman on the three-part crime series Doctor’s Orders (2021).

2000 Meters to Andriivka

Mstyslav Chernov is a Pulitzer Prize–winning Ukrainian filmmaker, war correspondent, and novelist. He is known for his coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine as well as wars in Iraq, Syria, Azerbaijan, and Afghanistan. His film 20 DAYS IN MARIUPOL won Best Documentary Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards.

Under the Flags, the Sun

Juanjo Pereira is a filmmaker, researcher and producer whose work highlights interdisciplinary research through the creation of essay films and video installations. He is dedicated to researching the Paraguayan film archive, and his projects also use the dérive to examine modern infrastructures and everyday built landscapes. He serves as the artistic director and co-founder of the Asunción International Contemporary Film Festival. He has participated and won awards at festivals and markets such as: Hot Docs Forum, IDFA Bertha Fund, ARCHÉ, among others.

Sally!

Deborah Craig is an award-winning documentary director and producer whose films use compelling personal stories to raise awareness about the challenges and strengths of underrepresented communities. Her work has played at LGBTQ+, women’s and documentary film festivals in the U.S. and internationally. Deborah’s most recent short, “A Great Ride,” a 33-minute documentary about lesbians and aging, premiered at the Frameline LGBTQ+ Film Festival in San Francisco in 2018, was picked up for distribution by Frameline, has screened at over 50 film festivals around the globe, and has won multiple awards. “Sally” will be her first feature-length documentary. Deborah has a BA in history from Columbia University, did undergraduate work in photography at California College of the Arts, and has a Master of Public Health from San Francisco State University, where she currently teaches in the Public Health Department.

Ondine Rarey is a filmmaker, editor, and writer. Her documentary “Fools and Heroes” was a Grimme-Preis nominee (the German equivalent of an Emmy), airing on ARTE in France as well as stateside on PBS. She has edited well over a dozen documentary features and shorts, including “Now en Español” (for PBS), “A Great Ride,” “Who Will Write Our History” and, “Rebel Hearts,” an official selection at Sundance 2021. She has edited on multiple TV series, including “Keeping up with the Kardashians” and “Alien Encounters.” Ondine received a BA from UC Berkeley in History and a BFA in Documentary and Journalism from the Munich University for Television and Film in Germany. She currently resides in Southern California, where she teaches Documentary Editing at Chapman University.

Jörg Fockele is an award-winning filmmaker with a career spanning over 25 years. He has written and directed over 10 short films, four feature documentaries, and numerous music videos and PSAs. Of the awards and distinctions Jörg has received, the most important ones are retrospectives at the Goethe Institutes New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, and Mexico City, two Emmys and a special prize from the International Film Festival in Berlin. In addition, Jörg is a critically acclaimed television producer of award-winning shows such as Bravo’s “Queer Eye,” ABC ’s “Wife Swap,” the Sundance Channel’s “Big Ideas for a Small Planet” and AMC’s “Small Town Security.” He has also directed and produced shows for MTV, CBS, Oxygen, Discovery Network, PBS, Fine Living Network, and the SciFi Channel.

Union

Stephen Maing is an Emmy-award winning documentary filmmaker based in New York. His feature documentary Crime + Punishment, which he directed, filmed and edited, won a Special Jury Award at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival, and an Emmy Award for Outstanding Social Issue Documentary. Stephen has directed films for the New York Times, Time Magazine, The Nation, The Intercept and Field of Vision.

Brett Story is an award-winning filmmaker, geographer and writer. Her films have screened in festivals around the world, including CPH-DOX, the Viennale, SXSW, True/False, and Sheffield DocFest. Her interests across the fields of documentary and critical theory are expansive, and include experimental cinema and essay films, prisons and abolition, political geography, critical theory, racial capitalism and Marxist political economy.

Holding Liat

Brandon Kramer is a Washington, D.C.-based filmmaker and co-founder of Meridian Hill Pictures with his brother Lance. Brandon directed The First Step (Tribeca, AFI DOCS); City of Trees (Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, PBS, Netflix); and the Webby Award-winning independent documentary series The Messy Truth (CNN). Brandon is a Film Independent Fellow, a D.C. Commission on the Arts & Humanities Fellow, a regular collaborator with Kartemquin Films, and a teacher for the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Brandon holds a BA in film and cultural anthropology from Boston University.

Flophouse America

Monica Strømdahl is an international award-winning documentary stills photographer graduated from Falmouth College of Arts. In 2019, she won the 1st prize at the Norwegian Picture of The Year, and was nominated for the Leica Oscar Barnack Award (LOBA). Monica is known for her intimate way of portraying people and their lives. She has made short films, and Flophouse America is her debut feature film.

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