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Rúnar Rúnarsson is an acclaimed Icelandic screenwriter and director. Nominated for an Oscar in 2006, The Golden Palm in Cannes 2008 and The European Film Awards in 2008, Rúnar Rúnarsson is probably the most awarded short film director. Rúnarsson made his feature debut with “Volcano” (2011), selected for Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. “Volcano” became a festival darling and collected 17 international awards. His latest feature length film Echo (2019) won 2 awards in Locarno. He is also screenwriter of the film Solitude (2023) – Icelandic-French-Slovak co-production premiered at Toronto Film Festival.

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Peter Suschitzky, A.S.C. is a British cinematographer and photographer. Peter was director of photography on more than 50 films, among his most known works are cult classics as Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Mars Attacks! and the later films of David Cronenberg since 1988 (Crash, eXistenZ or Eastern Promises). He got a BAFTA award nomination and was honoured at the Cannes Film Festival with the Pierre Angénieux “Excellens” in Cinematography Award.

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Tariq Anwar is an Indian-born British-American film editor. Over his 40-year career, he’s edited an assortment of films – from BBC documentaries to fiction films among the likes of the Oscar-winning American Beauty, The Good Shepherd, Revolutionary Road or Law-Abiding Citizen. Tariq Anwar has edited with some of the world’s top directors including Mike Newell, Franco Zeffirelli, Nick Hytner, Sam Mendes, Danny Boyle, and Robert De Niro. He got numerous awards including two BAFTA Awards and European Film Award – Best European Editor for the film The King´s Speech. He has also two nominations for an Academy Awards – for The King´s Speech and American Beauty.

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Mascha Halberstad is a director specialized in narrative animation. She made animations for several feature films, including How To Survive… (2008) and Taking Chances (Berlinale Generation 2012). Both of her feature-length films, Oink (2022) and Fox and Hare Save the Forest (2024) were selected to Berlinale Generation competition. She also made a music video for the song Wild Frontier by Prodigy.

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José Luis Alcaine is one of Spain’s most distinguished cinematographers who has over 100 film credits, including Belle Époque (Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, 1993), Bad Education (2004) or Parallel Mothers (2021). He was a pioneer in the use a fluorescent tube as key lighting in the 1970s. He collaborated with important directors such as Brian de Palma, Asghar Farhadi and Pedro Almodóvar. He got numerous awards including European Film Award – Best European Cinematographer for the film Volver and five Goya Awards for best cinematography.