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Nikol Cibulya

After graduating with an MA in Film Studies at ELTE University in Budapest, Nikol Cibulya started working as a production assistant. After that, she worked as a story-liner on the country’s longest running daily drama for three years. In the meantime, she started directing music and fashion videos and web commercials. In the past few years she has been working on daily TV series as a freelance director. She made two short films (IRINYI and FEVER) - both period pieces. Currently she is developing the script of a limited TV series called GRANNIES ON THE MOVE.

Maria Theresia gives birth - Hungary
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It is a story about the unreasonable expectations towards women. The young new queen has to give birth in public while acting like a leader and deciding about war and peace. She has to prove she can rule and she has to provide a male heir while everybody is watching her uncomfortably closely.

Imran Hamdulay

Imran Hamdulay is a writer, director and producer based in Cape Town. He was the recipient of the 2019 Robert Bosch Stiftung award and the JCC Carthage Pro award for his feature film in development PIECES OF SELMA. PIECES OF SELMA participated at Durban Filmmart 2019 and was selected for Talentueuses Caméras D’Afrique at Cannes Marché du Film. He has had three feature film projects presented at Durban Filmmart with his most recent, THE ACCIDENT, winning the Cinemart IFFR Lab award.

The Wait - South Africa
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After arriving at the Cape Town police station to report a crime, Mzo finds an elderly man who has been waiting in the line for over three hours. Mzo takes it upon himself to help the man but he experiences resistance from the people ahead in line and a stifling bureaucratic system. The Wait is an examination of race and privilege and the fragile nature of a post-apartheid South Africa.

Adam Devine

I’m single, no kids, I like long walks - Oops, wrong bio. It was during adolescence I decided I wanted to be a Screenwriter, primarily because I adore the concept of seeing stories come to life. When I’m not writing, I’m either mixing cocktails at work or baking vast amounts of cookies. Furthermore I am a bit of a nerd; I love Lord of the Rings and Star Wars (Oh to be a Sith). My ultimate dream is to have my own production company, and I’m ecstatic to be taking my first step.

Post It - Great Britain
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An ordinary stay at an isolated AirBnB quickly becomes a horrifying ordeal for Isaac, as he is forced to depend on a series of strange notes in order to survive. Can he trust the power of the notes to lead him to safety, or does the path only lead further into the darkness?

Viv Li

Viv Li is a filmmaker born and raised in Beijing. She holds a bachelor degree in Drama from University of Manchester and a master degree in Directing from DocNomads. She has worked as a writer in China before directing short films. In the past 10 years, she travelled extensively in Europe, South America and Asia. She enjoys working between genres, disciplines and cultures while focusing on the sensibility and tangibility of moments, relationships, sexuality and self-awareness.

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Across the Waters - China
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In the dark night of a deserted Chinese mining town, a teenage wife discovers a glimpse of the outside world through a stolen walkman. The music she has never heard before triggers her urge to escape. And her only chance is an illegal truck driver.

Mario Orías

Mario Orias is a Venezuelan-born storyteller based in Berlin, who specializes in film editing. Mario has worked in almost every genre, from fiction to documentary, for theatrical, television and online formats. He exercises his healthy obsession for effective narrative and rhythm in both his editing and writing. His most recent film, “Beyond the Visible: Hilma af Klint,” recently premiered in Germany, and was selected one of the best films of 2020 by the New York Times.

Permutation - Venezuela
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A socially engaged young woman from the Peruvian high society, trapped in an unhappy marriage, tries to scape her suffocating and conservative world and becomes a prominent guerrilla leader.

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