Kiri Dalena

A Filipino visual artist, film and documentary maker, she is also a human rights activist and co-founder of the collective Southern Tagalog Exposure.

Mamadou Dia

A Senegalese writer and director, he attracted international notice with his two short films Samedi Cinema (2016) and Lost in Transit (2018). In 2019, he won the Swatch First Feature Award and Cineasti del presente Golden Leopard with his first full-length feature Baamum Nafi (Nafi’s Father).

Claudette Godfrey

A Senior Programmer at the South by Southwest Festival (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, where her special focus is selecting short films.