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Ewan Waddell is a Berlin-based director whose debut feature, The Longer You Bleed, premiered at Hot Docs 2025. His style blends mixed media and experimental approaches to examine the modernity crisis. Waddell now develops his second film, exploring the therapeutic use of psychedelics in war-torn Ukraine. He spends most of his days in his quiet edit studio in West Berlin, but when in Ukraine, he stays in a small village near Kyiv with his girlfriend's family, drinking moonshine and feeding stray cats.

Director | Editor |

Miranda Siegel (born Rochester, New York) is an award-winning U.S. American / Hungarian filmmaker and translator based in Berlin. Her 2024 documentary film Ignore Your True Feelings at Your Own Peril was shortlisted for the German Short Film Award, and celebrated its North American premiere at the Slamdance Film Festival.

Previously, Miranda worked as a culture journalist for New York magazine and Vulture, covering festivals and fairs, participating in panels, and serving on juries.

Director | Cinematographer |

Founder of Float Collective UG, Kaito Sashihara Martínez is a half Japanese half Spanish director and cinematographer focussed on multicultural productions. He previously worked on productions across Spain, Germany, Mexico, Portugal, Sweden, and Japan. His skill set in niche guerrilla style productions paired with his underwater cinematography has set him a path to a free flowing journalistic style of works.

Currently based in Berlin, his debut short film "Pelargonía" led him to participate in the 78th Cannes SFC and as an official selection for the Berlin Indie Film Awards 2025. Kaito is currently developing an N-TV documentary series and in production on his first documentary feature, a fiction feature, and an animated short film.

Producer | Director |

Lia Lyutakova is a filmmaker and visual artist based in Berlin. With a background in Art History and Media, her work is rooted in cultural analysis and a journalistic methodology, a combination that led to her debut documentary "Sofia, Underground" which premiered at the Sofia Underground Performance Art Festival in 2025.

In 2025, Lia also completed a Master's in Creative Film Production in Berlin, during which her grounding and background in the visual arts kept her involved behind the camera as a cinematographer and camera assistant. Since her studies, Lia has expanded her skills as a producer on science-adjacent projects, staying committed to projects that bridge science and cultural research.

Writer | Director |

Zosimo is an Australian–Filipino writer and director based in Berlin. Before turning to filmmaking, he worked as a lawyer in the tech sector across Australia, Hong Kong, and Berlin. In 2022 he left his corporate career to focus on filmmaking and screenwriting.

His work often explores memory, masculinity, and the influence of institutions on personal identity through restrained, character-driven narratives. Zosimo received a screenwriting award at the Seriesly Berlin Writer's Pitch Competition, and has since been picked up by a German production company, where it is currently in development.

Alongside his writing and directing, Zosimo has worked as a producer on several projects, including a Nowness-commissioned Zalando x Gap campaign directed by Adam Munnings, the music video Patrol directed by Vanes, and several short films.